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Michael Bradley Enzi ( ; February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician who served in the
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from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate he served as mayor of
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, in the
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from Campbell County, and the
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from the 24th district. He was the third longest-serving U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Enzi was born in
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, raised in
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, and educated at Sheridan High School,
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, and the
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. He served in the
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, and held positions in the American Legion Boys State,
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, and
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. He entered politics after being convinced by Alan Simpson to run for mayor of Gillette and defeating incumbent Mayor Cliff Davis. He was elected to the state house in the 1986 election and served until his appointment to the state senate in 1991. Elected to the U.S. Senate in
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, Enzi served as chair or ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and
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committees. He served until he declined to seek reelection in
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, and was succeeded by
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. He died in 2021 following injuries resulting from a bicycling accident.


Early life and education

Michael Bradley Enzi was born in
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, on February 1, 1944, to Elmer J. Enzi (1914–1988) and Dorothy Bradley. Raised in
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, he graduated from Sheridan High School in 1962,
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with a degree in accounting in 1966, and from the
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with a
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in retail marketing in 1968. Enzi was elected to as a city councilor in the American Legion Boys State in 1961, and junior councilor in the Wyoming
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organization in 1963. In 1970, Enzi was appointed to serve as vice-chair of the nine-member Public Health Nursing Advisory Committee in Gillette, and elected president of the Wyoming
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in 1973. From 1967 to 1973, Enzi served in the Wyoming Army National Guard. He was criticized by multiple people, including Wyoming
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Commander Bill Saunders, for attempting to equate his service in the Wyoming Army National Guard with that of those who served in the
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although Enzi stated that his comments were misinterpreted. On June 7, 1969, Enzi married Diana Buckley, with whom he had three children, and moved to
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, a week later. Buckley and Enzi opened NZ Shoes in Gillette, and opened two other locations in Sheridan and Miles City, Montana. He was an accounting manager, computer programmer, and safety trainer at Dunbar Well Service from 1985 to 1997.


Career


Local politics

Alan Simpson convinced Enzi to run for mayor of Gillette in 1974. He defeated incumbent Mayor Cliff Davis and was reelected without opposition in 1978. Stating that he was "not a career politician", Enzi declined to seek reelection on July 7, 1982. Two city council seats were vacated within an one month span of April to May 1976, by the resignations of Ed Geringer and Jack Babcock; Enzi filled both vacancies with Jack Edmunds and Robert White respectively. Gillette's Planning and Zoning Commission was created in 1979, and Enzi appointed six of the seven positions on the board upon its creation. Water was rationed in Gillette prior to a water pipeline being built during Enzi's tenure as mayor. Enzi was appointed to serve on the
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' community development committee. He was vice-president and president of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities. Enzi's term as president of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities was meant to end in June 1983, but he left his mayoral office in January, causing John Nickle to serve the remainder of his term.


Wyoming Legislature

Dick Wallis, John Hines, and Enzi were elected to the three seats in the
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from Campbell County in the 1986 election without opposition as Republicans. All three representatives won reelection in the 1988 and 1990 elections against Democratic opponents. John Ostlund, a member of the
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, ran for
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rather than seek reelection in 1978. It was speculated that Enzi might run to succeed him, but he instead announced that he would run for reelection as mayor on July 17. Senator Kelly Mader resigned on December 9, 1991, due to him having moved his family to Denver, Colorado, and starting a business there. Enzi was selected to replace Mader on December 13, while David Shippy was selected to replace Enzi in the state house. Enzi faced no opposition in the Republican primary or general election in 1992. During Enzi's tenure in the state house he served on the Education, Corporations and Elections, and Mines and Minerals committees. He served on the Joint Appropriations committee and as the chair of the Revenue committee in the state senate. He lost his position as chair of the Revenue committee and was replaced by
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in 1996, as senate rules prohibited statewide candidates from serving as chairs of committee.


United States Senate


Elections

Simpson, who was first elected to the
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in
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, announced on December 3, 1995, that he would not seek reelection in the 1996 election. Enzi announced his campaign for the Republican nomination on April 9, 1996, and defeated eight other candidates in the primary; one of those candidates was
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, who would later be appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2007. Enzi garnered support due to his
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, while Barrasso, who had been expected to win the primary, supported
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at the time. Enzi defeated Democratic nominee Kathy Karpan in the general election. During the campaign, Enzi raised $1,020,906 and spent $989,572. On March 22, 2002, Enzi announced that he would run for reelection in the 2002 election. Dick Bratton served as his campaign chair. Enzi defeated Crosby Allen, a county commissioner from Fremont County, in the Republican primary and Democratic nominee Joyce Corcoran, the mayor of
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, in the general election. During the 2002 election Enzi raised $1,443,925 and spent $1,130,628 compared to the $8,488 raised and $8,467 spent by Corcoran. In the 2008 election he raised $2,369,093 and spent $2,129,834 in order to defeat Democratic nominee
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, who raised $32,326 and spent $27,258.
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initially opposed Enzi in the Republican primary during the 2014 election, but polling showed that Enzi would defeat her. Cheney dropped out of the race, citing family health concerns. Enzi defeated Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy and independent candidate Curt Gottshall in the election after raising $3,777,045 and spending $3,491,953 compared to the $91,678 and $76,631 raised and $88,284 and $76,431 spent by Hardy and Gottshall respectively. On May 5, 2019, Enzi announced that he would not seek reelection in the 2020 election. and
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was elected to succeed him. Enzi's tenure of 23 years made him the third longest-serving senator from Wyoming behind
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's 37 years and Joseph C. O'Mahoney's 25 years.


Tenure

In 1997, Enzi asked the parliamentarian if he could bring his laptop onto the floor of the U.S. Senate and was told to ask
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Gregory S. Casey. Casey told Enzi that the rules only allowed "mechanical devices" that were deemed "necessary and proper", but that he could not determine what met that criteria without guidance from the U.S. Senate. The Rules and Administration committee requested Casey to write a report. Casey conducted a three-month study and determined that that the rules allowed members to use laptops on the floor, but not if they were connected to an outside network.
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, the chair of the Rules committee, sent the report to all 100 senators for consideration in September.
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was opposed stating that the sound of typing would be irritating.
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,
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, and
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also opposed allowing laptops onto the floor. On November 5, the Rules committee voted against allowing Enzi to bring his laptop onto the floor,
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was the only member that voted to allow laptops onto the floor. As of 2018, all personal electronic devices are still prohibited from the floor. Following
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's resignation Enzi lobbied for
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to become
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. The Central Wyoming Council and the
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nominated Enzi for the
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, which was given to him in 1999; Enzi was the first Wyomingite to receive the award. The Air Force Association awarded the
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award, given for outstanding civilian contribution in the field of national security and the organization's highest civilian award, to Enzi and U.S. Representative
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for co-founding the Congressional Air Force Caucus. The Golden Gavel Award, which is given to those who preside over the U.S. Senate for 100 hours in a single session, was given to Enzi in 1997 and 2004. During the
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of President
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, Enzi voted against calling
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to testify. He voted to convict Clinton on both articles of impeachment, but neither article received enough support to remove Clinton. Enzi voted against convicting
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on both articles of impeachment in his first impeachment trial. The nominations of
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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to the
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were supported by Enzi. He voted against
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and
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's nominations.
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gave Enzi a lifetime score of 74%,
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gave him a lifetime score of 91.10%, and
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gave him a score of 5% in 2020.


Committees

During Enzi's tenure in the U.S. Senate he served on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Labor and Human Resources committees. Enzi became the chair of the Employment and Workplace Safety, and
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subcommittees following the defeat of several Republicans in the
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elections. He became chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee in 2004, and the
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committee in 2015. He was the first accountant to chair the Budget committee.
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was replaced on the
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committee by Thomas after Jeffords left the Republicans to become an independent. Thomas, who was on the
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committee, was replaced by Enzi. Thomas's death and Lott's resignation in 2007 opened seats on the Finance committee that Enzi sought, but
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and John E. Sununu were given the seats instead. Sununu lost reelection in 2008 and Enzi was given a seat on the Finance committee in 2009.


Death

On July 23, 2021, Enzi broke his neck and multiple ribs in a bicycling accident near his home in Gillette. He was flown to Medical Center of the Rockies in
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, where he died on July 26.


Political positions


Campaign finance

Opposed to the
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, Enzi voted to sustain a filibuster against it stating that it violated the
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rights of interest groups to contribute money in 1997 and 1998, and voted against the it in 2002. He returned $3,500 in campaign contributions given to him by
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following their
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, but kept the $10,000 given to him by
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following his corruption indictment.


Coinage

Enzi led the effort to create the
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to honor Sacagawea and replace the Susan B. Anthony dollar despite other members of the U.S. Senate who wanted the coin to depict the
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,
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, or another figure. Enzi wrote a letter to Treasurer
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asking for the coin to be unveiled at Fort Washakie. The Sacagawea coin was made the official state coin of Wyoming in 2005. He supported the dollar coin and wanted to eliminate the
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.


Crime and guns

John Perry and Enzi cosponsored legislation in 1986, which would the assault and battery of people above the age of 65 a high misdemeanor. He supported the use of
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. The
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ruled that it was illegal to use controlled substances for
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and Enzi requested Attorney General
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to make comments against assisted suicide as he was "concerned that the proponents of assisted suicide could interpret her silence on the matter as an approval". He voted against the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. The
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gave Enzi "A" ratings in 1996, and 2014. Enzi initially supported the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act, which aimed to reduce crimes committed by juveniles, but withdrew his support stating that the legislation infringed on the
Second Amendment The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of Un ...
. Enzi voted against amendments to the Juvenile Justice Enforcement Act that would require background checks for firearms sales at gun shows and flea markets, regulate the transfer of firearms through the internet, and banning the importation of high capacity ammunition magazines; he was one of two senators that voted against an amendment to prohibit juveniles from purchasing or possessing assault-style semi-automatic weapons without the consent of a parent Enzi introduced legislation in 2001, which would have required law enforcement to destroy the records created by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...
of people who passed a
background check A background check is a process used by an organisation or person to verify that an individual is who they claim to be, and check their past record to confirm education, employment history, and other activities, and for a criminal record. The fr ...
for a gun purchase. Enzi supported the creation of an
amendment An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document. It is based on the verb to amend, which means to change for better. Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these agreements. They ...
prohibiting the
desecration Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character, or the disrespectful, contemptuous, or destructive treatment of that which is held to be sacred or holy by a group or individual. Overview Many consider acts of desecration t ...
of the
flag of the United States The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal Bar (heraldry), stripes, Variation of the field, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the Canton ( ...
. Enzi voted in favor of the flag desecration amendment in 2000 and 2006, but it failed to receive a two-thirds majority both times.


Economics

In 1994, the state senate voted 29 to 1, with Enzi as the sole vote against, in favor of placing a moratorium on the sale of state land. Enzi was given a Taxpayer's Friend award by the
National Taxpayers Union The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) is a fiscally conservative taxpayer advocacy organization and taxpayers union in the United States, founded in 1977 by James Dale Davidson. NTU says that it is the oldest taxpayer advocacy organization in t ...
in their 1999 report. Enzi opposed the
estate tax International tax law distinguishes between an estate tax and an inheritance tax. An inheritance tax is a tax paid by a person who inherits money or property of a person who has died, whereas an estate tax is a levy on the estate (money and pr ...
and criticized Clinton for vetoing legislation to phase out the estate tax at the federal level over the course of ten years. Enzi supported the
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...
's
bailout A bailout is the provision of financial help to a corporation or country which otherwise would be on the brink of bankruptcy. A bailout differs from the term ''bail-in'' (coined in 2010) under which the bondholders or depositors of global syst ...
of South Korea during the
1997 Asian financial crisis The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East Asia, East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide eco ...
. Enzi voted against an amendment to raise the minimum wage by $1 over the course of two years in 1998, and against raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour in 2014. In 2006, he proposed a two-staged minimum wage increase of $1.10 over the course of 18 months as an alternative to a minimum wage increase proposed by
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
. 24 U.S. Senators, including Enzi, wrote a letter to Clinton in 1999, asking him to implement tariffs to protect lamb production in the United States. He supported a 2002 ruling by the
United States International Trade Commission The United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) is an agency of the United States federal government that advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of trade. It was created by Congress in 1916 as the U.S. Tari ...
which would allow tariffs on wheat imports from Canada. 16 Republican senators, including Enzi, cosponsored legislation in 2018, that would suspend the 22% tariff on newsprint from Canada. Enzi supported the creation of a
balanced budget amendment A balanced budget amendment or debt brake is a constitutional rule requiring that a state cannot spend more than its income. It requires a balance between the projected receipts and expenditures of the government. Balanced-budget provisions ha ...
and stated that without the amendment the president could use "smoke and mirrors" to circumvent requirements for a balanced budget. He voted against the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (), nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a Stimulus (economics), stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009. Developed ...
. In 2011, he introduced legislation to change the creation of the
United States federal budget The United States budget comprises the spending and revenues of the U.S. federal government. The budget is the financial representation of the priorities of the government, reflecting historical debates and competing economic philosophies. Th ...
from an annual basis to biennial. Enzi opposed a ballot initiative in 1994, that would allow counties in Wyoming to legalize gambling and was director of Wyomingites for a Better Economy Today and Tomorrow, which opposed the initiative. In 1997, Enzi introduced an amendment to legislation for the
United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation ...
's spending that would prohibit approving new
Native American casinos Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, slots halls and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal lands in the United States. Because these areas have tribal sovereignty, states have limited ability to fo ...
without state approval; the
Arapaho The Arapaho ( ; , ) are a Native American people historically living on the plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely aligned with the Lakota and Dakota. By the 1850s, Arapaho bands formed t ...
and
Shoshone The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: * Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming * Northern Shoshon ...
tribes criticized Enzi for proposing this without consulting them. Ron Allen, the president of the
National Congress of American Indians The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is an Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American Indian and Alaska Natives, Alaska Native Indigenous rights, rights organization. It was founded in 1944 to represent the tribes and resist U.S. ...
and chair of the
Klallam The Klallam (; also known as the S'Klallam or Clallam) are a Coast Salish people Indigenous to the northern Olympic Peninsula. The language of the Klallam is the Klallam language (), a language closely related to the North Straits Salish lang ...
tribe, criticized Enzi for attempting to limit the power of Native Americans to negotiate gambling contracts with the federal government.


Environment

The
Public Interest Research Group Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are a federation of U.S. and Canadian non-profit organizations that employ grassroots organizing and direct advocacy on issues such as consumer protection, public health and transportation. The PIRGs are cl ...
gave Enzi a 0% rating for votes on environmental legislation conducted between March 1997 and March 1998. Byrd and Enzi cosponsored a resolution, made in response to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. It is an international treaty among countries to combat "dangerous human interference with th ...
, calling for Clinton to not sign global climate agreements if they harmed the interests of the United States or if they failed to include
developing nations A developing country is a sovereign state with a less-developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to developed countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreemen ...
. Enzi opposed the
Kyoto Protocol The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is oc ...
. He supported
drilling Drilling is a cutting process where a drill bit is spun to cut a hole of circular cross section (geometry), cross-section in solid materials. The drill bit is usually a rotary Cutting tool (machining), cutting tool, often multi-point. The bit i ...
in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR, pronounced as “''ANN-warr''”) or Arctic Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States, on traditional Inupiaq, Iñupiaq and Gwichʼin, Gwich'in lands. The refuge is of ...
.


Equality

The
NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du&nbs ...
gave Enzi a F rating in 2002. He opposed the creation of federal hate crime legislation and attempts by Clinton to expand federal hate crime legislation. Enzi denounced the murder of
Matthew Shepard Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on October 6, 1998. He was transported by rescuers to Poudre Valle ...
and expressed sympathy for his family, but voted against the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Legislation in the Wyoming state senate which would declare all same-sex marriages in the United States invalid in Wyoming was supported by Enzi. He supported the Boy Scouts exclusion of gay scouts and leaders and supported legislation to end federal aid to schools which prohibited the Boy Scouts due to their refusal to admit gay members. Enzi supported Santorum's comments on ''
Lawrence v. Texas ''Lawrence v. Texas'', 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws Sodom ...
'' in which Santorum stated that
sodomy laws A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term ''sodomy'' are rarely spelled out in the law, but are typically understood and defined by many courts and jurisdictions to include any o ...
should be upheld stating that allowing sodomy would give people the right to incest, bigamy, and adultery. In 2004, Enzi voted in favor of the
Federal Marriage Amendment The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment, was a proposed Article Five of the United States Constitution, amendment to the United States Constitution that would legally define marria ...
, which would prohibit gay marriage. Enzi was given a zero percent rating from
NARAL Pro-Choice America Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America and commonly known as simply NARAL ( ), is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization in the United States that engages in lobbying, politics, political action, and advocacy efforts to op ...
in its 1997 report. 39 senators and 168 representatives, including Enzi, signed
amicus brief An amicus curiae (; ) is an individual or organization that is not a party to a legal case, but that is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. Whether an ''amic ...
in 2020, calling for the Supreme Court to overturn ''
Roe v. Wade ''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected the right to have an ...
''. Enzi cosponsored a resolution expressing support for Judge
Roy Moore Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017, each time being removed from office for judic ...
's attempts to have the
Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (), or the Decalogue (from Latin , from Ancient Greek , ), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given by YHWH to Moses. The text of the Ten ...
displayed in his courtroom.


Foreign policy

Enzi opposed sending soldiers to
Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
to participate in the
Kosovo War The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It ...
and stated that "there was no exit plan built in". Enzi voted to express Congressional approval for the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the
Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of ...
. Enzi supported legislation to end the
blockade A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are ...
on food and medicine sales and donations to
Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
in 1998, and later asked Bush to lift restrictions on selling American food and medicine to Cuba. Enzi stated that the
United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, ...
should not become involved with
Elián González Elián González Brotons (born December 6, 1993) is a Cuban engineer and politician. As a six-year-old child, he was at the center of a high-profile international custody dispute between family members and involving Cuba and the United States. ...
. In 2003, he and Senator
Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
called for travel restrictions to Cuba to be lifted. He and Senator
Byron Dorgan Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senate, United States Senator (1 ...
introduced the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act with other Democratic and Republican senators to allow Americans to travel to Cuba in 2009, and supported other legislation to allow Americans to travel to Cuba. Enzi voted in favor of the
Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF; , ) is a joint resolution of the United States Congress which became law on September 18, 2001, authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the September ...
and the
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002,2003 State of the Union Address The 2003 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on January 28, 2003, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 108th United States Congress. It ...
stating that he had made solid arguments against Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a Biological agent, biological, chemical weapon, chemical, Radiological weapon, radiological, nuclear weapon, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people or cause great dam ...
and the need to disarm Iraq and later stated that
Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...
must be overthrown to disarm Iraq. In 2003, he stated that he still believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction despite no weapons of mass destruction being discovered following the
invasion of Iraq An invasion is a military offensive of combatants of one geopolitical entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory controlled by another similar entity, often involving acts of aggression. Generally, invasions have objectives ...
. The withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq was opposed by Enzi. Questioning what objectives would be achieved or interested served, Enzi opposed giving
Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...
authorization to order military strikes against
Ba'athist Syria Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the One-party state, one-party rule of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region, Syrian regional branch of the Ba'ath Party (Syri ...
. The
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military purposes, in all environments. It was adopted by the United Nati ...
was opposed by Enzi, who stated that the United States needed to test its nuclear weapons as one-third of the nuclear weapons were detected to have flaws from 1945 to 1992. He supported either amending or leaving the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, also known as the ABM Treaty or ABMT, was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against ball ...
. Enzi was among the 47 Republican members of the U.S. Senate that signed a letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran stating that the nuclear deal between Iran and the United States could be undone by a future president. Returning the Balangiga bells, which were taken as war trophies during the
Philippine–American War The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged following the conclusion of the Spanish–American War in December 1898 when the United States annexed th ...
, to the Philippines was opposed by Enzi.


Healthcare

In 2000, Enzi asked Senator
William Roth William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republi ...
, the chair of the Finance Committee, to implement geographic equity for Medicare spending in order to give money to rural healthcare. Enzi voted in favor of the
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (, GINA ), is an Act of Congress in the United States designed to prohibit some types of genetic discrimination. The act bars the use of genetic information in health insurance and employm ...
. An opponent of the
Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by Presid ...
, he voted against it in 2009, and in favor of repealing it in 2015.


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Michael B. Enzi papers
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Enzi statement on the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton
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