James M. Inhofe
Bio |
James Inhofe is the U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and previously chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and PUblic Works. He graduated from The University of Tulsa and is the author or multiple books. |
Status and Position |
Current US Senator of Oklahoma |
Political Party and Jurisdiction |
Republican, Oklahoma |
Elections |
Election Jurisdiction |
Started Campaign |
Campaign Status |
Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election Oklahoma 1 | Oklahoma 1 | Yes | Running | 46.0% |
Campaign Financing |
Inhofe's funding come from oil and gas, Leadership PACs, retirement and electric utilities and lobbyists. Top contributors are Koch Industries, Murray Energy, general dynamics, and the American Airlines group. |
Voting Rights |
Inhofe believes that ID should be used to be able to cast votes for elections federal or otherwise. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues |
Stance |
Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Has opposed Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. Voted for the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017 and the Health Care Freedom Act of 2017. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Has stated his displeasure with the Affordable Care Act and other government-run healthcare programs. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Has stated that care should be between a doctor and patient, and should have no government intervention. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Is against LGBT Right. Has stated that a marriage is between a man and a woman and government shouldn't define marriage. |
| Taxes | Against | Is against raising taxes. Voted for the Tax cut and Jobs act, Middle Class Tax Cut Act (increase tax for higher income individuals), and voted no to increased taxes for individuals earning over $1 million. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted for the Tax cut and Jobs act, Middle Class Tax Cut Act (increase tax for higher income individuals), and voted no to increased taxes for individuals earning over $1 million. |
| Abortion | Against | Inhofe is pro life. Voted for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and voted yes to restricting UN funding for population control policies. |
| Gun Control | Against | Inhofe does not support more gun restriction. Voted against banning high capacity magazines and yes to prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. |
| Assisted Suicide | Against | Cosposored Assisted Suicide Prevention Act of 2006 Voted against banning high capacity magazines and yes to prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. |
| Government Interference | Against | Has stated that the new green deal will hinder freedoms and make uncomfortable those who don't want the heavy hand of government on them. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Backing and pushing for special investigation to prove planned parenthood is acting outside federal regulations to defund the organization. |
| Welfare | For | Inhofe is for welfare. Backs the welfare block grants and state welfare waiver. |
| Welfare | For | Voted for the Stem Cell Research Hope Act of 2007 that would allow the use of naturally dead embryonic cells to be used in treatments and research. |
| Death Penalty | For | Inhofe supports the death penalty. Voted yes to bill that would limit death penalty appeals.Yes to a bill that would replace death penalty with life sentencing and advocates for death penalty to those who hurt or kill officers of the law. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | For | Has voted yes to the first steps act and the Stop Illegal Reentry Act which increase sentencing for illegal immigrants who are caught. |
| Military Spending | For | Voted no for all joint resolutions that would stop the lending and spending to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates to name a few. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Voted against the removal of troops in Yemen and from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also voted to override the veto for the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Inhofe has backed with foreign interference from the US. Voted to back india in nuclear deal, makes frequent trips to Africa for "religious" reasons using taxpayer money, and backs UN claiming its goal is a "Global Utopia." |
| United Nations power | For | Has stated that the united nations goal is a global utopia. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has made no clear statement on this issue. |
| Free Markets | For | Inhofe is for free trade and markets. Has voted yes to have free trade with Oman, Singapore, Chile and voted yes for CAFTA. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Against | Has voted against bills and acts such as employment nondiscrimination act, minimum wage fairness act, paycheck fairness, and voted for bill that would allow businesses to still discriminate to LGBT persons if owned by religious organization. |
| Government Spending | For | Has made clear that defense spending is important but has claimed to have voted against the largest spending bill to pass, though it is not clear which he is referring to. |
| Charter Schools | For | Voted for bill that would allow more flexibility with federal schools such as charter schools and school vouchers. |
| Common Core | Against | Is against the common core curriculum. Inhofe has openly criticized common core and has denounced it many times. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Has stated that global warming is a hoax. Inhofe has backed no bills in support of clean energy and has many backing fossil and coal. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Is for the free practice of religion without government interference. Voted to pass bills that protect business discriminating based on religious beliefs, that building religious memorials in schools based on person's religion if they died isn't against 1st amendment, and visits Africa for personal religious reasons. |
| Separation of Church and State | Against | Has shown and stated that his beliefs interfere with his policy making. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Border Control | For | Inhofe is a heavy support of border security. Has voted against the Dream Act, Stop Illegal Reentry Act and the deployment of national guard to border. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue |
| DACA | Against | Has voted against the Dreamer act and voted to block funding for DACA. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Voted to stop Funding for Dangerous sanctuary cities act. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Has openly opposed legalization of marijuana |