John Cornyn

John Cornyn
Senate Majority Whip
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Leader Mitch McConnell
Preceded by Dick Durbin
United States Senator
from Texas
Assumed office
December 1, 2002
Serving with Ted Cruz
Preceded by Phil Gramm
Senate Minority Whip
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Leader Mitch McConnell
Preceded by Jon Kyl
Succeeded by Dick Durbin
49th Attorney General of Texas
In office
January 13, 1999 – December 1, 2002
Governor George W. Bush
Rick Perry
Preceded by Dan Morales
Succeeded by Greg Abbott
Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
In office
January 2, 1991 – October 18, 1997
Governor Ann Richards
George W. Bush
Preceded by Franklin Spears
Succeeded by Deborah Hankinson
Personal details
Born John Cornyn III
(1952-02-02) February 2, 1952
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Sandy Cornyn
Children 2
Alma mater Trinity University (BA)
St. Mary's University, Texas (JD)
University of Virginia (LLM)
Website Senate website

John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Texas, serving since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Senate Majority Whip for the 114th Congress. Cornyn previously served as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2007 to 2011.[1]

Born in Houston, Cornyn is a graduate from Trinity University and St. Mary's University School of Law, receiving his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Cornyn was a Judge on Texas' 37th District Court from 1985 to 1991, until he was elected an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, where he served 1991 to 1997. In 1998, Cornyn was elected Attorney General of Texas, serving one term until winning a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2002. He was re-elected to a second term in 2008 and to a third term in 2014.

Cornyn was born in Houston, the son of Atholene Gale Cornyn (née Danley) and John Cornyn II, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force.[2] He attended the American School in Japan while growing up when his family moved to Tokyo.[3] He graduated from Trinity University in 1973, where he majored in journalism and was a member of Chi Delta Tau.[4][5] He earned a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1977 and an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995.[6][7] He was named the St. Mary's Distinguished Law School Graduate in 1994 and a Trinity University Distinguished Alumnus in 2001.[8]

He served in San Antonio for six years as a district judge before being elected as a Republican in 1990 to the Texas Supreme Court, on which he served for seven years.

Attorney General

1998 election

In 1998 Cornyn decided to run to become Texas Attorney General. In the March primary, Barry Williamson, Railroad Commissioner, placed first with 38% of the vote but failed to get the 50% threshold necessary to win the Republican nomination. Cornyn, then a state Supreme Court Justice, got second place with 32%.[9] In the April run-off election, Cornyn defeated Williamson 58% to 42%.[10] In the general election, Cornyn defeated Jim Mattox, former attorney general (1983–1991) and U.S. Congressman, with 54% of the vote.[11] Cornyn became only the second Republican to hold the position.

Tenure

State of Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, 1997

He created the Texas Internet Bureau to investigate illegal internet practices. He fought against government waste and corruption with his investigation of fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims.[12]

However, Cornyn was criticized for failing to investigate in a timely manner the notorious false drug convictions of numerous African-Americans in Tulia, Texas. An Austin Chronicle article on September 6, 2002, noted, "After months of criticism from civil rights groups and state and national media, state attorney general and U.S. Senate candidate John Cornyn announced that his office will finally investigate the notorious 1999 drug bust in the Panhandle town of Tulia. In most cases, the testimony of a single narcotics agent led to the arrests of 46 people—43 of whom were black. The accused represented 16% of the town's black population; 14 still languish in prisons scattered around Texas".[13]

In 2005 Cornyn's name was mentioned among possibilities to replace Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor or William Rehnquist.[14]

United States Senate

Elections

2002

In the 2002 U.S. Senate Primary in Texas, Cornyn was the candidate promoted and supported by the Texas Republican Party. He easily defeated the five other candidates in the Republican Primary while disdaining the opportunity to debate the other candidates. Cornyn defeated his closest Republican challenger, Bruce Rusty Lang, a self-financed Dallas-based international physician, in the Republican Primary election by a ten to one electoral margin. In the 2002 General election, Cornyn defeated Democrat Ron Kirk in a campaign that cost each candidate over $18 million. Cornyn's predecessor, Phil Gramm, resigned early, effective November 30, 2002, so that Senator-Elect Cornyn could take office early, and move into Gramm's office suite in order to begin organizing his staff. Cornyn did not, however, gain seniority, owing to a 1980 Rules Committee policy that no longer gave seniority to senators who entered Congress early for the purpose of gaining advantageous office space.

2008

Texas has not elected a Democrat in a statewide election since 1994, and according to Rasmussen polling, in October 2008 Cornyn had an approval rating of 50%.[15] Texas House of Representatives member/Afghanistan War veteran Rick Noriega secured his place as Cornyn's Democratic challenger in the March 4 primary, beating out opponents Gene Kelly, Ray McMurrey, and Rhett Smith. The same Rasmussen poll showed Cornyn leading Noriega 47% to 43%, suggesting that this race might have proved to be unexpectedly competitive. However, most polls showed a much wider margin. Christian activist Larry Kilgore of Mansfield, was a Republican challenger for the March 2008 primary election, but Cornyn easily won the Republican Primary.[16]

Yvonne Adams Schick was the Libertarian Party's nominee.[17] In addition, the Green Party of Texas sought ballot access for its candidate David B. Collins.[18]

2014
John Cornyn speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

Cornyn succeeded in his reelection in 2014. He is now Senate Majority Whip.[19] He won the Republican primary with 59% of the vote.

Tenure

In 2004 Cornyn co-founded and became the co-chairman of the U.S. Senate India Caucus.[20] Cornyn was selected by his colleagues in December 2006 to be a member of the five-person Republican Senate leadership team as Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.[21]

Cornyn has received various awards and recognitions, including the 2005 Border Texan of the Year Award; the National Child Support Enforcement Association's Children's Champion Award; the American Farm Bureau Federation's Friend of Farm Bureau Award; the Texas Association of Business's (TAB) Fighter for Free Enterprise Award; the National Federation of Independent Business's (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business Award; the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders's (CONLAMIC) Latino Leadership Award; and the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce's (TAMACC) International Leadership Legislative Award; among others.

In 2005 Cornyn gained notice by connecting the Supreme Court's reluctance to hear arguments for sustaining Terri Schiavo's life with the recent murders of Judge Joan Lefkow's husband and mother as well as the courtroom murder of Judge Rowland Barnes. Cornyn said: "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and building up to the point where some people engage in violence".[22] His statement and a similar one by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were widely denounced, including by the New York Times.[23] Cornyn later said that he regretted the statement.[24]

In 2005 the Project On Government Oversight, a government watchdog group, presented Cornyn and Senator Patrick Leahy with its first ever Bi-Partisan Leadership Award in honor of their cooperation on issues of government oversight and transparency, including their co-sponsorship of the OPEN Government Act of 2005, which prevented burying exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act in legislation.[25]

Cornyn has been described by Jim Jubak of MSN Money as one of "Big Oil's ten favorite members of Congress", as he has received more money from the oil and gas industry than all but six other members of Congress.[26]

On the day of Obama's inauguration, it was reported that Cornyn would prevent Hillary Clinton from being confirmed as secretary of state by a unanimous floor vote that day. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's spokesman reported to the Associated Press that a roll call vote would be held instead on the following day, January 21, 2009, for the Clinton confirmation and that it was expected Clinton would "receive overwhelming bipartisan support".[27] The vote was 94–2 in her favor, with only Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and David Vitter (R-LA) voting in opposition.[28]

As chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Cornyn was a strong supporter of Norm Coleman's various court challenges to the election certification.[29] Cornyn advocated for Coleman to bring the case before the federal court, and had said the trial and appeals could take years to complete.[30] Cornyn had threatened that Republicans would wage a "World War III" if the Senate Democrats had attempted to seat Democratic candidate Al Franken before the appeals were complete.[31] Coleman conceded after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of Democratic candidate Al Franken. On November 14, 2012, Cornyn was elected Senate minority whip by his peers.[32]

In February 2013, Cornyn became one of the sponsors of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act to expedite open access to taxpayer-funded research.[33]

Committee assignments

Current Legislation

To see more legislation from Senator Cornyn go to Congress.gov

Political positions

Cornyn was ranked by National Journal as the fourteenth-most conservative United States Senator in their 2013 rankings.[35] He was considered by The Dallas Morning News to be a reliable ally of former President George W. Bush on most issues.[36]

Civil rights and law enforcement

In the 2004 debate surrounding the Federal Marriage Amendment, Cornyn released an advance copy of a speech he was to give at the Heritage Foundation. In the speech, he wrote, "It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right... Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife". According to his office, he removed the reference to the box turtle in the actual speech,[37] but the Washington Post ran the quote, as did The Daily Show.[38][39]

Cornyn sponsored a bill that would allow law enforcement to force anyone arrested or detained by federal authorities to provide samples of their DNA, which would be recorded in a central database.[40] He voted to recommend a constitutional ban on flag desecration and for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. He also voted for the reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act and extending its wiretap provision.

Defense and homeland security

Cornyn was one of only 22 Senators to vote against the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 that expands the educational benefits for soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.[41] Instead, he co-sponsored SB 2938, which gives benefits that are dependent on length of service.

In August 2012, following news reports that a Russian Akula-class nuclear-powered submarine operated in the Gulf of Mexico purportedly undetected for over a month, Cornyn demanded details of this deployment from Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, the Chief of Naval Operations.[42]

In 2013 Cornyn said that, despite the sequester, the Pentagon would actually see its budget increase.[43]

Social policy

He voted to ban partial-birth abortions except in cases where the mother's life was in danger, and for a criminal penalty for harming a fetus while committing another crime. He also voted in favor of notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. He voted against expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines.[44] He voted to prevent contributions to organizations that provide abortion as a component of family planning, and to prevent funding of organizations that support coercive abortion.[45]

Cornyn voted to confirm Samuel Alito as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and John Roberts for Chief Justice of the United States.[44] In September 2005, during the Supreme Court hearings for Roberts, Cornyn's staff passed out bingo cards to reporters. He asked them to stamp their card every time a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee used terms such as "far right" or "extremist".[46]

On July 24, 2009, Cornyn announced his intention to vote against President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, citing his opinion that she might rule "from a liberal, activist perspective".[47]

Fiscal policy

Cornyn voted to permanently repeal the estate tax and for raising the estate tax exemption to $5 million. He voted in favor of $350 billion in tax cuts over 11 years and supports making the George W. Bush tax cuts permanent.[44] However, he stands opposed to extending the 2011 payroll tax holiday.[48]

Cornyn is a cosponsor of the Fair Tax Act of 2007.[49] John Cornyn also voted for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 but against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009.

In 2005 Cornyn voted against including oil and gas smokestacks in mercury regulations. He voted against factoring global warming into federal project planning, and against banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He also voted against removing oil and gas exploration subsidies.[44] During his tenure in the Senate, Cornyn has scored 0% on the League of Conservation Voters' environmental scorecard, a system of ranking politicians according to their voting record on environmental legislation.[50]

Cornyn opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) in December 2009,[51] and he voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.[52] Cornyn stated that Senator Cruz's efforts to defund Obamacare were "unachievable". He also stated: "The shutdown did not help our cause. What did help our cause was the president’s implementation of Obamacare, which has overwhelmed everything else. I don’t hear anyone thinking that another government shutdown is the way to achieve our goals."[53]

Cornyn joined other Republican leaders to block fellow Texas Senator Ted Cruz's procedural move to reject an increase in the debt ceiling.[54]

Cornyn voted for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008 also known as the Wall Street bailout, and later voted to end the program.[55]

Gun rights

In April 2013, Senator Cornyn was one of 46 senators to vote against the passing of a bill which would have expanded background checks for all buyers. Cornyn voted with 40 Republicans and 5 Democrats to stop the passage of the bill.

In January 2014, Senator Cornyn introduced the "Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act". The bill would provide interstate reciprocity for persons with concealed weapons permits. Cornyn described the bill as "It’s like a driver’s license. It doesn’t trump state laws. Say you have a carry permit in Texas; then you use it in another state that has a concealed-carry law."[56] He is rated "A" by the National Rifle Association.[44]

Victims' rights

Senator John Cornyn has long been opposed to anyone profiting from memorabilia tied to convicted murderers, and had made three attempts thus far to pass acts against this. He introduced his first "Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act" in 2007, which died in committee. He then revived it three years later with cosponsor Amy Klobuchar. The 2010 version of the "Murderabilia" bill met the same fate as the first.[57]

In 2013, inspired by a Nidal Hasan letter put up for sale by artist Kelly Hutchison, Conryn decided to continue working on his bill. The listing claimed that all proceeds would be donated to charity, and the letter was reported to have sold anywhere from $2000 USD[58] to $500,000 USD[59] by various news sources.

Electoral history

United States Senate election in Texas, 2014[60]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Cornyn 2,855,068 62
Democratic David Alameel 1,594,252 34
Libertarian Rebecca Paddock 133,467 3
Green Emily Marie Sanchez 54,587 1
Independent Mohammed Tahiro 1,178 <1
Majority 1,022,814 22
Total votes 4,638,552 100
Voter turnout 33%
Republican hold
United States Senate Republican primary election in Texas, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Cornyn (incumbent) 781,259 59
Republican Steve Stockman 251,577 19
Republican Dwayne Stovall 140,794 11
Republican Linda Vega 50,057 4
Republican Ken Cope 34,409 3
Republican Chris Mapp 23,535 2
Republican Reid Reasor 20,600 2
Republican Curt Cleaver 12,325 1
Texas U.S. Senate Election 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John Cornyn (incumbent) 4,326,639 55
Democratic Rick Noriega 3,383,890 43
Libertarian Yvonne Adams Schick 184,729 2
Texas U.S. Senate Republican Primary Election 2008
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican John Cornyn (incumbent) 997,216 81
Republican Larry Kilgore 226,649 19
Texas U.S. Senate Election 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John Cornyn 2,480,991 55
Democratic Ron Kirk 1,946,681 43
Libertarian Scott Jameson 35,538 1
Green Roy Williams 25,051 <1
Texas U.S. Senate Republican Primary Election 2002
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican John Cornyn 478,825 77
Republican Bruce Rusty Lang 46,907 8
Republican Douglas Deffenbaugh 43,611 7
Republican Dudley Mooney 32,202 5
Republican Lawrence Cranberg 17,757 3
Texas Attorney General Election 1998
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican John Cornyn 2,002,794 54
Democratic Jim Mattox 1,631,045 44
Libertarian Mike Angwin 57,604 2
Texas Attorney General Republican Primary Runoff Election 1998
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican John Cornyn 135,130 58
Republican Barry Williamson 98,218 42
Texas Attorney General Republican Primary Election 1998
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican Barry Williamson 208,345 38
Republican John Cornyn 176,269 32
Republican Tom Pauken 162,180 30
Texas Associate Justice Supreme Court Election 1996
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican John Cornyn (incumbent) 2,686,518 52
Democratic Patrice Barron 2,351,750 46
Libertarian Thomas Stults 129,203 2

Personal life

Cornyn and his wife, the former Sandy Hansen, have two daughters.

Cornyn gained national attention when he released a video referring to himself as "Big Bad John." The video was featured on comedy shows such as The Colbert Report and The Daily Show.

In August 2014, Cornyn was named "Mr. South Texas" for the 118th Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo in February 2015. WBCA president Veronica Castillon said that Cornyn "loves Laredo, and it shows through his attention and actions ..."[61]

Cornyn receives payments from 3 separate state and local government pensions in addition to his Senate salary.[62]

Sources

References

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  5. ↑ "Alumni Association Foundation – Chi Delta Tau". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
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  36. ↑ "Bush rallies immigration bill's GOP foes", The Dallas Morning News June 13, 2006
  37. ↑ "Corrections". The Washington Post. July 13, 2004. Retrieved September 1, 2015. The June [sic] 12 Politics column quoted Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) discussing gay marriage in a recent speech to the Heritage Foundation. The written text released by Cornyn's office contained the quote, but his office says the senator did not include it in his delivered remarks.
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  42. ↑ Gertz, Bill (August 14, 2012). "Silent Running". Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved October 4, 2012. Of the submarine activity, Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said, “It’s a confounding situation arising from a lack of leadership in our dealings with Moscow. While the president is touting our supposed ‘reset’ in relations with Russia, Vladimir Putin is actively working against American interests, whether it’s in Syria or here in our own backyard.”; Gertz, Bill (August 21, 2012). "Torpedo Run". Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved October 4, 2012. “The submarine patrol, taken together with the air incursions, seems to represent a more aggressive and destabilizing Russian military stance that could pose risks to our national security,” Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) stated in an Aug. 17 letter to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert.; "Reports of Russian sub in gulf downplayed". UPI. August 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012. Russia declined to confirm or deny a media report that one of its submarines spent a month in the Gulf of Mexico without the knowledge of the United States.; and "Russian submarine sailed incognito along the coast of the U.S.". Pravda. August 21, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Sunday sent the letter to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert requesting more information on the purported incident.
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  55. ↑ "Politifact-Texas". Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  56. ↑ Miller, Emily (January 15, 2014). "MILLER: Texas Shootout - John Cornyn and Steve Stockman Senate race is all about gun rights". Washington Times. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  57. ↑ Texas Monthly, Dan Solomon, 9/24/2013, “John Cornyn’s Quest To End “Murderabilia“
  58. ↑ Military Times, Joe Gould, 10/1/2013, “Sale of Hasan letter prompts proposed ban on 'murderabilia'“
  59. ↑ Fox News, Channel 7 Austin, Texas, 9/20/2013, “Sen. Cornyn seeks to ban 'murderabilia'“
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  61. ↑ "Cornyn is Mr. Southb Texas", Laredo Morning Times, August 5, 2014, p. 3A
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Preceded by
Dan Morales		 Attorney General of Texas
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Party political offices
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Phil Gramm		 Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Texas
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