• LANCE, LEONARD
Experience: House: District 8, 2009-Present
Home State: New Jersey
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $833,983Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Leonard Lance
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Heidi; 1 Child: Peter
    Birth Date: 06/25/1952
    Birth Place: Easton, PA
    Home City: Clinton Township, NJ
    Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

    MPA, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1982
    JD, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1977
    BA, Lehigh University, 1974

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 2009-present
    Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 23, 2002-2008
    Minority Leader, New Jersey State Senate, 2004-2008
    Assembly Member, New Jersey General Assembly, 1991-2002
    Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1996

Current Legislative Committees

    Energy and Commerce, Member
    Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Vice Chair
    Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Former Member, Financial Services Committee, United States House of Representatives

Professional Experience

    Assistant Counsel, Office of Governor Thomas H. Kean, 1983-1990
    Law Clerk, Warren County Court, 1977-1978

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Trustee, Centenary College
    Trustee, McCarter Theater
    Trustee, Newark Museum
    Member, New Jersey Humanities Council
    Member, Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

No Opinion
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 70
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
04/29/2010 H.Res.1317 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the value-added tax in addition to existing Federal taxes is a massive tax increase that will result in hardships for United States families and job-creating small business and will stunt economic recovery. 04/29/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
03/22/2010 H.R.4794 Safeguarding Access to Preventative Services Act of 2010 03/22/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)
03/09/2010 H.Res.1069 Congratulating Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for being awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. 03/09/2010 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
03/02/2010 H.Con.Res.245 Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. 03/02/2010 Referred to House Ways and Means  (All Actions)
03/02/2010 H.Res.812 Recognizing the significant contributions of the Military Working Dog Program to the United States Armed Forces. 03/02/2010 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
05/20/2009 H.Con.Res.130 Expressing support for the current standards of the Federal mortgage interest tax deduction. 05/20/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
01/20/2010 H.R.4482 Pay It Back Act 01/20/2010 Referred to House Appropriations  (All Actions)
01/20/2010 H.R.4481 Deficit Reduction Act of 2009 01/20/2010 Referred to House Rules  (All Actions)
01/20/2010 H.Res.1023 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to remove the authority of the Committee on Rules to waive clause 5 of rule XVI or clause 9 of rule XXII. 01/20/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.  (All Actions)
10/08/2009 H.R.3779 Homebuyer Tax Credit Fairness Act of 2009 10/08/2009 Referred to House Appropriations  (All Actions)
Total: 1196
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
04/06/2017 H.R.1740 Faith-Based Community Center Protection Act
06/13/2017 H.R.627 Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
05/18/2017 H.R.1911 Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2017
05/17/2017 H.R.1005 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.
05/16/2017 H.R.2465 Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017
05/16/2017 H.R.2452 Deborah Sampson Act
05/03/2017 H.R.2327 PAWS Act of 2017
05/02/2017 H.R.2302 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 259 Nassau Street, Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as the "Dr. John F. Nash, Jr. Post Office".
04/28/2017 H.R.2230 To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
04/28/2017 H.R.2225 Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
04/12/2017 H.R.1754 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to clarify the scope of the exception for common carriers.
04/07/2017 H.R.19 Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act
04/05/2017 H.R.1928 Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
04/04/2017 H.Con.Res.45 Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
04/03/2017 H.R.1861 Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
03/31/2017 H.R.1847 PAST Act
03/31/2017 H.R.1838 Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017
03/31/2017 H.R.1825 Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017
03/29/2017 H.R.1698 Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
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