Womack, S

<div id="content-header" style="padding-top: 1.2em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Vera Serif', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.987500190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h1 class="title" style="line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">=</h1><h1 class="title" style="line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">wiki</h1><div>Stephen Allen "Steve" Womack<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#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;">[2]</a> (born February 18, 1957) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American</a> politician who has been the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's 3rd congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas's 3rd congressional district</a> since 2011. He is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Party</a>. Prior to his election to Congress, Womack was Mayor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers,Arkansas" title="Rogers, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rogers, Arkansas</a>.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><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; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#" 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>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_business_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1 Early life, education, and business career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Mayor_of_Rogers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2 Mayor of Rogers</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 U.S. House of Representatives</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-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3.1 Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3.2 Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3.3 Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3.4 Caucus memberships</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4 Electoral history</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6 External links</a></li></ul></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); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Early life, education, and business career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack?veaction=edit&vesection=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and business career" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Womack&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and business career" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; visibility: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" /></h2>Womack was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russellville,Arkansas" title="Russellville, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Russellville, Arkansas</a>, the son of Elisabeth F. (Canerday) and James Kermit Womack.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-3" 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> He spent most of his childhood in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moberly,Missouri" title="Moberly, Missouri" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Moberly, Missouri</a>; but moved back to Russellville at the age of 16 and graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russellville_High_School(Arkansas)" title="Russellville High School (Arkansas)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Russellville High School</a> in 1973. He graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Tech_University" title="Arkansas Tech University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas Tech University</a> in 1979. Shortly afterward, he enlisted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Army_National_Guard" title="Arkansas Army National Guard" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas Army National Guard</a>. He served for 30 years, retiring in 2009 as a colonel. Womack's father founded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KURM(AM)" title="KURM (AM)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">KURM-AM</a>-FM in 1979, and Womack served as station manager from 1979 to 1990. He then served as executive officer of the Army <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROTC" title="ROTC" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">ROTC</a> program at the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">University of Arkansas</a> from 1990 to 1996, then joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Lynch" title="Merrill Lynch" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Merrill Lynch</a> as a financial consultant.<h2 class="" 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); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Mayor of Rogers<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack?veaction=edit&vesection=2" title="Edit section: Mayor of Rogers" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Womack&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Mayor of Rogers" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; visibility: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" /></h2>In 1998, Womack was elected mayor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers,Arkansas" title="Rogers, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rogers</a>, the ninth largest city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas</a>. He ousted 17-year incumbent John Sampier Jr. A major issue in the city was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Illegal immigration to the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">illegal immigration</a>. The organization <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Americans_for_an_Immigration_Moratorium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Americans for an Immigration Moratorium (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Americans for an Immigration Moratorium</a> attacked Sampier for being a pro-immigration liberal. Womack pledged to get tough on illegal immigrants saying "If you're coming to America illegally, you don't want to come to Rogers." The city had a growing Hispanic population, where it made 20% of the population, according to the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" title="2000 United States Census" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2000 Census</a>. A year after the election, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_La_Raza" title="National Council of La Raza" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">National Council of La Raza</a> awarded Sampier for his courage in helping out <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hispanic Americans</a>.In 1999, Womack had two agents of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service" title="Immigration and Naturalization Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Immigration and Naturalization Service</a> assigned to the Rogers Police Department. As a result, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American_Legal_Defense_and_Educational_Fund" title="Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund</a> (MALDEF) filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-action_suit" title="Class-action suit" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">class-action suit</a> against the city policeforce for racial profiling.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-4" 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>In 2002 and 2006 Womack won re-election unopposed.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[5]</a><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); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">U.S. House of Representatives<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack?veaction=edit&vesection=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Womack&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; visibility: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" /></h3><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2010</dt></dl><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arkansas,2010#District_3" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010#District 3</a></div>In late 2009, Womack jumped into the race for the 3rd District after incumbent Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boozman" title="John Boozman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Boozman</a>gave it up to run for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States Senate</a>. The 3rd is one of the most Republican districts in the South and the nation (Republicans have held it since 1967), and it was generally believed whoever won the Republican primary would be the district's next congressman. He ranked first in the seven-candidate primary with 31% of the vote, failing to reach the 50% threshold.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[6]</a> In the June runoff, he defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">State Senator</a> and fellow Rogers resident <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecile_Bledsoe" title="Cecile Bledsoe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cecile Bledsoe</a>52%-48%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[7]</a>In the general election, Womack defeated Democratic nominee David Whitaker, 72%-28%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[8]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2012</dt></dl><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arkansas,2012#District_3" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2012#District 3</a></div>Womack was originally set to face veteran Ken Aden in his re-election bid. However, on July 8, Aden withdrew from the race after admitting to exaggerating his military record. As it was too late to select a replacement candidate for Aden (under Arkansas law, the Democratic Party could only name a replacement at that late date if the original candidate died, moved out of the district or opted to seek another office), Womack faced no major-party opposition in November.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[9]</a> He won re-election to a second term with 76% of the vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[10]</a><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Tenure<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack?veaction=edit&vesection=5" title="Edit section: Tenure" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a>]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Womack&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; visibility: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" /></h3>On February 14, 2013, Womack sponsored <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr684" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">H.R. 684</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketplace_Fairness_Act_of_2013" title="Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013</a>, a bill that would allow states to charge and collect sales taxes on internet purchases.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-684sum-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[11]</a> Supporters say the bill will create a "level playing field" between online retailers and brick and mortar retailers,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-rilaPR-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[12]</a> while opponents argue that the bill would increase the power of the states, threaten consumer privacy, increase taxes, and hurting small businesses.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-cei1-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[13]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-NTU1-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[14]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_note-wearehere1-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; 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background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas's 3rd congressional district</a>: Republican Primary Results 2010</caption><tbody><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Year</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Candidate</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Party</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Votes</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Pct</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;" /><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Candidate</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Party</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Votes</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center;">Pct</th></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_Primary,2010&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Republican Party Primary, 2010 (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2010</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steve Womack</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Party</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">18,290</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">51.75%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;" /><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecile_Bledsoe" title="Cecile Bledsoe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cecile Bledsoe</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Party</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">17,048</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">48.24%</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); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">References<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack?veaction=edit&vesection=9" title="Edit section: References" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; 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background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">a</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-AUSA2011_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">b</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-AUSA2011_1-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">c</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-AUSA2011_1-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">d</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-AUSA2011_1-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">e</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ausa.org/legislation/congressionalinfo/Documents/OAS%20112th%20Congress.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif); padding-right: 18px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Once a Soldier... Always a Soldier"</a>. Legislative Agenda.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Association of the United States Army" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Association of the United States Army</a>. 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2013.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Womack&rft.atitle=Once+a+Soldier...+Always+a+Soldier&rft.date=2011&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ausa.org%2Flegislation%2Fcongressionalinfo%2FDocuments%2FOAS%2520112th%2520Congress.pdf&rft.jtitle=Legislative+Agenda&rft.pub=Association+of+the+United+States+Army&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legistorm.com/memberbio/2731/Rep_Steve_Womack_AR.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Representative Stephen Allen Womack (Steve) (R-Arkansas, 3rd) – Biography from</a>. 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Retrieved on 2011-06-24.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a>}<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/_{battle/reps/womack.htm}" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/reps/womack.htm</a></li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/2001/06/03/a-town-s-two-faces.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">A Town's Two Faces</a>. Newsweek (2001-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-24.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rogersarkansas.com/administration/bio.asp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Bio at Rogers city site</a>. Rogersarkansas.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-24.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=624472" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=624472</a></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=648529" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=648529</a></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=487764" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=487764</a></li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }Brantley, Max (July 9, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/07/09/ken-aden-dropping-out-of-3rd-district-congressional-race" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Ken Aden dropping out of 3rd District congressional race"</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Democrat-Gazette" title="Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas Democrat-Gazette</a>. 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Retrieved 23 April 2013.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Womack&rft.btitle=H.R.+684+-+Summary&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbeta.congress.gov%2Fbill%2F113th-congress%2Fhouse-bill%2F684&rft.pub=United+States+Congress&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-rilaPR-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-rilaPR_12-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130422-910447.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Bill Before U.S. Senate Will End Special Treatment of Online-Only Retailers"</a>. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 April 2013.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Womack&rft.btitle=Bill+Before+U.S.+Senate+Will+End+Special+Treatment+of+Online-Only+Retailers&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FPR-CO-20130422-910447.html&rft.pub=Wall+Street+Journal&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-cei1-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-cei1_13-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }Melugin, Jessica. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cei.org/web-memo/facts-marketplace-fairness-act-s-743-formerly-s-336" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Facts on the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743, formerly S. 336)"</a>. Competitive Enterprise Institute. Retrieved 23 April 2013.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Womack&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft.aulast=Melugin&rft.au=Melugin%2C+Jessica&rft.btitle=Facts+on+the+Marketplace+Fairness+Act+%28S.+743%2C+formerly+S.+336%29&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcei.org%2Fweb-memo%2Ffacts-marketplace-fairness-act-s-743-formerly-s-336&rft.pub=Competitive+Enterprise+Institute&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-NTU1-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-NTU1_14-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ntu.org/news-and-issues/economy/va13-0422-s-743-mfa.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"NTU urges all Senators to vote “NO” on S. 743, the “Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) of 2013.”"</a>. National Taxpayers Union. Retrieved 23 April 2013.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Womack&rft.btitle=NTU+urges+all+Senators+to+vote+%E2%80%9CNO%E2%80%9D+on+S.+743%2C+the+%E2%80%9CMarketplace+Fairness+Act+%28MFA%29+of+2013.%E2%80%9D&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ntu.org%2Fnews-and-issues%2Feconomy%2Fva13-0422-s-743-mfa.html&rft.pub=National+Taxpayers+Union&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-wearehere1-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack#cite_ref-wearehere1_15-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/r-opposition-senate-internet-tax-164800167.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"WE R HERE: Opposition to Senate Internet Tax Act Grows"</a>. Yahoo!Finance. Retrieved 23 April 2013.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASteve+Womack&rft.btitle=WE+R+HERE%3A+Opposition+to+Senate+Internet+Tax+Act+Grows&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fr-opposition-senate-internet-tax-164800167.html&rft.pub=Yahoo%21Finance&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li></ol></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); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">External links<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack?veaction=edit&vesection=10" title="Edit section: External links" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style="text-decoration: none; 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background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Congressman Steve Womack</a> official U.S. House site</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.womackforcongress.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Womack for Congress</a> official campaign site</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000809" style="text-decoration: none; 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</div><div id="node-body-top" class="clear-block" style="font-size: 1.1em;">BP has <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/01/cheney-bp-flack/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hired Dick Cheney's former press flack</a>, Anne Womack Kolton, to serve as the new<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3022354920100531" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"head of U.S. media relations"</a> as the company deals with the PR disaster of the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf. Kolton was Cheney's press secretary during the 2004 campaign, and then moved to a job in public affairs at the Department of Energy.One of her <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/02/27/gao" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tasks in her previous job</a> was defending the administration's secret meetings with energy officials, even as courts were telling the White House to turn over documents about the task force: "We are ready to defend our principles in court. This goes to the heart of the presidency and to the ability of the president and vice president to receive candid, discreet advice."Not a lot is known about the task force, since the administration succeeded in shielding it from the public. But it is known that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842_pf.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BP officials</a> were among the oil chiefs involved in the secret meetings.BP had contracted with Womack-Kolton's current employer, Brunswick Group, for crisis management following the spill. Womack-Kolton <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anne-womack-kolton-joins-brunswick-group-58007157.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">joined the company in 2007</a> to "focus on high stakes communications surrounding public affairs issues and political risk management for domestic and global corporate clients."</div></div></div></div></div>