38-558: The Capps Amendment was a provision sponsored in the House by Rep. Lois Capps and included in America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200). As reported out of committee, it would have prohibited federal funding for abortions except in cases allowed by the Hyde Amendment, and was described, by political commentators and fact-checker PolitiFact.com as well as its supporters, as
76-514: A 6,000-acre (24 km²) farm, employing 250 people, with produce shipped around the world. After months of attempting to obtain a building permit from the city of Santa Maria to construct a cooling facility on the farm, Maldonado grew disillusioned with the city bureaucracy and decided to run for the Santa Maria City Council in 1994 at the age of 26. In 1996, at the age of 28, Councilman Maldonado successfully ran for mayor , defeating
114-430: A San Luis Obispo weekly newspaper revealed that Maldonado had received $ 30,987 in gifts from an organization representing California's power industry. Those gifts included multiple trips to Australia , Africa and Europe . The story suggested that the gifts might have motivated Maldonado to object to a seismic safety bill that could potentially have threatened Diablo Canyon Power Plant 's license to operate. According to
152-464: A compromise which aimed to maintain the status quo for new programs created through the legislation. The amendment was eventually replaced by the Stupak–Pitts Amendment . This United States federal legislation article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lois Capps Lois Ragnhild Capps (née Grimsrud ; January 10, 1938) is an American politician who served as
190-517: A cousin revealed that he was gay. He also said his four children helped change his position. Maldonado withdrew from the race on January 16, 2014. His campaign was beset by problems: he accused Governor Brown of things that occurred years before he was elected, he struggled to raise money, his campaign's senior staff left in September 2013, and his campaign failed to gain traction after the entry of fellow Republicans Tim Donnelly and Neel Kashkari into
228-401: A heart attack on October 28, 1997, only nine months into his term. His widow won the then- 22nd District seat by defeating Republican Tom Bordonaro in a special election on March 10, 1998. She was sworn into the 105th Congress on March 17. Lois Capps defended her seat against Bordonaro in a general election later that year and commenced her first full term in office. In 2000, Capps retained
266-617: A legal battle with Democrats. Instead, Schwarzenegger resubmitted the nomination of Maldonado on February 17. Maldonado received confirmation from the Assembly on April 22, 2010 by a 53-21 vote and from the Senate on April 26, 2010 by a 25-7 vote. He was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor on April 27, 2010. Maldonado ran for the Republican nomination for the office in June and won with 43.4% of the vote. Maldonado
304-654: A majority vote of the State Senate and a majority vote of the State Assembly within 90 days of the nomination in order to take office as lieutenant governor. In a statement released by the Governor's office, Schwarzenegger called Maldonado a "true partner" and cited his willingness "to reach across the partisan divide" and "commitment to creating a transparent, accountable government" in California. On February 11, 2010, Maldonado
342-522: A nurse and health advocate for the Santa Barbara public schools and also taught early childhood education part-time at Santa Barbara City College . Capps' daughter Laura was married to Bill Burton , a political consultant who served as Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama administration . Abel Maldonado Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as
380-596: A seat in Congress. On the November 23, 2009, episode of The Jay Leno Show , Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he was nominating Maldonado as lieutenant governor. Schwarzenegger cited Maldonado's "bipartisanship and postpartisanship...He makes decisions based on what's best for the people rather than what's best for the party. He has helped us, many times, pass a budget, which was very important. And he comes from an immigrant family..." Maldonado needed to be confirmed by
418-460: A series of bills designed to close the $ 41 billion state budget deficit, but he later joined the Democrats in supporting the measures. A committee indicated that it might pursue a recall campaign against Maldonado because of his vote on the budget. The same threat was made against other Republicans in the "Sacramento Six", but none of the recall campaigns came to anything. (Most of the recall energy
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#1732856094472456-480: A small family farm , where they grew strawberries . After Maldonado graduated from Santa Maria High School , his family used their earnings from the farm to send him to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo , where he studied crop science , but dropped out before completing his degree. Maldonado then returned to his family's farm and helped his family grow the half-acre strawberry farm into
494-505: The Los Angeles Times that "[w]hen [Schwarzenegger] needs Latinos, Latinos are always there for him. When Latinos need him, the answer's been no." Maldonado issued a public apology for the comment. He also maintained that he would not run for any further political office after his state Senate service; he was re-elected to the Senate in 2008 with 63% of the vote. On November 3, 2009, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi resigned to take
532-617: The 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2024, Maldonado is the last member of the Republican Party to serve as Lieutenant Governor of California. Elected to the Santa Maria City Council in 1994, Maldonado then served as mayor of Santa Maria from 1996 to 1998, when he was elected to the California State Assembly . He served in that body from 1998 to 2004 and then in
570-531: The California State Senate from 2004 to 2010, running unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for California State Controller in 2006 . Maldonado was the first Republican in the State Senate to vote for the budget during the budget deadlock in 2007. He represented a swing district in the Senate and is considered a moderate. On November 23, 2009, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Maldonado as his nominee for lieutenant governor to fill
608-700: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial. Capps supported the Obama administration's economic stimulus and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . She was strongly critical of the Stupak–Pitts Amendment to the latter, which placed limits on taxpayer-funding of abortions (except in
646-465: The U.S. representative for California's 24th congressional district from 1998 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party . The district, numbered as the 22nd District from 1998 to 2003 and the 23rd from 2003 to 2013, includes all of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and a portion of Ventura County . Capps served on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce , where she
684-503: The 2012 primary to Abel Maldonado. In the closest race of her entire congressional career, Capps ultimately won with only a 3.8% margin over Mitchum. Capps announced in April 2015 that she would not seek reelection in 2016. Capps has been described as a "solid liberal". In The Washingtonian magazine's 2006 "Best and Worst of Congress" poll of congressional staffers, Capps was named the nicest member of Congress. In 2011, Capps voted for
722-412: The 22nd district seat, defeating Republican Mike Stoker with 53% of the vote. She was the first Democrat to hold the district for more than one term in over 50 years (the district, known as the 11th from its formation in 1943 until 1953, the 13th from 1953 to 1975, and the 19th from 1975 to 1993, had been held by Republicans from 1947 until Walter Capps was sworn in 1997). Capps' district was renumbered as
760-500: The 23rd after the 2000 census and made somewhat safer, and she was reelected without serious opposition in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. Her district was renumbered as the 24th District after the 2010 census. David Wasserman, House editor of The Cook Political Report , predicted that this would be a more difficult race, and local Republicans confirmed that Capps was one of their top targets in California. The reconfigured district still includes Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo , but
798-453: The House to vote "no" on Resolution 556 to condemn the government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani of the charge of apostasy. The resolution passed 417–1 with 15 non-votes. Her spokeswoman later said that Capps strongly supported the resolution, but cast the no vote by mistake. In 2004, the House passed her legislation prohibiting "comprehensive inventory of oil and gas resources beneath
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#1732856094472836-473: The Republican nomination for the 2014 California gubernatorial election . On June 28, 2013, Maldonado came out in support of the Supreme Court's ruling that cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California, and said that same-sex couples should be afforded the same rights and protections as heterosexual couples. Although Maldonado had supported Proposition 8 in 2008, he reversed his position in 2011 when
874-644: The cases of rape, incest, or threat to the mother's life). Capps had earlier sponsored the Capps Amendment , which was defeated and replaced by the Stupak Amendment . Capps introduced the National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013 which would, if enacted, authorize the NIH to support, fund, and coordinate data from research on rare pediatric diseases. In 2012, she was the only member of
912-437: The incumbent Mayor Robert Gordon Bunch and retiree George Hobbs 40%-39%-21%, a margin of 70 votes. In 1998, at the age of 31, Mayor Maldonado was elected to the California State Assembly with 60% of the vote in the 33rd District, representing San Luis Obispo County and western Santa Barbara County . Maldonado was re-elected in 2000 with 65% of the vote and in 2002 with 63% of the vote. During his Assembly tenure, Maldonado
950-531: The outer continental shelf." She was also a vocal opponent of drilling for oil in the Los Padres National Forest and offshore drilling off the coast of California. In 1960, while at Yale, she married Walter Capps , a divinity student who later became a prominent religious studies professor at UCSB; they eventually had three children, Lisa, Todd and Laura. Walter died in 1997 and their eldest daughter Lisa died in 2000. Lois Capps worked for 20 years as
988-400: The race. In announcing his withdrawal, Maldonado said: "Now is not my time... I know it's cliché to say I am not running so I can spend more time with my family. Everybody says that. But the truth is, that is, a major factor in my decision today. I have missed some birthdays, family holidays and even anniversaries. From this day forward [my wife] now controls my schedule." In January 2017, it
1026-417: The story, Maldonado snapped at the reporter, "“I have never, ever, ever connected monetary resources with a bill or a special company in my area. For somebody to even suggest that is disappointing." Maldonado signed a "No New Taxes" pledge before his election which he later claimed to regret as he cast a vote for higher taxes. In February 2009, Maldonado was initially among the Republican senators rejecting
1064-680: The time to give me their input on the state budget. But I never heard from you." In December 2006, he was named Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. In 2005, Maldonado declared his candidacy for the office of California State Controller after Controller Steve Westly decided to run for governor . Maldonado was defeated in the June 6, 2006 Republican primary by Tony Strickland . Following his loss, Maldonado publicly criticized Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for not supporting his campaign more forcefully, suggesting that Schwarzenegger did not care about Hispanics , when he told
1102-558: The vacancy created by Democrat John Garamendi 's election to the United States House of Representatives . Maldonado was sworn into office on April 27, 2010 and was defeated in the 2010 lieutenant gubernatorial election by Democratic San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom . Maldonado ran for California's 24th congressional district in the 2012 elections , but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Lois Capps . In May 2013, he announced that he
1140-684: Was a member of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health. She was a member of the New Democrat Coalition . Capps was born Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud in Ladysmith, Wisconsin , the daughter of Solveig Magdalene (née Gullixson) and Rev. Jurgen Milton Grimsrud, a Lutheran minister. Both of her parents' families came from Norway . She has lived in Santa Barbara since 1964. She
1178-462: Was confirmed as lieutenant governor by the state Senate by a 26-7 vote. However, his nomination was not approved by the State Assembly. Needing 41 votes (in the 80-seat Assembly) for confirmation in the lower chamber, he received 37 votes in favor, with 35 votes against. Based upon the vote in the Legislature, Governor Schwarzenegger considered having Maldonado sworn into office, which may have set up
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1216-405: Was defeated on November 2, 2010 by Democratic San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom . In 2011, Maldonado announced his intention to challenge U.S. Representative Lois Capps , a Democrat , for her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2012 elections . Maldonado was defeated by Capps in the election by a 55.2% to 44.8% margin. On May 20, 2013, Maldonado announced he would seek
1254-419: Was directed against Anthony Adams .) In response to his critics, including Steve Poizner , Maldonado said, "Since the budget was passed, you have gone around the state criticizing it and the role six Republicans played in its passage. Your recent statements condemning Propositions 1A-1F are very frustrating. During the budget debate, which lasted over 100 days, I heard from thousands of Californians who took
1292-460: Was educated at Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's degree in nursing . She earned a master's degree in religion at Yale Divinity School in 1964 and a Master of Arts degree in education at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1990. Walter Capps was elected to Congress in 1996 in a rematch of his 1994 race against Republican Andrea Seastrand . However, he died of
1330-827: Was named "Hero of the Taxpayer" by the Americans for Tax Reform . He led issues such as seat belts in school buses and California Workers Compensation Reform. He was on the Business and Professions committee. In 2004, Maldonado was elected to the California State Senate by a margin of 53% to 43% over his Democratic opponent, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Peg Pinard, in a district evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. The 15th District included San Luis Obispo County , most of Monterey County , eastern Santa Cruz County , portions of northwestern Santa Barbara County, and portions of southwestern Santa Clara County . In March 2005,
1368-414: Was redrawn to include most of the more Republican inland areas of Santa Barbara County. Capps eventually beat her opponent, Abel Maldonado , with 54.8% of the vote. In 2014, Capps ran against Republican Chris Mitchum , an actor, screenwriter, and businessman. Mitchum is the son of legendary film star Robert Mitchum . This was Mitchum's second consecutive try for the 24th district, having previously lost
1406-480: Was reported by CNN that Maldonado was an early frontrunner to serve as United States secretary of agriculture in the cabinet of then-President-elect Donald Trump . His potential nomination was supported by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials . However, Sonny Perdue was ultimately chosen for the role instead, a move that was criticized by former Governor Schwarzenegger. He
1444-522: Was running for governor in the 2014 election , but dropped out in January 2014 after unsuccessful fundraising efforts and campaign missteps. In 2017, Maldonado was considered for the role of United States secretary of agriculture by Donald Trump , but was ultimately not nominated. Maldonado was born in Santa Maria, California , the eldest son of immigrant Mexican farm workers. His family eventually acquired
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