[82], Cornyn opposes the Affordable Care Act. Senator John Cornyn to Speak at Opening of Center for Terrorism Law as St. Mary's University School of Law", "Online NewsHour: The Texas Senate Race – John Cornyn Biography", "Noriega avoids runoff in Senate bid; Cornyn wins easily", Texas' John Cornyn rises in power in GOP-led Senate, "Judge, her family slain, urges home security for jurists", "McCain, Cornyn Engage in Heated Exchange", Comcast.net article on Hillary Clinton confirmation as Secretary of State, "Cornyn draws rebuke from Democrats over comments about China, coronavirus origins", "U.S. Sen. John Cornyn draws rebuke for blaming coronavirus on China", "Senate GOP leaders look outside as they run for re-election", "Supreme Court nominee would be a 'piñata,' Cornyn says", "Cornyn stands ground, vows fight on Supreme Court nominee", "Fired FBI director faces panel of Senators including Cornyn", "Cornyn: Kavanaugh hearing dissolving into 'mob rule, "Bush rallies immigration bill's GOP foes", "Bill Would Permit DNA Collection From All Those Arrested", "Republican Texas senator John Cornyn quotes Mussolini on Twitter", "Senate Passes Arms Control Treaty With Russia, 71-26", "Reports of Russian sub in gulf downplayed", "Russian submarine sailed incognito along the coast of the U.S.", "Top Senate Republican doubts damage from defense cuts", "Key senators warn Trump of North Korea effort on Syria", "Saudi Arabia's Critics Push for Swift US Senate Action", "Senate blocks Yemen resolution aimed at restricting US military role", "Keep the Chinese government away from 5G technology", "Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs", "Senate Republicans call on Trump to preserve NAFTA", "25 GOP senators urge Trump to restart TPP trade talks, a deal he called a 'disaster, Senator Cornyn on Israeli Prime Minister Visit, "Bipartisan group of senators call for repealing UN resolution on Israel", "Chairs Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Administration to Sanction Chinese Officials Complicit in Xinjiang Abuses", Congressional-Executive Commission on China, "China rejects US lawmakers' sanctions call over Muslim camps", "Senate Republicans squeeze Trump over Russian bounties", "Key senators say administration should ban Huawei tech in US electric grid", "Top Republican opposes extending U.S. payroll tax cut", "UPDATED: Cornyn backed Wall Street bailout and law hiking taxes for many, but he's opposed Obamacare and occasionally spurned increases in debt ceiling", "GOP Tiptoes Toward Climate Plans as Ocasio-Cortez Turns Up Heat", "The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings", "Cornyn takes on climate change, says 'days of ignoring' emissions are over", "Climate Science Deniers Turn to Attacking Coronavirus Models", "Roll Call Vote 111th Congress - 1st Session: On Passage of the Bill (H.R.
ID: Crapo (R), Risch (R) [93] According to Yale Law School professor William Eskridge, Cornyn "engineered the Morales majority" that saved the sodomy law. [17], In the 2002 Republican primary, Cornyn faced five opponents. "[104] Cornyn opposed adoption of children by gay couples. Cornyn also previously served as Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2007 to 2011. KY: McConnell (R), Paul (R)
[24] In December 2006, he was selected by his colleagues to join the five-person Republican Senate leadership team as Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. [77], Cornyn voted against a measure recognizing that climate change is manmade.
When Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace Scalia, Cornyn said that even if the president has the constitutional authority to nominate someone, the Senate has full authority on how to proceed. [20] Texas Representative Rick Noriega won the March 4 Democratic primary against Gene Kelly, Ray McMurrey, and Rhett Smith. MT: Tester (D) , Daines (R), [74], In February 2019, Cornyn was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen urging them "to work with all federal, state and local regulators, as well as the hundreds of independent power producers and electricity distributors nation-wide to ensure our systems are protected" and affirming that they were "ready and willing to provide any assistance you need to secure our critical electricity infrastructure.
[3] [4] He was elected an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, where he served from 1991 to 1997. [91] Cornyn has continued to support Concealed Carry Reciprocity as of 2018, with the Republican-held House of Representatives passing a bill in late 2017 with this language attached to gun control measures from the Senate's Fix NICS bill. [26] His statement and a similar one by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were widely denounced, including by The New York Times. [72], Cornyn voted to confirm Samuel Alito as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and John Roberts for Chief Justice of the United States. John Cornyn III (s.2. "[88] Cornyn joined other Republican leaders to block Cruz's procedural move to reject an increase in the debt ceiling. Cornyn said: "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. OH: Brown (D), Portman (R) [16], In 2005, Cornyn was mentioned as a possible replacement for Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and William Rehnquist. Cornyn was born in Houston, the son of Atholene Gale Cornyn (née Danley) and John Cornyn II, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. John CornynUnited States Senatorfrom TexasIncumbentAssumed office December 2, 2002Serving with Ted CruzPreceded byPhil GrammChair of the Senate Narco. [46], In the 2004 debate surrounding the Federal Marriage Amendment, Cornyn released an advance copy of a speech he was to give at The Heritage Foundation. NY: Schumer (D) , Gillibrand (D) , [46], In the 2004 debate surrounding the Federal Marriage Amendment, Cornyn released an advance copy of a speech he was to give at The Heritage Foundation. Cornyn was born in Houston, the son of Atholene Gale Cornyn (née Danley) and John Cornyn II, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. MD: Cardin (D), Van Hollen (D) On June 8, 2017, Cornyn questioned James Comey on Hillary Clinton's emails at a committee hearing whose announced topic was the Russian interference in the 2016 election and Comey's dismissal as FBI director. After the death of Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, Cornyn said that anyone Obama nominated to replace him would have a difficult confirmation process and feel like a piñata. "[63] In January 2018, Cornyn was one of 36 Republican senators to sign a letter to Trump requesting that he preserve the North American Free Trade Agreement by modernizing it for the 21st-century economy.
I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and building up to the point where some people engage in violence". Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the seat, and Gorsuch was confirmed. [103] He claimed that children raised by gay couples are "at higher risk of a host of social ills," such as crime, drug use and dropping out of school, [104] [105] arguing that same-sex would put "more and more children at risk through a radical social experiment." [43], Political scientists John Sides and Daniel J. Hopkins characterized Cornyn as "very conservative" in 2015. [59], Cornyn supported U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. [19] Christian activist Larry Kilgore of Mansfield challenged Cornyn in the Republican primary, but Cornyn easily defeated him. [33] The vote was 94–2 in her favor, with only Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and David Vitter (R-LA) voting in opposition. TX: Cornyn (R) , Cruz (R) , [15], Cornyn was criticized by civil rights groups for failing to investigate in a timely manner the false drug convictions of numerous African-Americans in Tulia, Texas. He has said, "I don't think we can go back and erase our history by removing statues". [citation needed] He voted against expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. [78] He was one of 22 senators to sign a letter to Trump urging him to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. You're out of line."
[28], On May 18, 2007, Cornyn was involved in an altercation with the late Senator John McCain. [31] Cornyn threatened that Republicans would wage a "World War III" if Senate Democrats had attempted to seat Democratic candidate Al Franken before the appeals were complete. [28], On May 18, 2007, Cornyn was involved in an altercation with the late Senator John McCain. [62], Cornyn warned Trump about anticipated negative effects of restructuring tariffs on Mexican exports, saying, "We're holding a gun to our own heads by doing this. [23] In the general election, he raised $14 million, outspending Democratic nominee David Alameel by nearly 3-1. RI: Reed (D), Whitehouse (D) [87] Cornyn said that Senator Ted Cruz's 2013 efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act by threatening to default on the U.S. government's debt obligations were "unachievable", adding, "the shutdown did not help our cause.
[94] When running for the Senate in 2002, Cornyn defended the law. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.
You're out of line."[29]. I don't hear anyone thinking that another government shutdown is the way to achieve our goals. He previously worked for Procter & Gamble and RightNow Technologies. Cornyn said that it was hard to believe the Democrats' claim that they could not properly assess Kavanaugh without the documents because it seemed that their minds were already made up. "[69], In June 2020, amid reports that Russia had paid the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers and that Trump had been briefed on the subject months earlier, Cornyn defended an assertion by Trump that he had never been briefed on the subject. Greenert. NM: Udall (D), Heinrich (D) IL: Durbin (D), Duckworth (D). [5] He attended the American School in Japan after his family moved to Tokyo in 1968, and graduated from it in 1969. He voted in favor of $350 billion in tax cuts over 11 years and supported making the George W. Bush tax cuts permanent.
"[23] He won the March Republican primary with 59% of the vote against Houston-area congressman Steve Stockman. [77], Cornyn voted against a measure recognizing that climate change is manmade. What did help our cause was the president's implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which has overwhelmed everything else. [64] Cornyn urged Trump to restart trade talks on the Trans Pacific Partnership, which Trump called "a disaster. VA: Warner (D), Kaine (D)
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