Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY At-Large) on the Issues!

Cynthia Lummis on the Issues

A Picture Timeline of Cynthia- Past, Present and future!

 

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Cynthia Lummis on Abortion

Abortion is a sin against God. (Nov 2008) No federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. (Nov 2008) Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion. (May 2011) Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans. (Jul 2010) Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection. (Dec 2011) Prohibit federal funding for abortion. (May 2011) Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood. (Jan 2011)

Cynthia Lummis on Budget & Economy

Voted YES on terminating the Home Affordable mortgage Program. (Mar 2011) Voted NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009) Voted NO on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (Mar 2009) Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package. (Jan 2009) Voted NO on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief. (Jan 2009) Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override. (Jan 2009) Demand a Balanced Budget amendment. (Jul 2010) Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate. (Jul 2010) Member of House Committee on Appropriations. (Mar 2011) Require a balanced budget, by Constitutional amendment. (Jan 2011) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. (Jan 2011) Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge. (Jan 2012) Disapprove of increasing the debt limit. (Jan 2012) Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans. (Feb 2013) Prioritize critical spending in case debt limit reached. (Jan 2013) Reclaim all bonuses paid to AIG executives & employees. (Mar 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Civil Rights

God defined marriage as between one man and one woman. (Nov 2008) Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights. (Jun 2011) Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration. (May 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Corporations

Voted NO on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009) Voted YES on more funding for nanotechnology R&D and commercialization. (Jul 2009) Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business. (Jan 2011) Rated 14% by UFCW, indicating a pro-management voting record. (May 2012)

Cynthia Lummis on Crime

Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)  Likes it as long as Congress gets their cut---like in contibutions from lobbyist, PACs, etc, to support our campaigns every 2 years, so she and here friends have these nice cushy jobs where they do little actually work. So crime is OK, except for everyone outside Washington DC.

Cynthia Lummis on Drugs

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org as she says she didn't inhale.

Cynthia Lummis on Education
Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program. (Mar 2011) Voted NO on $40B for green public schools. (May 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Energy & Oil

Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011) Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011) Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009) Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules. (Jan 2009) Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP. (Nov 2010) Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures. (Jul 2010) Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low. (Jul 2010) Repeal weatherization assistance for low-income persons. (Nov 2011) No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. (Jan 2011) Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants. (Mar 2011) Include agricultural products in renewable fuels. (May 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Environment

Voted NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Jul 2009) Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros. (Jul 2009) Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009) Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous. (Sep 2011) Repeal requirements for compact fluorescent bulbs. (Jan 2011) Rated 0% by HSLF, indicating an anti-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)

Cynthia Lummis on Families & Children

Voted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees. She thinks they should have "0", zero parental leave, because her great, great grandparents didn't have, so why should folks today! (Jun 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Foreign Policy

Voted NO on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009) Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific. (Aug 2011) Rated -4 by AAI, indicating a anti-Arab anti-Palestine voting record. (May 2012) Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009) Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond. (Mar 2010)

Cynthia Lummis on Free Trade

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Cynthia Lummis on Government Reform

Voted NO on Senate pay raise. (Jun 2009) Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill. (Jul 2010) Audit federal agencies, to reform or eliminate them. (Jul 2010) Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced. (Jul 2010) Require Congressional certification of president's "Czars". (Jan 2011) No recess appointments without Congressional approval. (Jan 2012) Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises. (Jan 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Gun Control

Gun ownership & hunting are parts of our culture & lifestyle. (Nov 2008) National cross-state standard for concealed carry. (Jan 2009) Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases. (Oct 2011) Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad. (Apr 2011) Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition. (Apr 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Health Care

Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011) Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011) Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009) Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009) Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010) Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)

Cynthia Lummis on Homeland Security

Strengthen our military and our intelligence. (Nov 2008) Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad. (Feb 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on Immigration

Secure borders prevent eroding America’s economic strength. (Nov 2008)

Cynthia Lummis on Jobs
Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)

Cynthia Lummis on Principles & Values

Member of the House Republican Young Guns. (Sep 2010) Member of the Tea Party movement. (Aug 2012)

Cynthia Lummis on Social Security

She wants to decrease it, and screw with it for everyone, because she is a multimillionaire, so screw the poor! Yet, No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Cynthia Lummis on Tax Reform

Pledges to oppose all federal tax increase proposals. (Nov 2008) Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes. (Aug 2010) Adopt a single-rate tax system. (Jul 2010) Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death taxes. (Jul 2010) No European-style VAT (value-added tax). (May 2010) Permanently repeal the estate tax. (Jan 2011) Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. (Jan 2012)

Cynthia Lummis on Technology
Voted YES on terminating funding for National Public Radio. (Mar 2011) Voted NO on delaying digital TV conversion by four months. (Mar 2009) End net neutrality; allow tiered Internet service. (Jan 2011) Prohibit the return of the Fairness Doctrine. (Jan 2009) No performance royalties for radio music. (Mar 2009)

Cynthia Lummis on War & Peace

Voted YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval. (Jun 2011) Voted NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan. (Mar 2011) No contact & enforce sanctions on Iran until threat is gone. (May 2011) Counter Iran's growing presence in Latin America. (Jan 2012) Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment. (Mar 2012)

Cynthia Lummis on Welfare & Poverty

Voted NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention. (Mar 2009)

VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Abortion is a sin against God: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No federal funding for embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1 Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	God defined marriage as between one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 NO on regulating tobacco as a drug: Opposes topic 5
Neutral on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on $40B for green public schools: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (-3 points on Social scale)	Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: Favors topic 8
Neutral on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Gun ownership & hunting are parts of our culture & lifestyle: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Pledges to oppose all federal tax increase proposals: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal the estate tax: Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Secure borders prevent eroding America’s economic strength: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Neutral on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (+2 points on Social scale)	Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Strengthen our military and our intelligence: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of Iran (-5 points on Social scale)	No contact & enforce sanctions on Iran until threat is gone: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Counter Iran's growing presence in Latin America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 Repeal weatherization assistance for low-income persons: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Repeal requirements for compact fluorescent bulbs: Favors topic 18 No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Include agricultural products in renewable fuels: Favors topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 Prioritize critical spending in case debt limit reached: Opposes topic 20 NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20