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MineralMan

(150,911 posts)
6. From the Wikipedia article on him:
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 12:14 PM
Sep 2017

"Lipinski is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition and is known as one of the more conservative congressional Democrats."

Abortion
Lipinski is pro-life[5] and serves as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.[6] He is a co-sponsor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[7] In June 2013, Lipinski was one of only six Democrats in Congress who voted for a nationwide 20-week abortion ban.[8]

LGBT issues
On April 29, 2009, Lipinski voted for the Hate Crimes Expansion bill, which expands the definition of hate crime and strengthens enforcement of hate-crime laws.[9] In December 2010 he voted in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell.[10] Lipinski opposes recognition of same-sex marriage.[11] Lipinski is the sole Democratic cosponsor of HR2802, the First Amendment Defense Act.[12]

Healthcare
Lipinski was the only Illinois Democrat in Congress to oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which passed the House on March 21, 2010.[16] He said that he broke ranks with his party for a number of reasons, including the bill's provisions related to abortion.[17] Lipinski had previously voted for a version of the bill that contained more stringent restrictions on abortion funding.[18]

Immigration
Lipinski has voted against giving undocumented immigrants in-state tuition, educational benefits, welfare and health care services, and has opposed the visa lottery. He also has voted against increases in permanent and temporary foreign work visas such as the H1-B.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lipinski

That Dan Lipinski? Really? Maybe it's some other Dan Lipinski? Because the one described above is not a progressive House Member.

Mine is Betty McCollum, MN CD-4. Go look her up.

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