Wikipedia.org political website: on Government Reform
Bill Clinton:
1993: Proposed (and failed at) campaign finance reform
Proposals by President Clinton not passed by Congress: - Health care reform
- Campaign finance reform (1993)
Presidential Initiatives - Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the
Palestinian National Authority, to agree to a final settlement agreement.
- Initiated the Don’t ask, don’t tell policy toward gays in the military, 1993.
- Reversed a ban on senior
Sinn F‚in politicians entering the U.S.
- Proposed a national challenge to end the racial divide in America, the One America Initiative.
- Extraordinary rendition got approval for the first time in the
USA from the Clinton administration.
President Clinton’s Supreme Court appointments - Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 1993
- Stephen Breyer - 1994
Source: Wikipedia entry on Bill Clinton
Nov 11, 2007
Christy Mihos:
Would pursue strict campaign finance reform
In addition to pledging to “take down those tolls from Weston to the New York border” and to reopen the front gates of the State House to “return this building to the people of Massachusetts,” Mihos has pledged to pursue strict campaign finance reform.
Source: Wikipedia.org
Jun 5, 2006
Henry McMaster:
Cited by Ethics Commission for excessive donations of $51K
On Jan. 6, 2015, the Ethics Commission of South Carolina accused McMaster of accepting about $70,000 in campaign donations when he unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2010, which exceeds South Carolina's legal limit for donations by $51,850. Documents
released by the Ethics Commission state that McMaster accepted these extra funds to help in settling his campaign debt. In September 2015, the Commission refused to dismiss the complaint and McMaster's attorney indicated McMaster was likely to settle.
Source: Wikipedia.org politician profile
Sep 30, 2015
Joe Arpaio:
Fined $153,978 for illegal in-kind campaign contributions
In July 2010, a committee established by Arpaio (the "Campaign to Re-Elect Joe Arpaio 2012") funded advertisements critical of Rick Romley, a candidate in the Republican primary for Maricopa County Attorney, and Arizona Attorney General candidate
Tom Horne, despite the fact that Arpaio was not running for re-election at the time (his term did not expire until the end of 2012).In August 2010, the Office of Maricopa County Attorney found that one of the advertisements, a direct mailer,
advocated the defeat of Romley and was an in-kind contribution to Bill Montgomery (Romley's primary election opponent), in violation of Arizona election law. The order stated that a civil penalty in the amount of three times the amount of money spent on
the mailer would be imposed on Campaign to Re-Elect Joe Arpaio.
In September 2010, Arpaio's campaign was fined $153,978. Montgomery ultimately defeated Romley in the primary election, with Romley stating Arpaio's ads "hurt" his results.
Source: Wikipedia on 2018 Arizona Senate race
Sep 30, 2010
Joe Biden:
1987: Rejected Bork on grounds of too-strong originalism
Biden chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious US Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork in 1987. Biden stated his opposition to Bork soon after the nomination, reversing an approval in an interview of a hypothetical Bork nomination he had
made the previous year and angering conservatives who thought he could not conduct the hearings dispassionately. At the close, Biden won praise for conducting the proceedings fairly and with good humor and courage, as his 1988 presidential campaign
collapsed in the middle of the hearings. Rejecting some of the less intellectually honest arguments that other Bork opponents were making, Biden framed his discussion around the belief that the US Constitution provides rights to liberty and privacy that
extend beyond those explicitly enumerated in the text, and that Bork's strong originalism was ideologically incompatible with that view. Bork's nomination was rejected in the committee by a 9- vote, and then rejected in the full Senate by a 58-2 margin.
Source: Wikipedia.org, "Joe Biden", re: Slouching Towards Gomorrah
Nov 17, 2009
Marsha Blackburn:
Require presidential candidates to show birth certificates
Birther bill: In 2009, Blackburn sponsored legislation requiring presidential candidates to show their birth certificates.
The bill was in response to so-called Birther conspiracy theories that falsely alleged that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
Asked why she supported such a bill, Blackburn's spokesperson said that Blackburn did not doubt that Obama was an American citizen.
The spokesperson inaccurately suggested that Obama had not provided any documents to prove he was a natural-born citizen.
Source: Wikipedia.org on 2018 Tennessee Senate race
Jul 2, 2018
Linda McMahon:
2000: Initiated non-partisan voter-registration campaign
Linda initiated WWE's non-partisan voter-registration campaign, "SmackDown! Your Vote", in August 2000. The campaign specifically targeted the 18-to-30 year-old voter demographic, making use of online marketing, public service announcements, and youth
voting partnerships. The campaign, which registered 150,000 new voters during the 2000 election, was started in coalition with MTV's Choose or Lose. In 2008, SmackDown! Your Vote registered many voters online, often in affiliation with Rock The Vote.
Source: Wikipedia article, "Linda McMahon" (2000s History)
Aug 12, 2010
David McCormick:
January 6 was a dark chapter in American history
McCormick expressed regret over the 2021 attack at the U. S. Capitol. He said the attack marks "a dark chapter in American history" and "puts a highlight on the responsibility of leaders to be able to create a dialogue where people are understood."
He also said "I think [Trump] has some responsibility, a lot of responsibility for [the attack], and I think that this last dark chapter at the Capitol...history will look very unfavorably on that and all the people that were involved in that.
Source: Wikipedia on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
May 22, 2022
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