U.S. House of Representatives
Elections 2010 Bucshon faced Democratic nominee
State Representative Trent Van Haaften in the race to fill the seat vacated by
Brad Ellsworth, who was running for Senate. During the campaign, he was endorsed by several conservative interest groups and elected officials, including the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Congressional Action Committee,
United States Chamber of Commerce,
National Right to Life Committee, Indiana Right to Life, Indiana Manufacturers Association, Campaign for Working Families, House Minority Leader
John Boehner, U.S. Congressman
Mike Pence, and Indiana Governor
Mitch Daniels. Bucshon received significant campaign contributions from medical groups. Bucshon defeated van Haaften by 21 points, winning all 18 counties in the district.
2012 Bucshon defeated Kristi Risk again in the Republican primary. Bucshon had defeated Risk in the 2010 primary, 16,262 votes to 14,273. In the general election, Bucshon defeated former state representative
Dave Crooks.
2014 The conservative
Club for Growth announced that it would target Bucshon for defeat in the 2014 Republican primary, but he was reelected. Bucshon is a member of the
Republican Main Street Partnership.
Tenure and political positions Taxes and spending Bucshon voted for the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. After voting, he said there would be "dramatic" economic growth that would "fully cover the amount of revenue decreases" from tax cuts. Bucshon claimed that people would file their taxes on a postcard. Bucshon supports lower corporate and individual taxes. He has called for freezing spending at 2008 levels, extending the
Bush tax cuts for all income brackets, and reviewing all government programs for places to reduce spending. Bucshon supports simplifying the personal and corporate tax codes. Bucshon voted for the
Budget Control Act of 2011, which created a
Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. He also supported a
balanced budget amendment that would require the federal government to spend no more than it collects in
revenue each year. During his 2010 campaign, Bucshon said one of his campaign goals was to lower taxes for all Americans.
Health care Bucshon supports the repeal of the
Affordable Health Care for America Act. He supports reforms that expand and reform high-risk pools and federal reinsurance programs and lower costs.
Gun laws Bucshon, who calls himself "an ardent supporter of protecting the
Second Amendment", has supported several bills that loosen restrictions on gun ownership. He co-sponsored the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011, which requires all states to honor concealed carry permits from other states within their borders, irrespective of their own gun laws. The
National Rifle Association of America and the
Gun Owners of America have both given Bucshon an "A" rating.
Social Security Bucshon supports a comprehensive strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of
Social Security for current and future beneficiaries. He supports the
Keystone XL pipeline project.
Transportation On November 2, 2011, the
Evansville Courier & Press reported that Bucshon planned to introduce an amendment to the transportation funding bill that would allow governors to reallocate federal transportation funding from designated programs to projects they designate as emergencies.
Federal grants On July 10, 2014, Bucshon introduced the
Research and Development Efficiency Act (), a bill that would instruct the
Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a working group under the authority of the
National Science and Technology Council to review federal regulations affecting research and research universities and make recommendations on how to streamline them and reduce the regulatory burden on such researchers. Bucshon said his goal was "to alleviate some of the burden placed on our research universities so they can get back to their main goal of conducting basic science research."
Climate change During a September 17, 2014, hearing of the
Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Bucshon was questioning
John Holdren, Director of the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy. When Holdren encouraged Bucshon to read the scientific literature on
global warming, Bucshon replied, "Of all the climatologists whose careers depend on the climate changing to keep themselves publishing articles -- yes, I could read that, but I don't believe it."
Israel Bucshon voted to provide Israel with support following
2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
Committee assignments For the
118th Congress: •
Committee on Energy and Commerce •
Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security •
Subcommittee on Health •
Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce Caucus memberships •
Congressional Constitution Caucus •
Republican Study Committee •
Republican Governance Group •
Republican Main Street Partnership •
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