| Full Name: | Rod Roberts |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Trish; 2 Children: Lindsey, Brett |
| Birth Date: | 10/22/1957 |
| Birth Place: | Waverly, IA |
| Home City: | Carroll, IA |
| Religion: | Church of Christ |
Summary
Rod Roberts
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
SF 2389 - Iowa Jobs II Program and Budget Amendments
Legislation (Nay)
March 29, 2010 - -Appropriates from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund the following amounts to their respective agencies (Sec. 1):-Department of Administrative Services: $4.98 million; -Department of Agriculture and ...
SF 2379 - Requiring County Sheriffs to Issue Concealed Weapons Permits to Qualified Applicants
More Key Votes
Legislation (Yea)
March 29, 2010
Recent Public Statements
Issue Position: Fair Business Regulations
I believe Iowa's business regulations should create a fair playing field for both management and labor. As a State Representative, I have ardently opposed recent ...
Issue Position: Improving Education
I believe we need to restore the quality of our state's schools. As a State Representative, I have advocated for rewarding teachers based upon their ...
Issue Position: Balancing the Budget
More Public Statements
I believe state government needs to control its spending. As a State Representative, I have opposed recent budgets which have dramatically increased the size of ...
Recent Interest Group Ratings
| Span | Name | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Iowa Association of Business and Industry Positions | 100% |
| 2009-2010 | Iowa National Federation of Independent Business Positions | 83% |
Campaign Finances
| Top industry | Uncoded ($117,729.00) |
| Source | FollowTheMoney.org |
Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Rod Roberts repeatedly refused to provide any responses to citizens on the issues through the 2008 Political Courage Test when asked to do so by national leaders of the political parties, prominent members of the media, Project Vote Smart President Richard Kimball, and Project Vote Smart staff.
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