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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 3230 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
Legislation (Yea)

Aug. 1, 1996 - Increases uniformed service members' basic pay by 3 percent and basic allowance for quarters by 4.6 percent. Prohibits the sale of sexually ...

HR 3230 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
Legislation (Yea)

May 15, 1996 - Bans homosexuals from serving in the Armed Forces by reinstating regulations in effect prior to January 19, 1993, including allowing questioning potential new entrants ...

S 2182 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
Legislation (Yea)

Aug. 17, 1994 - -Encourages the President to end the arms embargo placed upon Bosnia-Herzegovina (Sec. 1404). -Instructs the Secretary of Defense to submit to congressional defense committees a ...

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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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