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Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
senator from Arkansas after Hattie Caraway. She is one of the more Conservative Democrats in the Senate. Lincoln is seeking a third term in 2010. Already, one Republican has announced he will oppose her, State Senator Kim Hendren of Benton County in far northwestern Arkansas.
United States Senator from Arkansas Incumbent Assumed office January 6, 1999 Serving with Mark Pryor Preceded by Dale Bumpers
Early life
Blanche Lambert was born in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. She attended Arkansas public schools and graduated from RandolphMacon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1982. She studied law at the University of Arkansas. Her sister, Mary Lambert, went on to be a movie director.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas’s 1st district In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 Preceded by Succeeded by Born William Alexander, Jr. Marion Berry September 30, 1960 (1960-09-30) Helena, Arkansas American Democratic Dr. Steve Lincoln Little Rock, Arkansas Randolph-Macon Woman’s College political aide Episcopalian
Early career and the House of Representatives
Immediately after graduating she took a job as staff assistant to 1st District Congressman Bill Alexander and served in his office until 1984. Lambert defeated her former boss in the Democratic primary of 1992 and took his seat in the House. She was reelected to a second term under her married name, Blanche Lincoln, and served in the House of Representatives until 1997. Lincoln did not stand for reelection in 1996; she was pregnant at that time.
Nationality Political party Spouse Residence Alma mater Profession Religion
Senate career
In 1998, Lincoln returned to politics and ran for the Senate seat being vacated by incumbent Democrat Dale Bumpers. She defeated her Republican opponent, Fay Boozman, the brother of future congressman John Boozman, by a margin of 55%-42%. Lincoln serves on the Senate Finance Committee; Special Committee on Aging; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee; Senate Social Security Task Force; Rural Health Caucus;
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Lincoln is a member of the Democratic Party. She was the youngest woman to be elected to the Senate when she was elected in 1998 at the age of 38; as of 2008, she is also the youngest Senior Senator in the Senate. She is the second female
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against the Freedom to Farm Act, while being one of only two Senate Democrats to vote against an agricultural bill reversing many of the reforms of the previous act in 2002.
Lincoln speaks during the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Senate New Democrat Coalition. Lincoln has concentrated primarily on issues involving farmers, and rural issues. She is one of the primary advocates of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), which is designed to spur development in the lower Mississippi Delta region. She is also the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus. Sen. Lincoln calls herself a moderate or centrist Democrat, aiming to appeal to the somewhat conservative (though historically Democratic) southern state of Arkansas. Lincoln was among the minority of Democrats to support CAFTA and she is opposed to some protectionist trade measures. While still in the House she was one of only 17 Democrats to vote for the Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 which sought to change federal employment laws. The law was vetoed by President Bill Clinton. She has voted in favor restricting class action lawsuits and tightening rules on personal bankruptcy. Though initially she was one of the few Democrats in Congress to vote in favor of the tax cut passed in 2001, she now advocates scaling back or eliminating the portions of that tax cut, has opposed making tax cuts permanent. She supports the permanent elimination of the estate tax. On April 5, 1995 she was one of only 27 Democrats in the House to vote in favor of the Contract With America Tax Relief Act which was approved by the House but never put into law. Lincoln also voted while a member of the House to amend the constitution to require a balancedbudget amendment; she did however vote against the line-item veto. She voted with the more populist element of her party in 1996 Lincoln holds a press conference with Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee regarding Medicare and the proposed changes to the system. Lincoln cast a vote to pass the Federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, though she previously supported the Feinstein Amendment (Senate Amendment 261) to the bill, which would strike out the act itself and replace it with "Post Viability Abortion Restriction Act" supported by a significant number of abortion rights supporters as compromise legislation. On the abortion issue she voted against Laci and Conner’s Law and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. She voted for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to ban lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors while also voting with gun control advocates to renew the federal ban on assault weapons. Lincoln also continues to support a flag desecration amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Lincoln has voted with the majority of Democrats against a federal marriage amendment. She has also voted with the majority of her party against restrictions on travel to Cuba and also to ban anti-Castro broadcasts to the island. In late 2002, she was among the Democrats to vote to approve use of military force in Iraq. The year before she was among a small number of her party to vote against a Dodd amendment expressing support for American involvement in an International Criminal Court. As of 2003, after fellow Democrat Mark Pryor defeated Senator Tim Hutchinson, Lincoln has been Arkansas’ senior senator. In
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Arkansas’s 1st congressional district: Results 1992–1994[4] Year 1992 1994 Democrat Blanche M. Lambert Blanche M. Lambert Votes 149,558 95,290 Pct 70% 53% Republican Terry Hayes Warren Dupwe
Blanche Lincoln
Votes 64,618 83,147
Pct 30% 47%
2004, Lincoln was re-elected 56%-44% over State Senator Jim Holt (R-Springdale). In May 2006, Lincoln voted in favor of S. 2611, a controversial immigration bill which would almost double the number of H1-B visas (see H1B visa). Lincoln, like almost all other senate Democrats and a few of her Republican colleagues, argued that it was a compromise between those activists who seek the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, and those activists who believe in some form of amnesty.[1][2][3] Lincoln called for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, claiming that the firing of eight federal prosecutors has created a "serious breach between the Justice Department and Congress, a breach that I’m not sure can be repaired with Mr. Gonzales at the helm." She and her Senate colleague, Mark Pryor, were particularly upset that Gonzales reneged on a promise to have a replacement for Bud Cummins, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, go through Senate confirmation. Gonzales ultimately did resign, in August 2007. On December 13, 2007, Lincoln was responsible for defeating an amendment to the pending Farm Bill, which would have capped government farm supports at $250,000 per year, per farm. According to Lincoln, it was unfair to some farmers in her state, notably cotton growers. Even though the amendment passed (56-43), Lincoln threatened a filibuster if any amendment did not get a 60 vote majority, so the amendment was withdrawn after passage. Her older sister is director Mary Lambert who directed a documentary film, 14 Women which also includes Lincoln herself.
Senator Lincoln speaking in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on October 25, 2008. • Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests • Subcommittee on Water and Power •
Electoral history
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1998, write-ins received 187 votes. In 2004, Glen A. Schwarz received 212 votes and Gene Mason received 128 votes.
Committee Assignments
• • Subcommittee on Health Care • Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure • Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy (Chairwoman) • • • Subcommittee on National Parks
References
[1] http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/issues/ H1bvisa/index.html [2] U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote
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Blanche Lincoln
United States Senator from Arkansas (Class III): Results 1998–2004[4] Year Democrat Votes 1998 Blanche L. Lincoln 2004 Blanche L. Lincoln Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
385,878 55% Fay Boozman 580,973 56% Jim Holt
295,870 42%
Charley Reform 18,896 3% * E. Heffley
458,036 44% *
United States House of Representatives Preceded by Bill Alexander Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Succeeded by Marion Berry from Arkansas’s 1st congressional district 1993 – 1997 United States Senator (Class 3) from Arkansas 1999 – present
Served alongside: Tim Hutchinson, Mark Pryor
United States Senate Preceded by Dale Bumpers Incumbent
[3] H-1B visas hit roadblock in Congress | TalkBack on ZDNet [4] ^ "Election Statistics", Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/ electionInfo/index.html, retrieved on 2007-08-08.
External links
• United States Senator Blanche Lincoln official U.S. Senate website • Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post • Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission • Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org • Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart • Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues • Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com • Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com • Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
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