Mo Cowan

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 4, 1969 in Yadkinville, NC

Elected Office:

Key Senate Vote Data for Mo Cowan in 2013

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Cowan Voted
2013-02-12	Violence Against Women Act Expansion [S47]	Passed (78-22)
This bill greatly expands a 20-year-old program to include gay and transgender individuals. The Violence Against Women Act, which started as a narrowly focused effort in 1994, has grown in to a $660 million program that funds liberal organizations to carry out an ideological agenda without any results that show it has reduced violence against women.
2013-03-06	Caitlin Halligan Nomination	Rejected (51-41)
The Senate rejected limiting debate (cloture) on the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the District of Columbia Circuit Court for the second time in two years. As New York Solicitor General, Halligan supported a lawsuit against gun manufacturers to hold them liable for crimes committed with guns.
2013-03-22	Parental Notification [SCONRES8]	Rejected (48-51)
Rubio (R-FL) amendment to the budget bill would have expressed the sense of the Senate in support of a bill requiring notification to parents if their child is transported out of state for an abortion.
2013-03-22	Death Tax Repeal [SCONRES8]	Rejected (46-53)
Thune (R-SD) amendment to the budget bill would have called for the repeal of the federal estate tax, or "death" tax.
2013-03-22	Conservative Budget [SCONRES8]	Rejected (18-81)
Paul (R-KY) amendment to the budget bill would have replaced a budget that raises taxes to increase spending with a bill that balances the budget in four years, returns discretionary spending to 2008 levels, replaces welfare programs with block grants to the states, reforms entitlement programs and eliminates capital gains as well as estate and gift taxes.
2013-03-22	Paycheck Protection [SCONRES8]	Rejected (43-56)
Scott (R-SC) amendment to the budget bill would have prohibited the federal government from automatically deducting union dues from federal employee paychecks.
2013-03-22	Prohibiting New EPA Regulations [SCONRES8]	Rejected (47-52)
Inhofe (R-OK) amendment to the budget bill would have prohibited EPA from promulgating further greenhouse gas regulations to supposedly fight "global warming".
2013-03-23	Infrastructure Funding Offset [SCONRES8]	Rejected (26-72)
Paul (R-KY) amendment to the budget bill would have provided increased funding for Interstate bridge infrastructure projects by reducing funding for foreign aid and the Energy Department loan guarantee programs that led to the Solyndra scandal.
2013-03-23	Budget Bill [SCONRES8]	Agreed To (50-49)
This bill raised numerous taxes to help pay for a budget that increased spending by $90 billion over agreed-upon spending limits.
2013-04-17	Second Amendment Infringement [S649]	Rejected (54-46)
Manchin (D-WV) amendment to the Safe Communities Act would add federal government regulations to private sales through the Internet and at gun shows, among other restrictions.
2013-04-17	"Assault" Weapons Ban [S649]	Rejected (40-60)
Feinstein (D-CA) amendment to the Safe Communities Act would have revived the 1990s era "assault" weapons ban that was allowed to expire. ACU opposed the original ban that banned ill-defined "assault" weapons that did nothing to reduce gun violence.
2013-05-08	Second Amendment [S601]	Rejected (56-43)
Coburn (R-OK) amendment to the Water Resources Development Act would have required the Corps of Engineers to follow state firearm possession laws on lands managed by them to conform to practices followed by the National Park Service and other agencies.
2013-05-08	Wasteful Spending [S601]	Agreed To (67-32)
Whitehouse (D-RI) amendment to the Water Resources Development Act creates a new bureaucracy, the National Endowment for the Oceans that would award $100 million in grants to study the oceans and Great Lakes.
2013-05-15	Water Resources Development Act [S601]	Passed (83-14)
This bill, although eliminating earmarks and streamlining some environmental reviews, continues to spend billions of dollars on projects that have nothing to do with infrastructure and funds projects that should be handled at the state and local level. The bill also prohibits Congress from considering any bill that lowers the funding level from the previous year, locking in spending increases.
2013-05-22	Food Stamp Reform [S954]	Rejected (36-60)
Inhofe (R-OK) amendment to the Farm Bill would have replaced the current food stamp program with a program of block grants to the states and would have added work requirements and drug testing for eligibility.
2013-05-23	Limiting Farm Bill Subsidies [S954]	Agreed To (59-33)
Durbin (D-IL) amendment to the Farm Bill limits agricultural subsidies to people or corporations with an income of $750,000 per year or less. The limits would go into effect after a study of its effects is complete.
2013-06-06	Farm Bill [S954]	Agreed To (75-22)
This bill replaces the direct payment system to farmers with an equally or more expensive increase in the crop insurance subsidy program. The bill also includes the greatly expanded food stamp program with no reforms. ACU has long opposed these Depression-era subsidy programs and opposes combining food stamps with agricultural policy.

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