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Laphonza Butler

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 11, 1979 in Magnolia, MS

Education:

  • South Pike High School (Magnolia, MS), 1997
  • Jackson State University, B.A. (political science), 2001

Career:

  • Labor union organizer
  • President of SEIU union local
  • Political campaign strategist
  • University of California Board of Regents, 2018-2021

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on October 3, 2023 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dianne Feinstein



Key Senate Vote Data for Laphonza Butler in 2023


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Butler
Voted
2023-10-18 Cracking Down on Leftist Weapons Against Meritocracy and Business [SJRES32] Passed
(53-44)
No Vote
This Congressional Review Act resolution sponsored by Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) nullifies a rule created by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau titled "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)". The rule makes it easier for the CFPB to receive information on the demographics of businesses that submit applications for credit to covered financial institutions. CPAC recognizes that this information is used to promote the left's "equity" agenda, opposes the racist and sexist means employed by the left to reach the goals of this agenda, and supported this resolution.

2023-10-25 Countering Onerous Housing Energy Efficiency Standards [HR4366] Rejected
(47-51)
Rubio (R-FL) amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2024 prohibiting the Department of Housing and Urban Development from using public funds to update minimum efficiency standards for housing developments that it sponsors. CPAC recognizes that an update of this nature would raise the cost of such housing, opposes this consequence, and supported this amendment.

2023-10-26 Prohibiting the Biden Administration from Starving School Children in Order to Promote the Trans Agenda [SJRES42] Defeated
(47-50)
This resolution sponsored by Sen. Marshall (R-KS) nullifies a rule put forward by the Food and Drug Administration titled "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update". The rule allows adjunct agencies of the FDA to consider discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation to be a violation of public policy. In doing so, it would permit the FDA to cut school lunch funding for schools that don't allow men to enter women's intimate spaces. CPAC opposes this horrific abuse of funding authority and supported this resolution.

2023-10-31 Stopping the Federal Government's Usurpation of the Electoral Process [HR4366] Rejected
(45-50)
Budd (R-NC) amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2024 prohibiting funds appropriated in the bill from being used to implement Executive Order 14019. This Order directs the heads of executive agencies to develop plans to register people to vote while performing their various duties and responsibilities. CPAC opposes measures that decrease election security and supported this amendment.

2023-11-01 Calling for an Audit of the Fed [HR4366] Rejected
(46-51)
Paul (R-KY) amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2024 requiring the Comptroller General of the U.S. to conduct an audit of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve banks. CPAC supports efforts to hold the Fed accountable for its impact on the American dollar and supported this amendment.

2023-11-01 Reducing Spending During a Budget Impasse [HR4366] Rejected
(23-74)
Paul (R-KY) amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2024 cutting funding for programs and bureaucracies funded by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. CPAC supports efforts to reduce bureaucratic bloat and supported this amendment.

2023-11-01 Turning Congress into a Watchdog Against Bureaucratic Malfeasance [HR4366] Rejected
(46-51)
Lee (R-UT) amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2024 requiring federal agencies to, when creating a new rule, publish in the federal registry a list of the information upon which the rule is based. It then requires the agency to submit the rule to Congress such that legislators may approve the rule. CPAC supports efforts to crack down on burdensome and unnecessary regulations and supported this amendment.

2023-11-14 Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act [HR6126] Agreed To
(51-48)
Motion to table (kill) a bill sponsored by Rep. Granger (R-TX), known as the "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act", appropriates funds to Israel for its Iron Dome system and other defense measures. It then offsets the cost of this appropriation by reducing funds that were eventually to be appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service. CPAC supports Israel's right to defend itself, supports the lowering of funds appropriated to the IRS, and supported this bill.

2023-11-15 Further Extending Pelosi's Unsustainable Spending Policies [HR6363] Passed
(87-11)
This bill sponsored by Rep. Granger (R-TX), known as the "Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024", allowed the government to continue spending money at its then-current levels for 45 days. CPAC opposes these extensions and the preservation of irresponsible spending policies and opposed this bill.

2023-12-13 National Defense Authorization Act [HR2670] Agreed To
(87-13)
The NDAA for FY 2024 sponsored by Rep. Rogers (R-AL) is a gargantuan 3,000+ page piece of legislation that advances various leftist causes under the guise of national security. Firstly, it extends Section 702 of the FISA Act, which allows the government to spy on Americans. Additionally, the bill continues to allow the government to fund travel for abortion purposes. CPAC believes that the Senate should instead be working to curb the growth of domestic surveillance initiatives that have been frequently abused by the government, opposes the public funding of abortion travel, and opposed the passage of this bill.



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