• No family planning assistance that includes abortion. (Jan 2013)
• Voted YES on the Paul Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
• Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
• Voted NO on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
• Voted NO on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Supports repealing nationalized healthcare law. (Aug 2010)
• Opposes physician-assisted suicide. (Aug 2010)
• Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
• Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
• Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets. (Apr 2013)
• Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection. (Feb 2016)
• Opposes affirmative action.
• Voted YES on restricting class-action lawsuits.
• Voted YES on school vouchers in DC
• Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
• NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems
• NO on continuing desert protection in California
• Voted for amnesty 26 years ago; against a dozen times since
  YES on limit welfare for immigrants
• Voted YES on welfare block grants. (Aug 1996)
• Voted NO on eliminating block grants for food stamps. (Jul 1996)
• Voted YES on allowing state welfare waivers. (Jul 1996)
• Voted YES on welfare overhaul. (Sep 1995)
• Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)
• Save Social Security from itself; increase age & more. (Oct 2010)

These two bills – which have passed the House – undermine not only President Obama’s progressive legacy, but our Constitution as well. The REINS Act and “Midnight Rules” Act are headed to the Senate, and we need your help to stop them before they reach President-Elect Trump’s desk.

The REINS Act

This legislation would prevent federal agencies from implementing life-saving standards that keep Americans safe. Normally, Congress could challenge federal rules through the courts – exemplifying the checks and balances guaranteed by our Constitution. But under the REINS Act, every standard would have to be approved by Congress before the rules take effect. This would be a boon to corporations and special interests, who would lobby Congress to put corporate profits ahead of our health, safety, and security. Under the REINS Act, critical, commonsense updates to everything from clean air standards to overtime rules could go completely ignored – indefinitely. The REINS Act would serve as a major, major rewrite of the functioning of our federal government – and it’s potentially unconstitutional.

The “Midnight Rules” Act

Under the so called “Midnight Rules” Act, Congress could easily roll back important progress that President Obama made in his past year as President. This includes actions like providing school breakfast to children, implementing life-saving Ozone pollution standards, and limiting methane pollution from new oil and gas wells. Under the “Midnight Rules” Act, all of these rules and many others could be reversed in a single batch, behind closed doors, and without public input– greatly undermining our democracy.

Thanks for taking action against this reckless GOP power grab.