| Full Name: | Chuck Purgason |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Janet; 3 children: Robert, Tracey, Cory |
| Birth Date: | 05/19/1960 |
| Birth Place: | West Plains, MO |
| Home City: | Caulfield, MO |
| Religion: | Baptist |
Summary
Chuck Purgason
Issue Category:
- Select One down
- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts and Entertainment
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
Recent Key Votes
SB 749 - Authorizes Employers to Exempt Contraception from Healthcare Coverage
Legislation (Yea)
May 18, 2012 - Authorizes individuals, employers, health plan providers, and health plan sponsors to refuse to obtain or provide health care coverage that provides abortions, contraception, or ...
SB 749 - Authorizes Employers to Exempt Contraception from Healthcare Coverage
Legislation (Did Not Vote)
March 29, 2012 - Prohibits an individual from being required to obtain health care coverage, or penalized for refusing to provide health care coverage, for abortion, contraception, or ...
SB 572 - Amends Worker's Compensation
More Key Votes
Legislation (Yea)
March 29, 2012 - Requires employers to provide compensation for the injury or death of a worker caused by occupational disease (Sec. A). Defines occupational disease ...
Recent Public Statements
Issue Position: Health Care
Chuck Purgason believes in affordable, workable market based health care coverage available to all who choose to have insurance. Senator Purgason worked hard in the ...
Issue Position: Illegal Immigration
Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning advocate of free market economics, once said,"It's just obvious that you can't have free immigration and a welfare state." Well, ...
Issue Position: 2nd Amendment
More Public Statements
When the men and women of Missouri are elected to Congress as Representatives and Senators, they take an oath to uphold the Constitution. The 2nd ...
Recent Interest Group Ratings
| Span | Name | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | American Conservative Union (Missouri State Legislature) Positions | 88% |
| 2011-2012 | Associated Industries of Missouri Cumulative | 81% |
| 2012 | Associated Industries of Missouri Positions | 100% |
Campaign Finances
| Election Cycle | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Total Income | $85,876.00 |
| Total Spent | $85,873.00 |
| Cash On Hand | $0.00 |
| Debt | $0.00 |
| Source | OpenSecrets.org |
| Updated | 09/30/2010 |
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