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About Ron: Voting Record and Stances on Issues
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Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for freedom in our nation’s capital. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly works for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies. He is known among his congressional colleagues and his constituents for his consistent voting record. Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution.In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the “one exception to the Gang of 535” on Capitol Hill.
Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of five children and have 17 grandchildren.
While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul’s limited-government ideals were not popular in Washington. In 1976, he was one of only four Republican congressmen to endorse Ronald Reagan for president.
During that time, Congressman Paul served on the House Banking committee, where he was a strong advocate for sound monetary policy and an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve’s inflationary measures. He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and pro-family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending and regulation, and used his House seat to actively promote the return of government to its proper constitutional levels. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice.
Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional district of Texas. He presently serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He continues to advocate a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles.
Congressman Paul’s consistent voting record prompted one of his congressional colleagues to say, “Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers’ ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are.” Another colleague observed, “There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few.”
Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record:
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.
More Viewpoints and Voting Records
Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions.
Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime.
Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research.
Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion.
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions.
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life.
Voted for keeping government out of regulating economy & out of our bedrooms.
Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent.
Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage.(yes, twice)
Opposes the death penalty. (he's truly pro-life)
Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime.
Legalize industrial hemp.
Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.
Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests.
War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights.
Legalize medical marijuana.
Voted NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror.
Voted NO on requiring states to test students.
Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools.
Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools.
Abolish the federal Department of Education.
Voted YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years.
Intervention abroad incites hatred & attacks like 9/11.
When we go to war carelessly, the wars don't end.
Voted against war because Iraq was not a national threat.
Opposes Iraq war and opposes path toward Iran war.
Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days.
Voted NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date.
Voted NO on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops.
Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq.
Voted YES on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo.
Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers.
Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients.
Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks.
Voted NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations.
Abolish federal welfare; leave it all to states.
Voted NO on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet).
Voted NO on increasing fines for indecent broadcasting.
Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends.
Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification.
Voted YES on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit.
Voted YES on permanently eliminating the marriage penalty.
Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent.
Voted YES on $99 B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts.
Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years.
Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax").
Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty".
Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business.
Overhaul income tax; end capital gains & inheritance tax.
Phase out the death tax.
Voted YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable.
Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits.
I highlighted some of the votes people may be surprised to see a Republican make. This, friends, is what I've been talking about when I talk about real Conservatives and real Republicans, or for that matter, even a real Democrat- if they all actually followed the Constitution like Ron does. For all those who have asked me in the past, THIS is the example of what a true Conservative is. Remember Barry Goldwater and Dwight Eisenhower.
Ron's Voting Record on the Iraq War
Look at what Paul said about the Iraq invasion WELL BEFORE the war on December 19, 2001:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2001/cr121901.htm
Then again on February 26, 2002
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr022602.htm
Then again on March 20, 2002:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr0321a02.htm
Then again on June 24, 2002:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr062402.htm
Then again on September 4, 2002:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr090402
Then again on September 10, 2002:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr091002
Then again on September 24, 2002:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr092402.htm
Then again on October 8, 2002 voting against the Authorization:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr100802.htm
Then before the war on March 4, 2003:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr030403.htm
And that's just BEFORE the war.
