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• 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Oppose Extending “Loan Limits For Programs Of The Government-Sponsored Enterprises, The Federal Housing Administration, And The Veterans Affairs Administration, And For Other Purposes.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting no on Senate Vote #180, S. Amdt. 857 to S. Amdt. 738 to H.R. 2112, extending “loan limits for programs of the government-sponsored enterprises, the Federal Housing Administration, and the Veterans Affairs Administration, and for other purposes.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Oppose The “Cut, Cap, And Balance Act Of 2011,” A Republican Debt Ceiling Crisis Bill. According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting no on Senate Vote #116, H.R. 2560, the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Support Repealing Ethanol Tax Credits And Import Tariffs. According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting yes on Senate Vote #90, S. Amdt. 476 to S. 782, repealing “the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and the Import Tariffs.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Support Improving “The Regulatory Structure For Electronic Debit Card Transactions, And For Other Purposes.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting yes on Senate Vote #86, S. Amdt. 392 to S. 782, improving “the regulatory structure for electronic debit card transactions, and for other purposes.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Support A “Vote To Proceed To Debate Over Chairman Ryan’s Budget.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting yes on Senate Vote #77, Con. Res. 34, a “vote to proceed to debate over Chairman Ryan’s budget.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Oppose A Bill To That Would “Reduce The Federal Budget Deficit By Closing Big Oil Tax Loopholes.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting no on Senate Vote #72, S. 940, “a bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by closing big oil tax loopholes, and for other purposes.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Support Prohibiting The Administrator Of The EPA “From Promulgating Any Regulation Concerning, Taking Action Relating To, Or Taking Into Consideration The Emission Of A Greenhouse Gas To Address Climate Change.” According to AFP’s 2011- 2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting yes on Senate Vote #54, S. Amdt. 183 to S. 493, prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change. [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Suspend Any EPA Action Under The Clean Air Act “With Respect To Carbon Dioxide Or Methane Pursuant To Certain Proceedings, Other Than With Respect To Motor Vehicle Emissions” For Two Years. According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting no on Senate Vote #53, S. Amdt. 215 to S. 493, “to suspend, until the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Prohibit Regulating Green House Gas Emissions Under The Clean Air Act. According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting no on Senate Vote #51, S. Amdt. 236 to S. 493, to “prohibit the regulation of greenhouse gases from certain sources.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] 99
• 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Support “A Bill Making Appropriations For The Department Of Defense And The Other Departments And Agencies Of The Government” That Would Cut Spending “$57 Billion Below Current Funding Levels.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting yes on Senate Vote #36, H.R. 1, “A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government” that would cut spending “$57 billion below current funding levels.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Oppose Requiring “That The Government Prioritize All Obligations On The Debt Held By The Public And Social Security Payments In The Event That The Debt Limit Is Reached.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting no on Senate Vote #28, S. Amdt. 112 to S. 23, requiring “that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public and Social Security payments in the event that the debt limit is reached.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted With The AFP Position To Support Repealing Federal Health Care Reform. According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson supported the AFP position by voting yes on Senate Vote #9, S. Amdt. 13 to S. 223, repealing “the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] • 2011: Sen. Johnson Voted Against The AFP Position To Support The “Fiscal Cliff Deal.” According to AFP’s 2011-2012 Scorecard, Senator Ron Johnson voted against the AFP position by voting yes to support the “Fiscal Cliff Deal.” [AFP Scorecard, Accessed 1/26/16] Johnson Signed AFP’s “No Climate Tax Pledge” And Has Rejected The Premise Of Climate Change Sen. Johnson Signed Americans For Prosperity’s “No Climate Tax Pledge.” According to the Capital Times, “You’ve no doubt heard about Grover Norquist’s ‘Taxpayer Protection Pledge.’ Well, there’s a new pledge in town, and several Wisconsin conservatives have signed on. This pledge is called the ‘No Climate Tax Pledge,’ but it might as well be called the ‘Koch Brothers Protection Pledge,’ since it was devised by a group co-founded and backed by the billionaire brothers whose companies, according to the EPA, emitted over 24 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2011. […] In addition to Walker and Kleefisch, Wisconsin signers of the pledge, all Republicans, are U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner, Sean Duffy and Reid Ribble, state Sens. Leah Vukmir, Alberta Darling, Glenn Grothman and Mary Lazich, and state Reps. Dale Kooyenga, Don Pridemore, Jim Ott and Bill Kramer.” [Capital Times, 7/3/13] • Ron Johnson: “I Absolutely Do Not Believe In The Science Of Man-Caused Climate Change. It’s Not Proven By Any Stretch Of The Imagination.” According to a statement by Ron Johnson in a video from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Johnson said, “I absolutely do not believe in the science of man-caused climate change. It’s not proven by any stretch of the imagination. It’s far more likely that it’s sunspot activity or just something in the geologic eons of time.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/19/10] Johnson Stood With AFP To Reject Increasing The Federal Minimum Wage Sen. Johnson Voted With Americans For Prosperity Against Increasing The Federal Minimum Wage To $10.10. According to the AFP Scorecard, In April 2014, Johnson voted with Americans for Prosperity, who supported a “no” vote on a: “Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the Reid, D-Nev., motion to proceed to the bill that would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 by 2016. It would gradually increase the minimum cash wage for workers who receive tips until it equals 70 percent of the federal minimum wage for other workers. It also would amend the tax code to extend through 2016 the $500,000 cap for small business expensing of investments eligible for deductions, including allowances for computer software and qualified real property.” [AFP Scorecard, 4/29/14; CQ, 4/30/14, S. 2223, Vote 117, 4/30/14] • Increasing The Federal Minimum Wage To $10.10 Would Mean A Raise For Nearly 600k People In Wisconsin. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 587,000 workers in Wisconsin would be affected by increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10. [Economic Policy Institute, 12/19/13] 100
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