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Bill Richardson

Full Name: Bill Richardson
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Barbara
Birth Date: 11/15/1947
Birth Place: Pasedena, CA
Home City: Santa Fe, NM
Religion: Roman Catholic

Recent Key Votes

HR 3820 - Campaign Finance Reform
Legislation (Nay)

July 25, 1996 - Indicates that at least half of individual campaign contributions must come from individual residents of the district the candidate is seeking to represent. ...

HR 3 - Congressional Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1993
Legislation (Yea)

Nov. 22, 1993 - - Allows a candidate to spend $600,000 in an election campaign or special election and an additional $200,000 in a runoff or a closely contested ...

HR 2 - Motor Voter Registration
Legislation (Yea)

May 5, 1993 - - Requires a State's motor vehicle department to add a voter registration application on a driver's license application - Instructs States to use Federal Election ...

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Recent Public Statements

CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript

Dec. 20, 2010 - BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT GOV. BILL RICHARDSON (D), NEW MEXICO: Well, potentially, I believe there's always a credibility problem with the North Koreans. But in my ...

CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript

Dec. 17, 2010 - BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT GOV. BILL RICHARDSON (D), NEW MEXICO: Well, I'm very concerned, because my objection initially was to tamp things down, cool things down. ...

Governor Bill Richardson Allocates $3.1 Million of Stimulus Money to State Budget

Dec. 15, 2010 - Governor Bill Richardson today announced he is putting an additional $3,136,407 of stimulus funds into the state budget to help offset cuts to services and ...

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Campaign Finances

Top industry Securities & Investment ($40,000.00)
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Bill Richardson 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.

Project Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity including advertising, debates, and speeches.

View Bill Richardson's Congressional Election 1996 National Political Awareness Test
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