Leonard Lance opposes a woman's right to choose and voted eight times to defund Planned Parenthood. When he

was in the legislature, Lance even voted to allow pharmacists to deny contraception to women.

2016: National Right To Life Endorsed Lance, Citing His “100% Pro-Life Voting Record.” [Lance for

Congress, 5/27/16]

Lance Voted At Least Eight Times To Defund Planned Parenthood:

Voted Against Preventing Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood [H.R. 3134, Vote #504, 9/18/15;

Democratic Leader – Motions To Recommit, 9/18/15]

Voted For Defunding Planned Parenthood [H.R. 3134, Vote #505, 9/18/15; CQ, 9/23/15]

Voted For Bill Making It Easier For States To Defund Planned Parenthood [HR 3495, Vote #524,

9/29/15; CQ Floor Votes, 9/29/15]

Voted For Adding Language To Continuing Resolution To Defund Planned Parenthood. [H Con Res

79, Vote #527, 9/30/15; CQ Floor Votes, 9/30/15]

Voted For Reconciliation Bill To Repeal Key Sections Of The Affordable Care Act And Defund

Planned Parenthood [HR 3762, Vote #568, 10/23/15; Washington Post, 10/23/15]

Voted For Repealing The Affordable Care Act And Defunding Planned Parenthood For One Year [HR 3762, Vote #6, 1/06/15; The Hill, 1/06/15]

Voted For Overriding The President’s Veto Of A Bill To Repeal The Affordable Care Act And Block

Funding Of Planned Parenthood For A Year [HR 3762, Vote #53, 2/02/16, 2/02/16; CQ Floor Votes,

2/02/16]

Voted For Reversing Obama Rule Preventing States From Withholding Grants From Planned

Parenthood [HJRes 43, Vote #99, 2/16/17; CQ, 2/16/17]

Lance Was One Of Six State Senators To Vote Against The Senate Version Of A992 To Prohibit Pharmacists

From Denying Prescriptions To Patients Based On Moral Or Religious Belief . [New Jersey State Legislature,

S 1195, 6/26/06]

Donald Trump and the Republicans are planning to put a new Justice of the Supreme Court who will strip women

of their constitutional right to choose. Leonard Lance opposes a woman's right to choose and has voted eight times

to defund Planned Parenthood.

Trump Promised To Appoint “Pro-Life” Justices Who Would Vote To Overturn Roe v. Wade; Abortion

Opponents Expressed Hope He Would Do So In Wake Of Kennedy Retirement. “Anti-abortion groups see the

retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kenned, announced Wednesday, as their best shot in decades to

overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide. ‘Justice Kennedy’s retirement

from the Supreme Court marks a pivotal moment for the fight to ensure every unborn child is welcomed and

protected under the law,’ said Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser. Abortion opponents have

hoped that President Trump would get the chance to appoint another conservative anti-abortion rights justice who

would vote in their favor should abortion cases rise to the high court. Trump has previously vowed to nominate

‘pro-life’ justices to overturn Roe V. Wade.” [The Hill, 6/27/18]

2016: National Right To Life Endorsed Lance, Citing His “100% Pro-Life Voting Record.” [Lance for

Congress, 5/27/16]

Lance Voted At Least Eight Times To Defund Planned Parenthood:

Voted Against Preventing Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood [H.R. 3134, Vote #504, 9/18/15;

Democratic Leader – Motions To Recommit, 9/18/15]

Voted For Defunding Planned Parenthood [H.R. 3134, Vote #505, 9/18/15; CQ, 9/23/15]

Voted For Bill Making It Easier For States To Defund Planned Parenthood [HR 3495, Vote #524,

9/29/15; CQ Floor Votes, 9/29/15]

Voted For Adding Language To Continuing Resolution To Defund Planned Parenthood. [H Con Res

79, Vote #527, 9/30/15; CQ Floor Votes, 9/30/15]

Voted For Reconciliation Bill To Repeal Key Sections Of The Affordable Care Act And Defund

Planned Parenthood [HR 3762, Vote #568, 10/23/15; Washington Post, 10/23/15]

Voted For Repealing The Affordable Care Act And Defunding Planned Parenthood For One Year [HR 3762, Vote #6, 1/06/15; The Hill, 1/06/15]

Voted For Overriding The President’s Veto Of A Bill To Repeal The Affordable Care Act And Block

Funding Of Planned Parenthood For A Year [HR 3762, Vote #53, 2/02/16, 2/02/16; CQ Floor Votes,

2/02/16]

Voted For Reversing Obama Rule Preventing States From Withholding Grants From Planned

Parenthood [HJRes 43, Vote #99, 2/16/17; CQ, 2/16/17]

Leonard Lance earned an "A" rating from the NRA, and was one of the deciding votes to repeal New Jersey’s ban

on assault weapons.

Lance Had An “A” Grade From The NRA In 2014 And 2016. [Everytown for Gun Safety, accessed 7/2/18]

A Poll From 1996 Cited Lance’s 1993 Vote To Repeal New Jersey’s Assault Weapons Ban. Lance said that the

poll highlighted votes against a measure that would take away certain benefits to welfare recipients, as well as a

1993 vote to repeal the state’s ban on semiautomatic assault guns. [Star-Ledger, 5/22/96] – see Article 1

One of Leonard Lance’s first votes in this Congress was to roll back restrictions keeping those with mental illnesses

from buying a gun. Lance voted this way even after the massacre of children at Sandy Hook by a mentally disabled

killer.

February 2017: Lance Voted For Blocking The Social Security Administration From Sharing Information

With The National Instant Criminal Background Check System On People With Mental Disorders In Order

To Prevent Them From Purchasing Firearms. In February 2017, Lance voted for “passage of the joint resolution

that would nullify a Social Security Administration rule that outlines reporting of information by the agency for

inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for gun purchases about certain non-elderly

individuals with mental impairments who receive disability insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits

and use a "representative payee" because they cannot manage their benefit payments.” The resolution was passed

by a vote of 235-180. [HJRes 40, Vote #77, 2/2/17; CQ, 2/2/17]

NYT Headline: “Adam Lanza’s Mental Problems ‘Completely Untreated’ Before Newtown Shootings,

Report Says.” “Medical experts at Yale University had called for drastic measures to help Adam Lanza in the

years before he shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., but those calls

‘went largely unheeded’ by his mother, who was also shot to death, according to a new study. The report, based on

a comprehensive examination of the medical and school histories of Mr. Lanza, 20, found he was ‘completely

untreated in the years before the shooting’ for psychiatric and physical ailments like anxiety and obsessive-

compulsive disorder, and was also deprived of recommended services and drugs.” [New York Times, 11/22/14]

Leonard Lance is just another typical politician. Exploiting a loophole, Lance took a state pension and state-

funded Cadillac health plan while also taking nearly $200,000 in congressional salary.

Lance Collected $68,000 In New Jersey Pension Payments During His First Three Years In Congress:

Lance – Annual New Jersey Pension Payment

Year Pension

2011 $23,544

2010 $23,342

2009 $21,187

Total: $68,073

[Personal Financial Disclosure Form, 2009, filed 7/28/10; Personal Financial Disclosure Form, 2010, filed

7/14/11; Personal Financial Disclosure Form, 2011, filed 7/10/12]

2009-2011: Lance Enrolled In “The Most Expensive Of The 10 Options [Of Taxpayer-Funded Health

Insurance] Available,” Costing New Jersey Taxpayers As Much As $22,877 Per Year. “The family plan Lance

is enrolled in is the most expensive of the 10 options available. His coverage costs $1,906.42 per month, or

$22,877.04 per year.” [Cherry Hill Courier-Post, 2/11/11] – See Article 2

2009-2017: Leonard Lance Earned $1.57 Million In Salary As A Member Of Congress

Lance Salary, U.S. House

Year Salary

2017 $174,000

2016 $174,000

2015 $174,000

2014 $174,000

2013 $174,000

2012 $174,000

2011 $174,000

2010 $174,000

2009 $174,000

Total: $1,566,000

[U.S. House of Representatives, accessed 7/14/17]

Leonard Lance is just another typical politician. In the State legislature, Lance voted to raise his own salary by

40%.

January 2000: Lance Voted For S2297, A Bill That Increased Legislator Salaries From $35,000 To $49,000

Per Year. “The Assembly vote S-2297/A3626, to raise the salary of lawmakers, judges, the governor, Cabinet

officers and other public officials. The bill passed, 48-28, with 4 members not voting. Y-Yes; N-No; X-No Vote;

X-Abstain; A-Absent […] Lance, Leonard, R-Hunterdon Y” [Associated Press, 1/10/00; S2297, p.11, approved

1/14/00] – See Article 3

Republicans in Congress passed a tax bill that harms New Jersey more than any other state in the union, and

Leonard Lance – a Republican – failed to stop it. This law lowers the state and local tax deduction, which will

raise taxes on New Jerseyans and cause property values to decline by 10 percent.

The State And Local Tax Deduction Cap Included In The Republican Tax Bill Resulted In New Jersey Being

The Only State Where More Than Ten Percent Of Taxpayers Would Face A Tax Hike. “The Tax Policy

Center, a research group, says in a new report that 10.2 percent of New Jersey households will see their federal

income taxes go up this year under the Republican tax measure. That's in large part due to the law's $10,000 cap on

the deduction for state and local income, property and sales taxes. New Jersey was the only state where the

percentage of those facing a tax hike reached double digits. […] The report shows the impact of the GOP's decision

to target the state and local tax deduction: had it been left alone, only 6.7 percent of New Jersey households would

have seen their taxes go up and 64.8 percent would have received a tax cut.” [New Jersey Advance Media, 3/29/18]

Headline: Trump Tax Law Slams N.J. Harder Than Any Other State. [New Jersey Advance Media,

3/29/18]

According To An Independent Report By Moody’s Analytics, The Tax Law Could Lower Home Values By

10 Percent In Some New Jersey Counties. “Their concerns stemmed from the bill's provisions that limited

deductions on state and local taxes that have been particularly beneficial to New Jersey. It sparked fears that the bill

could cause home values in some markets to take a 10 percent hit, according to a report by Moody's Analytics. […]

The Moody's report raised concerns about the bill's economic impact. […] But the impact would be greater in high-

tax states like New Jersey, where some homeowners would no longer get to deduct all of their state income and

local property taxes, Moody's said. Another wildcard: Interest rates could rise if the government has to borrow more

money to finance the tax bill. Essex County, for example, ‘could see house prices reduced by as much as 10 percent

compared with what they would have been otherwise,’ the Moody's report said.” [Asbury Park Press, 12/20/17]

Republicans in Congress passed a tax bill that sticks it to New Jersey more than any other state in the union, and

Leonard Lance – a Republican - was powerless to stop it. Eighty three percent of the tax breaks go to the

wealthiest one percent of Americans and corporations get $1 trillion in tax cuts while adding nearly two trillion to

the national debt and threatening funding for Social Security and Medicare.

The State And Local Tax Deduction Cap Included In The Republican Tax Bill Resulted In New Jersey Being

The Only State Where More Than Ten Percent Of Taxpayers Would Face A Tax Hike. “The Tax Policy

Center, a research group, says in a new report that 10.2 percent of New Jersey households will see their federal

income taxes go up this year under the Republican tax measure. That's in large part due to the law's $10,000 cap on

the deduction for state and local income, property and sales taxes. New Jersey was the only state where the

percentage of those facing a tax hike reached double digits. […] The report shows the impact of the GOP's decision

to target the state and local tax deduction: had it been left alone, only 6.7 percent of New Jersey households would

have seen their taxes go up and 64.8 percent would have received a tax cut.” [New Jersey Advance Media, 3/29/18]

Headline: Trump Tax Law Slams N.J. Harder Than Any Other State. [New Jersey Advance Media,

3/29/18]

HEADLINE: The Republican tax bill got worse: now the top 1% gets 83% of the gains [Vox, 12/18/17]

TPC: In 2027, Households Earning $1 Million or More Would Receive 81.8 Percent Of Total Benefit Of

Changes To Individual Tax Rates “In 2027, households earning $1 million or more — estimated to be 0.6 percent

of all filers — would be getting 81.8 percent of the total benefit, even though their average tax break would be

about $46,000 smaller in 2027 than in 2018.” [NPR, 12/19/17]

Businesses Received Roughly $1 Trillion In Tax Cuts From Tax Bill. “Of the $1.5 trillion cost, roughly $1

trillion comes from business tax cuts. Individual tax cuts make up another $300 billion, and the ultimate repeal of

the estate tax accounts for the remaining $200 billion.” [Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, 11/02/17]

HEADLINE: GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO [The Hill, 4/9/18]

After Passing A Tax Bill That Added Trillions To The Deficit, Speaker Ryan Said Entitlements Like

Medicare Would Need To Be “Reformed” In Order To Decrease The Deficit. “With his dream of tax reform

now realized, Ryan is hoping to make progress on two other issues he’s targeted during his two-decade career in

Washington: entitlement and welfare reform. ‘We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform,

which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,’ Ryan, a former Budget Committee chairman, said in a recent

interview this month on the Ross Kaminsky radio talk show. Medicare and Medicaid are the ‘big drivers of debt,’

Ryan said, suggesting Republicans could once again use the budget reconciliation process to avoid a Democratic

filibuster. Medicare is the ‘biggest entitlement that’s got to have reform,’ Ryan added.” [The Hill, 12/27/17]

HEADLINE: After Tax Overhaul, GOP Sets Sights on Medicare, Social Security [US News, 12/7/17]

Leonard Lance played a significant role in passing the Republican’s disastrous health care repeal bill – voting for

it in committee. The bill would have gutted protections for people with pre-existing conditions, allowed insurance

companies to impose an age tax, and thrown more than half a million New Jerseyans off of their health insurance.

Estimates now show that health care premiums could rise by 15% in 2018 due to the actions of Republicans in

Congress.

Lance Voted To Approve The American Health Care Act Out Of The Energy And Commerce Committee.

“Energy and Commerce Committee Budget Reconciliation Recommendations/Vote to Report Provides for the

phase out of the Medicaid expansion included in the 2010 health care law by 2020. Substitute amendment would

also eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund and prohibit federal funds to any prohibited entity that

provides abortion related services. The bill would also: eliminate cuts to the Disproportionate Share Hospitals

(DSH) payments for non Medicaid expansion states. change the Medicaid program from a per beneficiary

entitlement to a per capita allotment and allow the states to determine spending categories. count lottery winnings

over $8,000 as income for eligibility determination under Medicaid. eliminate federal premium cost sharing

subsidies included in the 2010 health care law…” The motion was approved for Budget Committee action 31-23

along party lines. [Committee On Energy And Commerce, Vote #32, 3/8/17; CQ Committee Coverage, 3/8/17]

American Health Care Act Allows Insurers To Charge Older Customers Five Times More Than Younger

Adults. “Raises premiums for older people. The Affordable Care Act limited insurers from charging older

customers more than three times what they charge younger adults. The House bill would raise that to five times.

This may enable younger consumers to find cheaper coverage, but older policyholders would face higher rates.”

[Huffington Post, 3/6/17]

Politifact Found That AHCA “Would Weaken Protections” For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions,

“Would Allow States To Give Insurers The Power To Charge People Significantly More.” “An ad by the

American Action Network says that under the American Health Care Act ‘people with pre-existing conditions are

protected.’ The only kernel of truth here is that the amendment has language that states insurers can’t limit access to

coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions. However, the ad omits that the House GOP health plan would

weaken protections for these patients. The legislation would allow states to give insurers the power to charge

people significantly more if they had a pre-existing condition. While Republicans point to the fact that those

patients could get help through high-risk pools, experts question their effectiveness. Current law does not allow

states to charge people with pre-existing conditions significantly more. We rate this claim Mostly False.”

[Politifact, 5/24/17]

NJPP Estimated 540,000 New Jerseyans Would Lose Coverage Under AHCA By 2026. “Under the Affordable

Care Act (ACA), more than 800,000 residents gained coverage, decreasing the state’s uninsurance rate to 9.8

percent from 13 percent for people below age 65. Under the House-passed bill, an estimated 540,000 New

Jerseyans would lose coverage, making that rate jump to 13.5 percent by 2020 before eventually reaching 14.7

percent by 2026.” [New Jersey Policy Perspective, 6/21/17]

Covered California Study Estimated Individual Market Premiums Could Rise By Up To 15 Percent Next

Year Due To The Republican Tax Bill’s Repeal Of The Individual Mandate. “You were told the Republican

tax bill would cut your taxes. But in the end, you may not have any more money in your pocket. That's because

higher health care premiums will cancel out the tax cut for those buying insurance on the Affordable Care Act

exchanges without government subsidies. As many as 150,000 New Jerseyans could be affected […] A study by

Covered California, a government agency that oversees that state's health insurance marketplace, projected that

premiums for those buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges could almost double in the next

three years in New Jersey and 16 other states. Those are states where fewer people are buying insurance and those

who do tend to be sicker and require more health care. In New Jersey, enrollment dropped by 7 percent, almost

twice the national average of 4 percent and eighth highest among the states, according to New Jersey Policy

Perspective, a progressive research group. Covered California attributed about half of the projected premium

increase to the repeal of the individual mandate. The repeal alone would increase premiums by 7 percent to 15

percent next year.” [Newark Star-Ledger, 3/17/18]

Leonard Lance voted over 60 times to repeal or weaken the Affordable Care Act, which would have gutted

protections for people with pre-existing conditions, allowed insurance companies to impose an age tax, and thrown

more than half a million New Jerseyans off of their health insurance. Estimates now show that health care

premiums could rise by 15% in 2018 due to the actions of Republicans in Congress.

Lance Voted 19 Times To Repeal The Affordable Care Act:

Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 2, Vote #14, 1/19/11; CQ Floor Votes, 1/19/11]

Voted For Republican Study Committee Budget That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res

34, Vote #275, 4/15/11; Rep. Garrett, Press Release, 4/15/11]

Voted For Republican Budget That Repealed Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res 34, Vote #277,

4/15/11; Washington Post, 4/15/11]

Voted For Republican Study Committee Budget That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res

112, Vote #149, 3/29/12; FreedomWorks, Press Release, 3/29/12]

Voted For Republican Budget That Repealed Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res 112, Vote #151,

3/29/12]

Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 6079, Vote #460, 7/11/12; CQ Floor Votes, 7/11/12]

Voted For Republican Budget That Repealed Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res 25, Vote #88, 3/21/13]

Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 45, Vote #154, 5/16/13; CQ Floor Votes, 5/16/13]

Voted For Republican Study Committee Budget That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res

96, Vote #175, 4/10/14; Rep. Hall, Press Release, 4/10/14]

Voted For Republican Budget That Repealed Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res 96, Vote #177,

4/10/14]

Voted To Repeal Affordable Care Act. [HR 596, Vote #58, 2/3/15; CQ Floor Votes, 2/3/15] NOTE: This

was widely publicized as being the 56th vote., and the 4th to completely repeal

Voted For Republican Study Committee Budget That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H Con Res

27, Vote #138, 3/25/15; The Hill, 3/25/15]

Voted For Budget Alternative That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H. Con Res. 27, Vote #141,

3/25/15; US News and World Report, 3/25/15]

Voted For Republican Budget That Repealed The Affordable Care Act. [H. Con Res. 27, Vote #142,

3/25/15; New York Times, 3/25/15]

Voted For Republican Conference Report On Budget That Began Process To Repeal Affordable

Care Act. [S Con Res 11, Vote #183, 4/30/15; Bloomberg, 4/29/15]

Voted To Repeal Major Pillars Of Affordable Care Act, Including Individual Mandate. [HR 3762,

Vote #568, 10/23/15; Los Angeles Times, 10/23/15]

Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 3762, Vote #6, 1/6/16; CNN, 1/6/16]

Voted To Overturn Obama’s Veto Of Bill That Would Repeal The Affordable Care Act. [HR 3762,

Vote #53, 2/2/16; Washington Post, 2/2/16] Note: Reported as 63rd vote

Voted To Begin The Process Of Repealing Affordable Care Act. [S Con Res 3, Vote #58, 1/13/17;

CNN, 1/3/17]

Lance Voted 10 Times On Defunding:

Voted To Prohibit Use Of Funds For Employees To Implement The Affordable Care Act. [HR 1,

Vote #97, 2/18/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/18/11]

Voted To Bar Use Of Funds To Carry Out Provisions Of Affordable Care Act. [HR 1, Vote #98,

2/18/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/18/11]

Voted To Prohibit Use Of Funds To Pay Salaries Of Employees To Carry Out Provisions Of The

Affordable Care Act. [HR 1, Vote #99, 2/18/11, CQ Floor Votes, 2/18/11]

Voted To Bar The IRS From Using Funds To Enforce The Individual Mandate Of The Affordable

Care Act. [HR 1, Vote #100, 2/18/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/18/11]

Voted To Bar Funds To Pay Salaries Of Any Employee Of HHS Who Develops Regulations For

Exchanges Under The Affordable Care Act. [HR 1, Vote #121, 2/18/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/18/11]

Voted To Bar Funds From Being Used By HHS, Labor, Or Treasury To Issue Regulations On

Essential Benefits In The Affordable Care Act. [HR 1, Vote #141, 2/19/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/19/11]

Voted To Bar Use Of Funds To Carry Out Provisions Of Affordable Care Act. [HConRes 35, Vote

#270, 4/14/11; CQ Floor Votes, 4/14/11]

Voted To Repeal Section Of Affordable Care Act That Funded State Exchanges. [HR 1213, Vote

#285, 5/3/11; CQ Floor Votes, 5/3/11]

Voted To Prohibit The Treasury Department And IRS From Enforcing The Affordable Care Act.

[HR 2009, Vote #447, 8/02/13; CQ Floor Votes, 8/2/13]

Voted To Prohibit The Affordable Care Act. [H J Res 59, Vote #478, 9/20/13; CQ Floor Votes, 9/20/13]

Lance Voted 8 Times On Delaying:

Voted To Delay The Employer Mandate For One Year. [HR 2667, Vote #361, 7/17/13; CQ Floor

Votes, 7/17/13]

Voted To Delay The Individual Mandate For One Year. [HR 2668, Vote #363, 7/17/13; CQ Floor

Votes, 7/17/13]

Voted To Block Subsidies In Affordable Care Act Until A Program To Verify Recipient

Qualifications Was In Place. [HR 2775, Vote #458, 9/12/13; CQ Floor Votes, 9/12/13]

Voted To Delay Implementation Of The Affordable Care Act For One Year. [HJRes 59, Vote #498,

9/29/13; CQ Floor Votes, 9/29/13]

Voted To Delay Individual Mandate For One Year. [HJRes 59, Vote #504, 9/30/13; CQ Floor Votes,

9/30/13]

Voted To Delay Tax Penalty For Individual Mandate Under The Affordable Care Act. [HR 4118,

Vote #97, 3/05/14; CQ Floor Votes, 3/5/14]

Voted To Repeal The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula, And Delay Tax Penalty For Individual

Mandate For Five Years. [HR 4015, Vote #135, 3/14/14; CQ Floor Votes, 3/14/14]

Voted To Require Regulations and Rule Changes In The Affordable Care Act Must Be Subject To

Congressional Approval. [HR 427, Vote #474; CQ Floor Votes, 7/28/15]

Lance Voted At Least 5 Times On Defunding Part:

Voted To Bar Funds To Implement Or Enforce Affordable Care Act Standards For High Risk

Insurance Pools. [HR 1, Vote #110, 2/18/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/18/11]

Voted To Bar Funds To Pay Salary Of Center For Consumer Information And Insurance Oversight. [HR 1, Vote #138, 2/19/11; CQ Floor Votes, 2/19/11]

Voted To Prohibit Funding For IPAB. [HR 1, H Amdt 171, Passed By Voice Vote, 2/19/11; Washington

Post, 3/12/14]

*Voted For Defense Appropriations Bill That Blocked Funding For Consumer Operated and

Oriented Plan And IRS Agents To Enforce Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate. [HR 1473,

Vote #268, 4/14/11; Washington Post, 3/12/14]

Voted To Turn Mandatory Funding For Medical Residency Programs Into Discretionary Spending. [HR 1216, Vote #340, 5/25/11; CQ Floor Votes, 5/25/11]

*Voted To Cut $11.6 From Affordable Care Act, Including $5 Billion From Public Prevention And

Health Fund. [HR 3630, Vote #72, 2/17/12; Washington Post, 3/12/14]

Lance Voted 10 Times On Repealing Part:

*Voted To Repeal 1099 Reporting Requirements In Affordable Care Act. [HR 4, Vote #162, 3/3/11;

CQ Floor Votes, 3/3/11]

Voted To Repeal Prevention and Public Health Fund. [HR 1217, Vote #264, 4/13/11; CQ Floor Votes,

4/13/11]

Voted To Repeal Section Of Affordable Care Act That Funded School Health Center Construction. [HR 1214, Vote #290, 5/4/11; CQ Floor Votes, 5/4/11]

Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act’s Tax On Medical Devices. [HR 436, Vote #361, 6/7/12; CQ

Floor Votes, 6/7/12]

Voted To Defund And Repeal Several Provisions Of The Affordable Care Act. [HR 6684, Vote #644,

12/20/12; Washington Post, 3/12/14]

Voted To Repeal CLASS Act. [HR 1173, Vote #18, 2/1/12; Washington Post, 3/12/14]

Voted To Repeal IPAB And Medical Malpractice Provisions Of Affordable Care Act. [HR 5, Vote

#126, 3/22/12; CQ Floor Votes, 3/22/12]

Voted To Repeal The Medical Device Tax. [H J Res 59, Vote #497, 9/20/13; CQ Floor Votes, 9/20/13]

Voted To Repeal Medical Device Tax Under The Affordable Care Act. [HR 160, Vote #375, 6/18/15;

Associated Press, 6/18/15]

Voted To Eliminate Independent Payment Advisory Board. [HR 1190, Vote #376, 6/23/15; National

Journal, 6/23/15]

Did Not Vote On A Motion Agreeing With Senate Amendment To Place A Moratorium On Health

Care Reform’s Medical Device Tax. [HR 2029, Vote #703, 12/17/15; Med Device Online, 12/17/15]

Lance Voted 10 Times To Change ACA

Voted To Bar Use Of Federal Funds, Including Tax Credits, To Fund Abortion Services. [HR 3, Vote

#292, 5/4/11; CQ Floor Votes, 5/4/11]

Voted To Bar Use Of Federal Funds, Including Tax Credits, To Fund Abortion Services. [HR 358,

Vote #789, 10/13/11; CQ Floor Votes, 10/13/11]

Voted For Bill To Allow Companies To Keep Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans Not In

Compliance With Affordable Care Act Requirements. [HR 3350, Vote #587, 11/15/13; CQ Floor Votes,

11/15/13]

Voted To Prohibit HHS To Notify Individuals Of Any Security Breach Of Data From

HealthCare.gov. [HR 3811, Vote #11, 1/10/14; CQ Floor Votes, 1/10/14]

Voted To Require HHS To Provide Weekly Reports On HealthCare.gov, Including Enrollment Data. [HR 3362, Vote #23, 1/16/14; CQ Floor Votes, 1/16/14]

*Voted To Make Changes To Medicaid Formula That Helped Louisiana. [HR 4348, Vote #451,

6/29/12; Washington Post, 3/12/14]

Voted To Increase Definition Of Full-Time From 30 Hours To 40 Hours Under Affordable Care Act.

[HR 2575, Vote #156, 4/03/14; CQ Floor Votes, 4/3/14]

Voted To Allow Companies To Keep Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans Not In Compliance

With Affordable Care Act Requirements. [HR 3522, Vote #495, 9/11/14; CQ News, 9/11/14]

Voted To Increase Definition Of Full-Time From 30 Hours To 40 Hours Under Affordable Care Act.

[HR 30, Vote #14, 1/08/15; Politico, 1/08/15]

Voted For Bill Blocking Federal Funding For Abortion, Including Tax Credits For Small Businesses

Providing Health Care That Includes Abortion Coverage. [HR 7, Vote #45, 1/22/15; Politico, 1/22/15]

Lance Voted 1 Time To Pass The AHCA Out Of Committee, Paving The Way For Repeal

Lance Voted To Approve The American Health Care Act Out Of Energy And Commerce

Committee. [Committee On Energy And Commerce, Vote #32, 3/8/17; CQ Committee Coverage, 3/8/17]

American Health Care Act Allows Insurers To Charge Older Customers Five Times More Than Younger

Adults. “Raises premiums for older people. The Affordable Care Act limited insurers from charging older

customers more than three times what they charge younger adults. The House bill would raise that to five times.

This may enable younger consumers to find cheaper coverage, but older policyholders would face higher rates.”

[Huffington Post, 3/6/17]

Politifact Found That AHCA “Would Weaken Protections” For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions,

“Would Allow States To Give Insurers The Power To Charge People Significantly More.” “An ad by the

American Action Network says that under the American Health Care Act ‘people with pre-existing conditions are

protected.’ The only kernel of truth here is that the amendment has language that states insurers can’t limit access to

coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions. However, the ad omits that the House GOP health plan would

weaken protections for these patients. The legislation would allow states to give insurers the power to charge

people significantly more if they had a pre-existing condition. While Republicans point to the fact that those

patients could get help through high-risk pools, experts question their effectiveness. Current law does not allow

states to charge people with pre-existing conditions significantly more. We rate this claim Mostly False.”

[Politifact, 5/24/17]

NJPP Estimated 540,000 New Jerseyans Would Lose Coverage Under AHCA By 2026. “Under the Affordable

Care Act (ACA), more than 800,000 residents gained coverage, decreasing the state’s uninsurance rate to 9.8

percent from 13 percent for people below age 65. Under the House-passed bill, an estimated 540,000 New

Jerseyans would lose coverage, making that rate jump to 13.5 percent by 2020 before eventually reaching 14.7

percent by 2026.” [New Jersey Policy Perspective, 6/21/17]

Covered California Study Estimated Individual Market Premiums Could Rise By Up To 15 Percent Next

Year Due To The Republican Tax Bill’s Repeal Of The Individual Mandate. “You were told the Republican

tax bill would cut your taxes. But in the end, you may not have any more money in your pocket. That's because

higher health care premiums will cancel out the tax cut for those buying insurance on the Affordable Care Act

exchanges without government subsidies. As many as 150,000 New Jerseyans could be affected […] A study by

Covered California, a government agency that oversees that state's health insurance marketplace, projected that

premiums for those buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges could almost double in the next

three years in New Jersey and 16 other states. Those are states where fewer people are buying insurance and those

who do tend to be sicker and require more health care. In New Jersey, enrollment dropped by 7 percent, almost

twice the national average of 4 percent and eighth highest among the states, according to New Jersey Policy

Perspective, a progressive research group. Covered California attributed about half of the projected premium

increase to the repeal of the individual mandate. The repeal alone would increase premiums by 7 percent to 15

percent next year.” [Newark Star-Ledger, 3/17/18]

Leonard Lance voted to end Medicare as we know it and replace it with a voucher system that would leave seniors

paying over a thousand dollars more in out-of-pocket costs, including for prescription drugs.

Lance Voted For FY 2015 Republican Budget. [H Con Res 96, Vote #177, 4/10/14; USA Today, 4/10/14]

Los Angeles Times: Republican Budget Would Turn Medicare into a “Voucher-Like Program” that “May

Not Fully Cover the Cost” of Medicare. “Ryan retained his idea for turning the Medicare health system into a

voucher-like program for future seniors, providing a fixed amount of cash that can be applied toward the purchase

of private health insurance. The voucher may also be used to enroll in traditional Medicare, but it may not fully

cover the cost.” [Los Angeles Times, 4/01/14]

FY 2015 Ryan Budget Would Reopen The Medicare Prescription Drug Donut Hole. “The Medicare proposals

in the 2015 budget resolution from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) are much the same as

those in Ryan’s previous budgets. […] The Ryan budget would apparently repeal health reform improvements in

Medicare benefits, including closure of the prescription drug donut hole and coverage of preventive services

without cost sharing.[10] These repeals would adversely affect current Medicare beneficiaries as well as those not

yet eligible. Health reform has begun to close the donut hole — the gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage that

many seniors experienced once their annual drug costs exceeded $2,840. Before health reform, seniors had no

additional coverage until their costs hit $6,448. Starting in 2011, seniors in the coverage gap began receiving a

discount on brand-name and generic prescription drugs. These discounts and Medicare coverage will gradually

increase until 2020, when the entire donut hole is closed. The Ryan budget would reopen the drug donut hole.”

[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 4/08/14]

Reopening Donut Hole Would Cost Seniors More Than $1,200 On Average For Prescription Drugs

“ObamaCare has saved seniors and people with disabilities nearly $9 billion in prescription drug costs, according to

data touted Tuesday by the Obama administration. According to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services,

7.3 million people who reached the “doughnut hole” in their Medicare prescription drug coverage have saved $8.9

billion on their prescription drugs since the law was enacted in 2010. That’s an average savings of $1,209 per

person.” [The Hill, 11/26/13]

Article 1: GOP race turns nasty over poll

Newark Star-Ledger, 5/22/96

By Ron Marisco

The genteel Republican primary to replace Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-12th Dist.) turned rude yesterday.

Charges and denials. Nastiness where there had been cordiality. Apparently there's nothing like the last two weeks

before the June 4 primary to create ill will within the party.

Assemblyman Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) and Somerset County Freeholder Michael Pappas were point-ing

fingers yesterday at their opponent, Senate Majority Leader John Bennett (R-Monmouth).

They consider Bennett the culprit for a controversial "push poll," which they claim his campaign used to at-tack

them.

Pappas said it flat out in a telephone interview. Lance strongly hinted at it at a Statehouse press conference.

Bennett, the favorite in the race, was unavailable for comment yesterday, despite requests for interviews and calls

to his law office, campaign office and home. His campaign staff issued a statement, focusing on Lance.

"The charges made by Leonard Lance are patently false. We are disappointed that he has resorted to des-perate

last-minute smear tactics," said Bennett's release. "Instead of debating the issues, Lance is making false charges."

"Push polls" are conducted under the guise of a legitimate polling operation by one campaign's operatives. When a

voter says he or she is supporting the opposing candidate, the illegitimate pollster then tells the voter something

negative about the candidate and asks if the voter will still back that candidate.

Lance said the purported pollster highlighted his votes against a measure that would take away certain bene-fits to

mothers on welfare, as well as his 1993 vote to repeal the state's ban on semiautomatic "assault" guns.

The Republican primary in the 12th District, which includes Hunterdon County and parts of Monmouth, Somerset

and Mercer counties, is crucial because the district is overwhelmingly Republican and the winner can expect to

coast in the general election.

Article 2: State still pays for GOP Rep’s health care

Cherry Hill Courier Post, 2/11/11

By Jane Roh

New Jersey Congressman Leonard Lance successfully challenged the accuracy of a radio ad attacking him this

week and got it pulled off the air.

But in doing so, the 7th district Republican may have created more problems for himself.

"I should've kept my mouth shut," Chief of Staff Todd Mitchell told the Courier-Post Friday.

The progressive group Blue America PAC Wednesday released basically identical ads hitting four House

Republicans on their votes against health care reform. The ads implied the Republicans - Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,

Charlie Bass, R-N.H., Sandy Adams, R-Fla., and Lance - enjoy taxpayer-funded health insurance.

"They voted to make it tougher for you to get affordable health care," the announcer said.

"But don't worry, Congressman Lance is all set ... since his vote didn't apply to the health plan he gets as a member

of Congress.

But the second-term congressman never enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program.

Mitchell contacted Somerset-based WCTC 1450-AM, which yanked the ad Thursday, according to a station e-mail

obtained by the Courier-Post.

Blue America PAC paid $3,000 for the initial 10-day buy.

Lance opposes the health care reform package on cost concerns - he's a deficit hawk - and on small-government

principles. But it turns out he receives medical care for practically nothing, thanks to the taxpayers of New Jersey.

Lance receives family health coverage that is free except for co-pays, the state Department of Treasury confirmed

Friday. The former state senator, assemblyman and Kean administration official qualified for retirement in 2006,

his 25th year of service. He retired in January 2009, when he moved on to Washington, and enrolled in the state's

free health plan for retirees.

The family plan Lance is enrolled in is the most expensive of the 10 options available. His coverage costs

$1,906.42 per month, or $22,877.04 per year.

Mitchell said Lance's health coverage was a private matter and not relevant to the pulled ad.

"The issue is a partisan group ran an ad against Leonard that was factually incorrect, so much so that the radio

station is pulling the ad," he argued.

"These groups have to be accountable. We can disagree on the issues but you can't just make stuff up."

Blue America spokesman Howie Klein admitted the ad could have been more thoroughly researched, but he said

the spirit of what was said was accurate.

"We don't feel we got the ad wrong," Klein said. "It's a matter of interpretation. The ad we ran originally probably

should have been worded better."

The group is now cutting a second ad that will accuse Lance of being a hypocrite on health insurance.

New Jersey's health insurance coverage for public employees is significantly more generous than plans available to

federal workers. Gov. Chris Christie is pushing for reforms to bring the state's pensions and benefits structure more

in line with that offered to him when he was a U.S. attorney.

"As an employee of the federal government ... I had to pay for 34 percent of the cost of my premium. So I paid for a

little more than a third and the taxpayers paid for two-thirds," Christie recounted at a Jan. 24 town hall in

Chesilhurst.

By contrast, most New Jersey employees pay just 1.5 percent of their salary toward one of three plans. According

to the state, 96 percent of public workers choose the most generous plan.

Christie has said the program "makes our pension system look robust."

The administration estimates unfunded liability for the state health insurance program is $66.8 billion. The state

picks up 92 percent of the tab currently; Christie's goal is to move to a premium, cost-sharing, 70/30 split model by

2014.

As a lifetime public servant in New Jersey, for Lance to opt out of the system for federal coverage would have been

risky. Not only did he face several Tea Party challengers last year, he also is viewed as a likely redistricting

casualty because of his lack of seniority.

Treasury spokesman William Quinn said Lance had to enroll in his plan immediately upon retirement or risk

forever losing coverage he'd earned through years of service.

Lance was not available for comment Friday. Mitchell said he would arrange an interview next week.

Lance next week is introducing a measure asking the U.S. Supreme Court to expedite review of the health care law,

which two federal judges have upheld and two others ruled unconstitutional.

Article 3: Pay raise plan clears Legislature, after a few bumps

Associated Press, 1/11/00

By Thomas Martello

After dodging the issue for much of the past decade, lawmakers on Monday voted to fatten their paychecks by 40

percent in two years and raise the salaries of the governor, judges, Cabinet officers and other public officials.

Following years of balking for fear of voter wrath, Monday's pay raise action couldn't take place without some last-

minute political intrigue, however.

In the Senate, the vote was taken twice, with none other than Senate President Donald DiFrancesco switching a

recorded "yes" vote to an "abstain" to clear up what his aides termed "a mistake."

After the second vote, the Senate total - 21 yes, 14 no, 5 not voting - remained the same. A Democrat - Sen. Ronald

Rice, switched from a "no" to a "yes," ensuring the bill had the minimum number of votes to pass. Sen. Gary

Furnari, D-Essex, moved from "abstain" to "no," retaining the vote's symmetry.

"We thought maybe we'd get a double raise if we voted twice," quipped Senate Democratic Leader Richard Codey,

D-Essex.

The bill later passed the Assembly, 48-28, with far fewer complications.

It now goes to Gov. Christie Whitman, who has "not made a decision yet" about whether to sign it, according to her

spokesman, Peter McDonough.

If Whitman approves, the pay raises would cost taxpayers nearly $15 million a year after being fully implemented

in 2002. The bill would boost lawmaker pay from $35,000 to $49,000, making New Jersey's part-time Legislature

among the higher paid in the nation. Lawmakers last took a pay raise vote in 1988; their last hike took effect in

1990.

The bill would, in 2002, raise the governor's salary to a maximum of $175,000, a level currently topped only by

New York. Since 1990, governors have taken only $85,000 when the maximum allowed was $130,000.

The state's Superior Court judges and county prosecutors would be paid $141,000. Cabinet-level officials in the

administration could also be paid $141,000, and the chief justice of the Supreme Court would get $164,250.

The higher pay level was suggested by a commission lawmakers set up last year. The pay raise effort lay dormant,

however, until lawmakers suddenly decided to push it last week.

The bill accepts the commission's suggestion that it regularly review public employee pay. It does not, however,

grant automatic pay raises based on the cost of living, something some lawmakers wanted. There was no discussion

on the bill on the floor of either house Monday.

"It's been 12 years since the last raise," said Sen. Joseph Kyrillos, R-Monmouth, the upper house sponsor. "The job

members of the Legislature do has become a demanding one. And this is for all branches of the government."

The pay raise plan drew wrath of anti-tax advocates, including Sam Perelli, the lone dissenter on the pay raise

commission, who called the recommendations "gifts."

Lawmakers, including DiFrancesco, were obviously concerned about voter reaction. The bill gained bipartisan

support in both houses, but some lawmakers seeking future office and those considered to be in vulnerable

legislative districts didn't support the pay raises. In the two houses, 24 Democrats vote yes, and 20 voted no. A total

of 45 Republicans voted yes, while 22 voted no.

DiFrancesco, who wants to run for governor next year, said he intended to sit out the vote. He told reporters he does

not plan to be in the Legislature when lawmaker pay raises take effect and didn't feel comfortable voting for a

gubernatorial pay raise.

He said he intended to abstain "because of the possibility it could be used against me in the future."

"I just didn't want to give someone an opportunity to use it as a political issue, and that's the honest reason,"

DiFrancesco said.

But while DiFrancesco talked with reporters, the pay vote was taken and Sen. Joseph Palaia, standing in for

DiFrancesco at the podium, mistakenly cast a yes vote for him.

"The problem was, he wanted to abstain on the bill, and nobody told me," Palaia said.

A second vote was taken about a half-hour later. Rice, who wound up voting yes, said his first vote also was a

mistake.

"I pushed the red button when I meant to push the green button," said Rice. "I intended to vote yes."

Rice acknowledged that politics played into his decision, saying being the 21st vote allowed him to lobby for

several bills to help his Newark-based district. But he said that decision was made before Monday.

Another senator eyeing higher office, William Gormley, R-Atlantic - who is expected to formally announce a run

for U.S. Senate soon - voted no.

In the Assembly, however, Collins, also a potential gubernatorial candidate, voted yes. And when Collins called the

vote, he stressed: "There will be no vote changes."