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Michael Avery Ross, a Democrat has represented the 4th District of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives since 2001. His district includes the towns of Hot Springs and Hope.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Stance on Abortion 1.2 Stance on Bugetary, Tax, and Spending Issues 1.3 Stance on Civil Rights and Liberties 2 Bio 2.1 2006 elections 2.2 2008 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.1.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 4.2 Coalitions and Caucuses 4.3 Boards and other Affiliations 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and resources 7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Stance on Abortion

On the issue of Abortion Representative Mike Ross tends take the position of a Moderate. He has received many high and low ratings from NACL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood, to name a few, over the past years. He believes that Abortions should only be legal only within the first trimester, when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape, or when the life of a woman is in danger. [1]

Stance on Bugetary, Tax, and Spending Issues

Representative Mike Ross has received very low ratings from companies like National Taxpayer Union and Americans for Tax Reforms for the past ten years. He has not been very popular with these certain agencies. Mike Ross generally believes that we should increase all spending in many programs including programs for national defense and health care. He agrees to raise taxes in order to achieve these things. [2]

Stance on Civil Rights and Liberties

Civil rights are a major thing that define this country everyday. Mike Ross has been known to receive very high and very low ratings from Civil Rights agencies. Over the past years he has received many high ratings from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, but at the sametime has received poor ratings from the Human Rights Campaign. Representative Ross is a Democrat who does not believe in same sex marriage. He also believes that there should be a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. [3]

Bio

Ross was born in Texarkana, Arkansas on September 1, 1961. He was educated at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and was a businessman and state senator from 1990 to 2000 before entering the House. He also served as Chief of staff to then Lieutenant Governor Winston Bryant from 1985 to 1989.

In the 2000 election, he was the only Democrat outside of California to defeat a Republican incumbent. In the 2004 election, the Republican Party did not run a challenger against him.

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Joe Ross to face Ross in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [4] Ross retained his seat.

2008 elections

This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the Arkansas superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.

Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Mike Ross, as a superdelegate, had endorsed her for President.

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Blue Dog PAC	$ 15,000
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$ 9,000
National Community Pharmacists Assn	$ 8,000
Society of Indep Gasoline Marketers	$ 7,500
American Electric Power	$ 5,500
American Dental Assn	$ 5,000
American Physical Therapy Assn	$ 5,000
AT&T Inc	$ 5,000
Bracewell & Giuliani	$ 5,000
FedEx Corp	$ 5,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Mike Ross from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Mike Ross from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Mike Ross from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Mike Ross from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
  • Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
  • Subcommittee on Health
• House Committee on Science and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
  • Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation

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

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Subcommittee on Commerce Trade and Consumer Protection
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

Coalitions and Caucuses

• Member, Whip, Blue Dog Coalition
• Congressional Delta Caucus
• Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
• Democratic Policy and Steering Committee
• Member, United States House of Representatives Delegation, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly
• Member, New Democrat Coalition
• Founding Member, Prescott-Nevada County Economic Developement Board

Boards and other Affiliations

• Member, Prescott First United Methodist Church

More Background Data

• Background information on Mike Ross from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Mike Ross from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Mike Ross from the Washington Post database

• Information on Mike Ross from Congress Merge
• 2006 Arkansas CD 4 Candidate List from VIS

Wikipedia also has an article on Mike Ross. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
2436 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-3772 Fax: 202-225-1314 Webform email
District offices
Union County Courthouse Suite 406 101 North Washington Street El Dorado, AR 71730 Ph: 870-881-0681 Fax: (none entered) 300 Exchange Street Suite A Hot Springs, AR 71901 Ph: 501-520-5892 Fax: (none entered) 2300 West 29th Street Suite 1A Pine Bluff, AR 71603 Ph: 870-536-3376 Fax: (none entered) 221 West Main Street Prescott, AR 71857 Ph: 870-887-6787 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website YouTube channel
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and resources

• Official website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Arkansas Tonight
• The Voice of Arkansas

Semantic data (Edit data)

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