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Rep. Peter King
NEW YORK (R)
Liberty Score
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39%
339 Cannon HOB

New York
Phone: 202-225-7896
Agriculture
Voted in favor of the 2002 Farm Bill containing subsides[1]
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]
[1]http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll123.xml
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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

2009[136] -
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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 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 Bushs 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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Member Profile - Peter King

Rep. Peter King

NEW YORK (R)

339 Cannon HOB

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

funds were earmarked for food stamps[7]

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

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

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

Budget and Spending

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

block a pay raise for Congress[20]

budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts[22]

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

budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts[27]

appropriations bill by $678 million[28]

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

expanding the size of government[30]

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

budget alternative, which contained more spending cuts[36]

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

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

alternative, which contained more spending cuts[44]

Energy & Water appropriations bill[48]

Department of the Interior appropriations bill[49]

Budget levels by $24 billion in 2011[51]

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

alternative, which contained more spending cuts[54]

Justice appropriations bill by 1 percent[55]

cuts in discretionary spending[60]

offset spending to Hurricane Sandy disaster relief[61]

alternative, which contained more spending cuts[63]

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

alternative, which contained more spending cuts[67]

federal taxing authority to finance profits[69]

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

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

collection on Americans without authorization[76]

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

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

in the debt ceiling[82]

Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2002[84]

Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2003[85]

Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2004[86]

Voted in favor of increasing the debt ceiling in 2005[87]

increase in the debt ceiling[89]

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

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

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

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

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 the Cash for Clunkers program in 2009[117]

Voted against a 2011 amendment cutting energy subsidies[119]

Renewable Energy Program[124]

energy R&D programs[128]

Voted against capping punitive damages against small businesses for

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

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

regulations and exposed lenders to increased liability[146]

Voted in favor of patent reform in 2011[152]

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

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