Broun, P Rep

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LCV life 4 2012  9% (no votes?)   http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/paul-c-broun

  agw hoax by sci

oddly, gets most of his money from PACs of various kinds vs industry?

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<strong style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">5) Obama Will Create A Personal Brownshirt Army<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ret. Gen. Jerry Boykin, who now serves as the executive vice president of the Family Research Council, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/boykin-exposes-obamas-health-care-conspiracy-to-build-his-brownshirt-army/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">repeatedly</a> <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/boykin-obama-creating-personal-brownshirt-army-to-enforce-marxism/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">predicted</a> that Obama planned to “establish a constabulary force” through the Affordable Care Act that would “control the population in America” much in the same way that Adolf Hitler used the Brownshirts to consolidate power, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129581493" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">basing his accusation on a debunked myth about the health care law</a>.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Boykin wasn’t alone in predicting that Obama would create such an army.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Another former military official, Ret. Army Major General Jerry Curry, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/08/28/daily-caller-op-ed-suggests-obama-administratio/189611" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">warned</a> that the Obama administration might “arm illegal immigrants” to begin killing Americans, with a focus on <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/retired-general-predicts-obama-will-start-killing-us-soldiers/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">assassinating members of the armed forces</a>.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">Then-Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia similarly <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/gop-congressman-obama-wants-to-go-down-the-road-of-hitler-5acacbe42f4a#.fb9nm42ps" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">warned</a> in 2008 that Obama’s proposed expansion of national service programs was “exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany” and “exactly what the Soviet Union did.” Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, claimed in 2013 that Obama’s “<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gohmert-obamacare-created-secretive-security-force/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">secret security force</a>” was already in existence.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lawrence C. Mackin, a conservative writer, warned that Obama was bent on creating a “<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gun-activists-obama-raising-private-army-of-undocumented-immigrants-refugees-federal-employees-soviet-troops/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">private internal army</a>” including “illegal aliens” and Middle Eastern terrorists, and William Gheen of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/william-gheen-obama-will-give-immigrants-badges-and-guns-to-go-after-christian-heterosexual-male-population/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">said</a> Obama would give immigrants “a badge and a gun” in order to target the “Christian, heterosexual male” population. Far-right activist Jim Garrow <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-garrow-reveals-obamas-secret-plan-to-use-aliens-and-canadians-to-plot-against-america/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">thought Obama would fake contact with aliens</a> in order to justify the creation of his own army.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Convinced that President Obama was set to wage an <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-savage-obama-is-inciting-the-white-man-to-revolt/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">anti-white</a> <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-savage-obama-will-commit-anti-white-genocide-just-as-the-mayans-prophesied/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">race</a> <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-savage-obama-inciting-race-war-may-as-well-be-charles-manson/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">war</a>, radio host Michael Savage <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/savage-obama-will-arm-the-crips-and-bloods-in-the-coming-race-war/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">said</a> that Obama intended to arm and “deputize” members of the Crips and Bloods gangs and turn them into his “shock troops.” He also <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-savage-black-lives-matter-are-obamas-brownshirts-and-secret-private-army/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(174, 39, 43); outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration: none;">claimed</a> that Black Lives Matter supporters would be “Obama’s shock troops” and “secret private army” much like “the Brownshirts that Hitler had.”Few Republicans have kind words for the Environmental Protection Agency. Many refer to it as a menacing, conspiratorial madhouse—rather than an agency that takes up <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-03/documents/fy15_bib.pdf" target="blank" style="line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">0.2 percent of the federal government’s budget</a> to keep the air and water clean. Michele Bachmann once pledged to padlock its doors; John Boehner has called it “<a href="http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207926-boehner-climate-plan-nuts" target="blank" style="line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">nuts</a>”; and Mitch McConnell says getting “<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/07/3590277/mcconnell-priority-rein-epa/" target="blank" style="line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the EPA reined in</a>” will be a top priority when he ascends to Senate majority leader come January.<section class="content" style="padding-right: 88px; color: rgb(40, 27, 33); line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="newbody body parsys"><div class="text-2 text parbase section">Those who insist the EPA needs muzzling claim it is consistently “overreaching” and making laws at “unprecedented” rates. (The agency is “<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704658204575610924168519824" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">a regulatory firehose on U.S. business</a>,” intoned the Wall Street Journal.) But such bellows are at odds with the reality. According to the Office of Management and Budget, from 2001 to 2011, EPA regulations accounted for annual benefits to the country worth between $141 billion and $691 billion, while incurring annual costs between $42.4 billion and $66.3 billion. As of 2010, <a href="http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41561.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">fewer Clean Air Act rules had been proposed or issued under the Obama administration</a> than during the same point in the presidencies of George W. Bush or Bill Clinton.</div><div class="text-3 text parbase section">But the agency is plagued by real problems—bureaucracies tasked with complicated rulemaking and enforcement cannot avoid them. Too many poor or outdated assessment models increase costs, a Government Accountability Office report found this summer. Decisions are often delayed, causing confusion and frustration about otherwise useful regulations. It ought to be possible to make the EPA more efficient, transparent, modern, and effective. Yet two bills that passed the House of Representatives last week show how good ideas about improving the EPA can turn radioactive in Republicans’ hands.</div><div class="pullquotebox section"><aside class="pullquote" style="display: inline; width: 246px; float: left; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 23px;">One of the bill’s sponsors decries evolution as a lie “from the pit of hell.”</aside></div><div class="text parbase text-4 section">Last Wednesday, the chamber approved the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014, which prohibits the EPA from “proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based on science that is not transparent or reproducible.” It compels the agency to release all scientific and technical information used in its assessments.</div><div class="text parbase text-5 section">On its face, this does not sound bad. Early in his presidency, Barack Obama promised to make <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Memorandum-for-the-Heads-of-Executive-Departments-and-Agencies-3-9-09/" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">agency science transparent</a>. Many on the <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/03/barack_obama_promised_transparency_the_white_house_is_as_opaque_secretive.html" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">left</a> and right have pointed out that the administration’s Open Government Initiative has fallen far short of that goal.<a href="http://blog.ucsusa.org/west-virginia-scientists-to-epa-cdc-allow-your-scientists-to-speak-389" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">Scientists</a> and <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/integrated-approach-of-openness-and-scientific-rigor.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">bureaucrats</a> themselves <a href="http://centerforopenscience.org/" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">want to work toward more clarity and openness</a>.</div><div class="text text-6 parbase section">Alas, the “Secret Science” bill was put forth by Republicans on the <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2012/10/06/the_us_congress_anti_science_committee.html" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">House Science, Space, and Technology Committee</a> with a penchant for alienating those who could lead reforms and improvements. Georgia’s Rep. Paul Broun (one of the bill’s sponsors) calls climate change a “hoax” and decries evolution as a lie “from the pit of hell.” That doesn’t inspire faith in science legislation with his backing. EPA mandarins—mere mortals just trying to do what’s asked of them—are attacked as job killers, and are bound to think any Republican bill is passed with their destruction in mind. “The EPA has approved regulations that have placed a crippling financial burden on economic growth in this country,” reads the press release from the bill’s author, Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz. And as <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-11-18/republicans-secret-science-bill-isnt-what-you-think" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">Christopher Flavelle of Bloomberg points out</a>, rather than making the EPA leaner, the bill would increase the agency’s costs tremendously without any real gains. What’s more, the Congressional Budget Office says implementing the law would mean <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49443" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">far fewer scientific studies (about half of the current number)</a> would go into making the EPA’s decisions.</div><div class="text parbase text-7 section">Denouncing the EPA plays to conservative constituents during election season—the majority of voters in eight battleground Senate states in this year’s midterms said they opposed new EPA carbon emission limit rules, according to <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/MagellanStrat/magellan-strategies-epa-regulation-survey-press-release-061214" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">a poll from Magellan Strategies</a>, a research firm. So right-wing politicians are keen to bash it as a costly and growing juggernaut they promise to tame. Two other House bills, also passed last week, would <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1422/text" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">bar scientists from advising the EPA on their own research</a>and <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4795/text" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">speed up issuing air pollution permits for new factories</a>. Supporters of the bills swear they are necessary for creating more transparency and ensuring that fewer onerous regulations will be imposed on businesses.</div><div class="text parbase text-8 section">
Scientific integrity is something everyone should fight for, and government agencies like the EPA are not bad places to push for more clarity and collaboration. But politics has poisoned that figurative well. Sadly, this risks poisoning literal ones Americans might drink from.But the <a href="http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41561.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">pace of EPA regulations has “slowed considerably since 2011</a>,” according to a report this summer from the Congressional Research Service, Congress’s public policy research arm. Public comment periods on new rules have frequently been extended, with revisions that “often relied on data submitted by industry” stakeholders. Many finalized rules on big issues were more lax than originally proposed as a result, CRS found. That makes Republican bills that effectively allow even more industry input in the name of curtailing runaway EPA authority look even more disingenuous. Worse, they breed distrust—the White House has already warned that it would <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/17/white-house-threatens-to-veto-3-house-gop-epa-bills/" target="blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">veto all three bills should they pass the Senate</a>—which makes it harder to pass legislation that might actually be meaningful.</div></div></section><footer style="color: rgb(40, 27, 33); line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><section class="about-the-author multi" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="author-bio" style="background: url(http://static.cdnslate.com/etc/designs/slate/images/narrow-black-line.4b966049.gif?1425561919) 0% 0% no-repeat;">Boer Deng writes for Nature. Follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/boerdeng" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 0, 51) !important;">Twitter</a>.</div></section></footer>TRMS <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paul-broun-the-house-science-commi">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paul-broun-the-house-science-commi</a>For those who can’t watch clips online, here’s what Broun said when he spoke two weeks ago at the 2012 Sportsman’s Banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Ga.<blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 24.0001px;">“God’s word is true. I’ve come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it’s lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. You see, there are a lot of scientific data that I’ve found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth. I don’t believe that the earth’s but about 9,000 years old. I believe it was created in six days as we know them. That’s what the Bible says.” [note backdrop of many deer trophies]</blockquote>For the record, Broun’s religious beliefs are obviously his businesses, and if he chooses to believe cosmology, biology, and geology are, quite literally, “lies straight from the pit of Hell,” that’s between the congressman and his conscience.But the larger, national significance to this is that Broun isn’t just some private citizen who rejects science; he’s a member of Congress who <a href="http://science.house.gov/about/membership" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">sits on the House Science Committee</a>.=.S. Rep. Paul Broun's view that the theories of evolution and the big bang are "lies straight from the pit of Hell" is getting more exposure than he might have expected, thanks to a <a target="blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rikEWuBrkHc" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 114, 160); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">video</a> that was made at a church-sponsored banquet in Georgia and distributed by a progressive political watchdog group.The Georgia Republican is already well-known as an outspoken conservative Christian, due in part to his <a target="blank" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22832.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 114, 160); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">unsuccessful campaign</a> to have 2010 declared "the Year of the Bible." But the latest comments have taken on an extra dab of controversy because Broun, a medical doctor, calls himself a scientist in the video and chairs the House Science Committee's <a target="blank" href="http://science.house.gov/subcommittee-investigations-and-oversight" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 114, 160); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">panel on investigations and oversight</a>.The video clip, distributed by the <a target="blank" href="http://bridgeproject.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 114, 160); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">Bridge Project</a>, was taken from a <a target="blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4B86AL5Go" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 114, 160); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">longer version</a>recorded on Sept. 27 during the 2012 Sportsman's Banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Ga. Here's a transcript of the Bridge Project's snippet:<hr class="excerptEnd" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 28px; vertical-align: baseline; quotes: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">"God's word is true. I've come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. You see, there are a lot of scientific data that I've found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth. I don't believe that the earth's but about 9,000 years old. I believe it was created in six days as we know them. That's what the Bible says."And what I've come to learn is that it's the manufacturer's handbook, is what I call it. It teaches us how to run our lives individually, how to run our families, how to run our churches. But it teaches us how to run all of public policy and everything in society. And that's the reason as your congressman I hold the Holy Bible as being the major directions to me of how I vote in Washington, D.C., and I'll continue to do that."</blockquote>Broun's comments were greeted with applause, and they probably reflect how a lot of his constituents feel about the same issues. He's assured of re-election in any case, due to the fact that he has <a target="_blank" href="http://www.examiner.com/article/primary-race-preview-georgia-10th-district" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">no Democratic Party challenger</a> in next month's election. But how will Broun's latest pronouncements play out on a national stage? Will they have any effect on the presidential campaign? Feel free to weigh in with your comments below.Update for 11:35 p.m. ET Oct. 6: <a href="http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-10-05/broun-evolution-big-bang-theory-are-lies-straight-pit-hell" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 114, 160); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(9, 96, 41);">The Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald</a> said Meredith Griffanti, a spokeswoman for Broun, referred to the video in this brief, emailed statement: "Dr. Broun was speaking off the record to a large church group about his personal beliefs regarding religious issues." ===

When the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology announced it would be holding <a href="http://science.house.gov/hearing/full-committee-hearing-strengthening-transparency-and-accountability-within-environmental" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">a hearing</a> on the Environmental Protection Agency’s transparency and accountability, it seemed as though the event might be strictly political in nature. After all, seventeen out of twenty-two Republican members of the committee <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/26/2202141/the-anti-science-climate-denier-caucus-113th-congress-edition/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">deny that climate change is occurring</a> — how much could really get done?

That scenario played out a little unexpectedly at the hearing today, where the biggest “<a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenGoode/status/401035583880847360" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">red meat question</a>” asked to McCarthy was whether or not she has signed up for Obamacare.

The question was asked by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), following accusations that the EPA has been performing unethical human testing on the health effects of particulate matter. Looking visibly confused, McCarthy tried to respond that the accusations were false. But Broun interrupted, noting that he only had a few seconds left for his questioning.

Broun: Let me ask you one more question because my time’s running out. Are you signed up for Obamacare?

McCarthy: No I am not.

Broun: Why not?

McCarthy: Well because I’m lucky enough as a federal government [employee] that I have health care available to mewhich I’ve signed up for. In a few years, when that’s not the case, I’ll be happy to have other available health care opportunities…

Broun: Well the president says health care opportunities is much better than forcing most federal employees into Obamacare and obviously if you are not signing up you don’t think it is. Mr. Chairman I’ve run out of time, I yield back.

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The statement seemed to strike a chord with Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman, who later began his questioning by pointing out how much he “loved” that McCarthy felt she was “lucky enough” not to have to have Obamacare.

Stockman: I think though earlier you gave me my favorite tweet of the day which I’m going to send out, which is … “I’m lucky enough not to have to sign up for Obamacare.” That’s wonderful. I wish my constituents could say the same.

McCarthy: I actually think I was referring to, I’m lucky enough to have access to good health care which the Affordable Care Act will expand…

Stockman: I still will take your quote for the record. I wrote it down. It’s really good.

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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.75px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stockman <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveWorks4You/status/401043485152645120" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">kept his word</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveWorks4You/status/401038408073494528" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">tweeted about</a> McCarthy’s comments on Obamacare after the hearing, misquoting her actual statement.

He did not tweet anything about EPA transparency or accountability.

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<div><big>Rep. Broun Encourages Members to Join the Property Rights Action Caucus and to View a CEI Report on Eminent Domain</big>

Washington, Mar 16, 2010 - The Property Rights Action Caucus is centered around the fundamental and basic right to private property.  The mission of the Caucus is to help educate elected officials and the public on the importance of property rights and to defend these rights from further erosion.  As John Adams stated, “Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.” Our liberties are only as secure as our property rights.  As a caucus, we will examine all issues of physical and intellectual property including eminent domain, federal government property ownership, downloading of multimedia, the Endangered Species Act, patent reform, pharmaceutical issues, compulsory licensing, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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<table style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Chairman</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=21866">Broun, Paul C.</a></td><td align="left">R-h10</td><td align="left">Athens</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=30011">Bachmann, Michele M.</a></td><td align="left">R-h06</td><td align="left">Anoka</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=31853">Bishop, Rob W.</a></td><td align="left">R-h01</td><td align="left">Brigham City</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=31845">Blackburn, Marsha</a></td><td align="left">R-h07</td><td align="left">Clarksville</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22113">Duncan, John J.</a></td><td align="left">R-h02</td><td align="left">Maryville</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=31851">Gingrey, Phil</a></td><td align="left">R-h11</td><td align="left">Canton</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22121">Gohmert, Louie B.</a></td><td align="left">R-h01</td><td align="left">Nacogdoches</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22159">Goodlatte, Bob W.</a></td><td align="left">R-h06</td><td align="left">Staunton</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=30009">Issa, Darrell E.</a></td><td align="left">R-h49</td><td align="left">Vista</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=21986">Jones, Walter B.</a></td><td align="left">R-h03</td><td align="left">Greenville</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22188">Lummis, Cynthia M.</a></td><td align="left">R-h00</td><td align="left">Sheridan</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22144">Marchant, Kenny E.</a></td><td align="left">R-h24</td><td align="left">Irving</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=21771">McClintock, Tom</a></td><td align="left">R-h04</td><td align="left">Granite Bay</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=31470">Shuster, Bill F.</a></td><td align="left">R-h09</td><td align="left">Hollidaysburg</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22085">Thompson, Glenn</a></td><td align="left">R-h05</td><td align="left">Titusville</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=22077">Walden, Greg P.</a></td><td align="left">R-h02</td><td align="left">La Grande</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Federal Caucus Member</td><td align="left"><a href="https://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?P_ID=&ClientCode=umich&MemID=31646">Wilson, Joe</a></td><td align="left">R-h02</td><td align="left">Aiken</td></tr></tbody></table>

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The GOP's self-made woes just keep on growing. They gave the keys to the crazies and <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230694/-GOP-moderates-pissed-that-they-have-to-lie-in-the-bed-they-made" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14.4px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">can't even begin</a> to do that, you know, legislating thing. They let Erick son of Erickson matter, and now he has <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230645/-GOP-establishment-s-challenge-How-to-avoid-another-Akin-without-pissing-off-the-base-too-much" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14.4px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">basically declared war</a> on the Republican establishment. They're facing one more election where they should be able to regain the Senate, and they're probably going to screw it up again. Case in point, the clown show that is the <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/316489-gop-anxiety-grows-over-georgia-senate-race" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14.4px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Georgia Senate primary</a>.

<blockquote style="margin: 1.2em 0px; padding: 20px; line-height: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(246, 243, 236); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 225); border-top: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 225); color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Recent polling shows the two candidates Republicans are most anxious about—Reps. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.)—leading the pack. Whoever emerges from the clown-car primary, with seven candidates and counting, will face a candidate Democrats are high on in a state where shifting demographics benefit their party. [...]

The scenario that panics Republicans is Broun winning the nomination. The Tea Party-affiliated congressman has generated controversy by calling evolution and the big bang theory “lies straight from the pit of hell” and routinely referring to President Obama as a socialist.

He has some strong support in the GOP base and sports a perfect rating with the deep-pocketed, fiscally conservative Club for Growth, which could give him a big financial boost if they decide to get involved in the race. Many think they might, especially if Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a longtime appropriator with a more centrist record, makes the two-candidate runoff.

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Meanwhile, Democrats are likely to nominate a woman, Michelle Nunn, the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn. So not only do you have the possibility of Broun and Gingrey being themselves about hell and socialism, but you've got them running around doing things like <a href="http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/11/16465515-some-congressmen-just-cant-help-themselves?lite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14.4px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">defending Todd Akin</a> and <a href="http://boldprogressives.org/2013/03/republican-senate-candidate-paul-broun-votes-against-both-versions-of-the-violence-against-women-act/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 14.4px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">voting against</a> the Violence Against Women Act. In other words, running against a a woman and acting like typical Republicans.

Establishment Republicans have been more than happy to have Gingrey and Broun in the House, without giving a damn what crazy shit comes out of their mouths. As usual, it's only a problem for them when it's happening on the national stage and people are paying attention. It's only a problem when the real Republican party is revealed.

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<table class="tablesorter"><tbody><tr class="even"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/resources/learn/anomalies.php?type=P&id=N00028986">Paul Broun Jr (R)</a></td><td>GA</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/resources/learn/anomalies.php?type=O&id=National+Right+to+Work+Cmte">National Right to Work Cmte</a> <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/resources/learn/anomalies.php?type=B&id=N00028986&id2=National+Right+to+Work+Cmte"><img src="/55fa8a7f-6eff-556f-939e-8da722b616d7.png"/></a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table class="simple"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00028986&cycle=Career">Paul Broun (R-GA)</a></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/9b3a7862-8fba-5764-aef1-4213deafb5ba.gif"/> $7,448</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025237&cycle=Career">Steven A. King (R-IA)</a></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/082b5287-3dc6-5971-8c05-200107f1ddd9.gif"/> $6,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=INS1&cycle=2012">Richard E. Mourdock (R-IN)</a></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/467d0cbe-b4d3-5191-b716-0a6b082b9143.gif"/> $5,000</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=VAS1&cycle=2012">George Allen (R-VA)</a></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/6374184e-cc48-5be8-a333-f6e03ca203f8.gif"/> $5,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=MT01&cycle=2012">Steven Daines (R-MT)</a></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/33e39ecd-7c57-5938-858f-4a3f2d432671.gif"/> $3,500</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Dr. Paul C. Broun, Jr., a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a>, has represented the 10th Congressional district of Georgia since 2007. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/ga10_110.gif">map</a>) He was elected on July 17, 2007 in a special run-off election to replace Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charlie_Norwood" title="Charlie Norwood">Charlie Norwood</a> (R-Ga.), who died of cancer of February 13, 2007. He was officially sworn in on July 25.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-0">[1]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Record_and_controversies">1 Record and controversies</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Environmental_record">1.2 Environmental record</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Fundamentalist_Christian">1.3 Fundamentalist Christian</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#2007_special_election">2.1 2007 special election</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Money_in_politics">3 Money in politics</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Committees_and_Affiliations">4 Committees and Affiliations</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#More_Background_Data">5 More Background Data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Contact">6 Contact</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Articles_and_resources">7 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Related_SourceWatch_articles">7.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#Sources">7.2 Sources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#External_resources">7.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#External_articles">7.4 External articles</a></li>

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<h2>Record and controversies</h2>

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<h3>Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h3>Fundamentalist Christian</h3>

Paul Broun is a fundamentalist Christian, and is thus anti-abortionist, and anti-evolution theory, and believes in the strict interpretation of the Bible. For Broun the earth is 9,000 years old, pi is equal to 3.00.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-1">[2]</a>

Broun was born in Athens, Georgia, the son of Democratic Georgia state senator Paul Broun, Sr. The younger Broun is a graduate of the University of Georgia and earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He lives in Athens, and has his medical practice there, a practice which uniquely consists of primarily housecalls. He and his wife Niki Bronson Broun have two adult daughters and a teenage son.

Prior to being elected in 2007, Broun made three unsuccessful attempts to run for Congress. In 1990, he lost to Democratic Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Richard_Ray" title="Richard Ray">Richard Ray</a> (D-Ga.). He waged an unsuccessful bid in 1992 for the Republican nomination in the same western Georgia House district. Finally, in 1996, he received a minuscule vote share in the U.S. Senate primary.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-2">[3]</a>

<h3>2007 special election</h3>

On February 13, 2007, Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charlie_Norwood" title="Charlie Norwood">Charlie Norwood</a> (R-Ga.) died of cancer while serving his seventh term in the House. In order to fill Norwood’s seat, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) was required to issue a writ of election in the ten days following Norwood's death. The election had to occur thirty days after the writ. If no candidate received at least fifty percent of the vote, a runoff election would then take place within the four weeks which followed.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-3">[4]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-4">[5]</a>

As of February 2007, three candidates had entered the race so far, including Jim Whitehead (R), Ralph T. Hudgens (R), and Terry Holley (D).<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-5">[6]</a> June 19, 2007 was set as the election date with a July 17 run-off for the top two vote-getters.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-6">[7]</a>

In the results of the June special election Jim Whitehead (R) led Paul Broun (R) by 23 points, but early results of the run-off suggested that Broun may have come out ahead. Whitehead had many significant advantages over Broun, including greater campaign spending and key endorsements, including one by Norwood's widow, but surprisingly, as of July 17, with 98 percent of precincts reporting, Broun held a narrow 371-vote lead over Jim Whitehead.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-7">[8]</a> The closeness of the race was expected to result in a recount.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-8">[9]</a> A week after the run-off election, however, the results became official and Paul Broun was elected, just barely, 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent over Jim Whitehead, a margin of just 394 votes. Initially, Whitehead stated that he would seek a recount, which he was allowed to do with a margin of less than one percent, however, after careful consideration, he decided against it in order not to delay the district's proper representation in Congress. On July 25, 2007, Broun was officially sworn in as the Representative from Georgia's 10th Congressional District by Speaker of the House <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-Calif.).<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_note-9">[10]</a>

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

<h2>Committees and Affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

After his election, House Republican leaders indicated that Broun would be appointed to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="House Committee on Homeland Security">Homeland Security Committee</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Science_and_Technology" title="House Committee on Science and Technology">Science and Technology Committee</a>.

<h2>More Background Data</h2>

<h2>Contact</h2>

<h3>DC Office:</h3>

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<dd>2104 Rayburn House Office Building</dd>

<dd>Washington, DC 20515</dd>

<dd>Phone: (202)225-4101</dd>

<dd>Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://broun.house.gov/">Web Site</a></dd>

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<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

<h3>Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

<h3>Sources</h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-0">↑</a> Rachel Kapochunas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/georgia_conservative_broun_ful.html">"Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win,"</a> CQ Politics, July 25, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-1">↑</a> Guy Adams, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/republican-congressman-says-evolution-is-lie-from-hell-8202896.html">"Republican Congressman says evolution is 'lie from hell'"</a>, The Independent, 9 October 2012.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-2">↑</a> Rachel Kapochunas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/georgia_conservative_broun_ful.html">Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win</a>, CQ Politics, 25 July 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-3">↑</a> Jackie Kucinich. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/021407/norwood.html">"Rep. Norwood dies after long bout with cancer,"</a> The Hill. February 14, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-4">↑</a> Lauren W. Whittington. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rollcall.com/issues/52_80/news/17040-1.html">"Special House Election Looms,"</a> Roll Call. February 14, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-5">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://public.cq.com/docs/cqm/cqmidday110-000002456104.html">"Date, Candidates Coming Into Focus for Election to Replace Norwood,"</a> CQ. February 21, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-6">↑</a> Chris Cillizza and Michael D. Shear. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022701564.html">"Date Set to Fill Ga. House Seat,"</a> Washington Post. February 28, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-7">↑</a> Josh Kraushaar. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0707/Major_campaign_upset_brewing_in_Georgias_10th_District.html">"Major campaign upset brewing in Georgia's 10th District,"</a> The Politico. July 18, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-8">↑</a> Josh Kraushaar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0707/Major_campaign_upset_brewing_in_Georgias_10th_District.html">"Major campaign upset brewing in Georgia's 10th District,"</a> The Politico. July 18, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Broun#cite_ref-9">↑</a> Rachel Kapochunas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cq.com/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/data/docs/html/news/110/news110-000002558987.html@allnews&metapub=CQ-NEWS&binderName=cq-today-binder&seqNum=24">"Georgia's Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special-Election Victory,"</a> CQ, July 25, 2007.</li>

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Broun">Paul Broun</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL">GFDL</a>.

<h3>External resources</h3>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.paulbroun.com/">Official campaign website</a></li>

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<h3>External articles</h3>

<ul>

<li>Rachel Kapochunas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/georgia_conservative_broun_ful.html">"Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win,"</a> CQ Politics, July 25, 2007.</li>

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Doctor of Demonization

Paul Broun, 64

A medical doctor who makes house calls only to avoid "bureaucratic encumbrances," far-right U.S. Rep. Paul Broun took over Georgia's 10th Congressional District after the death of Charlie Norwood in 2007. Since then, Broun has become a pal of the antigovernment Patriot movement, warning in apocalyptic terms of a coming socialist takeover by Barack Obama and his allies.

This April 19, 15 years to the day after the Oklahoma City bombing, Broun is scheduled to join several Patriot leaders at the Second Amendment March in Washington, D.C. On the agenda that day with Broun are Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers, a group that suspects the government has plans to round up Americans and put them in concentration camps, and Gun Owners of America's Larry Pratt, a fan of militias who has been criticized for ties to white supremacists.

Broun says gun rights are necessary to "prevent treason in America."

Saying Broun is a fierce critic of the president would be an understatement. Broun has alleged that a civilian reserve corps that Obama proposed, and the Bush administration endorsed, might be used to establish a dictatorship. "We can't be lulled into complacency. You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany," Broun said in 2008.

A "birther," Broun has openly questioned Barack Obama's citizenship. When asked by a radio host whether Barack Obama was a U.S. citizen or a Christian, both established facts, Broun responded, "I don't know." Broun also calls Cuba's former dictator Fidel Castro Obama's "good buddy."

Last year, Broun told his constituents that the health care bill was the work of a "socialistic elite" — referring to Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — who might use a pandemic disease or natural disaster as an excuse to declare martial law. "They're trying to develop an environment where they can take over," he said. "We've seen that historically." At a 2009 town hall, he called Pelosi "a domestic enemy of the Constitution."

So far, Broun's legislative work has been scant.

In 2009, Broun voted against a climate-change bill, calling the concept of manmade global warming a "hoax" perpetrated by the scientific community. In 2009, he proposed legislation proclaiming 2010 "The Year of the Bible." Earlier, he introduced the "Military Honor and Decency Act" that would ban sales of pornography on military installations. The bill has gone nowhere.

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/summer/meet-the-patriots/the-enablers

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<h1 class="ruleAbove"><a id="sec" name="sec">Sector Totals</a></h1>

<table id="topSect" class="datadisplay"><tbody><tr class="rowTint"><th>Sector</th><th>Total</th><th>PACs</th><th>Indivs</th></tr><tr><td>Agribusiness</td><td class="number">$137,153</td><td class="number">$47,250</td><td class="number">$89,903</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Communications/Electronics</td><td class="number">$66,780</td><td class="number">$40,000</td><td class="number">$26,780</td></tr><tr><td>Construction</td><td class="number">$152,852</td><td class="number">$24,500</td><td class="number">$128,352</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Defense</td><td class="number">$18,114</td><td class="number">$17,000</td><td class="number">$1,114</td></tr><tr><td>Energy & Natural Resources</td><td class="number">$118,350</td><td class="number">$89,000</td><td class="number">$29,350</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</td><td class="number">$351,876</td><td class="number">$108,800</td><td class="number">$243,076</td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td class="number">$393,190</td><td class="number">$199,625</td><td class="number">$193,565</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Lawyers & Lobbyists</td><td class="number">$75,976</td><td class="number">$12,500</td><td class="number">$63,476</td></tr><tr><td>Transportation</td><td class="number">$155,471</td><td class="number">$84,498</td><td class="number">$70,973</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Misc Business</td><td class="number">$300,526</td><td class="number">$140,570</td><td class="number">$159,956</td></tr><tr><td>Labor</td><td class="number">$7,000</td><td class="number">$7,000</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td>Ideological/Single-Issue</td><td class="number">$520,553</td><td class="number">$248,429</td><td class="number">$272,124</td></tr><tr><td>Other</td><td class="number">$436,564</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$436,564</td></tr></tbody></table>

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