113 Facts About Sam Brownback

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Samuel Dale Brownback was born on September 12,1956 and is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and member of the Republican Party.

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Sam Brownback was the United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021.

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Sam Brownback ran for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.

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Sam Brownback graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agricultural economics in 1978 and received a JD from the University of Kansas in 1982.

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Sam Brownback worked as an attorney in Manhattan, Kansas, before being appointed Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas in 1986 by Democratic Governor John W Carlin.

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Sam Brownback ran for Congress in 1994 and defeated Carlin in the general election in a landslide.

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Sam Brownback represented Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term before running in a 1996 special election for the US Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole.

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Sam Brownback won the election and was reelected by large margins in 1998 and 2004.

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Sam Brownback ran for president in 2008, but withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed eventual Republican nominee John McCain.

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Sam Brownback declined to run for reelection in 2010, instead running for governor.

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Sam Brownback was elected governor of Kansas in 2010 and took office in January 2011.

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Sam Brownback signed into law one of the largest income tax cuts in Kansas history, known as the Kansas experiment.

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On July 26,2017, the Trump administration issued a statement that Sam Brownback would be nominated as the new US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.

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Sam Brownback was born on September 12,1956, in Garnett, Kansas, to Nancy and Glen Robert Brownback.

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Sam Brownback was raised in a farming family in Parker, Kansas.

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Sam Brownback received his JD from the University of Kansas in 1982.

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Sam Brownback returned to Kansas to resume his position as Secretary of Agriculture.

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Sam Brownback was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1994 and ran in the 1996 special election for the US Senate seat recently vacated by Bob Dole, beating appointed Republican Sheila Frahm.

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Sam Brownback defeated Frahm in the 1996 Republican primary and went on to win the general election against Democrat Jill Docking.

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In 1998 Sam Brownback was elected to a full six-year term, defeating Democrat Paul Feleciano.

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Sam Brownback was a member of the Judiciary Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Commission, which he at one time chaired.

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In November 2015, Sam Brownback had an approval rating of 26 percent according to a Morning Consult poll, the lowest among all governors in the United States.

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In 2006, Brownback blocked a confirmation vote on a George W Bush federal appeals court nominee from Michigan, judge Janet T Neff.

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Sam Brownback objected to her joining the bench solely for her having attended a same-sex commitment ceremony in Massachusetts in 2002 which involved a next door neighbor who was a close childhood friend of Neff's daughters.

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Sam Brownback's action had blocked confirmation votes on an entire slate of appointments that already had been approved by a bipartisan group of Senators.

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Sam Brownback was joined in opposition by just three other conservatives, then-Senators Jim Bunning, Jon Kyl, and Mel Martinez.

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On December 4,2006, Sam Brownback formed an exploratory committee, the first step toward candidacy, and announced his presidential bid the next day.

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Sam Brownback's views placed him in the social conservative wing of the Republican Party, and he stressed his fiscal conservatism.

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Fundraising and visits to his website declined dramatically after this event, as many supporters had predicted Sam Brownback would do much better, and speculation began that the candidate was considering withdrawing from the campaign.

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Sam Brownback dropped out of the race on October 18,2007, citing a lack of funds.

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In 2008, Sam Brownback acknowledged he was considering running for governor in 2010.

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In January 2009, Sam Brownback officially filed the paperwork to run for governor.

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Polling agency Rasmussen Reports found that Sam Brownback led his then-likely Democratic opponent, Tom Holland, by 31 points in May 2010.

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On June 1,2010, Sam Brownback named Kansas state Senator Jeff Colyer as his running mate.

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Sam Brownback took office in January 2011, in the early years of national recovery from the Great Recession.

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Two of Sam Brownback's major stated goals were to reduce taxes and to increase spending on education.

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Sam Brownback has proposed fundamental tax reform to encourage investment and generate wealth while creating new jobs.

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Sam Brownback sought to follow a "red state model", passing conservative social and economic policies.

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Under Sam Brownback, Kansas lowered the sales tax and eliminated a tax on small businesses.

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In May 2011, Sam Brownback had directed the state's insurance commissioner to slow the implementation timeline for the exchange development.

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The move was unanimously supported by the delegates of the state party central committee at its August 2011 meeting, but a New York Times editorial criticized Sam Brownback for turning down the grant which could have helped ease the state's own budget:.

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Sam Brownback signed into law the Health Care Freedom Act, based on model legislation published by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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In May 2011, Sam Brownback approved a bill prohibiting insurance companies from offering abortion coverage as part of general health plans unless the procedure is necessary to save a woman's life.

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Sam Brownback has defended anti-abortion laws in Kansas, including the Planned Parenthood defunding.

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In May 2012, Sam Brownback signed the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act, which "will allow pharmacists to refuse to provide drugs they believe might cause an abortion".

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Sam Brownback was the only other governor to attend Governor Rick Perry's prayer event in August 2011.

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Tim Keck, chief of staff of Sam Brownback's running mate, Lt.

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Sam Brownback was reelected with a plurality, defeating Davis by a 3.69 percent margin.

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On July 26,2017, the White House issued a statement that Sam Brownback would be nominated as the new US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.

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On January 25, Sam Brownback submitted his resignation as governor, effective January 31,2018, on which date Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer was sworn in as governor.

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Sam Brownback became the first Catholic to serve in the role.

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In July 2018, Sam Brownback reportedly lobbied the UK government over the treatment of far-right British activist Tommy Robinson.

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Sam Brownback was expected to get visa approval by the State Department despite his criminal convictions and use of fraudulent passports to enter and depart the US.

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Sam Brownback was Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom and has been vocal about global issues of religious persecution and actively promoting religious freedom as a means of promoting individual and economic flourishing and reducing terrorism and other types of religion-related violence.

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Sam Brownback characterized the accounts of violence he heard as bad or worse than anything he had ever seen, including visits to Darfur, Sudan in 2004.

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At the 2020 Ministerial to Advance Freedom of Religion or Belief in Poland, Sam Brownback spoke about COVID-19's effect on freedom of religion.

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Sam Brownback opposes abortion in all cases except when the life of the pregnant woman is in danger.

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Sam Brownback was personally anti-abortion though politically pro-choice during his early career.

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In May 2011, Sam Brownback eliminated by executive order and then vetoed government funding for the Kansas Arts Commission in response to state defiance of his executive order, making Kansas the first state to de-fund its arts commission.

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Sam Brownback has said he believes private donations should fund arts and culture in the state.

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Sam Brownback created the Kansas Arts Foundation, an organization dedicated to private fundraising to make up the gap created by state budget cuts.

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Sam Brownback visited refugee camps in Sudan in 2004 and returned to write a resolution labeling the Darfur conflict as genocide, and has been active on attempting to increase US efforts to resolve the situation short of military intervention.

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Sam Brownback is an endorser of the Genocide Intervention Network, which called him a "champion of Darfur" in its Darfur scorecard, primarily for his early advocacy of the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act.

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Sam Brownback was rated 100 percent by the US Chamber of Commerce, indicating a pro-business voting record.

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Sam Brownback has consistently supported a low tax-and-spend policy for government.

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In December 2005, Sam Brownback advocated using Washington, DC, as a laboratory for a flat tax.

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Sam Brownback was rated 100 percent by the Cato Institute, indicating a pro-free trade voting record.

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Sam Brownback has voted for increased funding for international conservation of cranes.

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Sam Brownback has supported oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the Gulf of Mexico, as a way to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

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Sam Brownback has promoted the use of renewable energy such as nuclear, wind, solar, and hydroelectric sources to achieve energy independence.

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Sam Brownback has stated that he is a devout believer in a higher power and rejects macroevolution as an exclusive explanation for the development over time of new species from older ones.

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Sam Brownback favors giving teachers the freedom to use intelligent design to critique evolutionary theory as part of the Teach the Controversy approach:.

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Sam Brownback supports increased health insurance portability, eliminating insurance rejection due to pre-existing medical conditions, a cap on frivolous malpractice lawsuits, the implementation of an electronic medical records system, an emphasis on preventive care, and tax benefits aimed at making health-care insurance more affordable for the uninsured and targeted to promote universal access.

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Sam Brownback opposes government-funded elective abortions in accordance with the Hyde Amendment.

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Sam Brownback has been a strong supporter of legislation to establish a national childhood cancer database and an increase in funding for autism research.

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Sam Brownback supports negotiating bulk discounts on Medicare drug benefits to reduce prices.

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Sam Brownback had a Senate voting record that has tended to support higher legal immigration levels and strong refugee protection.

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Sam Brownback was cosponsor of a 2005 bill of Ted Kennedy and John McCain's which would have created a legal path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants already present.

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On June 26,2007, Brownback voted in favor of S 1639, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act.

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Sam Brownback has said that he supports immigration reform because the Bible says to welcome the stranger.

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Sam Brownback maintained they presented security risks, and his decision entirely removed Kansas from the program.

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Sam Brownback supported a political surge coupled with the military surge of 2007 in Iraq and opposed the Democratic Party's strategy of timed withdrawal:.

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In May 2007, Sam Brownback stated: "We have not lost war; we can win by pulling together".

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Sam Brownback voted Yes on authorizing use of military force against Iraq, voted No on requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding and voted No on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007.

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Sam Brownback has condemned anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism.

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On June 7,2007, Sam Brownback voted against the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 when that bill came up for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which Sam Brownback sits.

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In 1996, as a member of the House of Representatives, Sam Brownback voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the union between a man and a woman.

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Sam Brownback has stated that he believes homosexuality to be immoral as a violation of both Catholic doctrine and natural law.

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Sam Brownback has voted against gay rights, receiving zeros in four of the last five scorecards as a US senator from the Human Rights Campaign.

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Sam Brownback opposes both same-sex marriage and same-sex civil unions.

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Sam Brownback has declined to state a position on homosexual adoption, although a candidate for chair of the Kansas Republican Party claims he was blackballed by political operatives affiliated with Brownback for not opposing homosexual adoption.

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Sam Brownback supported "don't ask, don't tell," the US government's ban on openly homosexual people in the military.

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Sam Brownback has associated with organizations such as the Family Research Council and American Family Association.

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In 2003, Brownback worked with Alliance for Marriage and Traditional Values Coalition to introduce a Senate bill containing the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would federally prohibit same-sex marriage in the United States.

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In reaction to the Goodridge decision, Brownback stated that same-sex marriage threatened the health of American families and culture.

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In 2006, Brownback blocked the confirmation of federal judicial nominee Janet T Neff because she had attended a same-sex commitment ceremony.

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In January 2012, Sam Brownback did not include Kansas's sodomy law in a list of unenforced and outdated laws that the legislature should repeal.

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In 2013, after oral arguments in United States v Windsor, the US Supreme Court case striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, Brownback publicly reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage.

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On February 10,2015, Sam Brownback issued an executive order rescinding protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender state workers that was put into place by then-Gov.

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Sam Brownback appeared with three children adopted from in vitro fertilization clinics to coincide with a Senate debate over the Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005 to show his support for the bill and adult stem cell research.

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Sam Brownback opposes the use of embryonic stem cells in research or treatments for human health conditions.

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Sam Brownback has said he does not believe there is an inherent right to privacy in the US Constitution.

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Sam Brownback has expressed disapproval of George W Bush's assertions on the legality of the NSA wiretapping program.

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Sam Brownback voted to maintain current gun laws: guns sold without trigger locks.

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Sam Brownback is a lead sponsor of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 and frequently speaks out against the mail-order bride industry.

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Sam Brownback introduced into the Senate a resolution calling for the United States to apologize for past mistreatment of Native Americans.

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Sam Brownback voted "yes" on ending special funding for minority and women-owned business and "yes" on recommending a Constitutional ban on flag desecration.

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Sam Brownback opposes quotas in admission to institutions of higher education.

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Sam Brownback voted "yes" on increasing penalties for drug offenses and voted "yes" on more penalties for gun and drug violations.

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Sam Brownback voted "yes" on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act and voted "yes" on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision.

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Sam Brownback hired the wife of a Koch-enterprise executive as his spokesperson.

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Sam Brownback is married to the former Mary Stauffer, whose family owned and operated Stauffer Communications until its sale in 1995.

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Sam Brownback defeated Frahm in the Republican primary and won the general election against Jill Docking to serve out the remainder of Dole's term.