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</font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline">2</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">021</span></font></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626755" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">500</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626755" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-500-sung-confirmation-ninth-circuit-court-appeals" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sung Confirmation (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626755" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Judiciary</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626755" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626048" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626048" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">459</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626048" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-459-restoring-voting-rights-act" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Restoring the Voting Rights Act</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626048" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Justice and Democracy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626048" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear625846" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber625846" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">426</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle625846" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-426-p%C3%A9rez-confirmation-second-circuit-court-appeals" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Pérez Confirmation (Second Circuit Court of Appeals)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues625846" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Judiciary</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice625846" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear625745" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber625745" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">420</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle625745" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-420-voting-rights-and-democracy-reforms" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Voting Rights and Democracy Reforms</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues625745" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Justice and Democracy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice625745" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear625207" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber625207" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">401</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle625207" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-401-stone-manning-confirmation-blm-director" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Stone-Manning Confirmation (BLM Director)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues625207" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Public Lands/Forests</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice625207" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear622439" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber622439" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">357</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle622439" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-357-build-back-better-budget-resolution" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Build Back Better Budget Resolution</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues622439" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Climate Change, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice622439" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear622540" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber622540" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">346</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle622540" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-346-promoting-polluting-energy-sources" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Promoting Polluting Energy Sources</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues622540" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dirty Energy, Climate Change, Air</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice622540" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear621168" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber621168" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">320</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle621168" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-320-eliminating-safeguards-fossil-fuel-production" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Eliminating Safeguards on Fossil Fuel Production</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues621168" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Drilling, Dirty Energy, Climate Change, Oceans, Public Lands/Forests</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice621168" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear620865" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber620865" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">303</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle620865" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-303-defunding-civilian-conservation-corps-and-wildland-firefighting" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Defunding the Civilian Conservation Corps and Wildland Firefighting</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues620865" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Climate Change, Public Lands/Forests, Other</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice620865" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear620764" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber620764" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">298</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle620764" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-298-restarting-construction-harmful-border-wall" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Restarting Construction of the Harmful Border Wall</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues620764" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wildlife, Public Lands/Forests, Environmental Justice</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice620764" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear620231" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber620231" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">279</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle620231" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-279-kim-confirmation-doj-enrd-assistant-attorney-general" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Kim Confirmation (DOJ-ENRD Assistant Attorney General)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues620231" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Environmental Justice</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice620231" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear621471" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber621471" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">246</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle621471" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-246-voting-rights-and-democracy-reforms" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Voting Rights and Democracy Reforms</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues621471" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Justice and Democracy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice621471" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear618298" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber618298" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">236</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle618298" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-236-fox-confirmation-epa-assistant-administrator" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Fox Confirmation (EPA Assistant Administrator)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues618298" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Water</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice618298" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear629554" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber629554" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">231</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle629554" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-231-jackson-confirmation-dc-circuit-court-appeals" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Jackson Confirmation (D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues629554" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Judiciary, Climate Change, Justice and Democracy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice629554" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear629453" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber629453" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">203</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle629453" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-203-clarke-confirmation-doj-crd-assistant-attorney-general" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Clarke Confirmation (DOJ-CRD Assistant Attorney General)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues629453" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Justice and Democracy, Other</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice629453" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear629655" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber629655" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">178</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle629655" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-178-investing-water-infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Investing in Water Infrastructure</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues629655" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Water</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-miss" id="voteChoice629655" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" miss-vote-icon-20.png="miss-vote-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear619698" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber619698" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">175</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle619698" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-175-repealing-assault-methane-pollution-safeguards" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Repealing Assault on Methane Pollution Safeguards</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues619698" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Climate Change, Dirty Energy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-miss" id="voteChoice619698" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" miss-vote-icon-20.png="miss-vote-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626553" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626553" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">150</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626553" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-150-mallory-confirmation-council-environmental-quality-chair" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Mallory Confirmation (Council on Environmental Quality Chair)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626553" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Environmental Justice</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626553" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626654" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626654" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">125</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626654" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-125-becerra-confirmation-health-and-human-services-secretary" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Becerra Confirmation (Health and Human Services Secretary)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626654" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Environmental Justice</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626654" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626452" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626452" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">123</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626452" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-123-tai-confirmation-united-states-trade-representative" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Tai Confirmation (United States Trade Representative)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626452" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice626452" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" pro-env-icon-20.png="pro-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear618197" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber618197" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">119</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle618197" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-119-haaland-confirmation-interior-secretary" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Haaland Confirmation (Interior Secretary)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues618197" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Public Lands/Forests</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice618197" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear615429" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber615429" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">116</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle615429" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-116-regan-confirmation-epa-administrator" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Regan Confirmation (EPA Administrator)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues615429" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Climate Change, Water, Air, Environmental Justice</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice615429" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear618096" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber618096" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">114</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle618096" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-114-garland-confirmation-attorney-general" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Garland Confirmation (Attorney General)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues618096" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Justice and Democracy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice618096" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626351" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626351" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">113</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626351" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-113-fudge-confirmation-housing-and-urban-development-secretary" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Fudge Confirmation (Housing and Urban Development Secretary)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626351" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Environmental Justice</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626351" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626250" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626250" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">86</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626250" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-86-striking-provisions-help-farmers-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Striking Provisions to Help Farmers of Color</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626250" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Environmental Justice, Agriculture</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626250" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear626149" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber626149" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">70</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle626149" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-70-raimondo-confirmation-commerce-secretary" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Raimondo Confirmation (Commerce Secretary)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues626149" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Oceans</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice626149" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear615328" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber615328" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">66</font></span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle615328" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2021-66-granholm-confirmation-energy-secretary" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Granholm Confirmation (Energy Secretary)</font></a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues615328" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Other, Clean Energy</font></span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice615328" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear617461" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2021</font></span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber617461" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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; 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</div><div>This year’s agenda from House and Senate Republicans has clarity that was often lacking from Trump’s own campaign. Senate Republicans favor using a procedure known as “budget reconciliation,” in which measures can be passed with a simple 51-vote majority rather than a filibuster-proof 60 votes, to tackle the ACA and to undo much of the <b>2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform.</b></div><div>
</div><div>As part of undoing the financial overhaul law, some GOP leaders have begun planning strategies for how to effectively kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whether by giving Congress control over its budget or finding cause to replace its director, Richard Cordray, with a weaker board.</div><div>
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</div><div><b>“I’d like to repeal the whole thing, period,” Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard C. Shelby said of Dodd-Frank in a December interview with the Wall Street Journal.</b></div><div>
</div><div>The reconciliation process is also likely to be used to pass tax changes, which both Trump and congressional Republicans want to use to lower rates and end the estate tax.</div><div>
</div><div>Republicans also are examining ways to undo many of the regulations and other orders enacted by Obama and his administration, including ones issued in the weeks since Trump’s victory and designed to solidify the Democratic president’s environmental legacy.</div><div>
</div><div>GOP leaders have cited the 21-year old Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to cast simple majority votes of disapproval for regulations, as a way to block anything the administration has ordered since June 2016.</div><div>
</div><div>Since its passage, the CRA has been used only once. But in December, the conservative House Freedom Caucus began compiling a list of more than 200 regulations it views as vulnerable to a disapproval vote. They include “burdensome” school lunch standards, tobacco regulations, laws that set higher wages for contractors and elements of the Paris climate-change agreement.</div><div>
</div><div>“Talking to some individuals with the Trump transition team, they are taking this extremely serious[ly],” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the Freedom Caucus, told the Heritage Foundation last month.</div><div>
</div><div>Republicans intend to supplement the CRA by enacting a law that would subject any regulation with an economic impact greater than $100 million to a vote of Congress, a change that would have prevented nearly every climate or employment rule change of the Obama years. The measure, called the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act, or Reins, is a conservative priority that passed the Republican House in 2011, 2013 and 2015 with backing from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Republican aides now hope for a vote on Reins in the coming days so it can be sent for Trump’s signature immediately after he is sworn in on Jan. 20.</div></span></div><div><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></span></div><div><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><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></font></font></font></div><div style=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.ecowatch.com/koch-brothers-paris-agreement-2430226599.html</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Paris Exit Was 'Victory Paid and Carried Out' by Republican Party for the Koch Brothers</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The 22 Republican senators who sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement received more than $10 million dollars in campaign funds from fossil fuel interests.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The two-page letter was signed by a number of Republican heavyweights from coal/gas/oil-rich states, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and Ted Cruz of Texas.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Guardian calculated that the 22 senators received a total of $10,694,284 from oil, gas and coal money in just five years. (See the breakdown below.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">However, that sum does not even come close to the amount of undisclosed funds coming from the deep pockets of Charles and David Koch's coal, oil and gas conglomerate, Koch Industries, and other outside groups.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As the Guardian explains:</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Visible donations to Republicans from those industries exceeded donations to Democrats in the 2016 election cycle by a ratio of 15-to-1, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And that does not include so-called dark money passed from oil interests such as Koch industries to general slush funds to re-elect Republicans such as the Senate leadership fund.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"At least $90m in untraceable money has been funneled to Republican candidates from oil, gas and coal interests in the past three election cycles, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, shared recently his views on Trump's climate walkout.In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance, Sachs referenced the senators' letter and specifically cast blame on the billionaire oil barons for pulling the strings of Republican party leaders such as McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who both supported exiting the Paris accord.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"This is the victory paid and carried out for 20 years by two people, David and Charles Koch," Sachs said. "They have bought and purchased the top of the Republican party. Trump is a tool in this."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Notably, most of the Republican signatories of the letter do not support the belief that human activity contributes to climate change.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">During an appearance on MSNBC, Democratic Sen. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts explained why he thinks his Republican colleagues do not believe in the science of climate change.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"This Conservative party in the United States is funded by the Koch brothers [and] it's funded by the coal industry," Markey said. "[They] insist that Scott Pruitt—the Attorney General of Oklahoma that actually sued the EPA 19 times on clean air, clean water, soot, mercury issues—becomes the head of the EPA in our country."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The 22 Republican signatories' funding from Big Oil, Gas and Coal in the past three election cycles (2012, 2014 and 2016):</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">James Inhofe, Oklahoma</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $465,950 + Coal: $63,600 = $529,550</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John Barrasso, Wyoming</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $458,466 + Coal: $127,356 = $585,822</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mitch McConnell, Kentucky</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $1,180,384 + Coal: $361,700 = $1,542,084</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John Cornyn, Texas</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $1,101,456 + Coal: $33,050 = $1,134,506</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Roy Blunt, Missouri</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $353,864 + Coal: $96,000 = $449,864</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Roger Wicker, Mississippi</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $198,816 + Coal: $25,376 = $224,192</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Michael Enzi, Wyoming</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $211,083 + Coal: $63,300 = $274,383</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mike Crapo, Idaho</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $110,250 + Coal: $26,756 = $137,006</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jim Risch, Idaho</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $123,850 + Coal: $25,680 = $149,530</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thad Cochran, Mississippi</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $276,905 + Coal: $15,000 = $291,905</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Mike Rounds, South Dakota</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">
</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Oil & gas: $201,900 + Coal: none = $201,900</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rand Paul, Kentucky</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $170,215 + Coal: $82,571 = $252,786</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John Boozman, Arkansas</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $147,930 + Coal: $2,000 = $149,930</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</font></div><div style=""><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Oil & gas: $60,150 + $2,500 = $62,650</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Luther Strange, Alabama (Appointed in 2017, running in 2017 special election)</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Total: NA</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Orrin Hatch, Utah</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $446,250 + Coal: $25,000 = $471,250</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mike Lee, Utah</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $231,520 + Coal: $21,895 = $253,415</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ted Cruz, Texas</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $2,465,910 + Coal: $103,900 = $2,569,810</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">David Perdue, Georgia</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $184,250 + Coal: $0 = $184,250</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thom Tillis, North Carolina</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $263,400 + Coal: $0 = $263,400</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tim Scott, South Carolina</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $490,076 + Coal: $58,200 = $548,276</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pat Roberts, Kansas</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & gas: $388,950 + Coal: $28,825 = $417,775</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Global warming continues to be an issue of significant debate in Congress and throughout the scientific community. In addition, important scientific research is ongoing as there are still many questions that must be answered before we take steps to address this issue. For example, is the climate change phenomenon cyclical or is it a function of manmade pollutants, or both? I believe the science must be firmly grounded before we take any actions that could seriously cripple many sectors of our economy."[source]<span class="mw-headline" /></font>
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<h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">, "<a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/toxic_power_the_20_most_expose.html" target="_hplink">Both senators from eight states of the 'Toxic 20' states</a> -- Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi -- supported a resolution by Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., to repeal the health-protective mercury and air toxics standard."</font></h3>
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<i><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a></font></i>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tobacco issues:<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Richard Shelby has been a defender of the tobacco industry</span>. In 1995, he opposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner David Kessler's efforts to have FDA regulate tobacco. Shelby called Kessler's efforts constituted an "alarming trend of FDA regulatory expansion."[1 Earmarks</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Over the course of a decade (1996-2006), Shelby helped direct $50 million to military projects benefiting the COLSA Corp., a space and missile defense company. The firm’s owner, Francisco J. Collazo, is a longtime friend of Shelby who contributed $400,000 to his campaigns and committees over this same period of time. In 1996, Collazo hired one of the senator’s former aides as his lobbyist. [2]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In late 2000, during Senate discussion of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001, Sen Shelby argued in support of the act and sponsored an amendment for Section 304, which is often referred to as the "Official Secrets Act", which would have criminalized the unauthorized disclosure of any classified information.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During the last days before the August recess, the House overwhelmingly passed a Darfur divestment bill in a vote of 418-1, Rep. Ron Paul being the only "nay" vote. The bill would allow states to pull investments from companies doing business with the Sudanese government, considered by the Bush administration to be complicit in the Darfur genocide. The bill would also block federal contracts with companies linked to Sudan.[1]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby blocked the bill on behalf of a group of anonymous GOP senators when it reached the Senate, however. One GOP aide explained the reason for the block, "It’s my understanding that there was widespread objection from Republican senators to this bill being hotlined [for passage] because it hasn’t been fully explored. We don’t know what the implications would be."[2]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Allyson Neville of the Genocide Intervention Network objected to the stall questioning the motives behind the block. She said, "Congress has had three years too long to take action. The [bill] puts real pressure on Khartoum. Why would the administration or any senator delay its passage?"[3]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby was born May 6, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended both undergraduate programs and law school at the<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> University of Alabama, </span>graduating in 1957 and 1963, respectively. After graduating, Shelby practiced law in Tuscaloosa from 1963 to 1978.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He then entered politics when he served as city prosecutor from 1963 to 1971. From 1966 to 1970, he was a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama; from 1969 to 1971, Shelby was a <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Special Assistant State Attorney General.</span></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the Alabama State Senate in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the House of Representatives from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th District. He was reelected three times. In 1986, he won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Republican Jeremiah Denton, the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since Reconstruction. He won a very close race as the Democrats regained control of the Senate. He was easily re-elected in 1992 even as Bill Clinton lost Alabama's electoral votes.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby spent most of his first 15 years in Washington as one of the more conservative Democrats in Congress. In the House, he was a member of the boll weevils, a group of Southern Democrats who supported many of Ronald Reagan's initiatives. He publicly feuded with the Clinton Administration, voting with Republicans on several key bills. On November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican one day after the Republicans won control of both houses in the midterm elections. He won his first full term as a Republican in 1998 by a large margin, and faced no significant opposition in 2004.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby opposes gun control and abortion, and supports the Federal Marriage Amendment. He has also been a staunch advocate of a flat tax and of the Bush Administration's tax cuts. He cites the Democratic Party's support of "higher taxes" as being one of the main reasons he left the party. Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make English the sole language of the federal government, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of immigration.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">However, he is considered to be much more independent-minded than his Senate colleague, Jeff Sessions. For instance, shortly after becoming a Republican he voted against two major tort reform bills, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act. Both bills were vetoed by President Clinton, though the first bill was successfully passed over his veto. Shelby also voted against NAFTA and opposes most free trade agreements, most recently CAFTA.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He opposed the confirmation of Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court in 1987, but voted for Samuel Alito, considered by some to be ideologically similar to Bork, in 2006.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fundraising profile:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style=" white-space: pre;"> </span>2006 election cycle<span class="Apple-tab-span" style=" white-space: pre;"> </span>Career totals</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Revolving door profile for Richard Shelby from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2006 privately funded travel profile for Richard Shelby from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Personal finance profile for Richard Shelby from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Background information on Richard Shelby from Project Vote Smart</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Interest group scorecard ratings for Richard Shelby from Project Vote Smart</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Voting record for Richard Shelby from the Washington Post database</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Information on Richard Shelby from Congress Merge</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when it gained the majority in Congress.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1 Early life</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2 Early career</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3 U.S. Senate</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3.1 Elections</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3.2 Tenure</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3.2.1 1980s</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3.2.2 1990s</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3.2.3 2000s</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">3.3 Political views</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby was born in Birmingham, Alabama,[2] the son of Alice L. (née Skinner) and Ozie Houston Shelby.[1] He attended the University of Alabama, receiving an undergraduate degree in 1957 and a Juris Doctor in 1963.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby is a member of the American Bar Association and Alabama State Bar, as well as the American Judicature Society, Alabama Law Institute, Delta Chi Fraternity, and Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby currently lives in Tuscaloosa with his wife, Annette Nevin Shelby. They have two sons, Richard Jr., and Claude Nevin.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby was a city prosecutor in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from 1963 to 1971. From 1966 to 1970, he was a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama; from 1969 to 1971, Shelby was a Special Assistant State Attorney General.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the Alabama Senate in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the House of Representatives from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th District. He was reelected three times. He was one of the more conservative Democrats in Congress, and a member of the boll weevils, a group of moderate to conservative leaning Democrats who often worked with Republican President Ronald Reagan on defense issues.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1986, Shelby won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Republican Jeremiah Denton, the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since Reconstruction. He won a very close race as the Democrats regained control of the Senate. He was easily re-elected in 1992 even as Bill Clinton lost Alabama's electoral votes.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican, one day after the Republicans won control of both houses in the midterm elections, giving the Republicans a 53-47 majority in the Senate. He won his first full term as a Republican in 1998 by a large margin, and faced no significant opposition in 2004 and 2010.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby remains popular in Alabama. A September 2009 poll showed he had a 58% approval rating, with 35% disapproving.[3]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1987, Shelby opposed Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court; a move attributed to lobbying by Alabama African-American leaders who reminded Shelby that he had relied on support from African-American voters in defeating Denton in 1986.[4][5]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby publicly feuded with Bill Clinton during the first half of Clinton's first term. At a meeting with Vice President Al Gore, he turned to 19 Alabama TV cameras and denounced the Clinton program as "high on taxes, low on spending cuts".</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1995 to 2003, stepping down because of a Senate rule limiting committee terms to eight years. Shelby took an adversarial stance towards the intelligence community during both Clinton and Bush administrations. He helped sink Anthony Lake's nomination as CIA director in 1997 and promised to investigate the use of American-made satellites by the Chinese to gather intelligence.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senator Shelby has supported several gun control measures put forth by Democrats including the 1991 Crime Bill S.1241[6] sponsored by then senator Joseph Biden that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.[7] In 1998, Shelby voted for Barbara Boxer's Trigger Lock Amendment 3230,[8] requiring the purchase of a trigger lock with the sale of each handgun. Firearms dealers who do not comply are guilty of a federal crime and face revocation of their Federal Firearms License and civil fines up to $10,000 for each omission.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby was also highly critical of CIA Director George Tenet in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. When Tenet resigned in July 2004, Shelby commented "This is not a surprise to me at all. What was a surprise was that he held onto the job as long as he did".[citation needed]</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">From 2003 until 2007, he chaired the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. He is also a member of the Appropriations Committee (where he chaired its subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science) and Special Committee on Aging. He lost his chairmanships in 2007 when the Democrats regained control of the Senate.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2004, a federal investigation concluded that Shelby revealed classified information to the media when he was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.[9] Specifically, Shelby revealed classified information on June 19, 2002 to Carl Cameron, the chief political correspondent on Fox News. The information consisted of two messages intercepted by the National Security Agency on September 10, 2001, but were only translated the day after the attacks — "the match is about to begin" and "tomorrow is zero hour." The Department of Justice declined to file criminal charges against Shelby and transferred the case to the Senate Ethics Committee, which dismissed its probe into the alleged leak.[citation needed</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby, in his role as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs, opposed proposed legislation that would have permitted additional competition in the title insurance industry.[10]</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby is currently co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus and Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus. He is also the Senate co-chair of the National Security Caucus. In addition, he is a member of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Senate Centrist Coalition.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the Metroplex of Dallas–Fort Worth, Shelby is known for the Shelby Amendment, a law he sponsored that eased some of the restrictions placed on Dallas' secondary airport by the contentious Wright Amendment.[citation needed]</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On February 5, 2010, Shelby placed a hold on over 70 of Obama's nominees to various government posts, in a protest over an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker contract and the FBI's Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center.[11][12][13] Shelby lifted all but three of the holds on February 8, 2010, releasing a statement that "The purpose of placing numerous holds was to get the White House’s attention on two issues that are critical to our national security – the Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker acquisition and the FBI’s Terrorist Device Analytical Center (TEDAC). With that accomplished, Sen. Shelby has decided to release his holds on all but a few nominees directly related to the Air Force tanker acquisition until the new Request for Proposal is issued."[14] White House spokesman Robert Gibbs criticized Shelby for "hold[ing] up qualified nominees for positions that are needed because he didn't get two earmarks"; Shelby denied the holds were over earmarks.[12][14]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby took a leading role in the resistance to bailing out the banks and other corporations (such as AIG), both under the Bush Administration, in 2008, and the Obama Administration, beginning in 2009.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby says he opposes gun control, but Senator Shelby has supported several key gun control measures put forth by Democrats including the 1991 Crime Bill S.1241[6] sponsored by then senator Joseph Biden that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.[15]</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1998, Shelby voted for Barbara Boxer's Trigger Lock Amendment 3230,[8] a law requiring the purchase of a trigger lock with the sale of each handgun. Firearms dealers who do not comply with the law are guilty of a federal crime and face revocation of their Federal Firearms License and civil fines up to $10,000 for each omission.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He is against abortion, and supports the Federal Marriage Amendment. He has also been a staunch advocate of a flat tax and of the Bush Administration's tax cuts. He cites disagreements with the Democrats on tax policy as one of the main reasons he became a Republican; he feels the Democrats are too willing to enact tax increases. Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make English the sole language of the federal government, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of immigration.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby is considered to be much more independent-minded than his Senate colleague from Alabama, Jeff Sessions.[citation needed] For instance, shortly after becoming a Republican he voted against two major tort reform bills, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act. Both bills were vetoed by President Clinton, though the first bill was successfully passed over his veto. In 1999 he was the only Senate Republican to vote against the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Shelby also voted against the North American Free Trade Agreement and opposes most free trade agreements, most recently the Central America Free Trade Agreement. When he was a Democrat, Shelby opposed the confirmation of Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court in 1987. He supported the confirmation of John Roberts and Samuel Alito almost two decades later.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1999, Shelby was one of ten Republican senators to vote for the acquittal of President Bill Clinton on the charge of perjury when Clinton was tried in the Senate in 1999, although he voted for Clinton's conviction on the charge of obstruction of justice.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby opposed the initial bailout proposal to extend billions of dollars in loan money to the Big Three US Auto Manufacturers. He is often seen as a front man for the GOP Senate opposition. In late 2008, he opposed a Federal government bridge loan for US-owned auto companies, saying: "We don't need government - governmental subsidies for manufacturing in this country. It's the French model, it's the wrong road. We will pay for it. The average American taxpayer is going to pay dearly for this, if I'm not wrong.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sen. Richard Shelby voted to block three amendments to regulate banks, including an amendment #3812 to S. 3217,to cap ATM fees at $0.50 per transaction, and also to bar banks who borrowed tax payer money through TARP funds to use those funds for their own benefit.[16] Sen. Shelby also believes that bank oversight violates the right to privacy and is against the Government Office of Financial Research being able to collect any financial data it needs to regulate the bank industry.[17]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As ranking member of the full committee, Sen. Shelby may sit as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Economic: 42% Liberal, 57% Conservative</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Social: 16% Liberal, 81% Conservative</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Foreign: 0% Liberal, 67% Conservative</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Americans for Democratic Action: 20</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Civil Liberties Union: 11</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chamber of Commerce of the United States: 88</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christian Coalition: 100</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">League of Conservation Voters: 0</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Conservative Union: 84</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Taxpayers Union: 65</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Shelby Hall Research Center at University of Alabama at Huntsville is named for Senator Shelby and his wife, a professor emerita at that university. The 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) square foot new center opened in 2007 and combines mathematics, chemistry and biology research in one building.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building at the University of Alabama at Birmingham opened in April 2006. The building, costing $90 million, 12 stories high, with 323,000 square feet (30,000 m2)square feet, increased UAB's available research space by 25%. Shelby was instrumental in securing federal funds for the building</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Senator Richard C. and Dr. Annette N. Shelby Center for Engineering Technology, part of the Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University, was dedicated on April 18, 2008. Shelby helped secure $30 million of the $54 million cost of Phase I of the project.[18]</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ a b "1". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/shelby.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-03.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ "Richard C. Shelby, Jr.". Washington Post. 2004-06-30. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22932/. Retrieved 2009-02-23.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ "SurveyUSA News Poll #15743". Surveyusa.com. http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=be14ad40-d8e9-4c99-8100-57f0f59fa64b. Retrieved 2010-08-29.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Minzesheimer, Bob (October 5, 1987). "President to stick with Bork to end". USA TODAY. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55748032.html?dids=55748032:55748032&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+05%2C+1987&author=Bob+Minzesheimer&pub=USA+TODAY+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=President+to+stick+with+Bork+to+end&pqatl=google.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ "Heflin: When in Doubt, Don't". October 7, 1987. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104734077.html?dids=104734077:104734077&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+07%2C+1987&author=By+Susan+Page.+Newsday+Washington+Bureau&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=Heflin%3A+When+in+Doubt%2C+Don%27t&pqatl=google.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ a b "U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote". Senate.gov. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125. Retrieved 2010-11-03.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Biden, Joseph (June 6, 1991). "S.1241". Library of Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241:. Retrieved June 6, 1991.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ a b "U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote". Senate.gov. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=2&vote=00216. Retrieved 2010-11-03.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Lengel, Allan; Priest, Dana (2004-08-05). "Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked Message". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40886-2004Aug4.html. Retrieved 2008-08-23.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Scott Woolley. "Magazine Article". Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1113/148_print.html. Retrieved 2010-11-03.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Collins, Gail (February 6, 2010). "No Holds Barred". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/opinion/06collins.html. Retrieved May 22, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ a b "CNN Fact Check: How transparent is the Senate's hold process?". CNN. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/12/cnn-fact-check-how-transparent-is-the-senates-hold-process/?fbid=KUvAvc_LwuX. Retrieved May 22, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Wilson, Scott., Murray, Shailagh. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama holding up Obama nominees for home-state pork. The Washington Post. 6 February 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ a b "Richard Shelby lifts hold on Obama nominees - Meredith Shiner". Politico.Com. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32718.html#ixzz0fOtYDadW. Retrieved 2010-08-29.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Biden, Joseph (June 6, 1991). "S.1241". Library of Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241:. Retrieved June 6, 1991.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Grim, Ryan (May 18, 2010). "Attempt To Cap ATM Fees At 50 Cents Blocked In Senate". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/18/attempt-to-cap-atm-fees-a_n_581168.html. Retrieved May 19, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Cover, Matt (May 7, 2010). "Sen. Shelby: Financial Reform Violates Privacy". CNSNews.com. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65427. Retrieved May 19, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ "New Auburn University tech center dedicated to U.S. Sen. Richard C. and Dr. Annette N. Shelby". The Birmingham News. April 24, 2008. http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/04/new_auburn_university_tech_cen.html.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Guthrie, Benjamin J. (April 1, 1979). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 7, 1978". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Ladd, Thomas E. (May 1, 1985). "Statisics of the presidential and congressional election of November 6, 1984". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Dendy, Dallas L., Jr. (May 29, 1987). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 4, 1986". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Dendy, Dallas L., Jr. (May 31, 1993). "Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 3, 1992". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Trandahl, Jeff (January 3, 1999). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 3, 1998". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm. Retrieved August 1, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Trandahl, Jeff (June 7, 2005). "Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 2, 2004". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm. Retrieved August 1, 2010.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">^ Heptinstall, Kristen (June 2, 2010). "Alabama state, U.S. Congress primary election results". al.com. http://blog.al.com/al/2010/06/alabama_primary_election_resul.html. Retrieved October 28, 2010.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bamford, James (2004). A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies. New York: Doubleday. pp. 127–131. ISBN 0385506724.</font>
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<h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline">Tobacco issues: </span>Richard Shelby has been a defender of the tobacco industry. In 1995, he opposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner David Kessler's efforts to have FDA regulate tobacco. Shelby called Kessler's efforts constituted an "alarming trend of FDA regulatory expansion."<a href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/uon77d00" class="external autonumber" title="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/uon77d00" rel="nofollow">[1</a> Earmarks</font></h3>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Over the course of a decade (1996-2006), Shelby helped direct $50 million to military projects benefiting the COLSA Corp., a space and missile defense company. The firm’s owner, Francisco J. Collazo, is a longtime friend of Shelby who contributed $400,000 to his campaigns and committees over this same period of time. In 1996, Collazo hired one of the senator’s former aides as his lobbyist. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=altZQv9Vt6Os&refer=politics" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=altZQv9Vt6Os&refer=politics" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></font>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In late 2000, during Senate discussion of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001, Sen Shelby argued in support of the act and sponsored an amendment for Section 304, which is often referred to as the "Official Secrets Act", which would have criminalized the unauthorized disclosure of any classified information.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">During the last days before the August recess, the House overwhelmingly passed a Darfur divestment bill in a vote of 418-1, Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> being the only "nay" vote. The bill would allow states to pull investments from companies doing business with the Sudanese government, considered by the Bush administration to be complicit in the Darfur genocide. The bill would also block federal contracts with companies linked to Sudan.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></font>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby blocked the bill on behalf of a group of anonymous GOP senators when it reached the Senate, however. One GOP aide explained the reason for the block, "It’s my understanding that there was widespread objection from Republican senators to this bill being hotlined [for passage] because it hasn’t been fully explored. We don’t know what the implications would be."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Allyson Neville of the Genocide Intervention Network objected to the stall questioning the motives behind the block. She said, "Congress has had three years too long to take action. The [bill] puts real pressure on Khartoum. Why would the administration or any senator delay its passage?"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup></font>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby was born May 6, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended both undergraduate programs and law school at the University of Alabama, graduating in 1957 and 1963, respectively. After graduating, Shelby practiced law in Tuscaloosa from 1963 to 1978.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He then entered politics when he served as city prosecutor from 1963 to 1971. From 1966 to 1970, he was a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama; from 1969 to 1971, Shelby was a Special Assistant State Attorney General.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Senate" class="extiw" title="w:Alabama State Senate">Alabama State Senate</a> in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">House of Representatives</a> from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th District. He was reelected three times. In 1986, he won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Republican <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Denton" class="extiw" title="w:Jeremiah Denton">Jeremiah Denton</a>, the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction" class="extiw" title="w:Reconstruction">Reconstruction</a>. He won a very close race as the Democrats regained control of the Senate. He was easily re-elected in 1992 even as <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> lost Alabama's electoral votes.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby spent most of his first 15 years in Washington as one of the more conservative Democrats in Congress. In the House, he was a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/boll_weevil_%28politics%29" class="extiw" title="w:boll weevil (politics)">boll weevils</a>, a group of Southern Democrats who supported many of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s initiatives. He publicly feuded with the Clinton Administration, voting with Republicans on several key bills. On November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican one day after the Republicans won control of both houses in the midterm elections. He won his first full term as a Republican in 1998 by a large margin, and faced no significant opposition in 2004.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby opposes gun control and abortion, and supports the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">Federal Marriage Amendment</a>. He has also been a staunch advocate of a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Flat_tax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flat tax (page does not exist)">flat tax</a> and of the Bush Administration's tax cuts. He cites the Democratic Party's support of "higher taxes" as being one of the main reasons he left the party. Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make English the sole language of the federal government, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of immigration.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">However, he is considered to be much more independent-minded than his Senate colleague, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a>. For instance, shortly after becoming a Republican he voted against two major <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tort_reform" title="Tort reform">tort reform</a> bills, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act. Both bills were vetoed by President Clinton, though the first bill was successfully passed over his veto. Shelby also voted against <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NAFTA" title="NAFTA">NAFTA</a> and opposes most free trade agreements, most recently <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=CAFTA" title="CAFTA" class="mw-redirect">CAFTA</a>.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He opposed the confirmation of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Bork" title="Robert Bork" class="mw-redirect">Robert Bork</a> to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Supreme_Court" title="Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> in 1987, but voted for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito" class="mw-redirect">Samuel Alito</a>, considered by some to be ideologically similar to Bork, in 2006.</font>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Money in politics</font></span></h2>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00009920&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata></font></p>
<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Links to more campaign contribution information for Richard Shelby
from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</font></th></tr><tr><td><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fundraising profile:</font></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009920" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">2006 election cycle</font></a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00009920" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Career totals</font></a></td></tr><tr><td><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Top contributors by organization/corporation:</font></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009920" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">2006 election cycle</font></a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00009920" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Career totals</font></a></td></tr><tr><td><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Top contributors by industry:</font></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009920" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">2006 election cycle</font></a></td><td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00009920" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Career totals</font></a></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Shelby%2C+Richard+C" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Shelby%2C+Richard+C" rel="nofollow">Revolving door profile for Richard Shelby</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00009920" rel="nofollow">2006 privately funded travel profile for Richard Shelby</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00009920" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00009920" rel="nofollow">Personal finance profile for Richard Shelby</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</font></li>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Banking,Housing,and_Urban_Affairs" title="Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</a> - Ranking Member</font></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" title="Senate Special Committee on Aging"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Senate Special Committee on Aging</font></a></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Committee on Appropriations</a>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Defense</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Homeland Security</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development</font></li>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</font></span></h4>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Committee on Appropriations</a>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Commerce Justice and Science - Chair</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Defense</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Homeland Security</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Transportation Treasury the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development</font></li>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Banking,Housing,and_Urban_Affairs" title="Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</a> - Chair
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Economic Policy</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation</font></li>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Co Chair, Congressional Privacy Caucus</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Republican Senatorial Committee</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate Co Chair, National Security Caucus</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senate Centrist Coalition</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Co Chair, Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus</font></li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Boards and other Affiliations</font></span></h3>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Alabama Bar Association</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Bar Association</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Judicature Society</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Alabama Law Institute</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.</font></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">More Background Data</font></span></h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0022103" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0022103" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Background information on Richard Shelby from Project Vote Smart</font></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0022103" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0022103" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Interest group scorecard ratings for Richard Shelby from Project Vote Smart</font></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000320" class="external text" title="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000320" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Voting record for Richard Shelby from the Washington Post database</font></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=ALSR&site=congressmerge" class="external text" title="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=ALSR&site=congressmerge" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Information on Richard Shelby from Congress Merge</font></a></li>
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<p><i><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby" rel="nofollow">Richard Shelby</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" rel="nofollow">GFDL</a>.</font></i></p>
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<li><a href="http://whereistand.com/RichardShelby/wizard" class="external text" title="http://whereistand.com/RichardShelby/wizard" rel="nofollow"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">See how you compare to Richard Shelby</font></a></li>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Richard Craig Shelby</b> (born May 6, 1934) is the senior <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>. Originally elected to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" title="United States Democratic Party" class="mw-redirect">Democrat</a>, Shelby switched to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" title="United States Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican Party</a> in 1994 when it gained the majority in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a>.</font></p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Early_life"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Early_career"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Early career</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#U.S._Senate"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. Senate</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Elections"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Tenure"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tenure</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#1990s"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">1990s</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#2000s"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.3</span> <span class="toctext">2000s</span></font></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Political_views"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Political views</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Committees"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Committees</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Group_ratings_.28108th_Congress.29"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Group ratings (108th Congress)</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Buildings"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Buildings</span></font></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Electoral_history"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Electoral history</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#References"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#Further_reading"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#External_links"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></font></a></li>
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<h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></font></h2>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wapo-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-wapo-bio-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> the son of Alice L. (née Skinner) and Ozie Houston Shelby.<sup id="cite_ref-rootsweb1_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-rootsweb1-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a>, receiving an undergraduate degree in 1957 and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> in 1963.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Bar" title="Alabama State Bar">Alabama State Bar</a>, as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Judicature_Society" title="American Judicature Society">American Judicature Society</a>, Alabama Law Institute, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Chi" title="Delta Chi">Delta Chi</a> Fraternity, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Alpha_Delta" title="Phi Alpha Delta">Phi Alpha Delta</a> legal fraternity.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby currently lives in Tuscaloosa with his wife, Annette Nevin Shelby. They have two sons, Richard Jr., and Claude Nevin.</font></p>
<h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: Early career">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Early_career">Early career</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby was a city prosecutor in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama" title="Tuscaloosa, Alabama">Tuscaloosa, Alabama</a> from 1963 to 1971. From 1966 to 1970, he was a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama; from 1969 to 1971, Shelby was a Special Assistant State Attorney General.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Senate" title="Alabama Senate">Alabama Senate</a> in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th District. He was reelected three times. He was one of the more conservative Democrats in Congress, and a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_weevil_%28politics%29" title="Boll weevil (politics)">boll weevils</a>, a group of moderate to conservative leaning Democrats who often worked with Republican President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> on defense issues.</font></p>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Senate_election,1986" title="U.S. Senate election, 1986" class="mw-redirect">1986</a>, Shelby won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Republican <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Denton" title="Jeremiah Denton">Jeremiah Denton</a>, the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a>. He won a very close race as the Democrats regained control of the Senate. He was easily re-elected in 1992 even as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> lost Alabama's electoral votes.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican, one day after the Republicans won control of both houses in the midterm elections, giving the Republicans a 53-47 majority in the Senate. He won his first full term as a Republican in 1998 by a large margin, and faced no significant opposition in 2004 and 2010.</font>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby remains popular in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>. A September 2009 poll showed he had a 58% approval rating, with 35% disapproving.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In 1987, Shelby opposed Reagan's nomination of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork" title="Robert Bork">Robert Bork</a> to the Supreme Court; a move attributed to lobbying by Alabama African-American leaders who reminded Shelby that he had relied on support from African-American voters in defeating Denton in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></font></p>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby publicly feuded with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> during the first half of Clinton's first term. At a meeting with Vice President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, he turned to 19 Alabama TV cameras and denounced the Clinton program as "high on taxes, low on spending cuts".</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby served on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="Senate Select Committee on Intelligence" class="mw-redirect">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a> from 1995 to 2003, stepping down because of a Senate rule limiting committee terms to eight years. Shelby took an adversarial stance towards the intelligence community during both Clinton and Bush administrations. He helped sink <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Lake" title="Anthony Lake">Anthony Lake</a>'s nomination as CIA director in 1997 and promised to investigate the use of American-made satellites by the Chinese to gather intelligence.</font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Senator Shelby has supported several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control" class="mw-redirect">gun control</a> measures put forth by Democrats including the 1991 Crime Bill S.1241<sup id="cite_ref-senate1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-senate1-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> sponsored by then senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Biden" title="Joseph Biden" class="mw-redirect">Joseph Biden</a> that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> In 1998, Shelby voted for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>'s Trigger Lock Amendment 3230,<sup id="cite_ref-senate2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-senate2-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> requiring the purchase of a trigger lock with the sale of each handgun. Firearms dealers who do not comply are guilty of a federal crime and face revocation of their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Firearms_License" title="Federal Firearms License">Federal Firearms License</a> and civil fines up to $10,000 for each omission.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby was also highly critical of CIA Director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tenet" title="George Tenet">George Tenet</a> in the aftermath of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>. When Tenet resigned in July 2004, Shelby commented "This is not a surprise to me at all. What was a surprise was that he held onto the job as long as he did".<sup class="Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2009" style=" white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">From 2003 until 2007, he chaired the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Senate_Committee_on_Banking,Housing,and_Urban_Affairs" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" class="mw-redirect">Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs</a>. He is also a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations" class="mw-redirect">Appropriations Committee</a> (where he chaired its subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" title="U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging" class="mw-redirect">Special Committee on Aging</a>. He lost his chairmanships in 2007 when the Democrats regained control of the Senate.</font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In 2004, a federal investigation concluded that Shelby revealed classified information to the media when he was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post.2C_Classified_8-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-Washington_Post.2C_Classified-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> Specifically, Shelby revealed classified information on June 19, 2002 to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Cameron" title="Carl Cameron">Carl Cameron</a>, the chief political correspondent on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News" class="mw-redirect">Fox News</a>. The information consisted of two messages intercepted by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> on September 10, 2001, but were only translated the day after the attacks — "the match is about to begin" and "tomorrow is zero hour." The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a> declined to file criminal charges against Shelby and transferred the case to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Ethics_Committee" title="United States Senate Ethics Committee" class="mw-redirect">Senate Ethics Committee</a>, which dismissed its probe into the alleged leak.<sup class="Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2009" style=" white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby, in his role as chairman of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Banking,Housing,and_Urban_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs</a>, opposed proposed legislation that would have permitted additional competition in the title insurance industry.<sup id="cite_ref-forbestitle_9-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-forbestitle-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby is currently co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus and Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus. He is also the Senate co-chair of the National Security Caucus. In addition, he is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Centrist_Coalition" title="Senate Centrist Coalition">Senate Centrist Coalition</a>.</font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroplex" title="Metroplex">Metroplex</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>–<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth" title="Fort Worth" class="mw-redirect">Fort Worth</a>, Shelby is known for the Shelby Amendment, a law he sponsored that eased some of the restrictions placed on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Love_Field" title="Dallas Love Field">Dallas' secondary airport</a> by the contentious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Amendment" title="Wright Amendment">Wright Amendment</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2010" style=" white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">On February 5, 2010, Shelby placed a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_hold" title="Secret hold">hold</a> on over 70 of Obama's nominees to various government posts, in a protest over an Air Force <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" title="KC-135 Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> contract and the FBI's Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnncheck_11-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-cnncheck-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup> Shelby lifted all but three of the holds on February 8, 2010, releasing a statement that "The purpose of placing numerous holds was to get the White House’s attention on two issues that are critical to our national security – the Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker acquisition and the FBI’s Terrorist Device Analytical Center (TEDAC). With that accomplished, Sen. Shelby has decided to release his holds on all but a few nominees directly related to the Air Force tanker acquisition until the new Request for Proposal is issued."<sup id="cite_ref-politico210_13-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-politico210-13"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup> White House spokesman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibbs" title="Robert Gibbs">Robert Gibbs</a> criticized Shelby for "hold[ing] up qualified nominees for positions that are needed because he didn't get two earmarks"; Shelby denied the holds were over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_%28politics%29" title="Earmark (politics)">earmarks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cnncheck_11-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-cnncheck-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politico210_13-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-politico210-13"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup></font></p>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby took a leading role in the resistance to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program" title="Troubled Asset Relief Program">bailing out</a> the banks and other corporations (such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_International_Group" title="American International Group">AIG</a>), both under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">Bush Administration</a>, in 2008, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_Administration" title="Obama Administration" class="mw-redirect">Obama Administration</a>, beginning in 2009.</font>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby says he opposes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control" class="mw-redirect">gun control</a>, but Senator Shelby has supported several key <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control" class="mw-redirect">gun control</a> measures put forth by Democrats including the 1991 Crime Bill S.1241<sup id="cite_ref-senate1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-senate1-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> sponsored by then senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Biden" title="Joseph Biden" class="mw-redirect">Joseph Biden</a> that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">In 1998, Shelby voted for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>'s Trigger Lock Amendment 3230,<sup id="cite_ref-senate2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-senate2-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> a law requiring the purchase of a trigger lock with the sale of each handgun. Firearms dealers who do not comply with the law are guilty of a federal crime and face revocation of their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Firearms_License" title="Federal Firearms License">Federal Firearms License</a> and civil fines up to $10,000 for each omission.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He is against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>, and supports the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">Federal Marriage Amendment</a>. He has also been a staunch advocate of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_tax" title="Flat tax">flat tax</a> and of the Bush Administration's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003" title="Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003">tax cuts</a>. He cites disagreements with the Democrats on tax policy as one of the main reasons he became a Republican; he feels the Democrats are too willing to enact tax increases. Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement" title="English-only movement">English the sole language</a> of the federal government, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_in_the_United_States" title="Immigration in the United States" class="mw-redirect">immigration</a>.</font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shelby is considered to be much more independent-minded than his Senate colleague from Alabama, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2010" style=" white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> For instance, shortly after becoming a Republican he voted against two major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform" title="Tort reform">tort reform</a> bills, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Securities_Litigation_Reform_Act" title="Private Securities Litigation Reform Act">Private Securities Litigation Reform Act</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_Sense_Product_Liability_and_Legal_Reform_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act (page does not exist)">Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act</a>. Both bills were vetoed by President Clinton, though the first bill was successfully passed over his veto. In 1999 he was the only Senate Republican to vote against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm-Leach-Bliley_Act" title="Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act" class="mw-redirect">Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act</a>. Shelby also voted against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> and opposes most free trade agreements, most recently the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic%E2%80%93Central_America_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement" class="mw-redirect">Central America Free Trade Agreement</a>. When he was a Democrat, Shelby opposed the confirmation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork" title="Robert Bork">Robert Bork</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" title="United States Supreme Court" class="mw-redirect">United States Supreme Court</a> in 1987. He supported the confirmation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roberts" title="John Roberts">John Roberts</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito">Samuel Alito</a> almost two decades later.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1999, Shelby was one of ten Republican senators to vote for the acquittal of President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> on the charge of perjury when Clinton was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Impeachment of Bill Clinton">tried in the Senate in 1999</a>, although he voted for Clinton's conviction on the charge of obstruction of justice.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Shelby opposed the initial bailout proposal to extend billions of dollars in loan money to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_%28automobile_manufacturers%29" title="Big Three (automobile manufacturers)">Big Three US Auto Manufacturers</a>. He is often seen as a front man for the GOP Senate opposition. In late 2008, he opposed a Federal government bridge loan for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_crisis_of_2008%E2%80%932009" title="Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2009" class="mw-redirect">US-owned auto companies</a>, saying: "We don't need government - governmental subsidies for manufacturing in this country. It's the French model, it's the wrong road. We will pay for it. The average American taxpayer is going to pay dearly for this, if I'm not wrong."</font>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Sen. Richard Shelby voted to block three amendments to regulate banks, including an amendment #3812 to S. 3217,to cap ATM fees at $0.50 per transaction, and also to bar banks who borrowed tax payer money through TARP funds to use those funds for their own benefit.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> Sen. Shelby also believes that bank oversight violates the right to privacy and is against the Government Office of Financial Research being able to collect any financial data it needs to regulate the bank industry.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup></font></p>
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<h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby&action=edit§ion=11" title="Edit section: Group ratings (108th Congress)">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Group_ratings_.28108th_Congress.29">Group ratings (108th Congress)</span></font></h3>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">See current <a href="http://thehill.com/resources/lawmaker-ratings/76065-sen-richard-shelby-r-ala%20" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Lawmaker Ratings</a> at <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hill_%28newspaper%29" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a></i></font></p>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Economic: 42% Liberal, 57% Conservative</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Social: 16% Liberal, 81% Conservative</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Foreign: 0% Liberal, 67% Conservative</font></li>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action" title="Americans for Democratic Action">Americans for Democratic Action</a>: 20</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a>: 11</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce_of_the_United_States" title="Chamber of Commerce of the United States" class="mw-redirect">Chamber of Commerce of the United States</a>: 88</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Coalition_of_America" title="Christian Coalition of America">Christian Coalition</a>: 100</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a>: 0</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a>: 84</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Taxpayers_Union" title="National Taxpayers Union">National Taxpayers Union</a>: 65</font></li>
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<h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby&action=edit§ion=12" title="Edit section: Buildings">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Buildings">Buildings</span></font></h3>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The Shelby Hall Research Center at University of Alabama at Huntsville is named for Senator Shelby and his wife, a professor emerita at that university. The 200,000 square feet (19,000 m<sup>2</sup>) square foot new center opened in 2007 and combines mathematics, chemistry and biology research in one building.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham" title="University of Alabama at Birmingham">University of Alabama at Birmingham</a> opened in April 2006. The building, costing $90 million, 12 stories high, with 323,000 square feet (30,000 m<sup>2</sup>)square feet, increased UAB's available research space by 25%. Shelby was instrumental in securing federal funds for the building</font></li>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The Senator Richard C. and Dr. Annette N. Shelby Center for Engineering Technology, part of the Ginn College of Engineering at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a>, was dedicated on April 18, 2008. Shelby helped secure $30 million of the $54 million cost of Phase I of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_note-17"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup></font></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">References</font></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-senate1-5"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-senate1_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-senate1_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <span class="citation web"><a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote"</a>. Senate.gov<span class="printonly">. <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2010-11-03</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=U.S.+Senate%3A+Legislation+%26+Records+Home+%3E+Votes+%3E+Roll+Call+Vote&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=Senate.gov&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%2Flegislative%2FLIS%2Froll_call_lists%2Froll_call_vote_cfm.cfm%3Fcongress%3D102%26session%3D1%26vote%3D00125&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-6"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-6"></a></b> <span class="citation web">Biden, Joseph (June 6, 1991). <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241:" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"S.1241"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a><span class="printonly">. <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241</a>:</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved June 6, 1991</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=S.1241&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Biden&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft.au=Biden%2C%26%2332%3BJoseph&rft.date=June+6%2C+1991&rft.pub=%5B%5BLibrary+of+Congress%5D%5D&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fthomas.loc.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fbdquery%2Fz%3Fd102%3ASN1241%3A&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-senate2-7"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-senate2_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-senate2_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <span class="citation web"><a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=2&vote=00216" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote"</a>. Senate.gov<span class="printonly">. <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=2&vote=00216" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=2&vote=00216</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2010-11-03</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=U.S.+Senate%3A+Legislation+%26+Records+Home+%3E+Votes+%3E+Roll+Call+Vote&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=Senate.gov&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%2Flegislative%2FLIS%2Froll_call_lists%2Froll_call_vote_cfm.cfm%3Fcongress%3D105%26session%3D2%26vote%3D00216&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-Washington_Post.2C_Classified-8"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-Washington_Post.2C_Classified_8-0"></a></b> <span class="citation news">Lengel, Allan; Priest, Dana (2004-08-05). <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40886-2004Aug4.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked Message"</a>. Washington Post<span class="printonly">. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40886-2004Aug4.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40886-2004Aug4.html</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2008-08-23</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Investigators+Concluded+Shelby+Leaked+Message&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Lengel%2C+Allan&rft.au=Lengel%2C+Allan&rft.date=2004-08-05&rft.pub=Washington+Post&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA40886-2004Aug4.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
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<li id="cite_note-25"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-25"></a></b> <span class="citation web">Trandahl, Jeff (June 7, 2005). <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 2, 2004"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerk_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Clerk of the United States House of Representatives">Clerk of the United States House of Representatives</a><span class="printonly">. <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved August 1, 2010</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Statistics+of+the+presidential+and+congressional+election+of+November+2%2C+2004&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Trandahl&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft.au=Trandahl%2C%26%2332%3BJeff&rft.date=June+7%2C+2005&rft.pub=%5B%5BClerk+of+the+United+States+House+of+Representatives%5D%5D&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclerk.house.gov%2Fmember_info%2FelectionInfo%2F2004%2F2004Stat.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-26"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby#cite_ref-26"></a></b> <span class="citation web">Heptinstall, Kristen (June 2, 2010). <a href="http://blog.al.com/al/2010/06/alabama_primary_election_resul.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Alabama state, U.S. Congress primary election results"</a>. al.com<span class="printonly">. <a href="http://blog.al.com/al/2010/06/alabama_primary_election_resul.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://blog.al.com/al/2010/06/alabama_primary_election_resul.html</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved October 28, 2010</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Alabama+state%2C+U.S.+Congress+primary+election+results&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Heptinstall&rft.aufirst=Kristen&rft.au=Heptinstall%2C%26%2332%3BKristen&rft.date=June+2%2C+2010&rft.pub=al.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.al.com%2Fal%2F2010%2F06%2Falabama_primary_election_resul.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
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<h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby&action=edit§ion=15" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Further_reading">Further reading</span></font></h2>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="citation book">Bamford, James (2004). <i>A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies</i>. New York: Doubleday. pp. 127–131. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0385506724" title="Special:BookSources/0385506724">0385506724</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Pretext+for+War%3A+9%2F11%2C+Iraq%2C+and+the+Abuse+of+America%27s+Intelligence+Agencies&rft.aulast=Bamford&rft.aufirst=James&rft.au=Bamford%2C%26%2332%3BJames&rft.date=2004&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B127%E2%80%93131&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.isbn=0385506724&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Richard_Shelby"><span style=" display: none;"> </span></span></font></li>
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<h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby&action=edit§ion=16" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></font></h2>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://shelby.senate.gov/" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Senator Richard Shelby</a> <i>official U.S. Senate site</i></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.shelbyforsenate.com/" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Richard Shelby for U.S. Senate</a> <i>official campaign site</i></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000320" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Biography</a> at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000320" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Voting record</a> maintained by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=53266" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Biography</a>, <a href="http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53266" class="external text" rel="nofollow">voting record</a>, and <a href="http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=53266" class="external text" rel="nofollow">interest group ratings</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" title="Project Vote Smart">Project Vote Smart</a></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Richard_C._Shelby" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Biography</a> at <i>WhoRunsGov.com</i> at <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300089" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Congressional profile</a> at GovTrack.us</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/300089_richard_shelby" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Congressional profile</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_Politics_Foundation" title="Participatory Politics Foundation">OpenCongress</a></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/person/1859" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Appearances</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a> programs</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Richard_Shelby.htm" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Issue positions and quotes</a> at On The Issues</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.statesurge.com/members/227830" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Current Bills Sponsored</a> at StateSurge.com</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?CID=N00009920" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Financial information</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Responsive_Politics" title="Center for Responsive Politics">OpenSecrets.org</a></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.legistorm.com/member/Sen_Richard_Shelby/88.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Staff salaries, trips and personal finance</a> at LegiStorm.com</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/S6AL00013" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Campaign finance reports and data</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/richard_c_shelby" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Collected news and commentary</a> at <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Shelby" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Profile</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceWatch" title="SourceWatch">SourceWatch</a></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/RichardShelby" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Collected news and commentary</a> from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico_%28newspaper%29" title="Politico (newspaper)">Politico</a></i></font></li>
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