• KLINE, JOHN PAUL JR
Experience: House: District 2, 2003-Present
Home State: Minnesota
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $745,831Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: John P. Kline
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Vicky; 2 Children: John, Katherine
    Birth Date: 09/06/1947
    Birth Place: Allentown, PA
    Home City: Lakeville, MN
    Religion: Methodist

Education

    MPA, Shippenburg University, 1988
    BA, Biology, Rice University, 1969

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2002-present
    Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 1998, 2000

Current Legislative Committees

    Armed Services, Member
    Education and the Workforce, Chair
    Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Member
    Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Congressional Prayer Caucus
    Member, Republican Study Committee

Professional Experience

    Farmer
    Military Aide, President Jimmy Carter
    Military Aide, President Ronald Reagan
    Executive Vice President, Center of the American Experiment, 2001-2002
    Helicopter Pilot, United States Marine Corps, 1969-1994
    Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam, Somalia, 1969-1994

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Federation of Fly Fishers
    President, Lynwood North Homeowners Association
    Member, Marine Corps Association
    Member, Marine Corps League
    Member, Minnesota Fly Fishers
    Member, National Rifle Association
    Member, National Wild Turkey Federation
    Member, Pheasants Forever
    Member, Retired Officers Association
    Member, Trout Unlimited
    Chair, Veterans for Dole/Kemp, 1996

Additional Information

Awards:

    Naval Commendation Medal
    Meritorious Service Medal
    Joint Service Commendation Medal
    4 Legion of Merit Medals
    Defense Superior Service Award
    Hero of the Taxpayer
    Spirit of Enterprise
    Star of Education
    Small Business Advocate
    True Blue Award, Family Research Council
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 60
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
12/01/2015 H.R.3459 Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act 12/01/2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 272.  (All Actions)
11/17/2015 H.R.3549 VA Billing Accountability Act 11/17/2015 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
08/13/2015 H.R.1500 To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence. 08/13/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
07/13/2015 H.R.5 Student Success Act 07/13/2015 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.  (All Actions)
04/14/2015 H.R.1768 Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act 04/14/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
03/27/2015 H.R.1189 Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act 03/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
03/16/2015 H.R.843 Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015 03/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
03/04/2015 H.J.Res.29 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures. 03/04/2015 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
02/11/2015 H.R.844 To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks. 02/11/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.  (All Actions)
02/02/2015 H.Res.68 Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 02/02/2015 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
12/09/2014 H.R.4320 Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act 12/09/2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.  (All Actions)
06/20/2014 H.R.4863 National Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Legal Services Act 06/20/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
05/21/2014 H.R.4689 To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks. 05/21/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.  (All Actions)
07/24/2013 H.R.5 Student Success Act 07/24/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)
06/20/2013 H.R.2076 Servicemember Medical Evaluations Review Act 06/20/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
05/12/2014 H.R.10 Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act 05/12/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)
08/09/2013 H.R.1911 Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 08/09/2013 Became Public Law No: 113-28. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
06/20/2013 H.R.1971 To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime. 06/20/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
05/25/2012 H.R.4045 To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date. 05/25/2012 Became Public Law No: 112-120. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
04/27/2012 H.R.3990 Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act 04/27/2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 321.  (All Actions)
Total: 1983
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
02/28/2003 H.Res.62 Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,902 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict. Passed Yea
02/28/2003 H.R.548 Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2003
02/28/2003 H.R.300 To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.
02/28/2003 H.R.58 Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
02/27/2003 H.R.955 To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, to reinstate the requirement that a farm, in order to be certified as an organic farm with respect to livestock produced on the farm, feed the livestock with organically produced feed.
02/27/2003 H.R.589 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act
02/21/2003 H.R.391 National Right-to-Work Act
02/14/2003 H.R.583 Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003
02/13/2003 H.R.771 Full Expensing for Economic Growth Act of 2003
02/13/2003 H.R.759 Making Marriage Tax Relief Permanent Act of 2003
02/06/2003 H.R.528 To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Armenia.
02/04/2003 H.R.527 Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2003
01/29/2003 H.R.465 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow allocation of small ethanol producer credit to patrons of cooperative, and for other purposes.
01/29/2003 H.R.457 Family Farm Protection Act
01/29/2003 H.Res.45 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in remembrance of the victims of the peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984.
01/28/2003 H.R.434 Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2003
01/27/2003 H.R.262 Child Support Enforcement Act
01/08/2003 H.R.284 Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act of 2003
01/08/2003 H.R.168 To permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating to veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.
01/07/2003 H.R.224 Small Business Expensing Act of 2003
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