Lowey, Nita Rep

<p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>lcv 94/93%</b></font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font color="#212b4a" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/nita-m-lowey</b></span></font></p><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear440879" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber440879" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">531</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle440879" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-531-undermining-clean-air-protections" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Undermining Clean Air Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues440879" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Air</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice440879" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear440444" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber440444" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">528</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle440444" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-528-attack-sound-science" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Attack on Sound Science</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues440444" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Toxics/Public Right to Know, Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice440444" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear440009" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber440009" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">525</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle440009" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-525-attack-scientific-integrity" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Attack on Scientific Integrity</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues440009" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Toxics/Public Right to Know, Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice440009" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear439574" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber439574" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">519</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle439574" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-519-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline-kxl" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline (KXL)</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues439574" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice439574" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear439140" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber439140" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">515</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle439140" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-515-big-polluter-giveaway" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Big Polluter Giveaway</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues439140" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy, Climate Change, Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice439140" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear438708" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber438708" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">489</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle438708" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-489-assault-clean-water-rule" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Assault on the Clean Water Rule</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues438708" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice438708" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear438276" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber438276" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">470</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle438276" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-470-pesticides-pollution" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Pesticides Pollution</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues438276" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Toxics/Public Right to Know</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice438276" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear437843" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber437843" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">463</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle437843" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-463-attack-endangered-species-act-esa" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Attack on the Endangered Species Act (ESA)</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues437843" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Wildlife</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice437843" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear437410" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber437410" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">461</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle437410" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-461-using-best-available-science" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Using Best Available Science</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues437410" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice437410" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear436977" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber436977" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">402</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle436977" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-402-assault-clean-energy-and-clean-water" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Assault on Clean Energy and Clean Water</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues436977" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy, Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice436977" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear436544" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber436544" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">397</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle436544" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-397-impacts-climate-change" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Impacts of Climate Change</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues436544" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice436544" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear436111" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber436111" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">394</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle436111" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-394-attack-clean-water" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Attack on Clean water</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues436111" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice436111" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear435678" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber435678" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">393</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle435678" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-393-light-bulb-efficiency-standards" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Light Bulb Efficiency Standards</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues435678" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice435678" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear435245" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber435245" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">389</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle435245" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-389-social-cost-carbon" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Social Cost of Carbon</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues435245" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice435245" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear434812" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber434812" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">376</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle434812" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-376-clean-energy-funding" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Clean Energy Funding</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues434812" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice434812" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear434379" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber434379" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">368</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle434379" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-368-big-oil-giveaway" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Big Oil Giveaway</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues434379" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy, Drilling, Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice434379" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear433946" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber433946" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">364</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle433946" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-364-offshore-drilling-subsidies" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Offshore Drilling Subsidies</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues433946" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy, Drilling</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice433946" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear433513" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber433513" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">361</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle433513" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-361-national-ocean-policy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">National Ocean Policy</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues433513" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Oceans</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice433513" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear433080" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber433080" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">359</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle433080" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-359-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-exports" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues433080" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice433080" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear432647" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber432647" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">354</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle432647" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-354-gutting-pipeline-review" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Gutting Pipeline Review</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues432647" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice432647" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear432215" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber432215" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">334</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle432215" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-334-military-investments-advanced-biofuels" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Military Investments in Advanced Biofuels</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues432215" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Transportation</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice432215" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear431783" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber431783" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">267</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle431783" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-267-blocking-climate-action-trade-agreements" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Blocking Climate Action in Trade Agreements</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues431783" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice431783" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear431351" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber431351" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">177</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle431351" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-177-big-oil-budget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Big Oil Budget</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues431351" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice431351" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear430918" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber430918" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">147</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle430918" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-147-preventing-new-parks" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Preventing New Parks</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues430918" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Lands/Forests</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice430918" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear430486" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber430486" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">141</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle430486" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-141-toxic-mining-waste" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Toxic Mining Waste</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues430486" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice430486" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear430054" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber430054" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">113</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle430054" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-113-attacking-public-input-environmental-review" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Attacking Public Input & Environmental Review</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues430054" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice430054" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear429193" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber429193" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">106</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle429193" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-106-carbon-pollution" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Carbon Pollution</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues429193" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice429193" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear429623" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber429623" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">103</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle429623" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-103-climate-change-science" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Climate Change Science</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues429623" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice429623" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear428761" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber428761" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">91</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle428761" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-91-undermining-flood-insurance-reform" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Undermining Flood Insurance Reform</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues428761" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice428761" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear428330" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2014</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber428330" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">78</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle428330" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2014-78-assault-public-protections" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Assault on Public Protections</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues428330" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Air, Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice428330" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png) no-repeat;">&nbsp;</span></div><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font color="#212b4a" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="line-height: 24px;">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Nita M. Lowey</b>&nbsp;is a&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: none;">Democratic</a>&nbsp;member of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. She currently represents<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Congressional_Districts" class="extiw" title="w:New York Congressional Districts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background: none;">New York's 18th Congressional District</a>&nbsp;(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/ny18_109.gif" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">map</a>), located in the northern suburbs of New York City and includes most of Westchester County including New Rochelle, White Plains and Ossining, as well as part of Rockland County. She was first elected to the U.S. House in 1988 to serve New York's 20th district.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>&nbsp;<span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 12.5020008087158px;">&nbsp;[<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">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=Nita_Lowey#Record_and_controversies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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=Nita_Lowey#Iraq_War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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=Nita_Lowey#Environmental_record" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Environmental record</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Support_for_gun_control" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Support for gun control</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#National_security_and_foreign_policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">National security and foreign policy</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=Nita_Lowey#Pro-Israeli_Agent" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Pro-Israeli Agent</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#FY2008_budget" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">FY2008 budget</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Bio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Congresional_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Congresional 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-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#2006_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">2006 elections</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Personal_Finances" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Personal Finances</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Money_in_politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Money in politics</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Committees_and_Affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Committees" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#More_Background_Data" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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=Nita_Lowey#Contact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Contact</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><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=Nita_Lowey#Sources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">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-3 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">7.3.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Record_and_controversies">Record and controversies</span></h2><div style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em; background: rgb(220, 232, 248);">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: none;">articles on legislation</a>. You can add information you find on how Nita Lowey 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: none;">cite your sources</a>!</div><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lowey voted for the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a>&nbsp;that started the Iraq War.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></p><div style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em; background: rgb(220, 232, 248);">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: none;">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_record">Environmental record</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; 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: none;">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a></i></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Support_for_gun_control">Support for gun control</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lowey cosponsored H.R. 1312 (Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005) on June 17, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She also cosponsored H.R. 1022 (Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2007) on March 15, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; 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.gun_legislation" title="U.S. gun legislation" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. gun legislation</a></i></dd></dl><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="National_security_and_foreign_policy">National security and foreign policy</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On June 21, 2007, the House considered the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_State,Foreign_Operations_and_Related_Programs_Appropriations_Act,2008" title="Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008</a>, which as sponsored by Rep. Lowey. The bill, which funded the Department of State and various international aid programs for FY2008, passed the House 241-178.</p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; 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/Department_of_State,Foreign_Operations_and_Related_Programs_Appropriations_Act,2008" title="Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008</a></i></dd></dl><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Pro-Israeli_Agent">Pro-Israeli Agent</span></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nita Lowey is one of the most active Congresspersons pushing a pro-Israeli agenda. Jeffrey Blankfort, a California-based journalist, activist and former editor of the Middle East Labor Bulletin, comments about Lowey: "... Nita Lowey is one of Israel's most devoted agents in Congress..."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="FY2008_budget">FY2008 budget</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On June 5, 2007, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations approved a measure that would allow the president, now or in the future, to waive current provisions that require one-third of all U.S. aid for HIV/AIDS prevention be spend on abstinence-only programs, opening up the possibility of funding to international family planning organizations since barred from American aid resources. President Bush would not be expected to reverse the requirements, but it would leave the option open for the next president to do so. The subcommittee's Republican members, led by ranking member&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Frank_Wolf" title="Frank Wolf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Frank Wolf</a>&nbsp;(R-Va.), came out against the measure, citing the president's threat to veto any legislation weakening abortion laws. Rep. Lowey, the subcommittee Chair, stated that the legislation does not violate the anti-abortion policy as it leaves the authority to the president to make the decision.</p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; 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_federal_budget/110th_Congress" title="Congressional actions on the federal budget/110th Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Congressional actions on the federal budget/110th Congress</a></i></dd></dl><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Bio">Bio</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lowey was born "Nita Sue Melnikoff" on July 5, 1937 in New York, New York and was educated at Mount Holyoke College.</p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Congresional_career">Congresional career</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2001 - 2002, Lowey was the first female chair of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Caucus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Caucus (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Democratic Congressional Campaign Caucus</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2004, Lowey received 69% of the vote against political neophyte&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A.Hoffman" class="extiw" title="w:Richard A. Hoffman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background: none;">Richard A. Hoffman</a>, a Wall Street Investor and largely self-funded candidate who ran on a platform of opposing special interests and cutting federal taxes. Lowey emphasized her track record on homeland security issues, notably her work to reform the formula for distributing homeland security grants to states.</p><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="2006_elections">2006 elections</span></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2006, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republicans</a>&nbsp;nominated&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_A.Hoffman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard A. Hoffman (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Richard A. Hoffman</a>&nbsp;to face Lowey in her November 2006 bid for reelection. Lowey retained her seat. (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: none;">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_Finances">Personal Finances</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lowey lives in a home valued at $2,170,000 while the median value of homes in her district is $346,500.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gur/the_phattest_bubble_youve_ever_seen.html/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg) 100% 50%;">[1]</a></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Money_in_politics">Money in politics</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00001024&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata></p><table class="prettytable" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; background: rgb(242, 242, 242);">Links to more campaign contribution information for Nita Lowey
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); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">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=N00001024" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">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=N00001024" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">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=N00001024" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">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/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00001024" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">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=N00001024" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">2006 election cycle</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); 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overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committees">Committees</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="House Committee on Appropriations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House Committee on Appropriations</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations -<b>Ranking</b></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Homeland Security</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Select Intelligence Oversight Panel</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="House Committee on Homeland Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House Committee on Homeland Security</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response</li></ul></li></ul><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><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: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="House Committee on Appropriations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House Committee on Appropriations</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Export Financing and Related Programs - Ranking Minority Member</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="House Committee on Homeland Security" style="text-decoration: none; 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margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">wiki</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Nita Melnikoff Lowey</b>&nbsp;(born July 5, 1937) is an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">American</a>&nbsp;politician who has served as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Representative</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York</a>&nbsp;since 1989. She is a member of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic Party</a>. Lowey's district was numbered as the 20th from 1989 to 1993, as the 18th from 1993 to 2013, and has been the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="New York's 17th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">17th</a>&nbsp;since 2013.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h2>&nbsp;<span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none;">&nbsp;[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>]&nbsp;</span></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_political_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Early life, education, and early political career</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Elections</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Tenure</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Caucus memberships</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_political_career">Early life, education, and early political career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and early political career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lowey was born in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">the Bronx</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,New_York" title="New York, New York" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York, New York</a>, the daughter of Beatrice (Fleisher) and Jack Melnikoff.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;She graduated from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx_High_School_of_Science" title="The Bronx High School of Science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Bronx High School of Science</a>and then&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Holyoke_College" title="Mount Holyoke College" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mount Holyoke College</a>&nbsp;with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies. She served as a government official before entering elected politics and was once the Assistant Secretary of State of New York.</font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S.House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></font></h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">
Lowey strongly considered</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_United_States_Senate_election,2000" title="New York United States Senate election, 2000" class="mw-redirect" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">running for the United States Senate in 2000</a><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, but stepped aside when</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">First Lady of the United States</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton" title="Hillary Rodham Clinton" class="mw-redirect" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hillary Rodham Clinton</a><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">announced her candidacy. Lowey was considered a top contender for appointment to Clinton's Senate seat after Clinton was nominated to be</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Secretary of State</a><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, but in a December 1, 2008 phone interview with the</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Associated Press</a><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, she stated that she isn't interested in giving up her senior seat on the House Appropriations Committee.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup>Lowey was first elected to the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House of Representatives</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="New York's 20th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York's 20th congressional district</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,1988" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1988" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1988</a>. Following<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">redistricting</a>&nbsp;after the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_United_States_Census" title="1990 United States Census" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1990 Census</a>, Lowey was elected from the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="New York's 18th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">18th district</a>. Her district is located in the northern suburbs of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York City</a>&nbsp;and includes most of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_County,New_York" title="Westchester County, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Westchester County</a>&nbsp;including&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle,New_York" title="New Rochelle, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Rochelle</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains,New_York" title="White Plains, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">White Plains</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaqua,New_York" title="Chappaqua, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chappaqua</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenburgh,New_York" title="Greenburgh, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Greenburgh</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarsdale,New_York" title="Scarsdale, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Scarsdale</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrytown,New_York" title="Tarrytown, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tarrytown</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaroneck(village),New_York" title="Mamaroneck (village), New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mamaroneck</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossining(town),New_York" title="Ossining (town), New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ossining</a>, and part of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkers,New_York" title="Yonkers, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Yonkers</a>, as well as part of eastern&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockland_County,New_York" title="Rockland County, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rockland County</a>, including the county seat<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_City,New_York" title="New City, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New City</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haverstraw(village),New_York" title="Haverstraw (village), New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Haverstraw</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congers,New_York" title="Congers, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Congers</a>. She used to represent parts of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens" title="Queens" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Queens</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx" title="Bronx" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bronx</a>, until redistricting after the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" title="2000 United States Census" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2000 Census</a>&nbsp;created her current district.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2004, Lowey received 69% of the vote against political newcomer&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A.Hoffman" title="Richard A. Hoffman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Richard A. Hoffman</a>, a Wall Street investor and largely self-funded candidate who ran on a platform of opposing special interests and cutting federal taxes. Lowey emphasized her track record on homeland security issues, notably her work to reform the formula for distributing homeland security grants to states.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2006, also against Hoffman, Lowey won with 70%.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lowey was re-elected to an eleventh term in 2008, with 68% of the vote against unsupported&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C.Russell" title="James C. Russell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">James C. "Jim" Russell</a>.</font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tenure">Tenure</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lowey received an "A" on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Major_Institute" title="Drum Major Institute" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Drum Major Institute</a>'s 2005&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.drummajorinstitute.com/congress/drum-major-voting-summary.php?name=Lowey&state=NY&database=house" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Congressional Scorecard</a>&nbsp;on middle-class issues. She received 12% on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_for_Growth" title="Club for Growth" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Club for Growth</a>'s 2007 congressional scorecard.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup>&nbsp;According to the conservative&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Heritage Foundation</a>, Lowey consistently votes in support of the policies of the Democratic Party, and is seen as a strong and effective progressive voice in that legislative body.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Her voting record on mass surveillance earned her a "D" on the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.standagainstspying.org/scorecard" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Stand Against Spying Congressional Scorecard</a>, which was created by a coalition of organizations and individuals from across the political spectrum advocating for transparency and an end to mass surveillance.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Early in her Congressional career, Lowey sponsored an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">earmark</a>&nbsp;for the purpose of "dredging the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaroneck(town),New_York" title="Mamaroneck (town), New York" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mamaroneck</a>&nbsp;Harbor."<sup id="cite_ref-Carney_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-Carney-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup>&nbsp;According to the local newspaper,&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_News" title="The Journal News" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Journal News</a></i>, the dredging was proposed because "the harbor was becoming too shallow 'to accommodate the larger&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht" title="Yacht" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">yachts</a>.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Carney_6-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-Carney-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2001–2002, Lowey served as the first female chair of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a>. She was a member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Appropriations_Committee" title="House Appropriations Committee" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House Appropriations Committee</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2011)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One of the notable causes she supports is the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting" title="Corporation for Public Broadcasting" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</a>, in support of which she appeared at a congressional hearing accompanied by&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sesame Street</a></i>&nbsp;characters Bert and Ernie.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lowey has been a vocal advocate for a Security Council Resolution on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict" title="Darfur conflict" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">conflict in Darfur</a>. She is responsible for the $500 million in the Emergency Spending Bill for Aid in Darfur. She is also pushing for $1.2 Billion in the next fiscal year.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lowey voted for HR 2454, the "Cap and Trade" legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lowey voted for HR 1105, the 2009 Budget Bill.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">
She was strongly critical of the</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupak-Pitts_Amendment" title="Stupak-Pitts Amendment" class="mw-redirect" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stupak-Pitts Amendment</a><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, which places limits on taxpayer-funded abortions in the context of the November 2009</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Affordable Health Care for America Act</a><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. Because of the rancor and disruptions which marked so many of the so-called Town Hall meetings held in the summer of 2009 to discuss Health Care Reform, Lowey chose to present her point of view on Health Care Reform in a telephone conference call, the effectiveness of which was questioned by some of her constituents.</span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a></sup><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">However, Lowey routinely appears around her district to talk one-on-one with her constituents at town fairs, events and public meetings.</span>In early 2009, Lowey introduced the Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, which calls for collective bargaining rights for federal workers at the TSA and Department of Homeland Security.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></sup>&nbsp;However, some statements from the TSA dispute the necessity of collective bargaining.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; 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margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nita_Lowey&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nita Lowey has been married to Stephen Lowey for over 45 years. Stephen Lowey is a named partner in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">law firm</a>&nbsp;of Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., which is located in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains,NY" title="White Plains, NY" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">White Plains, NY</a>. According to the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Publishing" title="West Publishing" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">West Corporation</a>, his practice areas include&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities" title="Securities" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Securities</a>&nbsp;Law,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust" title="Antitrust" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Antitrust</a>&nbsp;Law, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Protection" title="Consumer Protection" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Consumer Protection</a>. Nita and Stephen Lowey have three children, and eight grandchildren. The estimate of her personal asset wealth based on financial disclosures Congressional Representatives are required to provide (aside from that of personal residences and non-interest bearing bank accounts), puts Rep. Lowey's wealth at $41.2 million in 2010, based largely on her husband's investments.<sup id="cite_ref-Capitol_Assets_11-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-Capitol_Assets-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a></sup>&nbsp;This is derived from a special investigative series of asset wealth of all U.S. Congressional Representatives conducted by the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post" title="Washington Post" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Washington Post</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Capitol_Assets_11-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_note-Capitol_Assets-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:</span><sup style="line-height: 1;"><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_ref-Carney_6-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><sup style="line-height: 1;"><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Carney, Timothy (2011-03-16)&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/government-yachters" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Government for the Yachters</a>,&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Examiner" title="Washington Examiner" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Washington Examiner</a></i></span></font></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>^{</a></b></span>&nbsp;}<span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aboutpolitics.com/politicians/New%20York-NY/Lowey/Budget,%20Spending%20and%20Taxes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"Political Voting Records: New York-NY, Lowey: Budget, Spending and Taxes"</a>. 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Polhudson.lohudblogs.com. 2009-08-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved&nbsp;<span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;">2010-08-23</span></span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANita+Lowey&rft.btitle=Are+telephone+Town+Hall+meetings+Democratic%3F+%26%23124%3B+Politics+on+the+Hudson&rft.date=2009-08-07&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpolhudson.lohudblogs.com%2F2009%2F08%2F07%2Fare-telephone-town-hall-meetings-democratic%2F&rft.pub=Polhudson.lohudblogs.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></span></font></li><li id="cite_note-Capitol_Assets-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="-webkit-user-select: none;">^&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_ref-Capitol_Assets_11-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:</span><sup style="line-height: 1;"><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey#cite_ref-Capitol_Assets_11-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><sup style="line-height: 1;"><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Fallis, David S.; Higham, Scott; Kindy, Kimberly (2012).&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-assets/member/nita-lowey/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"Special Report: Capitol Assets: Nita Lowey"</a>. 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">SourceWatch</a></font></li></ul><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The House Appropriations committee approved a $30.17 billion Interior and Environment spending bill on Tuesday that cuts Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding by 9 percent and blocks key Obama administration climate rules.&nbsp;</font></b></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lawmakers approved the bill on a mostly partyline vote, and much of the debate centered on measures in the bill targeting EPA policies. Republicans said the measures are necessary to rein in what committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) called an “unnecessary, job-killing regulatory agenda.”</font></b></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“This administration has been hell-bent on implementing all sorts of regulations that are harmful to both our economy and our energy security,” Rogers said. “Bill-wide, we have included several important policy provisions aimed to stop this sort of overzealous bureaucratic red tape.”&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="dfp-ad-mosad_1-wrapper" class="dfp-tag-wrapper wrapper" style="line-height: 18px; position: relative;"><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats slammed the bill for both the EPA funding levels — it cuts the agency’s funding by $718 million — and provisions blocking its rule-making, including a water oversight rule and forthcoming greenhouse gas regulations for power plants.&nbsp;</font></b></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Republicans also approved an amendment to the bill&nbsp;Tuesday&nbsp;stopping an upcoming EPA smog rule. They also approved a provision blocking funding for a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The air every American breaths, the water every American drinks, are all at risk because of the funding cuts and policy attacks in this bill,” said Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations interior and environment subcommittee.&nbsp;</font></b></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Republicans defeated her amendment to undo the riders, which she called “veto-bait” for President Obama, and a handful of other Democratic attempts to change the bill’s policy provisions.</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“This administration’s appetite for new regulations and disregard for Congress has left us little choice but to block the president’s overzealous regulatory agenda in this bill,” Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chairman of the Appropriations Committee’s interior and environment subcommittee, said.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shaun Donovan, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said&nbsp;Monday&nbsp;that the White House opposed the bill. He cited the riders, as well as funding levels below those Obama proposed for most programs in the budget.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“These riders stand in the way of meeting these responsibilities - hamstringing permitting and future regulatory work, and creating significant ambiguity regarding existing regulations and guidance,” Donovan wrote in a letter to lawmakers.</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Overall, the GOP's bill spends $30.17 billion next fiscal year, $246 million less than current levels and $3 billion less than what Obama requested in his budget.</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The bill increases funding for wildfire prevention</b>&nbsp;and some Native American programs. It includes small cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service, and provisions blocking Endangered Species Act listings for certain animals, something Democrats fought&nbsp;on Tuesday.</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The bill, as with all other appropriations measures this session, turned into a proxy for the broader fight over top-line government spending levels. Republicans wrote the bill so it conforms to the sequestration spending caps, and Calvert said they made a “sincere effort to prioritize needs” within those caps.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In his 2016 budget proposal, Obama undid those caps and looked to increase funding for most of the provisions in the Interior and Environment budget. In his letter, Donovan wrote that the administration opposes funding levels below what he had proposed.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Appropriations ranking member Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">said the caps “led to a bill that severely underfunds far too many priorities.”</span></font></b></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But Republicans defended the budget and the provisions within it.&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“This bill makes great strides to budget responsibly, investing in proven programs while making cutbacks were we can,” Rogers said. “The EPA is one such agency that can certainly make do with less.”</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p></div><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The public comment period ended this week on the Education Department’s proposed&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/obama-administration-takes-action-protect-americans-predatory-poor-performing-ca" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">new rules</a>&nbsp;to limit federal aid to&nbsp;colleges and universities whose graduates are particularly debt-saddled or have high rates of student loan default. The rules would hit for-profit institutions hardest.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But the industry is fighting back — and it has allies. Last week, 36 lawmakers sent a letter to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofiles/overview.php?cmteid=H03&cmte=HAPP&congno=113&chamber=H" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">House Appropriations Committee</a>, asking its members to insert language to keep DOE from finalizing the new rules into pending funding legislation.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Some of the signers represent districts where for-profit schools are based, or where there are many students enrolling in for-profit institutions. But a common trait of almost all of the signers is that the for-profit industry has shelled out big bucks for their campaigns. There are just five lawmakers on the letter who have never taken for-profit education money; the other 31 have taken a combined $1.2 million from the industry over the course of their careers.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The letter is evenly bi-partisan — 18 Democrats and 18 Republicans — but the Democrats who signed have an edge in terms of money received from the industry,&nbsp; $631,000 to $584,000 over their careers. That’s not representative of the industry’s giving in general. So far this cycle, PACs from companies and trade associations in the industry made contributions to about&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=H5300" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">one quarter of all House members</a>&nbsp;— 64 Republicans, with an average contribution of $6,401,&nbsp;and 46 Democrats, with an average contribution of $4,000.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The first signature on the letter (see below) is that of Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004436&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">John Kline</a>&nbsp;(R-Minn.), chairman of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofiles/overview.php?cmteid=H08&cmte=HEDU&congno=113&chamber=H" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">House Committee on Education and Workforce</a>, whose campaign committee has received more than $395,000 from for-profit education companies over the course of his career. So far in the 2014 cycle alone, Kline has received $187,000 from individuals and PACs in the education industry — almost all of it from those in the for-profit sector. His leadership PAC has picked up another $20,000 from the for-profits’ PACs. An OpenSecrets.org analysis of all donations from the industry to all politicians in our databases show Kline is the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=H5300&cycle=All&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">second biggest recipient of its cash</a>, behind only former Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00000826&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Robert Andrews</a>&nbsp;(D-N.J.) who&nbsp;<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/04/n-j-democrat-rob-andrews-expected-to-resign-from-congress/" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">resigned</a>&nbsp;recently.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other names from the list of biggest all-time recipients of for-profit education cash are on the list as well: Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001148&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Carolyn McCarthy</a>&nbsp;(D-N.Y), who has received $185,000 over her career, is No. 6; Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001003&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Eliot Enge</a>l (D-N.Y.), who has received $139,000, is No. 8; and Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00002884&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Alcee Hastings</a>&nbsp;(D-Fla.), who has received $115,000 is No. 10.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Below is a full list of all 36 members who signed the letter and how much they received from the industry.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;" /><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Some of the letter’s recipients are already quite familiar with the for-profit education donors. House Appropriations Committee Chairman&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003473&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Hal Rogers</a>&nbsp;(R-Ky.) has only received $250 in his career from the industry, but his Democratic counterpart, Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001024&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Nita Lowey</a>&nbsp;(D-N.Y), has received $116,800 — although none so far this election cycle.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The for-profit education industry has been battered by bad publicity in recent months. The latest such story came this week, when it was revealed that five South Carolina judges and lawyers who started the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F20353%20%20%20%20&year=2010" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Charleston School of Law</a>&nbsp;withdrew $25 million in profits from 2010 to 2013 and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140525/PC16/140529595?utm_content=bufferfc4cb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">distributed it among themselves</a>, leaving the school in financial straits.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></p>