Talk:Mike Fitzpatrick

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[edit] Political Views

Recently, Fitzpatrick's ideology was changed from "moderate" to "conservative" by a Wiki user, but there have been no justifications made for using either label. It would help to sort out Fitz's positions on the issues, based esp. on his voting record thus far, to better define his orientation. Examples:

  • Moral issues: Fitzpatrick identifies himself as "pro-life," supporting restrictions on abortion and opposing embryonic stem cell research;
  • Environment: Fitzpatrick touted his record on preserving open space as Bucks County Commissioner during his run for Congress; as Congressman, he has voted against drilling in ANWR;
  • Budget: Fitzpatrick (if I recall correctly) voted against the party line on budget cuts to Medicaid, student loans, low-income housing, etc., but supported the Bush Administration's latest phase of tax cuts; if not this, he eventually voted with the GOP on some final edition of the budget reconciliation bill that House Democrats all voted against.

I will have to fact-check these before they are added, but it would help to elaborate on how Fitzpatrick won his district in a region where John Kerry outpolled Bush by a similar margin. --Pastricide 19:56, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

The ACU gave him a 60 and a pro-environment Republican group rated him quite high[1]. He sounds moderately conservative outside of the abortion issue where he's more strongly conservative.(If he's a Catholic with 6 kids I'm thinking he may stick to his faith's positions on many issues, being pro-environment could fit that)--T. Anthony 09:38, 5 June 2006 (UTC)