• SIMPSON, MICHAEL
Experience: House: District 2, 1999-Present
Home State: Idaho
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $759,114Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Michael 'Mike' K. Simpson
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Kathy
    Birth Date: 09/08/1950
    Birth Place: Burley, ID
    Home City: Idaho Falls, ID
    Religion: Mormon

Education

    Bachelors, Utah State University
    DMD, Washington University School of Dental Medicine, 1977

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present
    Representative, Idaho State House of Representatives, 1984-1998
    Speaker of the House, Idaho State House of Representatives, 1992-1998
    Assistant Majority Leader, Idaho State House of Representatives, 1989
    Council Member, City of Blackfoot, 1980-1984

Current Legislative Committees

    Appropriations, Member
    Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, Chair
    Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Member
    Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Chairman, Idaho House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment, 2011-present
    Chair, Majority Caucus, Idaho State House of Representatives, 1988

Professional Experience

    Dentist, Simpson Family Dental Practice, 1977-1998

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Former Member, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 1416
    Member, Chamber of Commerce
    Former Member, Idaho State Dental Association
    Former Member, Rotary Club of Blackfoot
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

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

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly 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

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

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Support
Total: 124
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
04/23/2008 H.R.3734 Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act 04/23/2008 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 714.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5100 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain semi-manufactured forms of gold. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
11/19/2007 H.R.4184 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 4 parcels of land from the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Twin Falls, Idaho. 11/19/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
09/24/2007 H.R.3603 Idaho Land Conveyance Act of 2007 09/24/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
08/13/2007 H.R.3006 To improve the use of a grant of a parcel of land to the State of Idaho for use as an agricultural college, and for other purposes. 08/13/2007 Became Public Law No: 110-77. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
06/21/2007 H.R.2732 To amend the Act of July 3, 1890, to provide for the granting to a State of a parcel of land for use as an agricultural college and to proscribe the use of earnings and proceeds thereof. 06/21/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
05/01/2007 H.Res.360 Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Idaho Potato Commission and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that an Idaho Potato Month should be established. 05/01/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
03/27/2007 H.R.1612 Minidoka National Historic Site Act of 2007 03/27/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
03/23/2007 H.R.1573 Japanese American Memorial Act of 2007 03/23/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
03/06/2007 H.R.467 Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2007 03/06/2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
03/05/2007 H.R.1251 American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act 03/05/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.  (All Actions)
02/07/2007 H.R.222 Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act 02/07/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
02/02/2007 H.R.221 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2007 02/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.  (All Actions)
01/16/2007 H.Res.43 Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season. 01/16/2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
01/04/2007 H.Res.26 Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season. 01/04/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.  (All Actions)
12/18/2006 H.R.6409 Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act 12/18/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.  (All Actions)
12/06/2006 H.R.5666 Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2006 12/06/2006 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
09/28/2006 H.R.5665 American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act 09/28/2006 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
09/27/2006 H.R.3603 Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act 09/27/2006 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.  (All Actions)
10/20/2005 H.R.419 Hire Veterans Act of 2004 10/20/2005 Provisions of This Measure Incorporated in H.R. 3665, Title II.  (All Actions)
Total: 1684
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.R.1873 Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act
06/08/2017 H.R.2853 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property, and for other purposes.
05/15/2017 H.R.2422 Action for Dental Health Act of 2017
04/12/2017 H.R.1777 To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to improve and enhance authorities relating to the employment, use, status, and benefits of military technicians (dual status), and for other purposes.
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
03/29/2017 H.R.26 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 Passed Aye
03/24/2017 H.R.1606 DOC Access Act
02/10/2017 H.R.848 Farm Regulatory Certainty Act
02/10/2017 H.R.520 National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
03/15/2017 H.R.1551 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.
03/09/2017 H.R.1454 Future Logging Careers Act
03/06/2017 H.R.1059 Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017
02/28/2017 H.R.1121 Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2017
02/21/2017 H.R.333 Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
02/21/2017 H.R.303 Retired Pay Restoration Act
02/10/2017 H.R.289 GO Act
02/03/2017 H.R.778 DAIRY PRIDE Act
02/01/2017 H.R.592 Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
01/25/2017 H.R.246 To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
01/24/2017 H.R.631 Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017
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