Peter King
Congressman 3rd
District, New York
Elected 1992
Committees:
Financial Services
Homeland Security – Chairman
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Ratings for 2010:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 6
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 10
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 81
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 89
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 - 2010
No Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
No $820 billion stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
Yes Let guns in national parks
Permit
people carrying guns in parks
No Cap and Trade
Industry
measure to reduce greenhouse gases
Yes Bar federal abortion funds
No federal
funds for health plans covering abortion
No Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
No Financial Firm
Regulation
Regulations
on financial services firms
No Pass tax cuts for some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
* Stop detainee transfers
Prohibit
defense funds used to transfer detainees to U.S.
No Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
No Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
No Limit Campaign Funds
Requires
sponsors of campaign ads to identify themselves
* Absent
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2010 Pete
King (R) 131,674 72% 1,713,817
Howard
Kudler (D) 51,346
28 83,541
2010 primary Pete
King (R) 21,915
91%
Robert
Previdi (R) 2,231
9
2008 Pete
King (R, C, Ind
G.
Long (D, WF) 97,525
36 42,361
2008 primary Pete
King (R) 6,847
88%
Robert
Previdi (R) 897
12
2006 Pete
King (R, C, Ind
D.
Mejias (D, WF) 79,843
44 908,135
2006 primary Pete
King (R) 11,077
84%
Robert
Previdi (R) 2,110 16
2004 Pete
King (R, C, Ind
Blair
Mathies (D) 100,737 37 212,580
2004 primary Pete
King (R) 8,110
84%
Robert
Previdi (R) 1,564
16
2002 Peter
King * 121,537 72% 468,474
Stuart
Finz (D) 46,022 27
137,472
*
R, C, Ind
2002 primary Peter
King (R) 11,932
78%
Robert
Previdi (R) 3,357
22
2000 Peter
King * 143,126 60% 455,110
Dal
LaMagna ** 95,787 40 285,966
*
R, C, Ind
**
D, Grn, WF
2000 primary Peter
King (R) 8,651
78%
Robert
Previdi (R) 2,495
22
1998 Peter
King * 117,258 64% 278,908
Kevin Langberg (D) 63,628 35
*
R, C, RTL
1998 primary Peter
King (R) 6,521
78%
Robert
Previdi (R) 1,819
22
1996 Peter
King (R, C, FR) 127,972 55% 645,951
Dal
LaMagna (D, I) 97,518
42 1,083,576
1996 primary Peter
King (R) 7,593
88%
Robert
Previdi (R) 1,014
12
1994 Peter
King (R, C) 115,236 59% 516,548
Norma
Grill (D) 77,774
40 415,561
1994 primary Peter
King (R) 10,391
73
Robert
Previdi (R) 3,896
27
1992 Peter
King (R, C) 124,727 50% 263,345
Steve
Orlins (D) 116,915 46 1,127,239
C Conservative Party
FR Freedom Party, NY
Grn Green
Party
I Independent Party
RTL Right To Life Party
WF Working Families
Population 2010: 645,508
Change since 2000: down
1.4%
Urban: 100%
Rural: 0
Median Age: 43
years
Over 65: 16%
Under 18: 23
High School Graduate: 92%
College Graduate: 37
Graduate Degree: 16
Median Income: 91,458
Median Home Value: 472,500
Private Employment: 76%
Government Employment: 19
Self Employed: 5
Blue Collar: 15
White Collar: 71
White: 81%
Black: 3
Hispanic: 10
Asian 5
2008 Presidential Vote:
John McCain (R) - 164,682 52%
Barack Obama (D) - 149,995 47
2004 Presidential Vote:
George W. Bush (R) - 162,181 52%
John Kerry (D) - 147,317 47
Peter King's Voting History
Votes in 110th Congress: 2007 – 2008
Yes Increase Minimum Wage
Raise
minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand State Children’s Health
Insurance Program
No Raise CAFE Standards
Increase
fuel efficiency to 35 mpg by 2020
Yes Bail Out Financial Markets
$700
billion to bail out financial industry
Yes Share Immigration Data
Bar funds
to governments refusing to share immigration information
Yes Foreign Aid Abortion Ban
Bar funds
for abortions in foreign aid programs
No Ban Gay Bias in Workplace
Prohibit
job discrimination based on sexual orientation
No Repeal DC Gun Law
Repeal
local prohibition of firearms
No Withdraw Troops 8/08
Requires
withdrawal of troops by August, 2008
No No Operations
in Iraq
Bar
military funds for contingency operations in Iraq
Yes Free Trade with Peru
Implement
free trade agreement with Peru
Yes Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in 109th Congress: 2005 – 2006
Yes Estate Tax Repeal
Permanently
repeal federal estate and gift taxes
No Limit CAFE standards
Less
stringent auto fuel efficiency standards
Yes FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
Yes Drilling in ANWR
Oil and gas
leases for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes Limit
Interstate Abortion
No minors
across state lines for abortions without parental consent
Yes Extend Patriot Act
Reauthorize
USA Patriot Act expanding law enforcement authority
Yes Bar Same Sex Marriage
Amend
Constitution to define marriage as between man and woman
No Stem Cell Research Funds
Override
veto to fund embryonic stem cell research
Yes Build Border Fence
700 miles
of fencing along border with Mexico
Yes CAFTA
Approve
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Yes Oppose Iraq
Oppose
setting date for withdrawal of US forces from Iraq
Yes Detainee Tribunals
Create
military tribunals to try detainees
Votes in 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
Yes Drilling in ANWR
Permit oil
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes Approve Bush
Tax Cuts
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
Yes Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug legislation
Yes Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Oppose
federal overtime pay regulations
Funds for
private schools in DC
Yes Ban Human Cloning
Criminal
sanctions for human cloning
Yes Restrict Gun Liability
Restrict
liability lawsuits against gun manufacturers, sellers
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Criminal
sanctions for “partial birth” abortions
Yes Ban Same-Sex Marriage
Amend
Constitution to ban same-sex marriage
Yes Fund Iraq
Approve
appropriations for U.S. Iraq
No Bar Cuba
Prohibit
funds to enforce economic embargo of Cuba
Yes Intelligence Reorganization
Reorganize
intelligence agencies; create national director
Votes in 107th Congress: 2001 – 2002
* Approve Bush
Tax Cuts
$1.35
trillion in tax cuts
Yes Limit Patients’ Bill of Rights
Limit
non-economic damages in liability awards
No Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
most uses of soft money; limit pre-election advertising
No Ban ANWR Development
Protect
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil development
Yes Faith Based Charities
Federal
incentives for religious social services
Yes Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Do not
enforce anti-discrimination rulings against Boy Scouts
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortions
Criminal
penalties for “partial birth” abortions
Yes Arm Commercial Pilots
Commercial
pilots able to carry fire arms in flight
Yes Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate international trade agreements
Yes Bar Funds for International Court
No federal
funds for International Criminal Court
Yes Authorize
Force in Iraq
Authorizes U.S. Iraq
Yes Deny Home
Security Department Union
Deny
employees of Homeland Security from joining union
* Absent
Votes in 106th Congress: 1999 – 2000
Yes Patient Bill of Rights
Bill of
Rights dealing with health maintenance organizations
Yes Accelerate
Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage by $1.00 in two instead of three years
Yes Strike Ban on Ergonomic Standards
Strike ban
on federal standard for ergonomic protection
Yes Override
Estate Tax Veto
Override
veto of phase-out of estate and gift taxes
Yes Bar RU-486 Funds for FDA
Bar FDA
funding of chemical induced abortion drug
Yes Display 10 Commandments
Permit
state and local governments display Ten Commandments
Yes Gun Show Background Checks
Require gun
show dealers to perform background checks
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban partial
birth abortions
Yes NATO War in Serbia
Authorize
deployment of US military forces for Kosovo
No Permanent
Trade with China
Authorize
permanent trade relations with China
No Debt Relief
for Third World
Provide debt relief for heavily
indebted nations
No Drop Cuba
Drop
enforcement of US Cuba
Votes in 105th Congress: 1997 - 1998
Yes Clinton
Approve
budget reconciliation bill implementing required tax cuts
Yes Education IRAs
Expand
retirement accounts to be spent on education expenses
Yes Required 2/3
vote to Raise Taxes
Amend
Constitution for 2/3 votes to raise taxes
Yes Fast Track Trade
Negotiate
trade agreements on “fast track” congressional authority
Yes Puerto Rico Statehood
Referendum
Referendum
on statehood in Puerto Rico
Yes End
Highway
End
minority set-aside funding benefits in highway program
Yes School Prayer Amendment
Constitutional
Amendment guaranteeing right of prayer in school
Yes Override Partial Birth Veto
Override
President Clinton’s veto of partial birth abortions ban
No Cut money for B-2 Bombers
Cut funding
for additional B-2 stealth bombers
Yes Human Rights in China
Require
preference to U.S. China
No Withdraw Bosnia
Invoke War
Powers Resolution to withdraw U.S. Bosnia
No End Cuban TV – Marti
End funding
for television broadcasts to Cuba
Votes in 104th Congress: 1995 - 1996
Yes Reduce Medicare Growth
Reduce
projected spending for Medicare
No Override
Product Liability Veto
Override
veto of bill to limit damages in product liability
Yes Increase Minimum Wage
Increase minimum wage to $5.15
an hour
Yes Welfare Reform
Five year
restriction on benefits; beneficiaries find work
Yes Flag Amendment
Constitutional
amendment barring desecration of U.S.
No Drop EPA Limits
Drop
limitations on enforcement authority of EPA
No Repeal Assault
Weapons Ban
Repeal ban
on manufacture and sale of assault weapons
Yes Override Partial Birth Veto
Override
veto of bill barring “partial birth” abortions
Yes Cuban Embargo
Tighten
embargo on trade with Cuba
No Bar Bosnia
Bill
prohibiting funds for U.S. Bosnia
No Cut
Anti-Missile Defense
Reduce funding
for anti-missile defense program
Yes Bar U.N. Uniforms
Prohibits U.S.
Votes in 103rd Congress: 1993 – 1994
No Clinton
Clinton
Administration deficit reduction plan
Yes NAFTA
North
American Free Trade Agreement
No Brady Handgun Purchase
Waiting
period and background check on handguns
Yes Strike Race/Death Penalty
Strike
provisions barring racial discrimination death penalties
Yes Limit UN Command of Forces
Restrict
placing US forces under UN command
No Cut Missile Funds
Cut $1.2
billion from Navy weapons procurement fund
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