Alexander, R Rep

<p>Right you are. On April 12, representatives from the <a href="http://www.aga.org/Pages/default.aspx">American Gas Association</a> (AGA) and the <a href="http://federalperformancecontracting.com/">Federal Performance Contracting Coalition</a> (FPCC) <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/1904_meeting_04112912">met at the White House</a> with administration officials from DOE, CEQ, and OMB. At that meeting they offered <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/oira_1904/1904-04112012-1.pdf">this issue brief</a>

[PDF], which called on Congress to “substantially modify or eliminate

EISA section 433.” You can bet that issue brief hit all the relevant

congressional offices as well.

Less than a month later, Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.) of the House Appropriations Committee <a href="http://appropriations.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=292584">offered an amendment</a> to the Fiscal Year 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill that would “prohibit funding” to implement Section 433.

What is motivating this stealth attack on one of the few genuinely ambitious energy laws in the U.S.?</p><p>
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</p><p><b>Rodney Alexander</b> has served as a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. House of Representatives</a> representing the Fifth Congressional District of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Members_of_the_U.S.Congress_from_Louisiana" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from Louisiana">Louisiana</a> since 2003. (<a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/la05_109.gif" class="external text" title="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/la05_109.gif" rel="nofollow">map</a>)</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

<ul><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Record_and_controversies"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Record and controversies</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Iraq_War"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Iraq War</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Environmental_record"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental record</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Rep.Mark_Foley.28R-Fla..29_congressional_page_scandal"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) congressional page scandal</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Office_sued_for_sexual_harassment"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Office sued for sexual harassment</span></a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Bio"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Bio</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Background"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Congressional_Career"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Congressional Career</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#2006_elections"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">2006 elections</span></a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Money_in_politics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Money in politics</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Committees_and_Affiliations"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Committees and Affiliations</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Committees"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committees</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Boards_and_other_Affiliations"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Boards and other Affiliations</span></a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#More_Background_Data"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">More Background Data</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Contact"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Contact</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Sources"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#External_resources"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li></ul>

</li></ul>

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</a><h2><a name="Record_and_controversies" id="Record_and_controversies"><span class="mw-headline">Record and controversies</span></a></h2>

<div style="margin:0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding:.25em .25em 0.25em .25em;"><a name="Record_and_controversies" id="Record_and_controversies"><span>General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's </span></a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:U.S._legislation" title="Category:U.S. legislation">articles on legislation</a>.

You can add information you find on how Rodney Alexander voted by

clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Help:References" title="Help:References">cite your sources</a>!</div>

</a><h3><a name="Iraq_War" id="Iraq_War"><span class="mw-headline">Iraq War</span></a></h3>

<div style="margin:0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding:.25em .25em 0.25em .25em;"><a name="Iraq_War" id="Iraq_War"><span>For more information see the chart of </span></a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._House_of_Representatives_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div>

</a><h3><a name="Environmental_record" id="Environmental_record"><span class="mw-headline">Environmental record</span></a></h3>

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

</a><h3><a name="Rep.Mark_Foley.28R-Fla..29_congressional_page_scandal" id="Rep.Mark_Foley.28R-Fla..29_congressional_page_scandal"><span class="mw-headline">Rep. </span></a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Foley" title="Mark Foley">Mark Foley</a> (R-Fla.) congressional page scandal</h3>

<p>In October 2006, Alexander became swept up in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Foley_page_scandal" title="Mark Foley page scandal">Mark Foley page scandal</a>.

Alexander was the sponsor of a sixteen-year-old congressional page with

whom Foley engaged in “over-friendly” email correspondence in 2005.

After Foley resigned amid the revelation of both the emails and sexually

suggestive instant message conversations with pages, Alexander was

pressured to disclose when he first knew of the emails and what action

he took in response. He claimed to have contacted the office of House

Speaker <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dennis_Hastert" title="Dennis Hastert">Dennis Hastert</a> (R-Ill.), who directed him to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_House" title="Clerk of the House">Clerk of the House</a>. He also acknowledged notifying Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Reynolds" title="Tom Reynolds">Tom Reynolds</a> (R-N.Y.), chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Republican_Campaign_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Republican Campaign Committee (page does not exist)">National Republican Campaign Committee</a>, about the emails in the spring of 2006.</p>

<ul><li>Read a full account of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Foley_page_scandal" title="Mark Foley page scandal">Mark Foley page scandal</a></li></ul>

</a><h3><a name="Office_sued_for_sexual_harassment" id="Office_sued_for_sexual_harassment"><span class="mw-headline">Office sued for sexual harassment</span></a></h3>

<p><a name="Office_sued_for_sexual_harassment" id="Office_sued_for_sexual_harassment">In October 2006, a former staffer, Elizabeth Scott, filed a lawsuit

claiming that she had been sexually harassed by Alexander's chief of

staff, Royal Alexander (no relation to the congressman). Scott claimed

she was subjected to inappropriate sex-based comments, ogling, touching

and sexual advances and was demoted by Royal Alexander after voicing her

concerns. Rep. Alexander's office denied any wrongdoing and stated that

Scott had only filed her complaint after being demoted by Alexander for

performance issues. </a><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/15583-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/15583-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>

</a><h2><a name="Bio" id="Bio"><span class="mw-headline">Bio</span></a></h2>

</a><h3><a name="Background" id="Background"><span class="mw-headline">Background</span></a></h3>

<p>Rodney Alexander was born December 5, 1946, in Bienville, Louisiana.

He graduated from Jonesboro-Hodge High School, Jonesboro, Louisiana, and

attended Louisiana Technical College, Ruston, Louisiana, but dropped

out. He is an insurance agent and businessman. While a member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives from 1987 to 2002, Alexander served

as Chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee. He won a runoff

election for the U.S. House on December 7, 2002.

</a><h3><a name="Congressional_Career" id="Congressional_Career"><span class="mw-headline">Congressional Career</span></a></h3>

<p><a name="Congressional_Career" id="Congressional_Career">Alexander is "pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment and serves as a conservative voice in Congress." </a><a href="http://www.house.gov/alexander/bio.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.house.gov/alexander/bio.html" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>

On August 6, 2004, Alexander decided to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Party_switching&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Party switching (page does not exist)">switch parties</a> and ran for reelection as a Republican. He had been elected in 2002 as a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_Democratic_Party" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a>.

Two days after having filed for reelection as a Democrat, Alexander

filed as a Republican on the very last day of filing, fifteen minutes

before the deadline. On August 13, 2004, a Louisiana voter filed suit to

disqualify Alexander, citing a section of <a href="http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=81594" class="external text" title="http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=81594" rel="nofollow">Louisiana election code</a>

that appeared to prohibit a candidate from changing his or her party

affiliation after initially qualifying. On August 23, 2004, a state

judge ordered filing reopened in Alexander's district, and required

Alexander to refile if he wanted to run again. However, a week later, a

state appeals court threw out that ruling, saying the lower court went

too far. This decision all but assured Alexander's reelection, as the

Democrats had no time to find a credible replacement candidate.

</a><h3><a name="2006_elections" id="2006_elections"><span class="mw-headline">2006 elections</span></a></h3>

<p><a name="2006_elections" id="2006_elections">Alexander won reelection with 68% of the vote. </a><a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/LA/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/LA/" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>

</a><h2><a name="Money_in_politics" id="Money_in_politics"><span class="mw-headline">Money in politics</span></a></h2>

<p>This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics

databases.

<crpcontribdata>cid=N00025464&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata></p>

<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Rodney Alexander

mostly agr $

<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025464&cycle=2012">http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025464&cycle=2012</a>

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00025464" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00025464" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00025464" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00025464" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00025464" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00025464" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul><a name="Money_in_politics" id="Money_in_politics" /><li><a name="Money_in_politics" id="Money_in_politics" /><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Alexander%2C+Rodney" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Alexander%2C+Rodney" rel="nofollow">Revolving door profile for Rodney Alexander</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li><li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00025464" rel="nofollow">2006 privately funded travel profile for Rodney Alexander</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li><li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00025464" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00025464" rel="nofollow">Personal finance profile for Rodney Alexander</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li></ul>

<p>

</a><h2><a name="Committees_and_Affiliations" id="Committees_and_Affiliations"><span class="mw-headline">Committees and Affiliations</span></a></h2>

</a><h3><a name="Committees" id="Committees"><span class="mw-headline">Committees</span></a></h3>

<ul><a name="Committees" id="Committees" /><li><a name="Committees" id="Committees" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Budget" title="House Committee on Budget">House Committee on Budget</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="House Committee on Appropriations">House Committee on Appropriations</a>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Agriculture</li><li>Subcommittee on Financial Services</li><li>Subcommittee on Homeland Security</li></ul>

</li></ul>

</a><h4><a name="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29"><span class="mw-headline">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></a></h4>

<ul><a name="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" /><li><a name="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="House Committee on Appropriations">House Committee on Appropriations</a>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies</li><li>Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies</li><li>Subcommittee on Science State Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies</li></ul>

</li></ul>

</a><h3><a name="Boards_and_other_Affiliations" id="Boards_and_other_Affiliations"><span class="mw-headline">Boards and other Affiliations</span></a></h3>

<ul><a name="Boards_and_other_Affiliations" id="Boards_and_other_Affiliations" /><li><a name="Boards_and_other_Affiliations" id="Boards_and_other_Affiliations">Member, Louisiana </a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Farm_Bureau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farm Bureau (page does not exist)">Farm Bureau</a></li><li>Member, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">National Rifle Association</a> <a href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=LA05&site=congressmerge" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=LA05&site=congressmerge" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></li></ul>

</a><h2><a name="More_Background_Data" id="More_Background_Data"><span class="mw-headline">More Background Data</span></a></h2>

<ul><a name="More_Background_Data" id="More_Background_Data" /><li><a name="More_Background_Data" id="More_Background_Data" /><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS022541" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS022541" rel="nofollow">Background information on Rodney Alexander from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022541" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS022541" rel="nofollow">Interest group scorecard ratings for Rodney Alexander from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/a000361" class="external text" title="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/a000361" rel="nofollow">Voting record for Rodney Alexander from the Washington Post database</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=LA05&site=congressmerge" class="external text" title="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=LA05&site=congressmerge" rel="nofollow">Information on Rodney Alexander from Congress Merge</a></li></ul>

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

</a><h2><a name="Contact" id="Contact"><span class="mw-headline">
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