• ROHRABACHER, DANA
Experience: House: District 48, 1989-Present
Home State: California
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $724,175Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Dana T. Rohrabacher
    Gender: ale
    Family: Wife: Rhonda; 3 Children: Annika, Tristen, Christian
    Birth Date: 06/21/1947
    Birth Place: Coronado, CA
    Home City: Costa Mesa, CA
    Religion: Baptist

Education

    MA, American Studies, University of Southern California, 1975
    BA, History, Long Beach State College, 1969
    Attended, Los Angeles Harbor College, 1965-1967

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 48, 1988-present

Current Legislative Committees

    Foreign Affairs, Member
    Science, Space, and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Member
    Subcommittee on Energy, Member
    Subcommittee on Environment, Member
    Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, Chair
    Subcommittee on Space, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Former Co-Chair, House Scouting Caucus
    Chair, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 1997-2005

Professional Experience

    Former Reporter, City News Service, Radio News West
    Former Editorial Writer, Orange County Register
    Special Assistant, President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1988
    Speechwriter, President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1988
    Assistant Press Secretary, Bush Committee, 1980
    Assistant Press Secretary, Reagan Committee, 1980

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier

No Opinion
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Strongly Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 259
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
05/10/2012 H.R.5734 Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act of 2012 05/10/2012 Referred to House Armed Services  (All Actions)
05/07/2012 H.Con.Res.104 Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan, currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country. 05/07/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .  (All Actions)
02/23/2012 H.R.4069 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi. 02/23/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.  (All Actions)
02/03/2012 H.Res.483 Calling for immediate full consular services to be provided by the United States Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 02/03/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .  (All Actions)
01/25/2012 H.R.3830 To restrict the provision of defense articles and defense services to the Government of Iraq, and for other purposes. 01/25/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
01/25/2012 H.Res.529 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should not consider releasing Taliban prisoners, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Norullah Noori, Mullah Mohammed Fazl, and Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, from prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until Mullah Muhammed Omar has been turned over to United States custody. 01/25/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.  (All Actions)
10/25/2011 H.Res.423 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to increase and sustain pressure on the Taliban, their terrorist allies and supporters, enable an expeditious and safe withdrawal of United States and NATO soldiers, reducing the great cost in lives and money, the United States should empower and recognize Afghanistan's ethnic diversity through free local and provincial elections and replace the present failed centralized system of government with a federal political structure that ensured the full participation of all ethnic communities. 10/25/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .  (All Actions)
10/05/2011 H.Res.422 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the superiority of capitalism as an economic model. 10/05/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
07/19/2011 H.R.1926 Gold Medal of Remembrance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act 07/19/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.  (All Actions)
06/15/2011 H.R.2200 To limit assistance to Honduras unless the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Honduras has settled all outstanding expropriation claims brought by United States companies against the Government of Honduras. 06/15/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
05/18/2011 H.R.1822 No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 05/18/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
05/13/2011 H.Res.188 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the regime of Mu'ammar al-Qadhaffi. 05/13/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .  (All Actions)
05/05/2011 H.R.1790 Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011 05/05/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
04/01/2011 H.R.597 District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2011 04/01/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.  (All Actions)
03/03/2011 H.Res.145 Calling on the Government of Pakistan to release Raymond Davis. 03/03/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
02/23/2011 H.R.787 No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2011 02/23/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
02/17/2011 H.R.786 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock. 02/17/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
02/14/2011 H.J.Res.26 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to Congressional succession. 02/14/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.  (All Actions)
12/15/2010 H.Res.1769 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to undermine the Taliban and their terrorist allies, the policy of the United States should support the recognition of Afghanistan's ethnic diversity, promoting mutual respect between various communities and regions of the country and bringing democracy closer to the people of Afghanistan by supporting constitutional change that recognizes and enables a democratic, decentralized, federal structure to replace the present failed centralized system of government, providing a political structure that reflects the diversity of the country and that builds trust and goodwill among Afghanistan's many communities. 12/15/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
12/13/2010 H.R.6443 Gold Medal of Remembrance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act of 2010 12/13/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
Total: 3701
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/14/2017 H.R.381 To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".
06/12/2017 H.R.2887 To regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce.
06/12/2017 H.R.1654 Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act
06/08/2017 H.R.2809 American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017
05/22/2017 H.R.115 Thin Blue Line Act Passed Yea
05/18/2017 H.R.1872 Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017
05/11/2017 H.R.2415 Everglades FIRST Act
05/04/2017 H.R.2358 Chinese American World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/28/2017 H.R.2254 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building".
04/27/2017 H.R.2215 SAFE Act of 2017
04/27/2017 H.R.613 Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
04/26/2017 H.R.2170 Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.1159 United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act
04/25/2017 H.R.431 Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.312 Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2017
04/18/2017 H.R.353 Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017
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
04/06/2017 H.R.1988 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Merle Haggard Post Office Building".
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
04/03/2017 H.R.1861 Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
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