Bill Nelson | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Bill Nelson


00:01:32 1 Early life and family
00:03:16 2 Space Shuttle iColumbia/i
00:04:17 3 Early political career
00:04:27 3.1 Florida Legislature
00:04:53 3.2 U.S. House of Representatives
00:05:42 3.3 1990 gubernatorial election
00:06:08 3.4 Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal
00:07:29 4 United States Senate
00:07:38 4.1 Elections
00:07:47 4.1.1 2000 election
00:08:10 4.1.2 2006 election
00:10:11 4.1.3 2012 election
00:10:54 4.1.4 2018 election
00:11:37 4.2 Committee assignments
00:13:48 5 Political positions
00:15:46 5.1 Interest group ratings
00:17:20 5.2 Vote Smart issue positions
00:18:41 5.3 Economic issues
00:22:16 5.4 Terrorism
00:24:07 5.5 Health care
00:25:25 5.6 Immigration
00:26:08 5.7 Space exploration and NASA
00:26:59 5.8 LGBT rights
00:27:47 5.9 Foreign policy
00:28:55 5.10 Gun control
00:30:34 5.11 Student loans
00:30:50 5.12 Environment
00:32:40 5.13 Hurricanes
00:33:27 5.14 Supreme Court
00:33:41 5.15 Security and surveillance
00:34:24 6 Claims about Russian interference in Florida's 2018 elections



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Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Florida, first elected to that seat in 2000. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In January 1986, he became the second sitting member of Congress to fly in space when he served as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Before entering politics he served in the U.S. Army Reserve in the Vietnam War.Nelson retired from Congress in 1990 to run for Governor of Florida, but was unsuccessful. He was later appointed Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida, serving from 1995 to 2001. Nelson was elected to the U.S. Senate seat that had been vacated by retiring Republican Senator Connie Mack III with 51% of the vote. He was reelected in 2006 with 60% of the vote and in 2012 with 55% of the vote. Nelson ran for a fourth term in 2018, but was narrowly defeated by Republican Governor Rick Scott.In the U.S. Senate, he is generally considered a centrist and a  moderate Democrat. Nelson supports same-sex marriage, lowering taxes on lower and middle income families, expanding environmental programs and regulation, protecting the Affordable Care Act and expanding Medicaid.