Brown Has Voted At Least FORTY-ONE TIMES Against Defense Spending Bills During His Time In Congress. (Initial Passage + Conference Reports)
Brown Voted Against Conference Reports On Defense Bills At Least 15 Times Since 1993.
Brown Was In the Minority Of His Own Party On Six Of These Fifteen Votes
Brown Missed Votes on Four Defense Conference Reports Since 1993.
In Addition, Brown Voted Against EVERY Major Defense Spending Bill For Fiscal Year 1998.
Brown Voted At Least TEN Times To Cut Funding For Intelligence During The Time Between The First Attack On The World Trade Center And September 11th, 2001.
Brown Also Voted Against At Least TWO Times Against Final Conference Reports on Intelligence Budgets Since 1993, And Against At Least FOUR Defense Appropriations Conference Reports Containing Intelligence Funding.
Brown Voted At Least TWELVE Times To Cut Funding For Ballistic Missile Defense, Beginning In 1993.
Brown Voted At Least SIX Times Against Policies To Deploy Ballistic Missile Defense Systems.
Brown Voted At Least THREE Other Times Against Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
Brown Would Not Even Congratulate The U.S. Military And Defense Contractors For A Successful Missile Interception Test In 2001
Over The Last Nine Years, The Subcommittee On Asia And The Pacific Has Held At Least Thirteen Meetings Or Markups On North Korea But Brown Skipped ALL Of Them Except ONE.
Border Security Issues
Brown: “Immigration Is Not A Huge Issue [In Ohio].” NEWSWEEK: “Is [immigration] a big issue in Ohio?” BROWN: “Not huge, no. Trade is a very big issue. Immigration is not a huge issue.” (Brian Braiker, “Buckeye Battle,” Newsweek Website, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13502821/site/newsweek/, June 23, 2006)
Brown Voted Against The Border Security Bill Passed By The House In December 2005.
Brown Voted At Least FIVE Times Against Constructing Fences Across All Or Part Of The U.S.-Mexico Border.
Brown Voted At Least FOUR Times Against Increasing Programs, Personnel Or Funding For Border Patrol.
Brown Voted At Least NINE Times Against Allowing The U.S. Military To Assist With Border Security Under Certain Circumstances.
Brown Voted At Least SIX Times Against Withholding Federal Funds Or Grants From State Or Local Governments That Will Not Disclose An Individual’s Citizenship Or Immigration Status To the Department Of Homeland Security.
Brown Voted Against Tightening National Standards For Driver’s Licenses And Identity Cards.
Brown Voted Against A Pilot Program Requiring Employers In Five High Illegal Immigration States To Verify The Immigration Status Of Employees.
Brown Voted At Least THREE Times Against Making Proof Of Citizenship A Requirement For Voter Registration.
Brown Voted Against Giving States The Option To Deny Public Education To Illegal Aliens.
In 1994, Though, Brown Voted To Deny Federal Benefits To Illegal Aliens.
Brown Voted Against Requiring Immigrants To Demonstrate English Proficiency.
Brown Voted At Least TWICE Against The Creation Of The Department Of Homeland Security.
Key Homeland Security Votes
In 2002, Brown Said That He Supported The Creation Of A Department Of Homeland Security, But Later That Year Brown Voted At Least TWICE Against The Creation Of The Department Of Homeland Security.
Brown Voted Against A Bill To Ease The Ability To Sue Foreign Governments For Sanctioning Terrorism, And To Deport Aliens Convicted Of A Federal Crime.
In 1996, Brown Voted Against An Anti-Terrorism Bill That Made It Easier To Deport Foreign Terrorists, Blocked Foreign Terrorists From Fundraising In The U.S., Increased Penalties For Terrorist Acts, And Provided $1 Billion For Anti-Terrorism Measures.
Brown Voted To Make It Harder To Prosecute People Who Transfer Explosives Used In A Violent Crime, And To Require That Criminal Aliens Be Provided With Summaries Of Classified Information Used To Deport Them.
Brown Was One Of Only 36 House Members, Just Three Months After 9/11, To Vote Against Making It A Federal Crime To Attempt Or Engage In Terrorist Bombings Of Public Facilities Or Infrastructure Or To Support Those Activities Financially.
Brown Was One Of Only 66 House Members Who Voted Against Allowing The Death Penalty For Terrorists Who Attack Trains Or Other Mass Transit Systems.
Brown Voted Against Prioritizing Homeland Security Funds By Directing Them To High-Risk Areas.
Brown Introduced An Amendment To Earmark Homeland Security Fund For Reviewing The Security Implications Of Free Trade Agreements.
Brown Voted Against The House Version Of A Supplemental Appropriations Bill To Fund Homeland Security And Post-September 11 Recovery Efforts, Less Than A Year After 9/11.
Brown Voted To Prevent The Executive Branch From Exercising Authority To Exempt Homeland Security Department From Civil Service Regulations.
Brown Voted At Least Twice Against The 2001 Aviation Security Bill That Created The TSA.
Brown Voted To Block The Sale Of Certain U.S. Port Facilities To Dubai Ports World.
Brown Voted Against Establishing A Reward System For Anti-Terror Technology Companies, Centralizing Security Standards And Clarifying Liability Protections.
Brown Voted To Rescind Liability Protections For Vaccine Makers.
