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Paul Kirk

Paul Kirk

U.S. Senator
Massachusetts
Democrat
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Reports

111th Congress

U.S. Congress: Senate
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Bernanke Confirmation

The economic havoc Bernanke is accountable for at the Fed, a central bank that should not even exist.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
PN959

Debt Limit Increase

Raising the national debt limit allows the federal government to borrow more money and continue its gross fiscal irresponsibility.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
H.J.Res. 45

ObamaCare

Popularly known as "ObamaCare," this bill essentially completed the government takeover of the American healthcare system.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$8,508.00
H.R. 3590

Constitutional Point of Order Against the Healthcare Bill

Requiring Americans to buy a particular product -- health insurance in this instance -- is both unconstitutional and an abridgment of economic freedom. The same day, the Senate also rejected by 39-60 a point of order raised by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison that the legislation violates the 10th Amendment.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
S.Amdt. 2786 to H.R. 3590

Omnibus Appropriations

Comprised of six appropriations bills that Congress failed to complete separately. The price tag in the final version of HR3288 is $1.1 trillion.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$9,387.00
H.R. 3288

Abortion

Offered an amendment to prohibit the use of any funding authorized by the bill to pay for abortions or for health plans that cover abortions, except in cases of rape or incest or to protect the mother.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
S.Amdt. 2962 to S.Amdt. 2786 to H.R. 3590

Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations

Spending needs to be cut, not increased.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2847

Interior-Environment Appropriations

The majority of funding in the bill is unconstitutional and wasteful.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
H.R. 2996

Energy-Water Appropriations

The Department of Energy is not authorized by the Constitution.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
H.R. 3183

Agriculture Appropriations

Federal aid to farmers and federal food aid to individuals are not authorized by the Constitution.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
H.R. 2997
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