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Revision as of 21:24, April 3, 2020
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| U.S. Senator from North Carolina From: January 3, 2015 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Kay Hagan | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives From: January 26, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | |||
| Predecessor | Joe Hackney | ||
| Successor | Tim Moore | ||
| North Carolina House of Representatives, 98th district From: January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015 | |||
| Predecessor | John Rhodes | ||
| Successor | John R. Bradford III | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Susan Tillis | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Thomas Roland "Thom" Tillis is the junior Unites States Senator from North Carolina. He is a member of the Republican Party, and was elected in November 2014. Tillis serves on the Committee on Armed Services; the Committee on Veterans Affairs; the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; the Special Committee on Aging; and the Committee on the Judiciary.
U.S. Senate
2014 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina
Tillis ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014, a year that flipped Senate control towards the Republicans. In a close race, he beat then-incumbent Kay Hagan by less than 2% of the vote.[1]
Tenure
Trump era
Tillis urged Trump in 2017 to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement.[2]
On February 2018, Tillis joined Senate establishment RINOs in calling for Donald Trump to preserve the globalist NAFTA.[3] However, he later supported replacing it with the USMCA, calling NAFTA "outdated".[4] Tillis voted for the implementation of the USMCA in January 2020.[5]
In March 2019, Tillis, having a condition of Romnesia, opposed Trump's national emergency declaration[6] before finally voting in favor of it due to conservative pressure within North Carolina.[7]
Tillis introduced a bill on March 12, 2020 that would block lawmakers from receiving pensions if they have been convicted of felonies.[8]
References
- ↑ 2014 North Carolina Senate Election Results
- ↑ Tillis wanted out of Paris; what now
- ↑ Senate Republicans call on Trump to preserve NAFTA
- ↑ Thom Tillis on Free Trade
- ↑ HR 5430 - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ NC Senator Thom Tillis to Vote Against Trump’s Declaration of Emergency
- ↑ Tillis reverses course, votes to support Trump on national emergency declaration
- ↑ Two references: