MOONEY, ALEXANDER XAVIER

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MOONEY, ALEXANDER XAVIER
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: Experience: House: District 2, 2015-Present; Home State: West Virginia; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $914,385Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Alex X. Mooney

Gender:Male

Family:Wife: Wife: Grace; 2 Children

Home City: Charles Town, WV

Religion: Catholic

Education

BA, Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 1993

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2014-present

Former Chair, Maryland Republican Party, 2010-2013

Former Member, Republican National Committee, 2011-2013

Senator, Maryland State Senate, 1999-2010

Legislative Analyst, House Republican Conference Committee, John Boehner, 1995

Current Legislative Committees

Budget, Member

Natural Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Natural Resources), Member

Professional Experience

Host, The Alex Mooney Radio Show, 2011-2013

Executive Director, The National Journalism Center, 2005-2012

Aide, Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, 1993-1995

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

President, Dartmouth Coalition for Life

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council,, 1999-2010

Secretary and Treasurer, National Conference of Hispanic Legislators, 2005-2010

Additional Information

Awards:

National Hero of the Taxpayer Award, 2003

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Oppose The fetus is an independent human being, who has his own righs. The mother cannot deprive a fetus's basic rights.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
11. Support & expand free trade	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Support We need to teach values in our schools and account for our religious values in providing social services. Exposing our children to prayer, the Ten Commandments will make them become better.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 14

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/30/2017	H.R.1835	Prohibition of United Nations Taxation Act	03/30/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
03/29/2017	H.R.1751	Counteracting Russian Hostilities Act of 2017	03/29/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
01/24/2017	H.R.681	Life at Conception Act	01/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
12/07/2016	H.R.6471	Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act	12/07/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
12/05/2016	H.R.6313	Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016	12/05/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
05/20/2016	H.R.5269	Protection for Progeny Act of 2016	05/20/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.4263	Technical Education and Career Help (TEACH) Act	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
02/11/2016	H.R.4499	PROP Act of 2016	02/11/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/19/2016	H.R.1644	Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act	01/19/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
12/04/2015	H.Res.514	Protecting Religious Freedom in America.	12/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
10/21/2015	H.R.3776	End Government Shutdowns Act	10/21/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. (All Actions)
10/06/2015	H.R.3685	United States-Turkey Free Trade Promotion Act of 2015	10/06/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
03/27/2015	H.R.1712	Freedom from Internet Tax Act	03/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. (All Actions)
03/16/2015	H.R.816	Life at Conception Act	03/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)

Total: 256

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
04/15/2016	H.Con.Res.128	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should continue to exercise its veto in the United Nations Security Council on resolutions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
04/13/2016	H.R.4924	Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016
03/30/2016	H.R.4848	HIP Act
03/25/2016	H.R.4828	Conscience Protection Act of 2016
03/24/2016	H.R.4818	Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2016
03/23/2016	H.R.4247	Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
03/16/2016	H.R.4766	To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941, and May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942, until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country.
03/15/2016	H.Con.Res.75	Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.	Passed	Yea
03/11/2016	H.R.4715	RPM Act of 2016
02/24/2016	H.R.4469	Health Savings Act of 2016
12/18/2015	H.Con.Res.105	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the "Paris Agreement" announced on December 12, 2015, at the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
12/18/2015	H.R.4262	Transparency and Accountability of Failed Exchanges Act
02/22/2016	H.R.2017	Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015	Passed	Yea
02/17/2016	H.Res.591	Commending the cooperative owners and the employees of the Farm Credit System for their continuing service in meeting the credit and financial-services needs of rural communities and agriculture.
02/12/2016	H.Res.509	Expressing support for the efforts of the Republic of Turkey, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Lebanese Republic to provide housing, educational opportunities, health care, and other forms of humanitarian assistance to individuals and families displaced by the conflict in Syria.
02/10/2016	H.R.4514	Combating BDS Act of 2016
02/09/2016	H.R.4456	RECLAIM Act of 2016
01/19/2016	H.R.4371	Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016
01/15/2016	H.R.4199	Puerto Rico Financial Stability and Debt Restructuring Choice Act
01/07/2016	H.R.4348	DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act

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