Christopher Bond

Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond, a Republican, was a Senator for Missouri from 1987 to 2011.

Iraq War
Bond voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq in Oct. 2002.

Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Voting against the McCain Amendment
On October 5, 2005, Kit Bond was one of only 9 Senators to vote against the McCain Amendment No. 1977 to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, which bans the use of torture by US forces.

Bond told the Washington Post, "The last thing we want to do is put undue burdens on military and intelligence officials who are on the ground trying to obtain critical information on the war on terror. There are already guidelines in place, including administrative processes, to investigate misconduct and take corrective and punitive action." "

Bio
Born March 6, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, Bond graduated from Princeton University in 1960 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia, where he graduated first in his class. He served as a clerk in the Fifth Circuit Court in Atlanta, Georgia. Bond then practiced law in Washington, DC before returning to Mexico, Missouri.

In 1969, Bond became an Assistant Attorney General under John Danforth. Before being elected State Auditor in 1970, Bond was chief counsel of Missouri's Consumer Protection Division.

He was elected governor in 1972 and 1980, serving from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. Bond was succeeded in 1985 by John Ashcroft, a fellow Republican. After Sen. Thomas Eagleton decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected senator in 1986 and re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004.

Money in politics
cid=N00005178&cycle=2008

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

 * Senate Committee on Appropriations
 * Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
 * Subcommittee on Defense
 * Subcommittee on Energy and Water
 * Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
 * Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
 * Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
 * Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
 * Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight and Children's Health Protection
 * Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health
 * Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality
 * Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
 * Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Ranking Member

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

 * Senate Committee on Appropriations
 * Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development and Related Agencies
 * Subcommittee on Commerce Justice and Science
 * Subcommittee on Defense
 * Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
 * Subcommittee on Energy and Water
 * Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs
 * Subcommittee on Transportation Treasury the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development - Chair
 * Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
 * Subcommittee on Clean Air Climate Change and Nuclear Safety
 * Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure - Chair
 * Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management
 * Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
 * Subcommittee on Oversight of the Terriorist Surveillance Program
 * Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Affiliations

 * Advisory Board, World Agricultural Forum

More Background Data

 * See how you compare to Kit Bond

Articles and Resources

 * Official website
 * Christopher Lee and Sam Coates, "Nine Explain Interrogation Votes", Washington Post, October 7, 2005

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Chatter