Canseco Rep

<p></p><p><font color="#ff0000">flat earth 5, gone!</font></p><p>=</p><p>lcv target 2012</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;">WASHINGTON D.C.</strong> - The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Victory Fund and House Majority PAC today launched a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiyd1xM3qKs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">$700,000 television ad campaign</a> outlining that while Texas families are working harder than ever, Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23) is playing by a different set of rules - he was sued for deception by small business clients, voted to give millionaires like himself a huge tax cut and protected tax breaks for corporations shipping American jobs overseas. The ad, “Play By The Rules,” begins airing today through Election Day in the San Antonio media market. </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Instead of standing up for Texas families, Rep. Canseco’s career in Congress has been defined by his efforts to help millionaires like himself and companies that send American jobs overseas," said Navin Nayak, LCV Senior Vice President for Campaigns.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"There's just no question that Quico Canseco is out of touch with Texas," said Alixandria Lapp, Executive Director of House Majority PAC. "After all, Canseco not only voted to give millionaires a huge tax cut but also backed a plan that gives tax cuts to companies that ship American jobs overseas."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The ad highlights how Canseco was sued for deception by small businessmen, voted for the extreme Ryan budget that provides huge new tax cuts for millionaires like himself and voted to protect tax deductions for companies that send American jobs overseas to places like China. Backup for the ad can be found <a href="http://www.lcv.org/assets/docs/rules-ad-backup.pdf" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">here</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Also today, LCV is launching a Spanish language version of the ad <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1yP7oVKrM" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">"Play By The Rules"</a>, backed by a $140,000 ad buy that will run in the San Antonio media market through Election Day. LCV is also launching an $80,000 ad buy in the El Paso market for another Spanish language ad, "Build," which highlights Canseco's opposition to clean energy and his denial of climate change. Backup for<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USNk-Jyvkac" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">"Build,"</a> which will air through Election Day, can be found <a href="http://www.lcv.org/assets/docs/build-ad-backup.pdf" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">here</a>. </p><p></p><p>stub</p><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><b>Franciso "Quico" Canseco</b>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican" title="Republican" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican</a>, is a U.S. Representative from the 23rd Congressional district of Texas since January 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-WP_0-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_note-WP-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup></p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px;"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Positions.2C_record_and_controversies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Positions, record and controversies</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Bio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Bio</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#2008_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">2008 elections</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#2010_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">2010 elections</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Money_in_politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Money in politics</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Committees_and_affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Committees and affiliations</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Committees" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committees</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Affiliations</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#More_background_data" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">More background data</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Contact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Contact</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Positions.2C_record_and_controversies">Positions, record and controversies</span></h2><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Bio">Bio</span></h2><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2008_elections">2008 elections</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Canseco was seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ciro Rodriguez</a> (D-Texas) in the 2008 congressional elections.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a></sup> He lost in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/2008_U.S.congressional_election_dates" title="2008 U.S. congressional election dates" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">primary</a>elections which took place on March 4, 2008. <sup id="cite_ref-greenpapers_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_note-greenpapers-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a></sup></p><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2010_elections">2010 elections</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In 2010, Canseco beat the incumbent Democrat Ciro Rodriguez for the House seat.<sup id="cite_ref-WP_0-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_note-WP-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Money_in_politics">Money in politics</span></h2><div style="margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 248); border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Information on this candidate's 2010 fundraising is not yet available.</div><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committees_and_affiliations">Committees and affiliations</span></h2><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committees">Committees</span></h3><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Affiliations">Affiliations</span></h3><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="More_background_data">More background data</span></h2><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact">Contact</span></h2><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_resources">Articles and resources</span></h2><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/2008_U.S.congressional_elections" title="2008 U.S. congressional elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2008 U.S. congressional elections</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/2008_U.S.congressional_election_dates" title="2008 U.S. congressional election dates" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2008 U.S. congressional election dates</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Texas_and_the_U.S.Congress" title="Portal:Texas and the U.S. Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Portal:Texas and the U.S. Congress</a></li></ul><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-WP-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_ref-WP_0-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.0</a></sup> <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_ref-WP_0-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Ciro_D.Rodriguez" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Ciro D. Rodriguez profile</a>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, accessed January 2011.</span></li><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00394353/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Canseco's FEC filings</a></span></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cansecoforcongress.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Official Canseco for Congress website</a></span></li><li id="cite_note-greenpapers-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quico_Canseco#cite_ref-greenpapers_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/TX.phtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><i>Texas 2008 General Election</i></a>,"The Green Papers", July 7, 2008</span></li></ol><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="External_resources">External resources</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/TX-23" style="text-decoration: none; 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</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/flat-earth-five-billboard_n_1970385.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/flat-earth-five-billboard_n_1970385.html</a>

nd," a mobile billboard in the Illinois representative's district declares.

The ad is part of a new billboard campaign launched by the <a href="http://lcv.org/" target="_hplink">League of Conservation Voters</a> (LCV) targeting members of Congress with "extreme, anti-science views on climate change."

According to an LCV press release, the billboards are expected to remain in the districts of targeted representatives through Election Day. The campaign is part of the advocacy group's "Flat Earth Five" program, which specifically targets Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.),<b><span style=" background-color: #ED1C24;"> Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.),</span></b> Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-Texas), and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.).</p>

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The $2 million program's goal is to defeat five members of the House of Representatives unsupportive of climate efforts. All of them have received an overall <b>lifetime score of under 10%</b> on <a href="http://www.lcv.org/scorecard" target="_hplink">LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard</a>, which rates members of Congress based on how they vote on environmental issues.

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/03/republican-climate-sceptics-reelection-backlash" target="_hplink">As The Guardian points out</a>, the effort is reflective of environmental groups acknowledging that, even given an environmentally friendly president, green efforts will be difficult without support from Congress.

<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/house/2012_elections_house_map.html" target="_hplink">According to Real Clear Politics</a>, Walsh, Benishek and Lungren's seats are a "Toss Up," while Buerkle and Canseco's are "Likely/Leans Dem."

Rep. Benishek has been criticized by LCV for his "efforts to slash clean water standards protecting the Great Lakes." He also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVuN4SCXqk" target="_hplink">declared in a recent debate</a>, "Frankly, I'm not sure how significant global warming is." Responding to audience boos, he defended himself as a scientist, adding, "I don't think that we should be spending trillions of dollars not knowing what the long-term effects of the climate are." Challenger Gary McDowell shot back, "The climate is definitely warming... I think virtually every scientist who is not working for BP or the Koch brothers, and Dr. Benishek, agrees that we have to do something."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Billboards-Lungren-Sides-with-Limbaugh-Palin-on-Climate-Change.html" target="hplink"><b>Rep. Lungren</b></a><b> has been targeted by LCV for his "votes to dismantle the Clean Water Act and allow polluters to keep spewing dangerous mercury pollution into our water and air." In </b><a href="http://lungren.house.gov/2009-news/elk-grove-townhall-questions/" target="hplink"><b>2009, Lungren said</b></a><b>, "It is my view that sound science rather than ideological bias should direct our consideration of this issue" though added "Without waiting for proof or disproof of global warming, it is prudent for us to take action to minimize CO2 emissions."</b>

<a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Billboards-Hit-Canseco-For-Having-Head-in-the-Sand-On-Climate-Change.html" target="hplink"><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Rep.<font color="#ff0000"> Canseco</font></span></b></a><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><font color="#ff0000"> </font>has been criticized by LCV "for voting in favor of tax cuts for millionaires like himself and companies that ship jobs overseas, while voting to slash job-creating investments in clean energy." In 2009, </span></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=359985440141" target="hplink"><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Canseco responded to an EPA announcement</span></b></a><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> regulating carbon emissions, stating that "passing environmental regulations based on reportedly manufactured global warming data is utterly the wrong direction for our country.”</span></b>

<b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">According to the </span></b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alvin-mcewen/former-employees-accuse-a_b_760086.html" target="hplink"><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">controversial</span></b></a><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> site OneNewsNow.com, </span></b><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2012/08/25/flat-earth-five-targeted-for-climate-change-views" target="hplink"><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Canseco argued</span></b></a><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> that the rhetoric was wrong, stating, "It is really counterproductive to have a debate about whether or not there's climate change... What we should be having is a debate about policies that are promoted and implemented in the name of climate change and that negatively impact opportunities for our citizens and kill jobs."</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></b></p><div class="details" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">08 Aug 2012  |  Soham Pandit <br class="clear" style="float: none; clear: both; line-height: 1px;" /></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today announced it will devote significant resources to defeating Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23) in the general election. Canseco has been named to LCV’s $1.5 million Flat Earth Five program for his extreme anti-science positions. The program aims to defeat five climate change deniers in the House of Representatives this election cycle. LCV has already spent nearly <a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Crucial-to-Pete-Gallego-Victory.html" target="blank" title="LCV Crucial to Pete Gallego Victory" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">$300,000</a> in this race.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“If Rep. Canseco can’t acknowledge basic scientific facts, he shouldn’t be serving in Congress,” said Navin Nayak, Senior Vice President of Campaigns. </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Canseco has earned a spot on the program by ignoring overwhelming scientific consensus – responding to the EPA’s limits on harmful carbon pollution by stating that “passing environmental regulations based on reportedly manufactured global warming data is utterly the wrong direction for our country.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Canseco joins Reps. Dan Lungren (CA-3), Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-24) and Dan Benishek (MI-1) on the Flat Earth Five program. The final name will be announced next week. </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As part of the Flat Earth Five program, LCV will be spending at least $1.5 million across these five districts on television advertising, direct mail and an extensive phone program letting voters know that these members of Congress are dangerously out-of-step with their district. The program also includes LCV member mobilization and a strong media presence in the districts. More information about the Flat Earth Five can be found online at <a href="http://www.lcv.org/flatearthfive" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">http://www.lcv.org/<wbr />flatearthfive</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#223344">Canseco has also cosponsored a</font><b><font color="#ff0000"> bill to gut the Clean Air Act and voted for legislation rolling back clean water safeguards. His voting record has earned him a horrible 3% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The non-partisan scorecard is a nationally accepted yardstick used to rate members of Congress on environmental and clean energy issues. Based on key environmental votes in the House and Senate, it is often used by the media to quickly describe a Member’s position. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.lcv.org/scorecard" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">http://www.lcv.org/scorecard</a>.</p>

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