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Possible presidential candidate
Peter King
Political offices:
U.S. Representative
(Assumed office: 1993)
Nassau County Comptroller
(1981-1993)
King on the issues:
Taxes • International trade • Budgets • Agricultural subsidies • Federal assistance programs • Foreign affairs • Federalism • Natural resources • Healthcare • Immigration • Education • Abortion • Gay rights
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First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • King voted against H.R.2102 - the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, which proposed prohibiting the government from requiring a reporter or member of the newsmedia "to testify or produce any document unless a court makes specified determinations by a preponderance of the evidence, including determinations."[2]
  • King voted for H.R.513 - the 527 Reform Act of 2006, which proposed amending "the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to include in the definition of political committee any applicable 527 organization." Organizations with the 527 tax code are "typically parties, candidates, committees or associations organized for the purpose of influencing an issue, policy, appointment or election, be it federal, state or local," according to OpenSecrets.org.[3][4]
  • In 1998, King voted for H.J.Res.78 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom.[5]
Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Peter King voted against H.R.1025 - the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which, among other provisions, required a background check to purchase a firearm. It became law on November 30, 1993.[6]
Executive powers
  • In 2013, Peter King voted against H.J.Res.99, which disapproved "of the President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt limit."[7]
Crime and justice
  • According to Peter King's website, "As Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee Pete King works closely with the NYPD and the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments. Congressman King has obtained millions of dollars in Homeland Security funds for these departments."[8]
  • King voted for H.R.1593 - the Second Chance Act of 2007, which expanded "provisions for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects to provide expanded services to offenders and their families for reentry into society." It became law on March 9, 2008.[9][10]

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Youtube, "Rep. Peter King (R-NY) -- member of the Homeland Security Committee," June 30, 2014
  2. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2102," accessed March 17, 2015
  3. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.513," accessed March 17, 2015
  4. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "527," accessed March 17, 2015
  5. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.78," accessed March 17, 2015
  6. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1025," accessed March 17, 2015
  7. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.99," accessed March 17, 2015
  8. ↑ Peter King, "Homeland Security," accessed December 19, 2014
  9. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1593," accessed March 17, 2015
  10. ↑ Congress.gov, "H. Rept. 110-140 - SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007," accessed March 17, 2015
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