FOR CONGRESS
Our Opponent's Voting Record
Amodei voting record
Congressional budget and ethics:
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Voted 3x for Congressional pay raises
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Voted against cutting congressional office budget
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Voted for limiting the power of the Office of Congressional Ethics and House Ethics Committee in investigation members
Trump:
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Voted against impeaching for obstruction of justice
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Voted against impeaching for abuse of power
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Voted to delay impeachment vote before the debate had even started
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Voted against authorizing the ongoing house investigation related to the impeachment of Trump
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Voted for a resolution believed to be an attempt to discredit the Mueller investigation and to give Trump an excuse to fire Rosenstein
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Voted repeatedly against investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election
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Voted repeatedly against releasing Trump’s tax returns
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Voted repeatedly against addressing conflicts of interest in the Trump administration
Women’s rights:
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Voted repeatedly for a 20-week abortion ban
-Requiring women to prove rape before accessing an abortion
-With criminal penalties for doctors
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Voted to make the Hyde amendment permanent and eliminated abortion coverage on any private insurance plan participating in the ACA
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Voted 11 times to attack or defund Planned Parenthood
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Voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act for 5 more years, which included expanded protections for Native and trangendered people
SNAP/Food Stamps:
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Voted for the 2018 version of the Farm Bill that had strict work requirements for SNAP
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Voted to allow states to privatize SNAP
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Voted to block an effort to force the Trump administration to certify their tariffs would not harm farmers and ranchers
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Voted for a farm bill that cut spending in farm and nutrition programs and required drug testing for food stamp applicants
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Voted for the “Poison Pill” amendment that allowed states to require work requirements for food stamps
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Voted to repeal ACA, cut SNAP funding and voucherize Medicare
Consumer Issues and Regulations:
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Voted to block rules requiring ISP’s to protect internet customers privacy
Career: Amodei Received $217,944 In Campaign Contributions From The Telecommunications Industry. As of June 2020, Amodei had disclosed $217,944 in contribution from the telecommunications industry including $60,059 from individuals and $157,885 from PACS. [OpenSecrets.org, accessed 6/17/20]
Career: Amodei Received $157,885 In Campaign Contributions From Telecommunications Industry PACS.
[OpenSecrets.org, accessed 6/17/20]
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Voted to allow industries to influence pending regulations without public knowledge
Education:
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Voted against the Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act
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Voted against disapproving of a proposed education dept. Rule change that makes it harder for fraud victims to receive debt forgiveness
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Voted to block a vote on letting students refinance loans
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Voted to slash Pell Grants, CD-2 students received $40,383,088
Election Security/Voting Rights:
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Voted against the For The People Act
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Voted against the SAFE Act, an election security bill requiring cybersecurity safeguards and paper ballots
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Voted against the Voting Rights Enforcement Act
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Voted for blocking restoration of federal oversight to protect the right to vote
Campaign Finance:
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Voted 5 times to block consideration of bills to increase transparency
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Voted for a bill that would prohibit the IRS from requiring tax-exempt organizations to disclose donor info
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Voted for blocking a constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United
Energy Issues:
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Voted for energy appropriations bill that cut renewable energy programs and rolled back clean water protections
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Voted to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline
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Voted against holding pipeline owners liable for explosions
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Voted against requiring TransCanada, Keystone developer, to pay for spills
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Voted for protecting oil and gas companies from publicly disclosing payments to foreign governments
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Voted for lifting 40-year crude oil ban
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Voted against forbidding oil and gas exports to state sponsors of terrorism
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Voted for blocking consideration of bill to protect consumers from price-gouging on gasoline
Environmental Issues:
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Voted against the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Protection Act
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Voted against the Coastal and Marine Economic Protection Act
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Voted against Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act
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Voted against a bill to revise environmental laws and require the EPA to regulate PFAS
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Voted to nullify a BLM methane rule to limit the release of methane from oil and gas operations on federal land
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Voted on delaying clean air standards
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Voted against the Coastal and Great Lakes Community Enhancement Act
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Voted against the Climate Now Act, prohibiting the use of federal funds for U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
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Voted for bills that would gut the EPA
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Voted for nullifying the Stream Protection Rule which protected the drinking water, health, and environment of people in Appalachia who live near mountain removal mining sites
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Voted for reducing the funding for the Coal Mining Safety and Health Program by 10%
Equal Rights/Workplace Fairness:
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Voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act
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Voted repeatedly against considering the Paycheck Fairness Act
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Voted against removing the Equal Rights Amendment Ratification deadline
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Voted against the Protecting Older Workers Descrimination Act
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Voted for repealing a rule requiring businesses to disclose harassment violations when bidding on large federal contracts
FEMA & Disaster Relief Funding:
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Voted for a bill that inadequately funded firefighting and repealed environmental protections and regulations on the lodging industry, all in the midst of the 2017 wildfires in CA
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Voted against emergency aid, long-term recovery aid and assistance to victims of Hurricane Sandy
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Voted against requiring the government to pay the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico amounts equal to 400 percent of the loss in revenues from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
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Voted against an amendment to increase funding for inland oil spill programs
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Voted against increased FEMA funding to prepare for natural disasters, after Hurricane Sandy
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Voted for reauthorizing the National Insurance program without risk-reduction programs or flood-mapping
Finance Protections & Wall Street:
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Voted repeatedly to roll back Wall Street reform
-Career: Amodei Received $479,323 In Campaign Contributions From Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Interests. As of June 2020, Amodei had disclosed $479,323 in contribution from the FIRE sector including $213,646 from individuals and $265,677 from PACS. [OpenSecrets.org, accessed 6/17/20]
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Voted against the consumer First Act, clarifying and establishing certain objectives, authorities and offices of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Voted against protecting the CFPB
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Voted to allow risky mortgage lending practices
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Voted against a resolution aimed “to rein in presidential authority to use military action against Iran without Congressional approval”
Foreign Policy Issues:
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Voted against directing the President to terminate the use of armed forces in or against Iran unless Congress has declared war or provided authorization
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Voted against restrictions on the use of federal funds for any use of military force against Iran
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Voted against expressing approval of the Iran Nuclear Deal
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Voted against the repeal of the 2001 AUMF
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Voted against withdrawing U.S. troops deployed against Isis in Iraq
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Voted against limiting funds for the military action against ISIS without congressional authorization of war
Gun Issues:
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Voted against authorizing funds to train and equip Syrian rebels
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Voted against closing the Charleston Loophole
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Voted against closing the Gun Show Loophole
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Voted to block consideration of bill to close gn safety loopholes
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Votd 18 times to block consideration of the “no fly, no buy” bill
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Voted for permitting concealed carry reciprocity between states
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Voted for prohibiting a VA Department determination that an individual is mentally incompetent from preventing the individual from buying a gun
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Voted on blocking a rule keeping firearms out of the hands of people deemed mentally incompetent by the Social Security Administration
Health Care Issues:
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Voted against the protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act
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Voted repeatedly to allow the Trumps administrations legal campaign against the ACA to move forward
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Voted against authorizing House intervention into the Texas Court case that found the ACA unconstitutional
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Vote 3 times to repeal the ACA
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Voted 10 times for Repblican budget resolutions that fully repeal the ACA
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Voted to repeal the individual mandate
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Voted 29 times to cripple, defund or repeal the ACA
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Voted for the American Health Care Act- the Republican health care repeal bill that would:
-gut protections for people with preexisting conditions
-lead to 23 million more uninsured- disproportionally older people with lower income
-create an age tax on older Americans
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Voted against the Lower Drug Cost Now Act
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Voted against a bipartisan measure to bring down drug prices by restricting anti-competitive behaviors by pharmaceutical companies
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Voted for the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act- “a major victory” for big Pharma investors
-Career: Amodei Received $5,250 From The Pharmaceutical Industry. [OpenSecrets, accessed 6/18/20]
-2015-2016: Amodei Received $4,000 From The Pharmaceutical Industry. [OpenSecrets, accessed 6/18/20]
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Voted for sentencing guidelines for distributing synthetic opioids the Dems warned would impose mandatory minimums for low-level offenders, rather than expanding treatment
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Voted against considering an amendment to prohibit restrictions on medical malpractice lawsuits for “grossly negligent” prescription of opioids
Housing Issues:
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Voted for preventing the DOJ from enforcing Disparate Impact Claims under the Fair Housing Act
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Voted for barring the private enforcement initiative of the Fair Housing Initiative Program
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Voted against amendment barring implementation of housing rile meant to combat housing segregation
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Voted for weakening housing discrimination protections
Immigration/Border Issues:
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Voted against the American Dream and Promise Act
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Voted for Rep. immigration compromise with a path to citizenship for a limited number or Dreamers and $25 billion for a border wall
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Voted for a hardline conservative immigration bill that criminalized undocumented imigration and funded the border wall
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Voted for killing attempt to bring DREAM Act and bipartisan imigration bill to a vote
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Voted 19 times to block the DREAM ActVoted repeatedly against terminating Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund the border wall
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Voted 3 times against blocking Trump’s Muslim ban
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Voted against a bipartisan bill that addressed the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border by ensuring that migrant children and families received basic medical screenings
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Voted for blocking consideration of a bill prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security from separating immigrant families
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Voted against prohibiting the use of privatized for-profit immigration detention facilities
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Voted for halting Obama’s Syrian resettlement program
Labor & Working Families:
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Voted against the Raise the Wage Act that would raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour
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Voted for blocking a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in seven years
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Voted against raising the minimum wage 5 times
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Voted against raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour
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Voted to block an amendment to allow an Americans to earn paid sick leave
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Voted repeatedly for bill that undermined overtime pay and sick leave
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Voted against the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
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Voted against extending unemployment insurance 8 times
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Voted repeatedly to roll back Davis-Bacon Wage Protections
LGBTQIA+ Issues:
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Voted against the Equality Act
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Voted for defending the Defense of Marriage Act against legal challenges
National Defense & Security:
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Voted 4 times against a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill that did not include efforts to defund Obama’s immigration executive orders
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Voted against an amendment that would require the government to obtain a warrant before searching surveillance data collected through section 702
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Voted against including additional requirements to obtaining warrants for surveillance through FISA
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Voted for reauthorizing FISA, including section 702, which conducts surveillance om foreign targets’ communications
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Senior’s Issues:
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Voted repeatedly for Republican budgets that would gut Medicare
-36,232 residents of CD-2 receive some Medicare benefits
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Voted against consideration of an amendment lowering out-of-pocket Drug costs for seniors
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Voted 12 times to reopen the medicare donut hole, costing seniors thousands more in out-of-pocket prescription costs
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Voted for Republican Study Committee Budgets that included increasing the Social Security retirement age
-150,371 residents of CD-2 receive some Social Security benefits
Tax Issues:
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Voted for nullifying a Department of Labor rule exempting certain government administered state retirement savings plans from select federal regulations
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Voted for making several provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent
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Voted for final passage of the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
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Voted against passing the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
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Voted against preventing tax deductions for executive bonuses exceeding $1 million
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Voted for blocking consideration of bill preventing U.S. corporations for moving overseas to dodge paying taxes
Trade and Outsourcing Issues:
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Voted for the USCMA
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Voted against establishing protection from unfair Chinese currency manipulation
Veteran & Military Family Issues:
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Voted 2 times against ensuring pay raises for service members and that they were paid during government shutdown
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Voted against increasing funds to prevent sexual assault in the military
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Voted for an appropriations bill that would transition VA choice program from mandatory to discretionary spending, leaving in open to cuts
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Voted for blocking a bill to exempt the VA from the Trump admin’s hiring freeze
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Voted for underfunding Veterans’ Affairs Program
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Voted against increasing funds for Veterans’ Health Care and PTSD Treatment