W. Todd Akin

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U.S. Representative

W. Todd Akin (R)

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MO-02

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Positions
Leadership: No leadership position
Committees: House Committee on Armed Services, House Committee on Science and Technology, and House Committee on Small Business
(subcommittees and past assignments)

2010 candidates for MO-02
(Next election: 2 November 2010)

Unconfirmed
incumbent: 		W. Todd Akin
Confirmed: Liz Lauber
Considering: None so far
Rumored: None so far
Potential: Bill Haas
Dropped-out: None so far
(more info & editing for MO-02)
On the Web
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William Todd Akin has served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the Second Congressional District of Missouri, since 2001.

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 100 - 1 not avail.
AFSCME not avail. not avail.
Americans for Democratic Action 0 - 0/20 10 - 2/20
Club for Growth not avail. not avail.
Drum Major Institute not avail. not avail.
Family Research Council not avail. not avail.
Information Technology Industry Council not avail. not avail.
League of Conservation Voters not avail. not avail.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not avail. not avail.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 80 - 16/20 not avail.


Iraq War

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

Akin voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.[1]

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Same sex marriage

Akin opposes same-sex marriage and called the 2004 decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court an act of "judicial activism [that is] undermining the sanctity of marriage " and argued that a state-based law "seeks to usurp the legislative authority of elected representatives" and called for a U.S. constitutional amendment. [1] A month later, apparently rethinking his position on federalism, he supported a state-level ban on same-sex marriage in Missouri. [2]

National security and foreign policy

During the debate in mid-February 2007 of a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's troop "surge" in Iraq, Rep. Akin, who opposed the measure, discussed Davy Crockett during the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. He brought up a hypothetical scenario by which Crockett was struggling in battle and received a message on his Blackberry from Congress saying "we support you", but would not be sending any reinforcements. He continued, "I'm sure that would be really impressive to Davy Crockett."

Main article: Congressional actions regarding President Bush’s 2007 proposed troop “surge” in Iraq

Bio

Background

Todd Akin was born July 5, 1947, in New York City. He is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he earned a B.S. in Management Engineering. After graduation, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army with the Army Combat Engineers at Fort Belvoir in Alexandria, Virginia. He received an honorable discharge from the Army Reserves in 1980. Upon completing his active duty in the Army, Todd spent four years with IBM and later moved into corporate management at Laclede Steel.

Akin was appointed by Governor Ashcroft to the Bicentennial Commission of the U.S. Constitution in 1987. In 1988, Akin ran and won a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives. He served twelve years as a Republican State Representative and the ranking Republican on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. While serving in the Missouri House, Todd drafted legislation on Roth IRAs and a tax limitation amendment currently in the Missouri Constitution. He also took a leading role in opposing gambling, resulting in more rigorous enforcement of gambling laws and regulations.

Congressional Career

According to an USA TODAY.com profile, "Akin strongly opposes abortion, same-sex marriage and gun control. He has urged the Bush administration not to tighten ozone standards for the St. Louis area and urged the Navy not to cut back its production of Super Hornet aircraft at Boeing's local plant." The profile reports that "The American Conservative Union gave his 2003 legislative record an 88 out of 100 points. The liberal Americans for Democratic Action gave him 5 percent." [3]

In the 107th Congress, Akin was joined by U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) in offering the Clean Coal Initiative amendment to the Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act. The Amendment authorized an extensive program for clean coal research and development at the Department of Energy and included provisions for public-private partnerships to upgrade existing coal-fired power plants in accordance with current clean coal technology.

In 2004, Akin sponsored leglislation to prevent judicial review in cases involving the Pledge of Allegiance.[4]

2006 elections

In 2006, the Democrats nominated George D. Weber to face Akin in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [5] Akin retained his seat.

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)
Clean Earth Technologies$ 17,500
Jones Financial Companies$ 16,850
Crawford Group$ 16,600
Boeing Co$ 11,500
Vi-Jon Inc$ 11,500
Washington University In St Louis$ 10,400
Honeywell International$ 10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn$ 10,000
AT&T Inc$ 9,520
Bank of Washington$ 9,200
Holecamp Capital$ 9,200
Hunter Engineering$ 9,200
Patriot Machine$ 9,200
PERICO Life Insurance$ 9,200
Schnuck Markets$ 9,200
Show Me Institute$ 9,200
Visionary Radiology PC$ 9,200
Wiese Planning & Engineering$ 9,200
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 W. Todd Akin
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)

Boards and other Affiliations

  • Akin is active in the Boy Scouts for America
  • A former board member of Missouri Right to Life
  • Board member of the Mission Gate Prison Ministry[6]

More Background Data

Wikipedia also has an article on W. Todd Akin. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
  • 117 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
    Ph: 202-225-2561 Fax: 202-225-2563
    Webform email
District offices
  • 820 South Main Street, Suite 206, Saint Charles, MO 63302
    Ph: 636-949-6826 Fax: (none entered)
  • 301 Sovereign Court, Suite 201, Saint Louis, MO 63011
    Ph: 314-590-0029 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Campaign office
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    Latitude: 38°46′56.204″N
    Longitude: 90°28′50.77″W     Latitude: 38°35′52.516″N
    Longitude: 90°29′25.199″W







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