• WESTMORELAND, LYNN A.
Experience: House: District 3, 2005-Present
Home State: Georgia
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $450,122Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Lynn A. Westmoreland
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Joan; 3 Children: Heather, Marcy, Trae
    Birth Date: 04/02/1950
    Birth Place: Atlanta, GA
    Home City: Grantville, GA
    Religion: Baptist

Education

    Attended, Georgia State University, 1969-1971

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2005-present
    Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, 1992-2004
    Minority Leader, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2000-2004

Current Legislative Committees

    Financial Services, Member
    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Member
    Select Committee on Benghazi, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member
    Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Vice Chair
    Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Member
    Subcommittee on NSA and Cybersecurity, Chair
    Subcommittee on the CIA, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Tea Party Caucus

Professional Experience

    Real Estate Agent
    Developer
    Builder/Owner, L.A.W. Builders

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Fayette Board of Realtors
    Member, Fayette County Safe Kids Council
    Member, Georgia Homebuilders
    Member, National Board of Realtors
    Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
    Member, Southcrest Baptist Church

Additional Information

Awards:

    Legislative Excellence Award, Seniors Coalition
    Hero of the Taxpayer, Americans for Reform of Government Waste
    The Jefferson Award, Citizens for a Sound Economy
    Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of Independent Business
    Tax Fighter Award, National Tax Limitation Committee
    Thomas Jefferson Award, Food Distributors International
    Small Business Advocate, Small Business Survival Committee
    Legislative Excellence Award, National Association of Manufacturers
    Spirit of Enterprise, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
    The Most Influential Atlanta, Business Chronicle
    Friend of the Shareholder, American Shareholders Association
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

Support
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

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly 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: 22
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
12/12/2016 H.R.1941 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act 12/12/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 684.  (All Actions)
06/10/2016 H.R.5455 Protecting Consumer Financial Information Act 06/10/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
05/19/2016 H.R.4894 To repeal title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 05/19/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.  (All Actions)
02/03/2016 H.R.3699 Judgement Fund Taxpayer Accountability Act 02/03/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
12/15/2015 H.R.4248 FSOC Designation Review Act 12/15/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
10/27/2015 H.R.3655 EPA Pays Act 10/27/2015 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.  (All Actions)
10/27/2015 H.R.3531 No Exemptions for EPA Act of 2015 10/27/2015 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.  (All Actions)
05/27/2015 H.R.2094 To repeal titles I and II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 05/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.  (All Actions)
03/04/2015 H.R.1333 Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2015 03/04/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/11/2014 H.R.5810 To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act. 12/11/2014 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
06/11/2014 H.R.4604 CFPB Data Collection Security Act 06/11/2014 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.  (All Actions)
02/07/2014 H.R.3985 Stop Obamacare's Risky Provisions Act 02/07/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
11/21/2013 H.R.3183 To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to provide consumers with a free annual disclosure of information the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection maintains on them, and for other purposes. 11/21/2013 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 25.  (All Actions)
07/31/2012 H.R.6133 To provide clarity on the use of National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin surcharges, the use of Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin surcharges, and for other purposes. 07/31/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.  (All Actions)
05/11/2012 H.R.5710 Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations Act 05/11/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.  (All Actions)
01/12/2012 H.R.3503 To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings open to the public. 01/12/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.  (All Actions)
01/03/2012 H.R.2056 To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes. 01/03/2012 Became Public Law No: 112-88. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
10/08/2008 H.R.3229 National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act 10/08/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-357. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
09/06/2007 H.R.3492 PAC Fairness Act of 2007 09/06/2007 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
08/09/2007 H.R.2309 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3916 Milgen Road in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building". 08/09/2007 Became Public Law No: 110-70. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
Total: 1869
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
01/17/2008 H.R.5031 Stealth Tax Relief Extension Act of 2008
01/14/2008 H.R.4900 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007
12/26/2007 H.R.3470 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Sidney 'Sid' Flowers Post Office Building".
12/21/2007 H.R.4781 To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.
12/21/2007 H.R.710 Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act Failed No
12/20/2007 H.R.4736 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing.
12/19/2007 H.Con.Res.277 Rejecting and condemning the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's position that English-only employment rules violate title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as unjustified and unsupported by law, and for other purposes.
12/18/2007 H.Res.542 Expressing the unconditional support of the House of Representatives for the members of the National Guard.
12/17/2007 H.Res.856 Expresses heartfelt sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, December 5, 2007.
12/17/2007 H.Res.843 Mourning the passing of Congressman Henry J. Hyde and celebrating his leadership and service to the people of Illinois and the United States of America.
12/06/2007 H.R.4318 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers.
12/06/2007 H.R.4304 Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Improvement Act
11/16/2007 H.R.4141 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries.
11/15/2007 H.Res.828 Honoring the firefighters and other public servants who responded to the wildfires in south Georgia during the spring of 2007.
11/15/2007 H.Con.Res.263 To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes.
11/15/2007 H.R.4176 Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act
11/13/2007 H.R.2784 National Environment and Energy Development Act
11/09/2007 H.R.4133 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
11/09/2007 H.R.3934 Affordable Footwear Act of 2007
11/09/2007 H.R.3888 More Children, More Choices Act of 2007
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