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| − | '''Sam Brownback''' (born 1956) is a Republican Senator from Kansas who is running for president and touting himself as the most socially conservative candidate available. He cites former Senator Jesse Helms as a model.[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9178374/gods_senator] Brownback is most well known for his pro-life views and his work on human rights issues. | + | '''Sam Brownback''' (born 1956) is a Republican Senator from Kansas who is [http://www.brownback.com/ running for president] and touting himself as the most socially conservative candidate available. He cites former Senator Jesse Helms as a model.[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9178374/gods_senator] Brownback is most well known for his pro-life views and his work on human rights issues. |
Senator Brownback has come under fire for supporting the Kennedy-McCain proposal on [[illegal immigration]]. | Senator Brownback has come under fire for supporting the Kennedy-McCain proposal on [[illegal immigration]]. | ||
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Template:Stub Sam Brownback (born 1956) is a Republican Senator from Kansas who is running for president and touting himself as the most socially conservative candidate available. He cites former Senator Jesse Helms as a model.[1] Brownback is most well known for his pro-life views and his work on human rights issues.
Senator Brownback has come under fire for supporting the Kennedy-McCain proposal on illegal immigration.
Raised as a Methodist, Brownback later joined a nondenominational evangelical church, and in 2002 he became Catholic.
In December 2005, Brownback advocated using Washington, DC as a "laboratory" for a flat tax.
Brownback was involved in funding allogations concerning his first campaign for the Senate.[2]
The Reverend Rob Schenk of the National Clergy Council has called Brownback the "gold standard" for a viable conservative presidential candidate. [3]