O'ROURKE, ROBERT BETO

O'ROURKE, ROBERT BETO
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: Experience: House: District 16, 2013-Present; Home State: Texas; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $354,630Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Oppose It is ok to continue experimenting with charter schools, and with public school choice, but only as a limited experiment, and no vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Oppose In times of peace, it is totally not needed to expand the military. We can improve instruction of our country by other ways.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 62

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
07/09/2015	H.R.800	Express Appeals Act	07/09/2015 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . (All Actions)
06/25/2015	H.R.2906	50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act	06/25/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
06/04/2015	H.R.2552	Berry Amendment Extension Act	06/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. (All Actions)
06/01/2015	H.R.2095	American Families United Act	06/01/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
05/26/2015	H.R.2139	Veteran's Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act of 2015	05/26/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (All Actions)
02/27/2015	H.R.883	Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2015	02/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
02/26/2015	H.R.1084	21st Century SCASDP Act	02/26/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
02/03/2015	H.R.694	Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015	02/03/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
12/08/2014	H.R.5804	Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2014	12/08/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
12/03/2014	H.R.4971	Ask Veterans Act	12/03/2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484. (All Actions)
11/21/2014	H.R.5766	21st Century SCASDP Act	11/21/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
11/12/2014	H.Res.752	Congratulating Marcel Closset, a French citizen and former member of the French Resistance who was instrumental in saving a United States Army Air Corps pilot during World War II, for receiving the French Legion of Honor.	11/12/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
05/08/2014	H.R.4616	Express Appeals Act	05/08/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
04/25/2014	H.R.4303	Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014	04/25/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. (All Actions)
04/09/2014	H.R.4442	Real Time Transparency Act of 2014	04/09/2014 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
04/03/2014	H.R.4397	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require all political committees to notify the Federal Election Commission within 48 hours of receiving cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more from any contributor during a calendar year, and for other purposes.	04/03/2014 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
01/09/2014	H.R.3431	American Families United Act	01/09/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
01/02/2014	H.R.3753	Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2013	01/02/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. (All Actions)
08/29/2013	H.R.3045	To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Defense provides each member of the Armed Forces, before the member separates from the Armed Forces, with an electronic copy of the medical records of the member and a physical examination.	08/29/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
06/28/2013	H.R.1809	To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.	06/28/2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)

Total: 794

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017	H.R.2549	To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the administration of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017	H.R.2288	Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.2519	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
05/18/2017	H.Res.218	Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.
05/17/2017	H.R.2477	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.1428	American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.1162	No Hero Left Untreated Act
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/16/2017	H.R.2472	Disability Integration Act of 2017
05/16/2017	H.R.2452	Deborah Sampson Act
05/11/2017	H.R.2421	Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act
05/05/2017	H.R.2345	National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.2273	Charlotte's Web Medical Access Act of 2017
05/03/2017	H.R.2327	PAWS Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/02/2017	H.R.2052	PRIVATE Act
05/01/2017	H.R.2043	Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017
04/28/2017	H.R.2119	Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

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