Paul Broun

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 14, 1946 in Atlanta, GA

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Key House Vote Data for Paul Broun in 2007

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Broun Voted
2007-07-26	Requirement to Speak English [HR3093]	Rejected (202-208)
Stearns (R-FL) amendment to an appropriations bill that would have prevented the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from suing employers who require their employees to speak English in the workplace.
2007-07-26	Political Speech [HR3093]	Agreed To (214-202)
Pence (R-IN) amendment that would have eliminated some of the restrictions placed on electioneering communications imposed by the 2001 Campaign Finance Reform Act.
2007-08-01	Health Insurance and Medicare Expansion [HR3162]	Passed (225-204)
The House passed a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), authorizing $86 billion over five years and increasing subsidies. The measure prohibited the Department of Health and Human Services from requiring that poor children be covered before other groups. The costs of the expansion were to be paid from increased tobacco taxes.
2007-08-04	Energy Policy [HR3221]	Passed (241-172)
The House passed legislation regulating lights and appliances (including a ban on the incandescent light bulb), creating new programs for alternative energy sources, imposing more regulations on energy companies and mandating vastly increased use of "renewable" energy.
2007-10-10	Housing Trust Fund [HR2895]	Passed (264-148)
The House created a new federal welfare program to assist in the construction, rehabilitation and preservation of "affordable" housing for low-income persons. The fund would be financed from existing federal housing and lending agency income.
2007-10-18	Health Insurance and Medicare Expansion -- Veto Override [HR976]	Veto Sustained (273-156)
The House failed to override the President's veto of a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
2007-11-09	Alternative Minimum Tax Adjustment [HR3996]	Passed (216-193)
The House passed a one-year extension of a provision keeping 21 million middle-income taxpayers from being hit with the Alternative Minimum Tax designed to apply to millionaires. The measure included other tax increases to "pay for" the supposedly "lost" revenue.
2007-12-17	"Catch-All" Appropriations [HR2764]	Agreed To (253-154)
The House passed a last-minute appropriations bill, known as the "Omnibus Appropriations Bill," incorporating appropriations for 18 separate federal departments in a $474 billion package. The measure included major spending increases over and above increases requested by the Bush Administration.
2007-12-18	Energy Policy [HR6]	Agreed To (314-100)
The House passed new energy regulations mandating increased automobile mileage (paid for by $2.1 billion in new taxes), the production of 36 billion gallons of "biofuels" by 2022, and new energy efficiency standards on appliances, lights, and other consumer goods, while rejecting measures designed to allow an increase in the supplies of domestic oil and gas.

Represents a "Yes" vote.   Represents a "No" vote.   Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote. "No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No).