Susan W. Brooks
| Susan Brooks | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Indiana's 5th Congressional District From: January 3, 2013 – 2021 | |||
| Predecessor | Dan Burton | ||
| Successor | Victoria Spartz | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | David Brooks | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Susan Lynn Wiant Brooks (born August 25, 1960 in Fort Wayne, Indiana (age 62)) is a prosecutor and moderate Republican currently representing Indiana's 5th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. An advocate for the homosexual agenda, Brooks voted in favor of the far-left Equality Act, which would designate individually self-identified gender identity as federally "protected" classes. Having caved into the liberal mob over Donald Trump's supposedly "racist" tweets, she joined all Democrats in voting for a time-wasting resolution to condemn the president's "hateful" messages directed towards the Squad, a four-member group of progressive, anti-American leftists.
Rep. Brooks is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership and a co-chair of the moderate Tuesday Group.
In mid-June 2019, Brooks announced that she would not seek re-election in 2020 to a fifth House term,[1] eliciting disappointment from several establishmentarians.[2]
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U.S. House of Representatives
2012 election
Brooks ran for and won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2012, defeating Democrat opponent Scot Reske by a 21-point margin.[3]
2014 election
Rep. Brooks easily won re-election in 2014 by a landslide margin.[4]
Obama era
Brooks voted in favor of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, legislation that suspended the debt limit until May 18, 2013.[5]
In February 2014, Brooks voted against a bill that would extend the statutory limit on the public debt.[6]
Rep. Brooks voted in favor of implementing the Keystone XL.[7]
Brooks joined the majority of House Republicans in mid-April 2015 in voting to repeal the estate tax, often referred to as the detah tax.[8]
Being pro-life, Brooks joined 98% of House Republicans in voting to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.[9]
Rep. Brooks voted for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.[10]
2016/2018 elections
Brooks was easily re-elected in 2016 with over 60% of the vote.[11] However, she only managed to win election to a fourth House term in 2018 by a significantly smaller margin compared to the previous landslide victories.[12]
Trump era
In May 2019, Rep. Brooks joined 7 House moderate/liberal Republicans and all Democrats in voting to pass the Equality Act, erroneously claiming that the legislation is relevant to combating discrimination.[13]
After President Trump sent a tweet rebuking the Squad amidst the latter's continuous inciting of hatred and bigotry, Brooks was none too quick to rebuke the president;[14] she joined three House RINOs as well as all Democrats in voting in favor of a resolution to condemn the "hateful" tweets.[15]
Brooks opposed[16] and voted against the sham articles of impeachment brought against President Trump.[17]
On September 17, 2020, Brooks voted in favor of a bill sponsored by far-left Democrat Grace Meng to condemn the use of the term "Chinese virus" as being "racist".[18]
References
- ↑ Two references:
- ↑ Susan Brooks will not run for re-election: Lawmakers and political leaders react
- ↑ Indiana 5th District - Brooks vs. Reske
- ↑ Indiana's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014 - Ballotpedia
- ↑ HR 325 - No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 - National Key Vote
- ↑ S 540 - Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3 - Keystone XL Pipeline Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1105 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 36 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 - National Key Vote
- ↑ Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Election Results: Fifth House District
- ↑ Multiple references:
- ↑ Two references:
- ↑ Multiple references:
- ↑ Brooks Opposes Partisan Impeachment Inquiry Authorization
- ↑ Brooks Votes Against Articles of Impeachment
- ↑ Roll Call 193 | Bill Number: H. Res. 908
