Christensen was vice president of COMREP, Inc. He was a marketer and salesperson for Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company. For his last several years prior to serving in Congress, he was an insurance executive and helped form the Aquila Group, Inc. The Act passed the Senate in a 94-3 vote and it was signed into law by President
Bill Clinton on December 28, 1995. Christiansen voted yes on the
Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which would pass through the House in a 374-37 vote. It went through the Senate where it was passed in a 93-5 vote. It became law on November 8, 1995 without a presidential signature. Christiansen voted yes on the
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, which was passed in the House by a unanimous vote of 417-0. It was passed in the Senate in a unanimous vote. President Bill Clinton signed it into law on August 3, 1996. Christiansen voted yes on the
Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. The act was passed by the House in a 342-67 vote. The Senate passed the bill in an 84-15 vote. President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law on September 21, 1996. The Defense of Marriage Act was overturned by the
Supreme Court in the case
Obergefell v. Hodges, which occurred in 2015. The Act was struck down in its entirety by the
Respect for Marriage Act, which was passed by the
117th Congress in 2022. Christiansen voted 'yea' on all four articles of
impeachment against President Bill Clinton in 1998, including both
perjury charges,
obstruction of justice, and
abuse of power.
Later career After leaving Congress, he became an attorney and policy advocate in Washington, D.C. Christensen is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of
Issue One. ==Personal life==