BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.

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BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
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: Experience: House: District 7, 2003-Present; Home State: Tennessee; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,532,284Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Marsha Blackburn

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Chuck; 2 Children: Mary, Chad

Birth Date: 06/06/1952

Birth Place: Laurel, MS

Home City: Brentwood, TN

Religion: Presbyterian

Education

BS, Mississippi State University, 1973

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2002-present

Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives

Assistant Minority Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2002-2006

Senator, Tennessee State Senate, District 23, 1998-2002

Current Legislative Committees

Budget, Member

Energy and Commerce, Vice Chair

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Member

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Member

Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Founder, Congressional Songwriters Caucus

Chairman, Congressional Songwriters Caucus

Co-Chair, House Task Force on Waste, Fraud and Abuse

Executive Director, Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission, 1995-1997

Professional Experience

Owner, Marketing Strategies

Director, Retail Fashion, Special Events, Caster Knott Company, 1975-1978

Sales Manager, Southwestern Company, 1973-1975

Student Manager, Southwestern Company, 1971-1973

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

President, American Lung Association of Middle Tennessee

Member, Brentwood Chamber of Commerce

Member, Christ Presbyterian

Member, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

President, Nashville Symphony Guild

Board Member, Nashville Zoo

Member, Rotary Club

Member, Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board

State Chair, American Council of Young Political Leaders, 1994

Additional Information

Awards:

American Conservative Union, Best and Brightest Award

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Spirit of Enterprise Award

Taxpayer Hero, Americans for Tax Reform, 2003-2015

Conservative Leadership Award, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

Honorary doctorate in letters, King University

Congressional Grammy, Recording Academy, 2007

White Hat award,Nashville Songwriters Association, 2007

Platinum Award, Recording Industry Association of America, 2008

Visionary Award, The Cecil Scaife Foundation

Lawmaker of the Year, Independent Electrical Contractors, 2006

HITN Innovation Award, Health IT Now, 2012

Distinguished Leader Award, Susan B. Anthony List

40 Most Interesting Women in Politics, The Washington Post

Woman of Valor, Independent Women's Forum, 2014

Small Business Bureau and Entrepreneurship Council, Small Business Champion

Family Research Council, True Blue Award

Total: 1

Blackburn Supports Effort to Protect Medical Innovation

06/18/2015

Vote Smart

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Oppose Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 158

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/20/2014	H.R.3932	No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014	03/20/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
02/28/2014	H.R.4098	Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2013	02/28/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. (All Actions)
02/28/2014	H.R.4070	Internet Freedom Act	02/28/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. (All Actions)
10/25/2013	H.R.3303	SOFTWARE Act of 2013	10/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
10/08/2013	H.R.3275	To amend the Pay Our Military Act to ensure that the allowances of members of the Armed Forces covered by such Act include military tuition assistance programs of the Department of Defense.	10/08/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. (All Actions)
07/31/2013	H.R.2809	To delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.	07/31/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. (All Actions)
07/18/2013	H.R.2731	Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act	07/18/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
07/15/2013	H.R.2264	CLEAR Act of 2013	07/15/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
06/24/2013	H.R.1468	SECURE IT	06/24/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. (All Actions)
06/19/2013	H.R.2143	USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013	06/19/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
06/14/2013	H.R.1733	Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2013	06/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
04/23/2013	H.R.762	Health Care Choice Act of 2013	04/23/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
02/04/2013	H.R.370	To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund.	02/04/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions)
01/31/2013	H.R.63	Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act	01/31/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. (All Actions)
01/18/2013	H.R.221	SMART SALE Act of 2013	01/18/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
01/14/2013	H.R.61	Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act	01/14/2013 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
01/04/2013	H.R.67	To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region.	01/04/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
01/03/2013	H.R.59	To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.	01/03/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. (All Actions)
01/03/2013	H.R.58	To make 10 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.	01/03/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. (All Actions)
01/03/2013	H.R.57	To make 15 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.	01/03/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. (All Actions)

Total: 2622

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/22/2017	H.R.2589	To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/05/2017	H.R.2146	Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2052	PRIVATE Act
04/27/2017	H.R.2187	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers.
04/27/2017	H.R.1695	Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017	Passed	Yea
04/13/2017	H.J.Res.43	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.	Passed	Aye
04/07/2017	H.R.1953	Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017
04/07/2017	H.R.1933	Health Care Options Act of 2017
04/07/2017	H.R.1898	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.
04/04/2017	H.Con.Res.45	Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
04/03/2017	H.R.1861	Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/03/2017	H.Res.92	Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.	Passed	Yea
03/31/2017	H.R.1838	Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017
03/31/2017	H.R.1825	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017
03/31/2017	H.R.1766	Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2017
03/31/2017	H.R.1736	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the process for inspections of device establishments and for granting export certifications.
03/30/2017	H.R.1836	Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2017
03/24/2017	H.R.1676	Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
03/29/2017	H.R.26	Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/24/2017	H.R.1722	Protecting American Jobs Act

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