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</div><div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Vernon James Ehlers</b>, a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican" title="Republican" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican</a>, is a former U.S. Representative for the 3rd Congressional District of Michigan, having served 1993 to 2011. Ehlers announced his retirement in February 2010. The 3rd district is based in Grand Rapids. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/mi03_109.gif" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">map</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-WP_0-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#cite_note-WP-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup></p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.1875px;"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2>&nbsp;<span class="toctoggle" style="font-size: 11px;">&nbsp;[<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>]&nbsp;</span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Record_and_controversies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Record and controversies</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Iraq_War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Iraq War</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#.22Public_Enemies_of_the_Middle_Class.22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">"Public Enemies of the Middle Class"</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#2007_SCHIP_Vote" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">2007 SCHIP Vote</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Environmental_record" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Environmental record</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Contested_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Contested elections</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Bio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Bio</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Congressional_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Congressional career</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#2006_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">2006 elections</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#2010_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">2010 elections</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Money_in_politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Money in politics</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Committees_and_affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Committees and affiliations</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Committees" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Committees</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Coalitions_and_caucuses" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Coalitions and caucuses</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#More_background_data" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">More background data</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Former_contact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Former contact</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Resources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Articles</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Record_and_controversies">Record and controversies</span></h2><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 248); border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em;">General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:U.S.legislation" title="Category:U.S. legislation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">articles on legislation</a>. You can add information you find on how Vernon Ehlers voted by clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Help:References" title="Help:References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">cite your sources</a>!</div><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On October 10, 2002, Ehlers&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congressional_actions_on_the_Iraq_War_prior_to_the_2003_U.S.invasion#Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq.28AUMF.29:Final_vote" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">voted to authorize the use of force</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iraq" title="Iraq" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Iraq</a>. Ehlers justified his vote by explaining on the floor of Congress and in&nbsp;<i>The Grand Rapids Press</i>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Saddam Hussein</a>&nbsp;was developing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Ehlers described the "destructive force of nuclear weapons" by describing what would happen if a bomb was detonated over Grand Rapids' Calder Plaza&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediamouse.org/features/010307ehler.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">source</a>:</p><blockquote style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">...the blast would devastate all of Grand Rapids and the near suburbs, a firestorm would consume the rest of the suburbs and a lethal dose of radiation would envelop much of the downwind area. All told, upwards of 300,000 people would be killed.</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Prior to his vote, Ehlers was the target of letter writing by opponents of the war. In an October 11, 2002 article published in&nbsp;<i>The Grand Rapids Press</i>&nbsp;("Local sentiment divided on next step," Ted Roelofs), Ehlers spokesperson admitted that calls, letters, and emails to the office were 50 to 1 against the war. He dismissed the opposition as being part of an "organized campaign" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediamouse.org/features/010307ehler.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">source</a>). Shortly before the invasion, antiwar&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.michiganimc.org/newswire/display/1599/index.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">protestors were arrested at Ehlers' Grand Rapids office</a>&nbsp;where they claimed that he&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.michiganimc.org/newswire/display/1610/index.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">was violating international law and war crimes</a>. The activists later detailed their charges in a publication and video titled&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediamouse.org/pdf/pubs/ehlers-book.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><em>The Trial of Vern Ehlers</em></a>.</p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Main article:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_actions_on_the_Iraq_War" title="Congressional actions on the Iraq War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Congressional actions on the Iraq War</a></i></dd></dl><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Through April 2007, Ehlers had voted in favor of all funding requests and had&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/mi03_ehlers/021507IraqResolutionStatement.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">opposed an immediate withdrawal from Iraq</a>. In 2006, Rep. Ehlers voted in favor of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006" title="Military Commissions Act of 2006" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Military Commissions Act of 2006</a>, which limited the Habeus Corpus rights of detainees in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/War_on_Terror" title="War on Terror" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">War on Terror</a>.</p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Main article:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006" title="Military Commissions Act of 2006" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Military Commissions Act of 2006</a></i></dd></dl><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 248); border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em;">For more information see the chart of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.House_of_Representatives_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id=".22Public_Enemies_of_the_Middle_Class.22">"Public Enemies of the Middle Class"</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In response to his voting record in the 110th Congress, Representative Ehlers was named as one of&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/press/releases/americans_united_for_change_unveils_list_of_top_18_public_enemies_of_the_mi/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">18 "Public Enemies of the Middle Class"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Americans_United_for_Change" title="Americans United for Change" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Americans United for Change</a>. Ehlers was included on the list due to his vote against the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fair_Minimum_Wage_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fair Minimum Wage Act (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Fair Minimum Wage Act</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Employee_Free_Choice_Act" title="Employee Free Choice Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Employee Free Choice Act</a>.</p><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2007_SCHIP_Vote">2007 SCHIP Vote</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2007, Congress took up the reauthorization of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="State Children's Health Insurance Program" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">State Children's Health Insurance Program</a>&nbsp;(SCHIP), which provides health care for about 6 million children and 670,000 adults from families who earn too much money qualify for Medicare but not enough to afford health insurance. Congressional Democrats and many Republicans tried to use the opportunity to dramatically expand the program but were opposed by President&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_Walker_Bush" title="George Walker Bush" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George W. Bush</a>&nbsp;and other Republicans. In 2006, 5.4 million children were eligible but not enrolled in SCHIP or Medicaid and 9.4 million total children were uninsured.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ehlers voted against the first House bill, which passed along party lines. It would have added $47 billion over five years to the $25 billion cost of the program and added about 5 million people to the program, including children, some legal immigrants, pregnant women and adults aged 18 and 19. The bill was financed mainly by an increase in cigarette taxes.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">House Democrats, with 45 Republicans, later compromised and passed a bill which expanded the plan by $35 billion and would have insured about 3.5 million more children from families generally making between 250% and 300% of the federal poverty line (about $51,000 to $62,000 for a family of four). Most non-pregnant, childless adults were excluded, as were most legal immigrants and all illegal immigrants. Ehlers voted for the bill.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After President Bush vetoed the bill, Democratic leaders attempted to override the veto with the same bill but failed. Ehlers voted for the bill.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">House Democrats then attempted to override it with another bill, which gave into Republican demands for increased checks for citizenship, the quick phasing-out of adult coverage, a hard limit of 300% of the federal poverty level and funding for families that covered their children through private insurance instead. Republicans, angry that the vote was scheduled during massive fires in California, blocked the veto override. Ehlers voted against the bill claiming that&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediamouse.org/briefs/102707ehler.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Democrats failed to get enough Republican input</a>. For details on the bills and the debate, see the main&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="State Children's Health Insurance Program" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">State Children's Health Insurance Program page</a>.</p><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_record">Environmental record</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>For more information on environmental legislation, see the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy(U.S.)" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a></i></p><h4 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contested_elections">Contested elections</span></h4><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On March 16, 2007, Ehlers, as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Administration_Committee" title="House Administration Committee" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Administration Committee</a>&nbsp;Ranking Member, shot down a suggestion that the committee examine the contested 2006 election for Florida's 13th District between Democratic candidate Christine Jennings and Republican Vern Buchanan . Ehlers cited the standard of allowing states to complete their reviews before the committee takes up a case as the reason for dismissing the suggestion.</p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Main article:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.congressional_actions_regarding_contested_elections" title="U.S. congressional actions regarding contested elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. congressional actions regarding contested elections</a></i></dd></dl><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Bio">Bio</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ehlers was born February 6, 1934 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids from 1952-1956. He earned an A.B. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956, and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from UC Berkeley in [1960. After six years of teaching and research at UC Berkeley, he moved to Calvin College in 1966 where he taught physics for 16 years and later served as chairman of the Physics Department.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He began his political career in 1974 while still at Calvin, when he was elected to the Kent County board of commissioners. He served four terms, then spent 10 years in the Michigan&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Legislature" class="extiw" title="w:Michigan Legislature" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">state legislature</a>--two years in the state house and eight in the state senate.</p><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Congressional_career">Congressional career</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 1993, he won a special election for the 3rd District, which had been vacant since Congressman&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_B.Henry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul B. Henry (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Paul B. Henry</a>&nbsp;died six months into his fifth term. He won a full term in 1994 and has been reelected since with no significant&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_Democratic_Party" title="United States Democratic Party" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Democratic</a>&nbsp;opposition.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ehlers is a moderate Republican. He has voted with congressional Democrats on issues such as affirmative action and environmental protection. He is one of the few Republicans to oppose the death penalty and he also opposes the Flag Desecration Amendment. In the 107th Congress, Ehlers led the development of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Great_Lakes_Legacy_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great Lakes Legacy Act (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Great Lakes Legacy Act</a>, which authorized spending $270 million over five years to clean up sediments in the Great Lakes.</p><h4 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2006_elections">2006 elections</span></h4><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2006, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Democrats</a>&nbsp;nominated&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Richard_Rinck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Richard Rinck (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">James Richard Rinck</a>&nbsp;to face Ehlers in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>)&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=MI&year=2006" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a>&nbsp;Ehlers retained his seat.</p><h4 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2010_elections">2010 elections</span></h4><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In February 2010, Ehlers announced his retirement after his wife suffered a heart attack. The seat stayed Republican when&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Justin_Amash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Justin Amash (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Justin Amash</a>&nbsp;won the fall election.<sup id="cite_ref-WP_0-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#cite_note-WP-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Money_in_politics">Money in politics</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00004166&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata></p><table class="prettytable" style="font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.1875px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Links to more campaign contribution information for Vernon Ehlers
from the Center for Responsive Politics'&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">OpenSecrets.org</a>&nbsp;site.</th></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Fundraising profile:</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">2006 election cycle</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; 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background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Top contributors by industry:</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">2006 election cycle</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Revolving door profile for Vernon Ehlers</a>&nbsp;from the Center for Responsive Politics'&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">OpenSecrets.org</a>&nbsp;website.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">2006 privately funded travel profile for Vernon Ehlers</a>&nbsp;from the Center for Responsive Politics'&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">OpenSecrets.org</a>&nbsp;website.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00004166" style="text-decoration: none; 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font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Education_and_Labor" title="House Committee on Education and Labor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on Education and Labor</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Aviation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Science_and_Technology" title="House Committee on Science and Technology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on Science and Technology</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Research and Science Education - Ranking Member</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_House_Administration" title="House Committee on House Administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on House Administration</a>&nbsp;- Ranking Member</li></ul><h4 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></h4><ul style="line-height: 19.1875px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce" title="House Committee on Education and the Workforce" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on Education and the Workforce</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Education Reform</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_House_Administration" title="House Committee on House Administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on House Administration</a>&nbsp;- Chair</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Science" title="House Committee on Science" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on Science</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Energy</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Environment Technology and Standards - Chair</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Aviation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Committee_on_the_Library_of_Congress" title="Joint Committee on the Library of Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joint Committee on the Library of Congress</a></li></ul><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Coalitions_and_caucuses">Coalitions and caucuses</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 19.1875px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Member,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christine_Todd_Whitman" title="Christine Todd Whitman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Christine Todd Whitman</a>'s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Its_My_Party_Too&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Its My Party Too (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Its My Party Too</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Member,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Main Street Partnership</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Member,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peak_Oil_Caucus" title="Peak Oil Caucus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Peak Oil Caucus</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Honorary Board,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republicans_for_Environmental_Protection" title="Republicans for Environmental Protection" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republicans for Environmental Protection</a>&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vernon_Ehlers#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup></li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="More_background_data">More background data</span></h2><ul style="line-height: 19.1875px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H1882103" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Background information on Vernon Ehlers from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 19.1875px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H1882103" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Interest group scorecard ratings for Vernon Ehlers from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 19.1875px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/e000092" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Voting record for Vernon Ehlers from the Washington Post database</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 19.1875px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=MI03&site=congressmerge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Information on Vernon Ehlers from Congress Merge</a></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Wikipedia</a>&nbsp;also has an article on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Ehlers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Vernon Ehlers</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">GFDL</a>.</i></p></div><div>=</div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Amway/Alticor Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$65,392</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$58,412</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,980</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">CMS Energy</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$57,150</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$57,150</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$41,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$41,500</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Credit Union National Assn</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$37,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$37,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">American Medical Assn</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$32,750</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$32,750</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 260px;"><a name="cont" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00004166&type=C" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40); margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h2 style="font-size: 14px; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); clear: left; display: inline;">Top 5 Industries, 1993 - 2012</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><thead><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Industry</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Retired</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$211,050</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$211,050</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Air Transport</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$166,885</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$166,385</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Health Professionals</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$148,960</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$54,610</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$94,350</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$147,708</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$106,589</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$41,119</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$120,250</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$77,650</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$42,600</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 260px;"><a name="cont" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00004166&type=C" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40); margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h2 style="font-size: 14px; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); clear: left; display: inline;"><a name="funds">Source of Funds</a></h2></div>