Talk:Brian Bilbray

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Contents 1 49th vs 50th district 2 Bilbray is Pro-Life 3 Oddity in election returns 4 Bilbray and the VA

[edit] 49th vs 50th district

The infobox wasn't clear before on the fact that Bilbray had previously served in Congress from a different district. If someone with more knowledge of wiki markup could make a separate section of the infobox for Bilbray's 49th district service, that would be great too. SchutteGod (talk) 20:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

n/m. Figured it out on my own. SchutteGod (talk) 20:13, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bilbray is Pro-Life

There has been some vandalism changing Bilbray from Pro-Life to Pro-Choice. To document his pro-life stance, here's a quote[1]:

• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. HR 3660 would ban doctors from performing the abortion procedure called "dilation and extraction" [also known as “partial-birth” abortion]. The measure would allow the procedure only if the life of the woman is at risk. Reference: Bill sponsored by Canady, R-FL; Bill HR 3660 ; vote number 2000-104 on Apr 5, 2000.

• Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. Reference: Bill sponsored by Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL; Bill HR 1218 ; vote number 1999-261 on Jun 30, 1999.

• • I think many might reasonably include the above votes within "pro-choice". According to the Wikipedia entry for Pro-choice: "People who identify as pro-choice fall along a spectrum of political opinion, ranging from the view that all abortions should be legal, to the view that abortions should only be legal until a certain date in the progression of the pregnancy (such as the third trimester, which is the approximate gestational age at which a fetus can survive outside of a woman's body)." The above positions certainly can fit within that definition. - Jaguar84 14:07, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oddity in election returns

Does anyone understand why the California Secretary of State shows Bilbray with fewer votes than Busby, yet newspapers list a different set of numbers first (only for District 50) showing Bilbray winning, followed by separate sets of vote counts for each political party taken from (an earlier update of) the Secretary of State's site? And why is District 50 the only one with a separate set of non-partisan vote totals listed first and all the other districts only have the separate sets of counts for each party? Neow 07:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I think I do. I think the first page you are pointing to are for the simulatneous primary that was held on the same day for the November election. To recap: on June 6, there were two elections: (a) to fill Cunningham's seat immediately; and (b) a primary for the upcoming November general election. I guess we need to make our article more clear, eh? That's why my comment, above, that I think we need a separate article just to explain this election (and to put the detailed results in there). -- Sholom 13:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I see, you're right. Here's the page at the Sec. of State with the "special general" election results. Thanks! Neow 16:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bilbray and the VA

No comment on veteran dissent with the way Bilbray handles veteran's questions and VA disputes? Maybe that wasn't as wide-spread as some people thought with local San Diego government. Or maybe not, that laptop thing might have caught more press. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.244.160.175 (talk) 06:23, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, uh-huh. SchutteGod (talk) 20:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)