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==Senate career==
==Senate career==
Brownback defeated [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Sheila Frahm]], who had been appointed to fill the seat of U.S. Senator [[Bob Dole]] in 1996, when Dole resigned in the middle of his term to campaign for president. In the general election, he defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Robert Docking|Jill Docking]] and was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1998. He won re-election in the [[U.S. Senate election, 2004|2004 Senate election]] with 69% of the vote, easily defeating his Democratic challenger, Lee Jones, a former [[Washington, D.C.]] [[lobbyist]].
Brownback defeated [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Sheila Frahm]], who had been appointed to fill the seat of U.S. Senator [[Bob Dole]] in 1996, when Dole resigned in the middle of his term to campaign for president. In the general election, he Killed [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Robert Docking|Jill Docking]] and was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1998. He won re-election in the [[U.S. Senate election, 2004|2004 Senate election]] with 69% of the vote, easily defeating his Democratic challenger, Lee Jones, a former [[Washington, D.C.]] [[lobbyist]].


Brownback is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]], the Senate [[U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]] (where he chaired the Subcommittee on [[District of Columbia]] when the Republicans were in the majority), the [[United States Congress Joint Economic Committee|Joint Economic Committee]], and the [[Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe]], also known as the Helsinki Commission. He is the current Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, which monitors compliance with international agreements reached in cooperation with [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].
Brownback is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]], the Senate [[U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]] (where he chaired the Subcommittee on [[District of Columbia]] when the Republicans were in the majority), the [[United States Congress Joint Economic Committee|Joint Economic Committee]], and the [[Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe]], also known as the Helsinki Commission. He is the current Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, which monitors compliance with international agreements reached in cooperation with [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].

Revision as of 17:16, 26 September 2007

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Sam Brownback
United States Senator
from Kansas
Assumed office
November 7 1996
Serving with Pat Roberts
Preceded bySheila Frahm
Succeeded byIncumbent (2011)
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Brownback
Alma materKansas State University

Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12 1956) is the senior United States senator from the U.S. state of Kansas. On January 20 2007, he announced his intention to seek the Republican Party's nomination for President in the 2008 Presidential election.[1][2]

Biography

Sam Brownback was born in Parker, Kansas to Nancy and Robert Brownback.[3] He was raised in a farming family in Garnett, Kansas; his ancestors settled in Kansas after leaving Pennsylvania following the Civil War.[4] Brownback was state president of Future Farmers of America, and was its national vice president from 1976 to 1977.[5] While at Kansas State University, he was elected student body president and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho. He received his J.D. from the University of Kansas in 1982.

After college, Brownback spent approximately a year working as a broadcaster; he hosted a weekly half-hour show.[4][6]

He was an attorney in Manhattan, Kansas[4] before becoming the Kansas secretary of agriculture in 1986. In 1990, he was accepted into the White House Fellow program and detailed to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative from 1990 to 1991. Brownback then returned to Kansas to resume his position as secretary of agriculture and remained in that position until 1993. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1994, and next ran in the 1996 special Senatorial election to replace Bob Dole, who had resigned his Senate seat during his presidential campaign, beating appointed Republican Sheila Frahm.

He is married to the former Mary Stauffer, whose family owned and sold a successful media company in 1995.[7] They have five children including an adopted son and daughter. His adopted daughter, Jenna, was adopted from China.

Raised as a Methodist, Brownback later joined a nondenominational evangelical church, and in 2002 he converted to Catholicism. He joined the Catholic Church through Opus Dei priest Father C. John McCloskey in Washington DC.[8][9] Brownback himself, however, is not a member of the Opus Dei organization.[10]

Senate career

Brownback defeated U.S. Senator Sheila Frahm, who had been appointed to fill the seat of U.S. Senator Bob Dole in 1996, when Dole resigned in the middle of his term to campaign for president. In the general election, he Killed Democrat Jill Docking and was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1998. He won re-election in the 2004 Senate election with 69% of the vote, easily defeating his Democratic challenger, Lee Jones, a former Washington, D.C. lobbyist.

Brownback is a member of the Judiciary Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee (where he chaired the Subcommittee on District of Columbia when the Republicans were in the majority), the Joint Economic Committee, and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission. He is the current Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, which monitors compliance with international agreements reached in cooperation with Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Brownback has announced that he would not run for reelection in 2010, in accordance with his support of term limits for members of Congress.[3]]

In 2000, Brownback and Congressman Chris Smith led the effort to enact the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).[11] President Clinton signed the legislation in October 2000. According to Christianity Today, the stronger enforcement increased the number of U.S. federal trafficking cases eightfold in the five years after enactment.[12]

As of August 12, 2007, in the 110th Session of Congress, Brownback has missed 123 votes due to campaigning (39.7 percent) — surpassed by Tim Johnson (D) of South Dakota who due to a critical illness has missed 100% of the votes of the 110th Session, and John McCain (R) of Arizona with 149 votes missed due to campaigning (48.1 percent).[13]

As of 8-21-2007, Brownback has an approval rating of 47%, with 45% disapproving.[4]

Positions

Brownback is most known as a supporter of Christian fundamentalism.[14] Brownback is a strong supporter of the traditional marriage movement and is an opponent of same-sex marriage. He has refused to state his opposition to adoption of children by gay families.[15] He is also anti-abortion in all cases, except to save the life of the mother.[16] Brownback was a cosponsor of the Constitution Restoration Act, which would have limited the power of federal courts to rule on church/state issues. Brownback told Rolling Stone that he chairs the Senate Values Action Team, an off-the-record weekly meeting of representatives from religious conservative organizations. Brownback has a voting record tending toward higher immigration levels.[17]

Health care

Brownback supports a bill that will introduce price transparency to the U.S. health care industry,[18] as well as a bill which would require the disclosure of Medicare payment rate information.[19]

On December 16, 2006, Brownback gave an interview to the Christian Post, stating: "We can get to this goal of eliminating deaths by cancer in 10 years."[20]

Immigration

Brownback has a "D" career grade from Americans for Better Immigration which indicates higher immigration levels. [21] Brownback was cosponsor of a 2005 bill of Kennedy and John McCain's which would give amnesty to illegal immigrants already present.[22] He has been criticized by Tom Tancredo for his support for Kennedy and McCain's latest immigration reform bill. Tancredo called him "an extreme opponent of getting tough on illegal immigration."[23] Brownback responded that politicians "must protect our borders, enforce the law, provide legal means for people to work in the United States, and fix a broken system."[23] On June 26, 2007, Brownback voted in favor of S. 1639, the Bush-Kennedy Immigration Amnesty Act of 2007 (officially "A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.[24]").[25] Brownback supports increasing legal immigrants & build a fence on Mexican border and the reform bill "if enforced" He voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. [26]

Tax reform

In December 2005, Brownback advocated using Washington, DC as a "laboratory" for a flat tax. He stated, "that making D.C. a test case would, with limited potential for negative impact, provide valuable data about the effects of a flat tax that would prove helpful in determining whether it should be applied nationwide."[27] Some residents of the District believe that the proposed system of taxation would seem to only further what many believe to be the District's taxation without representation. DC mayor Anthony A. Williams said "Leaving aside the merits of this proposal, we continue to resist any efforts on the part of any member of Congress to impose rules and regulations on the people of the District."[28] He was rated 100% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. He voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment, supports reduction of money spending in federal budget and was rated 100% by CATO, indicating a pro-free trade voting record. He supports two-year limit on welfare benefits. [26]

Iraq

Brownback has stated that he opposed Bush's 2007 troop surge in Iraq and the Democratic Party's strategy of timed withdrawal:

It does mean that there must be bipartisan agreement for our military commitment on Iraq. We cannot fight a war with the support of only one political party. And it does mean that the parties in Iraq — Sunni, Shi’a and Kurds — must get to a political agreement, to a political equilibrium. I think most people agree that a cut and run strategy does not serve our interest at all, nor those of the world, nor those of the region, nor those of the Iraqi people. So I invite my colleagues, all around, particularly on the other side of the aisle, to indicate what level of commitment they can support."[29]

— Senator Sam Brownback, U.S. Senate floor speech, January 16 2007

In May 2007 Brownback stated, "We have not lost war; we can win by pulling together" He voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq, voted NO on requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding and voted NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007. [26]

On June 7, 2007, Brownback voted against the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 when that bill came up for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which Brownback sits.[30] (The bill was passed out of the committee by a vote of 11 to 8.[31]) The bill aims to restore habeas corpus rights revoked by the Military Commissions Act of 2006. [32]

Darfur

Brownback visited refugee camps in Sudan in 2004 and returned to write a resolution labeling the Darfur conflict as genocide, and has been active on attempting to increase U.S. efforts to resolve the situation short of military intervention.[33] He is an endorser of the Genocide Intervention Network, which called him a "champion of Darfur" in its Darfur scorecard, primarily for his early advocacy of the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act.[34]

Iran

In May 2007 Brownback stated, "Iran is the lead sponsor of terrorism around the world" He supports talk with Iran, but no diplomatic relations. [26]

Chemical weapons

He voted NO on banning chemical weapons. [26]

PATRIOT Act

He voted YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act and voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. [26]

Intelligent Design

In a May 3, 2007 debate among the 10 candidates for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, Brownback was one of three who indicated that he did not believe in evolution.[35] Instead, Brownback favors teaching intelligent design in public school science classes via the Teach the Controversy approach:

There's intelligence involved in the overall of creation. . .I don't think we're really at the point of teaching this in the classroom. I think what we passed in the U.S. Senate in 2002 [the Santorum Amendment] is really what we should be doing, and that is that you teach the controversy, you teach what is fact is fact, and what is theory is theory, and you move from that proceedings, rather than from teaching some sort of different thought. And this, I really think that's the area we should concentrate on at the present time, is teaching the controversy.[36]

— Senator Sam Brownback, Larry King Live, CNN, August 23, 2005

He has been closely allied to the Discovery Institute, hub of the intelligent design movement, and has argued extensively on their behalf during Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns such as the Santorum Amendment, Teach the Controversy, and the denial of tenure to Institute Fellow and design proponent Guillermo Gonzalez.[37][38]

Mail-Order Brides

Brownback is a lead sponsor of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 and frequently speaks out against the mail-order bride industry.[39]

Abortion

Brownback opposes legal abortion in every circumstance, except to protect the life of the mother. His voting record is rated 0% by NARAL, since he has voted 100% pro-life. On May 3, 2007, when asked his opinion of repealing Roe v. Wade, Brownback said, "It would be a glorious day of human liberty and freedom."[40] But on the same occasion, Brownback also stated he "could support a pro-choice nominee" to the presidency, because "this is a big coalition party." [41]

The answer is not, as some have claimed, the nationwide prohibition of abortion.[42]

— Senator Sam Brownback, Press release, June 23, 2005

In policy, Brownback is opposed to a nationwide ban on abortion. Rather than enact a human life amendment, Brownback would have the question of "whether and how to regulate abortion" resolved democratically in the states.[43] This position places Brownback at odds with the Republican Party platform, which advocates Fourteenth Amendment protections for unborn children.[5]

Stem cell research

Brownback supports adult stem cell research and cord blood stem cells. Brownback appeared with three children adopted from in vitro fertilization clinics to coincide with a Senate debate over the Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005 to show his support for the bill and adult stem cell research. The Religious Freedom Coalition refers to children conceived through the adopted in vitro process as "snowflake children."[44] The term, as proponents explain, is an extension of the idea that the embryos are "frozen and unique," and in that way are similar to snowflakes.[44] Brownback supports the use of cord blood stem cell research for research and treatment, instead of embryonic stem cells[26] and was one of the sponsors of the bill in the Senate.[45]

Civil rights

Brownback's voting record on civil rights was rated 20% by the ACLU He voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business and YES on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration.[26]

Crime

He was rated 25% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes. He voted YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses and voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations. [26]

Death penalty

In a speech on the Senate Judiciary Committee, he questioned the current use of the death penalty as potentially incongruent with the notion of a "culture of life", and suggesting for its employment in a more limited fashion.[46] He voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder and voted NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. [26]

Education

He does not believe in evolution and supports idea of teaching intelligence project theory. He was given a 27% rating by the NEA, supporters of teacher's unions.[26]

Ethnic Issues

Brownback introduced into the Senate a resolution (Senate Joint Resolution 37) calling for the United States to apologize for past mistreatment of Native Americans.[citation needed] Brownback worked with Congressman John Lewis to help win placement of the African American Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..[citation needed]

LGBT issues

Brownback is a supporter of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, and voted against the federal expansion of hate crimes to include sexual orientation.[47]

Gun control

He voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks and opposes gun control. [26]

Religious views

Brownback told Rolling Stone that he had moved from mainline Protestantism to evangelicalism before his 2002 conversion to Catholicism, and that in 1994 he became involved with The Fellowship, a conservative Christian U.S. political organisation.

Other issues

On September 27, 2006, Brownback introduced a bill called the Truth in Video Game Rating Act (S.3935), which would regulate the rating system of computer and video games.

On June 15, 2006, Bush signed into law the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 sponsored by Brownback, a former broadcaster himself. The new law stiffens the penalties for each violation of the Act. The Federal Communications Commission will be able to impose fines in the amount of $325,000 for each violation by each station, which violates decency standards. The legislation raises the fine by tenfold.[48][49]

On September 3 1997, Meredith O'Rourke, an employee of Kansas firm Triad Management Services, was deposed by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs regarding her activities and observations while providing services for the company relative to fund raising and advertising for Brownback. In her deposition, she states that campaign management for Brownback's campaign had provided Triad with a list of current donors, specifically those who had "maxed out" on the federal contribution limit of $2,100. The deposition claims that Triad circumvented existing campaign finance laws by channeling donations through Triad, and also bypassed the campaign law with Triad running 'issue ads' during Brownback's first campaign for the Senate.[50][51]

On June 28, 2007 Mr. Brownback, switched his vote from being in favor ("Aye") of the Kennedy-Kyl Immigration Reform bill to a vote against the bill ("Nay"). He had previously stated that he was in favor of cloture. He was rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. He supports federalize aviation security and voted YES on prohibiting same-sex basic training. [26]

Environment

The conservative organization Republicans for Environmental Protection gave Brownback a grade of 29 percent for the 109th United States Congress, during which he cast what REP qualified as pro-environment votes on two of seven critical issues. REP criticized Brownback for supporting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in “sensitive marine waters” in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as for opposing measures designed to increase “efficiency and renewable-resource programs to improve energy security, lower costs, and reduce energy related environmental impacts.” [52] The environmental group League of Conservation Voters rated Brownback at 15 percent for the 109th Congress, citing his lack of support for low-income energy assistance, his lack of support for environmental and natural resources stewardship funding, and his tendency to vote in favor of offshore oil drilling and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[53]

The Reverend Rob Schenk of the National Clergy Council has called Brownback the "gold standard" for a viable conservative presidential candidate.[54]

He voted YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests was rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. He voted NO on including oil & gas smokestacks in mercury regulations. [26]

Right To Privacy

He has said he does not believe there is an inherent right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution. He has, however, expressed disapproval of George W. Bush's assertions on the legality of the NSA wiretapping program.[55]

2008 Presidential campaign

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On December 4 2006, Brownback formed an exploratory committee, thus taking the first steps toward candidacy. He has announced his Presidential bid as of December 5, 2006 on his website.[56] His expressed views position him in the social conservative wing of the Republican party. He has also stressed his fiscal conservatism. "I am an economic, a fiscal, a social and a compassionate conservative," he said in December 2006.[57] On January 20 2007, in Topeka, Brownback announced that he was running for President in 2008.[58]

On February 22 2007, a poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports held that three percent of likely primary voters would support Brownback.[59]

Brownback's close advisors for his presidential bid, as listed by the Washington Post[60] are David Kensinger, a political consultant who is a former executive director of GOPAC and former Brownback chief of staff; Rob Wasinger, Brownback's chief of staff in 2005; and Paul Wilson, a media consultant with Wilson Grand Communications. Also listed as "playing a key role" was Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza. Also mentioned as a member of Brownback's exploratory committee was Bowie Kuhn, former Major League Baseball commissioner, before his death on March 15, 2007.[61] A conservative Catholic, Brownback enjoys support among the religious right, and focuses his campaign towards this element of society.

On August 11, 2007, Brownback finished third in the Ames Iowa Straw Poll with 15.3% of all votes cast. Fundraising and visits to his website declined dramatically after this event, as many supporters had predicted Brownback would do much better, and speculation began that the candidate was considering withdrawing from the campaign. This sentiment increased after his lackluster performance in the GOP Presidential Debate of September 5, broadcast from New Hampshire by Fox News. [62]

He has recently had the support of actor Stephen Baldwin.

Brownback also won support from fellow Kansas lawmakers Senator Pat Roberts and Rep. Todd Tiahrt[63].

Footnotes

  1. ^ Swarns, Rachel L. Kansas Senator Announces Bid for Presidency, New York Times, January 21 2007
  2. ^ Associated Press, Brownback announces Presidential Campaign, January 20 2007
  3. ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/brownback.htm
  4. ^ a b c Brownback Presidential Campaign reprint of Weekly Standard article Eastland, Terry, Mr. Compassionate Conservative, The Weekly Standard, Volume 011, Issue 44, August 7 2006
  5. ^ Future Farmers of America: Prominent Former Members
  6. ^ Kapochunas, Rachel. Brownback, Set to Launch GOP White House Bid, Will Fight from the Right, CQPolitics.com January 18 2007
  7. ^ The New York Times Archives, "Media Concern Adds 12 Stauffer Papers", Published: June 16 1995
  8. ^ rollingstone.com
  9. ^ http://www.slate.com/id/2069194
  10. ^ WashingtonPost
  11. ^ Library of Congress: Thomas. House Resolution 3244. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
  12. ^ Alford, Deann. "Free at Last", Christianity Today, February 21 2007
  13. ^ Washington Post."Missed Votes", August 12, 2007
  14. ^ Sharlet, Jeff. "God's Senator", Rolling Stone, January 25 2006.
  15. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5s3HoZS2g0
  16. ^ http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Sam_Brownback.htm
  17. ^ http://grades.betterimmigration.com/testgrades.php3?District=KS&VIPID=317
  18. ^ PR Newswire: Senators and Hospital Groups Support New GPO Transparency Initiative, July 12 2005
  19. ^ U.S. Senator Sam Brownback press release: Brownback Introduces Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act, April 7 2006
  20. ^ Associated Press (2006-12-16). "Brownback Addresses Christian Radio Members, Touts FDA Move". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2007-05-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. ^ http://grades.betterimmigration.com/testgrades.php3?District=KS&VIPID=317
  22. ^ "Democrats are flocking to McCain's immigration bill". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  23. ^ a b "Tom Tancredo: Sam Brownback 'Miserable' on Illegal Immigration". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  24. ^ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.01639:
  25. ^ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00228
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Sam Brownback On the Issues". ontheissues.org. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  27. ^ The New York Sun: D.C. May Be Flat Tax Laboratory, November 30 2005
  28. ^ DCist: A Flat Tax for the District?, December 2 2005
  29. ^ Senator Sam Brownback office, Brownback on Iraq and Troop Surge, Calls for bipartisanship, diplomatic efforts, January 17, 2007, Washington, D.C.
  30. ^ Countdown with Keith Olbermann, June 7, 2007.
  31. ^ http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=203303
  32. ^ According to an Associated Press report by reporter Laurie Kellman,Kellman, Laurie (2006-07-18). "Bush Veto Expected for Stem Cell Bill". Associated Press. Retrieved 2006-08-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  33. ^ The Washington Post: Policy Adrift on Darfur, page A25, December 27 2005.
  34. ^ DarfurScores.org: Champions of Darfur, operated by the Genocide Intervention Network, site accessed 21 August 2006
  35. ^ Evolution Important Question, But Debate Left Us No Wiser Kathleen Parker. Real Clear Politics, May 10, 2007.
  36. ^ Intelligent Design in American Classrooms? CNN Larry King Live, August 23 2005.
  37. ^ Evolution Opponents on the Offensive in Senate, House Government Affairs Program, American Geological Institute.
  38. ^ Breaking News: U.S. Senator Expresses Alarm Over Denial of Tenure to Gonzalez at Iowa State Discovery Institute, EvolutionNews.org, May 22, 2007.
  39. ^ Vatican Radio: Mail Order Nightmares [1]
  40. ^ California Republican debate transcript, May 3, 2007
  41. ^ California Republican debate transcript, May 3, 2007
  42. ^ Senator Brownback press release, June 23, 2005
  43. ^ Senator Brownback press release, June 23, 2005
  44. ^ a b "LEGISLATIVE UPDATE — WEEK ENDING [[May 27]] [[2005]]; STEM CELLS AND SNOWFLAKE BABIES". Religious Freedom Coalition. 27 May 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  45. ^ The New York Sun: White House Ready To Veto Senate's Stem Cell Decision, July 18 2006
  46. ^ Sentencing Law and Policy (Blog by Douglas A. Berman): Senator Brownback questions death penalty and culture of life, February 3 2006
  47. ^ http://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=21952
  48. ^ Combs, Roberta. Christian Coalition of America, Washington Weekly Review, June 17 2006
  49. ^ "Bill Number S. 193". Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate) from Congressional THOMAS DB. Retrieved April 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  50. ^ O'Rourke Deposition:[2] September 3 1997
  51. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/cf121297.htm
  52. ^ Republicans for Environmental Protection 2006 Scorecard
  53. ^ LCV 2006 Scorecard
  54. ^ Barillas, Martin. "Evangelical leader meets with McCain and Romney", Spero News, February 20 2007.
  55. ^ The Washington Post: David S. Broder: Bucking Bush on Spying, February 9 2006
  56. ^ "Favorite of religious right moves toward White House bid" by Associated Press. CNN, December 4 2006.
  57. ^ forbes
  58. ^ "Brownback to Move on Presidential Bid". ABC News. Jan 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  59. ^ news.yahoo.com
  60. ^ "Sam Brownback's Inner Circle" by Chris Cillizza. Washington Post.com, December 5 2006.
  61. ^ Matt Stearns & David Goldstein, Wichita Eagle, Sam Brownback forms exploratory committee, December 5 2006
  62. ^ Wangsness, Lisa (2007-08-12). "Romney trounces GOP field in Iowa straw poll". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  63. ^ http://thehill.com/endorsements-2008.html

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