| Full Name: | Laura Richardson |
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| Gender: | Female |
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| Birth Date: | 04/14/1962 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, CA |
| Home City: | Long Beach, CA |
Summary
Laura Richardson
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
HR 3012 - Repeals Certain Green Cards Limitations
Legislation (Yea)
Nov. 29, 2011 - Repeals country limits for immigrant visas made available to employment-based immigrants, whereas existing law specified that no more than 7 percent of the total ...
HR 6867 - Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation
Legislation (Yea)
Oct. 3, 2008 - Allows an individual who has no rights to federal or state regular unemployment compensation, or who has exhausted his or her rights to federal ...
HR 2642 - GI Bill, Funding for Midwest Flood Cleanup, Extension of Unemployment Benefits, and Other Provisions
More Key Votes
Legislation (Yea)
June 19, 2008 - Appropriates $8.48 billion for natural disaster relief and recovery, including $5.76 billion for construction of flood prevention and protection structures in Louisiana. ...
Recent Public Statements
Letter to President Obama, House and Senate Leadership
Dec. 11, 2012 - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and 18 other House Members sent a letter to ...
Statement by Congresswoman Laura Richardson on November Jobs Report
Dec. 7, 2012 - Congresswoman Laura Richardson issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor announcement that the economy added 146,000 and the unemployment rate fell ...
Letter to House and Senate Leadership - Unemployment
More Public Statements
Dec. 7, 2012 - Dear House and Senate Leaders, While our economy is showing signs of recovery with the addition of 171,000 jobs in October 2012 and the unemployment ...
Campaign Finances
| Election Cycle | 2012 |
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| Total Income | $599,696.34 |
| Total Spent | $540,277.15 |
| Cash On Hand | $68,907.08 |
| Debt | $529,499.53 |
| Source | OpenSecrets.org |
| Updated | 12/31/2012 |
Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Laura Richardson refused to tell citizens where she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
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Most Recent Issue Positions Researched by Project Vote Smart
