Doug Lamborn

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Born: May 24, 1954 in Leavenworth, KS

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Key House Vote Data for Doug Lamborn in 2012

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Lamborn Voted
2012-02-16	Domestic Energy Production [HR3408]	Passed (237-187)
A bill that would open up a small portion of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada blocked by the Obama Administration, and shift permitting authority for the project from the State Department to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
2012-03-29	Conservative Budget [HCONRES112]	Rejected (136-285)
Garrett (R-NJ) conservative alternative to the budget that would freeze total discretionary spending to slightly below 2008 levels beginning in 2013 and would balance the budget within five years. The bill would overhaul the tax code to give taxpayers the choice between the current system or one with two tax brackets, cut the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent, and eliminate the Death Tax. The bill would also move to make Medicare solvent by creating a premium support system and converting Medicaid spending into block grants to the states. It also calls for the gradual increase in the retirement age for Medicare and Social Security. ACU supported this alternative as a reasonable attempt to eliminate our trillion-dollar annual deficit.
2012-04-17	Federal Land Management [HR4089]	Passed (274-146)
A bill that requires federal officials to facilitate the use of and access to federal lands for the purpose of recreational shooting and hunting. The bill also prohibits a national monument designation by presidential proclamation from being valid until each affected state approves the designation.
2012-05-08	Eliminating Wasteful Spending [HR5326]	Rejected (129-279)
Pompeo (R-KS) amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill that would eliminate the Economic Development Administration. ACU has long opposed this agency that uses taxpayer money to pick winners and losers among local projects across the country.
2012-05-08	Government Reform [HR5326]	Rejected (199-211)
Huizenga (R-MI) amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill that would have removed language from the bill prohibiting public-private sector competition within the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Prison Industries. ACU supports increased opportunities for the private sector to compete with government programs.
2012-05-09	Preventing Wasteful Spending [HR5326]	Rejected (122-289)
Scott (R-GA) amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Bill that would have killed all funding for the Legal Services Corporation. ACU has long opposed this wasteful program used primarily to expand the welfare state and that a GAO study found to be rife with waste, fraud and abuse.
2012-05-09	Health Care Litigation [HR5326]	Agreed To (229-194)
Blackburn (R-TN) amendment to the Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations Bill that bars the use of taxpayer funds to defend any action challenging a provision of the Health Care Overhaul bill passed in 2010. ACU opposed that government takeover of our healthcare system.
2012-05-09	Traditional Marriage [HR5326]	Agreed To (245-171)
Huelskamp (R-KS) amendment to the Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations bill that would bar the use of funds for activities that would violate the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. That act defined marriage as the union of one man and woman.
2012-05-09	Blocking Political Science Funding [HR5326]	Agreed To (218-208)
Flake (R-AZ) amendment to the Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations bill that would have prohibited the National Science Foundation from using taxpayer dollars to fund political science research. ACU opposes these frivolous programs that give grants to wealthy universities at a time of trillion-dollar-a-year deficits.
2012-05-17	Blocking Defense Spending [HR4310]	Rejected (113-303)
Lee (D-CA) amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would bar defense funds from being used for any purpose in Afghanistan other than withdrawing troops.
2012-05-17	Terrorist Trials [HR4310]	Agreed To (249-171)
Rooney (R-FL) amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that directs the Defense Department to hold trials of suspected terrorists by military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay rather than by civilian courts in the United States.
2012-05-17	Cutting Missile Defense [HR4310]	Rejected (165-252)
Polis (D-CO) amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would have cut $400 million from the missile defense program.
2012-05-18	Government Reform [HR4310]	Rejected (209-211)
Coffman (R-CO) amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would have repealed the prohibition against private-public competition for certain Defense Department functions.
2012-05-31	Banning Sex-Selection Abortion [HR3541]	Failed (246-168)
A bill to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus. It would have imposed fines and a possible jail sentence on those who knowingly perform such abortions. The House voted in favor of the bill, but the vote did not meet the two-thirds vote requirement under the fast-track procedure used.
2012-05-31	Project Labor Agreeements [HR5854]	Agreed To (218-198)
Grimm (R-NY) amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Administration Appropriations bill that eliminates language prohibiting federal government construction contracts from requiring project labor agreements that force companies that seek government contracts to agree to union demands.
2012-06-01	Science Funding [HR5325]	Rejected (130-256)
Hultgren (R-IL) amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations bill that would have reduced increases in funding for renewable energy projects and applied the funds to basic scientific research and deficit reduction. ACU opposes increased funding for industrial policy programs that shortchange basic science.
2012-06-06	Barring Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements [HR5325]	Rejected (184-235)
King (R-IA) amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations bill that would have barred the use of funds to enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. That act requires federal projects to pay workers the "prevailing" wage, usually union wage rates well above the local market rate. This requirement adds billions of dollars to the cost of federal projects.
2012-06-19	Weakening Border Security [HR2578]	Rejected (177-247)
Grijalva (D-AZ) amendment to the Conservation and Economic Growth Act. The amendment would have eliminated language in the Conservation and Economic Growth Act that exempts border security programs from those environmental and land use laws that block enforcement.
2012-06-26	Eliminating Air Service Subsidies [HR5972]	Rejected (164-238)		No Vote
McClintock (R-CA) amendment to the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that would have eliminated a $200 million program that subsidizes air service to rural airports with little passenger traffic.
2012-06-27	Defunding Community Development Block Grant Program [HR5972]	Rejected (80-342)
McClintock (R-CA) amendment to the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that would have eliminated funding for the $3.4 billion Community Development Block Grant program. This program, unauthorized since 1994, has been used primarily as a federal slush fund for pet projects of local politicians. HUD's own Inspector General has found this program rife with waste, fraud and abuse.
2012-07-11	Repealing Obamacare [HR6079]	Passed (244-185)
A bill that would repeal the 2010 health care overhaul law that requires most people to purchase government-approved health insurance and gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services control over many aspects of the health care system.
2012-07-25	Domestic Energy Production [HR6082]	Passed (253-170)
A bill that would replace the Interior Department's current offshore oil and gas drilling plan with a timeline to nearly double the current number of leases and restore the 2009 leasing plan blocked by the Obama Administration.
2012-09-14	Energy Project Loan Guarantees [HR6213]	Rejected (170-231)
Waxman (D-CA) amendment to the "No More Solyndras" bill that would have eliminated provisions in the bill that end the loan guarantee program for energy projects that led to the Solyndra scandal.
2012-09-20	Welfare Reform [HJRES118]	Passed (250-164)
A resolution of disapproval of a ruling by the Health and Human Services Department that guts the work requirements in the welfare reform legislation passed in 1996.
2012-09-21	Barring New EPA Regulations [HR3409]	Passed (233-175)
A bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing regulations on greenhouse gas emissions in the name of "global warming" and transferring authority from the EPA to the states on issues regarding water quality standards.

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