Population Connection Action Fund Congressional Report Card and Voter Guide 2016 Population Connection POPULATION Action Fund Congressional Report CONNECTION Card and Voter Guide October 2016 ACTION FUND 2 Cartoon Board of Directors Donna Crane (Secretary) 3 House of Representatives Votes Carol Ann Kell (Treasurer) 16 Senate Votes Robert K. Musil (Chair) Dara Purvis 20 Congressional Endorsements Stacey Young 21 Thanks to Departing Champions President and CEO John Seager Editor Marian Starkey Contributors Brian Dixon Stacie Murphy Population Connection Action Fund is the political arm of Population Connection and of America’s population movement. Our mission is to educate the American people and advocate progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources. Population Connection Action Fund 2120 L Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20037 (202) 332-2200 (800) 767-1956 (202) 332-2302 fax [email protected] www.facebook.com/PopConnectAction www.instagram.com/popconnectaction https://twitter.com/popconnect Cover Photo U.S. Capitol © Dersankt | Dreamstime.com Population Connection Action Fund Proudly Endorses Hillary Clinton for President “Population Connection Action Fund is proud to endorse Hillary Clinton to be the next President of the United States,” said John Seager, President of Population Connection Action Fund. “Throughout her time in public life, there has been no more dedicated leader and advocate con- sistently working to expand women’s rights in the U.S. and abroad.” “As First Lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton led a U.S. delegation to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and declared that “women’s rights are human rights” to a gathering of govern- ment leaders. She later pushed for follow-through to the groundbreak- ing commitment to expand access to family planning and reproductive healthcare agreed to by 180 coun- Clinton Campaigns for President at Southwest College, Los Angeles. © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com tries at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994. And she worked to ensure that women and their needs were included in peace processes around the world. As a senator from New York, Clinton introduced multiple bills to defend and expand access to reproductive health services and As a candidate for President of the United States, Clinton has contraceptives. She sponsored a bill to restore U.S. aid to the pledged to fight for the repeal of the Helms Amendment—a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) after it was elimi- 43-year-old law that prevents the use of foreign assistance dol- nated by President Bush. She successfully blocked an effort lars from being used to provide abortion “as a method of family by opponents of reproductive rights to legally define IUDs as planning” but has been imposed as an outright ban on abor- abortion. And she waged a successful multi-year battle to pass tion care under any circumstance. She has committed to taking the law that allows emergency contraceptives to be sold over administrative action to ensure that —short of repeal—the law the counter. is enforced properly by allowing for abortions under circum- stances that are clearly not “family planning.” She has also As Secretary of State, Clinton was a vocal champion of com- promised to fight for repeal of the Hyde Amendment, which prehensive efforts to raise the status of women and expand prohibits federal funding for low-income American women reproductive healthcare, including safe abortion. She created who need safe, legal abortions. the State Department Office of Global Women’s Issues to elevate the needs of women to the top levels of American Hillary Clinton offers the best chance to improve the status of diplomacy. She worked tirelessly to call attention to and end women, promote and expand reproductive freedom around the the use of rape as a weapon of war. world, and make progress against the most critical challenges facing all of us. We are proud to say, “We’re with her.” www.popconnectaction.org 2016 — Congressional Report Card 1 Robert Leighton/The New Yorker Collection/The Cartoon Collection/The Bank Yorker New Robert Leighton/The 2 Congressional Report Card — 2016 114th Congress House of Representatives Second Session Votes Defunding Planned Parenthood and Repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) January 6, 2016 House Roll Call 6 Our Position: Oppose Passed: 240-181; 13 Not Voting Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) sponsored this budget reconciliation measure to prohibit funding to Planned Parenthood and dismantle the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). The measure passed both the House and the Senate, but was vetoed by President Obama. Vote to Override the President’s Veto February 2, 2016 House Roll Call 53 Our Position: Oppose Failed: 241-186; 7 Not Voting (two-thirds majority required for passage) After President Obama vetoed the original bill to defund Planned Parenthood and overturn the ACA, the House attempted to override the veto. It failed despite the majority voting in favor of the override, as overturning a presidential veto requires a two-thirds majority. The Palmer Amendment July 7, 2016 House Roll Call 390; Amendment No. 41 Our Position: Oppose Passed: 223-192; 18 Not Voting In December of 2014, the District of Columbia City Council unanimously approved the Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Act (RHNDA), which prohibited employers from penalizing employees for their reproductive decision-making. During debate on an appropriations bill, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) offered this amendment to prohibit the District of Columbia from using any federal funds for the implementation of RHNDA. www.popconnectaction.org 2016 — Congressional Report Card 3 th Roman: Republican 114 U.S. Congress Italic: Democrat House of Representatives Bold: Independent State and District Representative RC 6 RC 53 RC 390 Score (%) Alabama 1 Bradley Byrne x x x 0 2 Martha Roby x x x 0 3 Mike Rogers x x x 0 4 Robert Aderholt x x — 0 5 Mo Brooks x x x 0 6 Gary Palmer x x x 0 7 Terri Sewell √ √ √ 100 Alaska Don Young x x x 0 Arizona 1 Ann Kirkpatrick √ √ √ 100 2 Martha McSally x x √ 33 3 Raul Grijalva √ √ √ 100 4 Paul Gosar x x x 0 5 Matt Salmon x x x 0 6 David Schweikert x x x 0 7 Reuben Gallego √ √ √ 100 8 Trent Franks x x x 0 9 Kyrsten Sinema √ √ √ 100 Arkansas 1 Rick Crawford x x — 0 2 French Hill x x x 0 3 Steve Womack x x x 0 4 Bruce Westerman x x x 0 California 1 Doug LaMalfa x x x 0 2 Jared Huffman √ √ √ 100 3 John Garamendi √ √ √ 100 4 Tom McClintock x x x 0 5 Mike Thompson √ √ √ 100 6 Doris Matsui √ √ √ 100 7 Ami Bera √ √ √ 100 8 Paul Cook x x x 0 9 Jerry McNerney √ √ √ 100 10 Jeff Denham x x x 0 11 Mark DeSaulnier √ √ √ 100 12 Nancy Pelosi √ √ √ 100 13 Barbara Lee √ √ √ 100 14 Jackie Speier √ √ √ 100 15 Eric Swalwell √ √ √ 100 16 Jim Costa √ √ √ 100 4 Congressional Report Card — 2016 √ supported Population Connection Action Fund position x opposed Population Connection Action Fund position — no vote recorded I ineligible to vote State and District Representative RC 6 RC 53 RC 390 Score (%) 17 Mike Honda √ √ √ 100 18 Anna Eshoo √ √ √ 100 19 Zoe Lofgren √ √ √ 100 20 Sam Farr √ √ √ 100 21 David Valadao x x x 0 22 Devin Nunes x x x 0 23 Kevin McCarthy x x x 0 24 Lois Capps √ √ √ 100 25 Steve Knight x x x 0 26 Julia Brownley √ √ √ 100 27 Judy Chu √ √ √ 100 28 Adam Schiff √ √ √ 100 29 Tony Cárdenas √ √ √ 100 30 Brad Sherman √ √ √ 100 31 Pete Aguilar √ √ √ 100 32 Grace Napolitano √ √ √ 100 33 Ted Lieu √ √ √ 100 34 Xavier Becerra √ √ √ 100 35 Norma Torres √ √ √ 100 36 Raul Ruiz √ √ √ 100 37 Karen Bass √ √ √ 100 38 Linda Sánchez √ √ √ 100 39 Ed Royce x x x 0 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard √ √ √ 100 41 Mark Takano √ √ √ 100 42 Ken Calvert x x x 0 43 Maxine Waters √ √ √ 100 44 Janice Hahn √ √ √ 100 45 Mimi Walters x x x 0 46 Loretta Sanchez √ √ √ 100 47 Alan Lowenthal √ √ √ 100 48 Dana Rohrabacher x x x 0 49 Darrell Issa — x x 0 50 Duncan D. Hunter x x x 0 51 Juan Vargas √ √ √ 100 52 Scott Peters √ √ √ 100 53 Susan Davis √ √ √ 100 www.popconnectaction.org 2016 — Congressional Report Card 5 th Roman: Republican 114 U.S. Congress Italic: Democrat House of Representatives Bold: Independent State and District Representative RC 6 RC 53 RC 390 Score (%) Colorado 1 Diana DeGette √ √ √ 100 2 Jared Polis √ √ √ 100 3 Scott Tipton x x x 0 4 Ken Buck x x x 0 5 Doug Lamborn x x x 0 6 Mike Coffman x x √ 33 7 Ed Perlmutter √ √ √ 100 Connecticut 1 John B. Larson √ √ √ 100 2 Joe Courtney √ √ √ 100 3 Rosa DeLauro — √ √ 100 4 Jim Himes √ √ √ 100 5 Elizabeth Esty √ √ √ 100 Delaware John Carney √ √ √ 100 Florida 1 Jeff Miller x x x 0 2 Gwen Graham √ √ √ 100 3 Ted Yoho x x — 0 4 Ander Crenshaw x x x 0 5 Corrine Brown √ √ — 100 6 Ron DeSantis x x x 0 7 John Mica x x x 0 8 Bill Posey x x x 0 9 Alan Grayson √ √ √ 100 10 Daniel Webster x x x 0 11 Rich Nugent — x — 0 12 Gus Bilirakis x x x 0 13 David Jolly x x √ 33 14 Kathy Castor √ √ √ 100 15 Dennis Ross x x x 0 16 Vern Buchanan x x x 0 17 Tom Rooney x x x 0 18 Patrick Murphy √ √ √ 100 19 Curt Clawson x x x 0 20 Alcee Hastings √ √ — 100 21 Ted Deutch √ √ √ 100 22 Lois Frankel √ √ √ 100 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz √ √ √ 100 24 Frederica Wilson √ √ √ 100 6 Congressional Report Card — 2016 √ supported Population Connection Action Fund position x opposed Population Connection Action Fund position — no vote recorded I ineligible to vote State and District Representative RC 6 RC 53 RC 390 Score (%) 25 Mario Díaz-Balart x x — 0 26 Carlos Curbelo x x √ 33 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen x x x 0 Georgia 1 Buddy Carter x x x 0 2 Sanford Bishop √ √ √ 100 3 Lynn Westmoreland x — x 0 4 Hank Johnson √ √ √ 100 5 John Lewis √ √ √ 100 6 Tom Price x x x 0 7 Rob Woodall x x x 0 8 Austin Scott x x x 0 9 Doug Collins x x x 0 10 Jody Hice x x x 0 11 Barry Loudermilk x x x 0 12 Rick W.