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Rep. Peter King NEW YORK (R)

Liberty Score™ 39%

1. 339 Cannon HOB

2. New York

3. Phone: 202-225-7896

Agriculture Voted in favor of the 2002 Farm Bill containing subsides[1]

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Voted against a 2006 amendment prohibiting funds from being used for dairy

education in Iowa[2]

Voted in favor of the $940 billion Farm Bill in 2013, of which 80 percent of the

funds were earmarked for food stamps[7]

Voted in favor of the agriculture standalone version Farm Bill in 2013, which

created new subsidy programs and made them permanent law[8]

Voted in favor of the final $940 billion Farm Bill in 2014, which failed to reform

food stamps or agriculture programs in a meaningful way[9]

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Bailouts Voted against a 2005 amendment eliminating the ability of Fannie Mae and

Freddie Mac to borrow from the Treasury (taxpayers)[10]

Voted in favor of the $831 billion Economic Stimulus Act in early 2008[11]

Voted in favor of the 2008 bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which

included an increase in the debt ceiling[12]

Voted in favor of the first TARP Wall Street bank bailout in 2008[13]

Voted in favor of the second, $700 billion TARP Wall Street bank bailout in

2008[14]

Voted in favor of the 2008 $14 billion auto industry bailout[15]

Voted against a 2009 amendment striking $355 billion in stimulus

spending[16]

Voted in favor of a $100 billion bailout of the International Monetary Fund in

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Budget and Spending Voted against cutting funding for public broadcasting in 1995.[18]

Voted against cutting a total of $7.6 billion from the budget in 1997[19]

Voted in favor of a bill funding general government in 1997, which failed to

block a pay raise for Congress[20]

Voted against a 2001 amendment replacing the proposed budget with the RSC

budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts[22]

Voted in favor of a 2005 transportation bill that broke the budget agreement by

$11 billion[25]

Voted against banning taxpayer dollars from being expended to renovate or

expand UN Headquarters anywhere in the United States in 2006[26]

Voted against a 2006 amendment replacing the proposed budget with the RSC


Voted against a 2006 amendment to cut spending in the underlying T-HUD

appropriations bill by $678 million[28]

Voted against a 2007 amendment that would have saved $279 billion over five

years from the proposed budget and extended tax relief[29]

Voted in favor of authorizing $43 billion for 40 new federal programs in 2007,

expanding the size of government[30]

Voted against a 2007 amendment reducing discretionary spending in the

underlying agriculture appropriations bill by 5.5 percent across-the-board[31]

Voted in favor of a budget-busting omnibus spending bill in 2007[32]

Voted against a 2008 amendment replacing the proposed budget with a

conservative alternative[33]

Voted in favor of a $33 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance

Program in 2009[34]

Voted against a 2009 amendment replacing the federal budget with the RSC


Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting inflated spending in the defense budget

by$18.6 billion to reflect FY 2008 levels[40]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting non-defense discretionary spending in

the underlying DoD appropriations bill to reflect 2006 levels[41]

Voted in favor of a short-term “Do Nothing” continuing resolution in 2011[42]

Voted against a 2011 amendment replacing the Ryan budget with the RSC budget

alternative, which contained more spending cuts[44]

Voted against a 2011 amendment reducing Homeland Security appropriations by

10 percent[45]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting $700 million in waste from a megabus

appropriations bill[46]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting $900 million from Food for Peace

Grants[47]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting $3.04 billion from the underlying

Energy & Water appropriations bill[48]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting $3 billion from the underlying

Department of the Interior appropriations bill[49]

Voted in favor of the 2011 debt ceiling deal, which increased the debt by $2.4

trillion – the largest increase in American history that undermined GOP unity behind

a balanced budget[50]

Voted in favor of a continuing resolution that violated the agreed upon Ryan

Budget levels by $24 billion in 2011[51]

Voted in favor of a senate amended continuing resolution that violated the agreed

upon Ryan Budget levels by $24 billion in 2011[52]

Voted in favor of a minibus spending bill that spent $24 billion more than the

Ryan budget, busted the budget caps, and which funded Obamacare in 2011[53]



Voted against a 2012 amendment cutting the underlying Commerce, Science, &

Justice appropriations bill by 1 percent[55]

Voted against a 2012 amendment cutting $2.7 billion from selected portions of

the underlying Commerce, Science, & Justice appropriations bill[56]

Voted against a 2012 amendment cutting $3.1 billion from the underlying Energy

& Water appropriations bill[57]

Voted in favor of T-HUD appropriations in 2012, increasing funds for Amtrak,

the Essential Air Service, community development block grants, and other wasteful

spending[58]

Voted against a 2012 amendment cutting $1.07 billion from the underlying DoD

appropriations bill[59]

Voted against a 2013 amendment offsetting Hurricane Sandy disaster relief with

cuts in discretionary spending[60]

Voted in favor of a 2013 amendment adding $33.677 billion in additional, non-

offset spending to Hurricane Sandy disaster relief[61]

Voted in favor of $50 billion in disaster relief following Hurricane Sandy in

2013[62]



Voted in favor of the Senate negotiated spending and debt deal to end the

government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling in 2013[64]

Voted in favor of the Ryan/Murray budget deal in 2013 that increased

spending[65]

Voted in favor of the omnibus spending bill following the government shutdown

in 2014[66]



Voted against a 2014 amendment cutting the underlying T-HUD appropriations

bill by 1 percent[68]

Voted in favor of reauthorizing BrandUSA in 2014, a tourism slush fund that uses

federal taxing authority to finance profits[69]

Voted in favor of a $125 million program to monitor “critical minerals” used in

private manufacturing in 2014[70]

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Civil Liberties Voted in favor of a five year extension of the FISA Amendments Act in

2012[73]

Voted in favor of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in 2013[74]

Voted in favor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in

2013[75]

Voted against a 2013 amendment preventing the NSA from blanket metadata

collection on Americans without authorization[76]

Voted against a 2014 amendment preventing the NSA from blanket metadata

collection on Americans without authorization[77]

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Debt Ceiling Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 1996[80]

Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 1996[81]

Voted in favor of the Contract With America in 1996 which included an increase

in the debt ceiling[82]

Voted in favor of the Balanced Budget Act in 1997 which included an increase in

the debt ceiling[83]





Voted in favor of bailing out Fannie and Freddie in 2008 which included an

increase in the debt ceiling[89]

Voted in favor of TARP in 2008 which included an increase in the debt

ceiling[90]

Voted in favor of the 2011 debt ceiling deal, which increased the debt by $2.4

trillion – the largest increase in American history that undermined GOP unity behind

a balanced budget[94]

Voted in favor of the negotiated spending and debt deal to end the government

shutdown in 2013 which included an increase in the debt ceiling[97]

Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling following the government shutdown

in early 2014[98]

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Earmarks Voted against a 2006 amendment prohibiting funds for the conversion of the

Strand Theater in Plattsburgh, NY into a performing arts center[100]

Voted against prohibiting funds for an ultra-low emission locomotive in

Pennsylvania[102]

Voted against cutting 148 earmarks in the 2008 Financial Services appropriations

bill in 2007[103]

Voted in favor of overriding President Bush’s 2007 veto of a Water Resources

Development bill, which included 900+ earmarks[104]

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Education Voted in favor of No Child Left Behind in 2001[108]

Voted in favor of extending student loan interest rates for undergraduate Federal

Direct Stafford Loans in 2012[111]

Voted in favor of maintaining federal subsidies for student loans in 2013[112]

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Energy and Environment Voted in favor of a 2007 amendment forcing electric utilities to produce 20

percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020[115]

Voted in favor of an energy bill which subsidized alternative energy, mandated

the use of ethanol and placed standards on producers of fuel, cars, and appliances in

2007[116]

Voted in favor of the Cash for Clunkers program in 2009[117]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting energy subsidies[119]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting the EPA's budget by $64 million[120]

Voted against a 2012 amendment eliminating the Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy Program[124]

Voted against a 2012 amendment defunding the Fossil Fuel R&D

programs[125]

Voted against a 2013 amendment eliminating $1.544 billion from funding for

energy R&D programs[128]

Voted in favor of creating a grant program incentivizing green energy building

codes[131]

Voted in favor of stopping the EPA from imposing new regulations that would

Voted against a 2014 amendment eliminating $3.1 billion dollars in subsidies for

three energy programs[134]

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Free Market Voted against capping punitive damages against small businesses for

unintentional product defects in 2000[141]

Voted against a 2005 amendment to reform the sugar subsidy program[142]

Voted against a 2006 amendment cutting the sugar subsidy program[143]

Voted in favor of mortgage “reform” in 2007 that imposed unnecessary

regulations and exposed lenders to increased liability[146]

Voted in favor of expanding FDA control over the tobacco industry in

2009[149]

Voted in favor of patent reform in 2011[152]

Voted against a 2011 amendment eliminating the federally subsidized flood

insurance program[153]

Voted against a 2012 amendment eliminating the wasteful Economic

Development Administration[155]

Voted in favor of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank in 2012[156]

Voted against a 2013 amendment repealing the dairy farm subsidy

program[158]

Voted in favor of delaying pro-market reforms to the National Flood Insurance

Program in 2014[161]

Voted in favor of reauthorizing the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

(OPIC) in 2014[162]

Voted against a 2014 amendment eliminating the wasteful Economic

Development Administration[163]

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Health Care Voted in favor of Medicare Part D in 2003[164]

Voted in favor of maintaining Medicaid loopholes in 2008[166]

Voted in favor of expanding the Obamacare grant program for veterinarians in

2011[167]

Voted against a funding bill that delayed Obamacare and required unsubsidized

health insurance for members and staff of the Executive and Legislative branches in

2013[169]

Voted in favor of the Miller-Sanders Veterans Bill in 2014, which created a new

entitlement set to cost $500 billion over the next decade[170]

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Immigration Voted in favor of allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. without legal

residency in 2002[171]

Voted against penalizing cities that give sanctuary to illegal aliens in

2004[172]

Voted against an amendment requiring states and localities to cooperate with

federal authorities in enforcing immigration law in 2004[173]

Voted against a 2005 amendment punishing state and local governments that don't

share information with federal immigration authorities by withholding

funding[174]

Voted against a 2005 amendment mandating comprehensive interior enforcement

to help remove illegal immigrants[177]

Voted against a 2014 amendment cutting spending on public housing for illegal

aliens[181]

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Judiciary Voted in favor of eliminating confirmation for 200 presidential appointees in

2012, which would reduce oversight of the Executive Branch[183]

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Labor Voted in favor of increasing the minimum wage in 2007[184]

Voted in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act in 2007, which would make it

easier for unions to unionize workers in the private sector[185]

Voted against a 2007 amendment limiting the Davis-Bacon union wage subsidy

rule[186]


rule[187]


rule[188]

Voted against a 2011 amendment striking funding for the National Labor

Relations Board[189]

Voted against a 2011 amendment preventing projects in the 2011 budget from

complying with the Davis-Bacon wage subsidy rule[190]


rule[192]

Voted against prohibiting the National Labor Relations Board from acting or

issuing rules without a quorum in 2013[193]

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Second Amendment Voted in favor of banning the transfer or possession of 19 types of assault

weapons in 1994[206]

Voted in favor of a 1999 amendment expanding background checks to gun

shows[208]

Voted against a 1999 amendment repealing a DC law that prohibits residents from

possessing firearms[209]

Voted against a 1999 amendment allowing law-abiding residents of DC to keep a

handgun in their home[210]

Voted against a national cross-state standard for concealed carry in 2011[211]

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Taxes Voted against the conservative substitute budget for FY 2001 that would have cut

more non-discretionary spending and had $270 billion in tax cuts in 2000[214]

Voted in favor of a $284 billion transportation bill in 2005 that raised

taxes[216]

Voted in favor of a Veterans Affairs appropriations bill that included a "Patriot

Tax" on upper income brackets in 2008[217]

Voted in favor of the Tobacco Control Act in 2008, which created new "user fees"

to pay for an expanded FDA regulatory program[218]

Voted in favor of the $630 billion “fiscal cliff” tax increase, which also increased

spending by $230 billion[219]

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Trade Voted in favor of extending Trade Adjustment Assistance in 2011, a program that

disrupts market price systems[224]

Voted in favor of applying countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act to

nonmarket economy countries in 2012[225]

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Transportation Voted in favor of the SAFETEA-LU highway spending bill in 2005, which

contained $24 billion in earmarks[229]

Voted in favor of a 2006 amendment increasing funding for Amtrak by $214

million[230]

Voted in favor of an $8 billion bailout of the Highway Trust Fund in 2008[231]

Voted against a 2012 motion to instruct conferees on a highway spending bill to

cap transportation spending at the amount taken in by the gas tax[232]

Voted in favor of a highway spending bill that exceeded revenue from the gas tax

in 2012[233]

Voted against eliminating subsidies for airline tickets to sparsely populated

airports, the Essential Air Service Program, in 2013[234]

Voted in favor of a $10.8 billion Highway Trust Fund bailout in 2014 that offset

spending via revenue raisers, budget gimmicks, and budget transfers[235]

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- Welfare Voted against cutting welfare eligibility and limiting welfare spending in

1995[236]

Voted in favor of extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks

in 2008[237]

Voted in favor of extending unemployment benefits to 73 weeks in 2009[238]

Voted against a 2013 amendment blocking farm subsidies to individuals with

annual income greater than $250,000[241]

Voted against a 2013 amendment allowing states to add work requirements to

food stamp programs[242]

Voted against a 2014 amendment cutting housing welfare by $2.9 billion[243]

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peter kings record

Documents

proposed budget

budget agreement

rsc budget alternative

transportation bill

bailout of fannie mae

agriculture programs

spending cuts27

spending cuts22