Blanche Lincoln

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Blanche Lambert Lincoln, a Democrat represented Arkansas in the United States Senate since from 1999 to 2011.

Contents

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Organization 2007 Scorecard
Score - Agree ratio 		2008 Scorecard
Score - Agree ratio
American Civil Liberties Union not avail. not avail.
American Conservative Union 10 - 2/25 not avail.
AFSCME 86 - 6/7 not avail.
Americans for Democratic Action 90 - 18/20 80 - 16/20
Club for Growth not avail. not avail.
Drum Major Institute not avail. not avail.
Family Research Council 11 - 1/9 11 - 1/9
Information Technology Industry Council 100 - 5/5 100 - 5/5
League of Conservation Voters not avail. 91 - 10/11
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not avail. not avail.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 55 - 6/11 not avail.


H.R. 1424 (2008 Bailout Bill)

Lincoln voted for the 2008 Bailout Bill [1] in October 2008.

Iraq War

Lincoln voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq in Oct. 2002.

For more information see the chart of U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War.

Environmental record

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Senator Lincoln advocated ending the EPA requirement that farmers obtain permits before they can use pesticides. She has also opposed the expansion of the Clean Water Act because the new regulations wouldn't be "implementable" or "practical."

Energy

Lincoln supports increasing the use of renewable energies. She believes farmers, foresters, and ranchers should be employed to create renewable energies. She wants to promote renewable energy while creating jobs for the rural state she represents.

Climate

Lincoln is hesitant about supporting a cap and trade bill because it may hurt the economy. She is also unsure of a utility-only approach. Many politicians from rural states do not support capping emissions. Lincoln stated that too much government regulation is detrimental to job creation and the economy. She said, "That’s why I’ve co-sponsored a bill that stops the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act." She also said, "That’s why I’ve opposed cap-and-trade proposals that pick winners and losers. I don’t believe that’s our job. I believe our job is to open the table and invite everyone to come and help solve the problem."

Technology

Lincoln is the Chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee. She said that courts that have ruled in favor of limiting the sale of genetically modified food are not basing their decisions on sound science. She believes that regulating agriculture biotechnology in this way is inefficient.

Bio

Lincoln was born in September 30, 1960 in Helena, Arkansas. She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1982. She studied law at the University of Arkansas.

Immediately after graduating, she became staff assistant to Congressman Bill Alexander and served in his office until 1984. Lincoln ran successfully against Alexander in the Democratic primary of 1992 and took his seat in the U.S. House. Lincoln served in the House until 1997.

In 1998, Lincoln returned to politics and ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by incumbent Democrat Dale Bumpers. She defeated her Republican opponent, Fay Boozman, by a margin of 55%-42%. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate at the age of 38.

Lincoln has concentrated primarily on rural and farm issues. She is one of the primary advocates of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), which is designed to spur development in the lower Mississippi Delta region. She is also the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus.

She is considered to be a moderate or Centrist Democrat. Lincoln was among the minority of Democrats to support CAFTA and she is opposed to most protectionist trade measures. She has voted in favor restricting class action lawsuits and tightening rules on personal bankruptcy. She was one of the few Democrats in Congress to vote in favor of the tax cut passed in 2001, though she now advocates scaling back or eliminating the portions of that tax cut, and other tax cuts, that benefit those tax payers with incomes over $300,000. She supports the permanent elimination of the estate tax. Lincoln voted to ban partial-birth abortions and strongly supported the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to ban lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors.

2008 elections

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 This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the Arkansas superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.

Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Blanche Lincoln, as a superdelegate, had endorsed her for President.


Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
DonorAmount (US Dollars)
Stephens Group$ 34,200
DaVita Inc$ 32,000
Wal-Mart Stores$ 25,800
Tyson Foods$ 24,750
Goldman Sachs$ 24,000
AT&T Inc$ 23,500
Weyerhaeuser Co$ 22,000
Entergy Corp$ 21,982
JPMorgan Chase & Co$ 21,857
Blue Cross/Blue Shield$ 21,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site.
Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from
the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
Links to more campaign contribution information for Blanche Lincoln
from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile: 2008 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation: 2008 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by industry: 2008 election cycle Career totals


Committees and Affiliations

Committees

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

More Background Data

Contact

DC office
  • 706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
    Ph: 202-224-4041 Fax: 202-224-9750
    Webform email
District offices
  • 155 East Waterman, Dumas, AR 71639
    Ph: 870-382-1023 Fax: (none entered)
  • Federal Building, 615 South Main Street, Suite 315, Jonesboro, AR 72401
    Ph: 870-910-6896 Fax: (none entered)
  • 912 West Fourth Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
    Ph: 501-375-2993, 800-352-9364 Fax: (none entered)
  • Miller County Courthouse, 400 Laurel Street, Suite 101, Texarkana, AR 71854
    Ph: 870-774-3106 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Campaign office
  • No campaign website entered.
  • No campaign webform email entered.
  • No campaign office information entered.

Articles and resources

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Semantic data (Edit data)

Latitude: 33°53′15.648″N
Longitude: 91°29′24.479″W Latitude: 35°50′14.575″N
Longitude: 90°42′19.519″W Latitude: 34°44′48.448″N
Longitude: 92°16′51.089″W Latitude: 33°25′32.761″N
Longitude: 94°2′19.518″W

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