Editing Mike Enzi (section)

===United States Senate===
====Elections====
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Simpson, who was first elected to the [[United States Senate]] in [[1978 United States Senate election in Wyoming|1978]], announced on December 3, 1995, that he would not seek reelection in the [[1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming|1996 election]].{{sfn|Simpson Will Leave Senate|1995}} Enzi announced his campaign for the Republican nomination on April 9, 1996,{{sfn|Tollefson|1996}} and defeated eight other candidates in the primary;{{sfn|Primary|1996}} one of those candidates was [[John Barrasso]], who would later be appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2007. Enzi garnered support due to his [[United States anti-abortion movement|opposition to abortion]], while Barrasso, who had been expected to win the primary, supported [[United States abortion-rights movement|abortion rights]] at the time.{{sfn|CNN|1996}}{{sfn|Lancaster|2011}} Enzi defeated Democratic nominee [[Kathy Karpan]] in the general election.{{sfn|Election|1996}} During the campaign, Enzi raised $1,020,906 and spent $989,572.{{sfn|Enzi Campaign Finance|1996}}

On March 22, 2002, Enzi announced that he would run for reelection in the [[2002 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2002 election]].{{sfn|Farquhar|2002}} Dick Bratton served as his campaign chair.{{sfn|Bebout fans|2002}} Enzi defeated Crosby Allen, a county commissioner from [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Fremont County]], in the Republican primary{{sfn|Morton|2002}}{{sfn|Primary|2002}} and Democratic nominee Joyce Corcoran, the mayor of [[Lander, Wyoming]], in the general election.{{sfn|Darr|2002}}{{sfn|Election|2002}} During the 2002 election Enzi raised $1,443,925 and spent $1,130,628{{sfn|Enzi Campaign Finance|2002}} compared to the $8,488 raised and $8,467 spent by Corcoran.{{sfn|Corcoran Campaign Finance|2002}} In the [[2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2008 election]] he raised $2,369,093 and spent $2,129,834 in order to defeat Democratic nominee [[Chris Rothfuss]], who raised $32,326 and spent $27,258.{{sfn|Enzi Campaign Finance|2008}}{{sfn|Rothfuss Campaign Finance|2008}}{{sfn|Primary|2008}}{{sfn|Election|2008}}

[[Liz Cheney]] initially opposed Enzi in the Republican primary during the [[2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2014 election]], but polling showed that Enzi would defeat her. Cheney dropped out of the race, citing family health concerns.{{sfn|Roerink|2014}}{{sfn|Burns|Kopan|Hohmann|2014}} Enzi defeated Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy and independent candidate Curt Gottshall in the election{{sfn|Primary|2014}}{{sfn|Election|2014}} 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.{{sfn|Enzi Campaign Finance|2014}}{{sfn|Hardy Campaign Finance|2014}}{{sfn|Gottshall Campaign Finance|2014}} On May 5, 2019, Enzi announced that he would not seek reelection in the [[2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2020 election]].{{sfn|Reynolds|2019}} and [[Cynthia Lummis]] was elected to succeed him.{{sfn|Election|2020}} Enzi's tenure of 23 years made him the third longest-serving senator from Wyoming behind [[Francis E. Warren]]'s 37 years and [[Joseph C. O'Mahoney]]'s 25 years.{{sfn|Reynolds|2021}}{{sfn|U.S. Senate}}

====Tenure====
In 1997, Enzi asked the [[Parliamentarian of the United States Senate|parliamentarian]] if he could bring his laptop onto the floor of the U.S. Senate and was told to ask [[Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate|Sergeant at Arms]] 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 [[United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration|Rules and Administration]] committee requested Casey to write a report.{{sfn|Gugliotta|1997}} 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. [[John Warner]], the chair of the Rules committee, sent the report to all 100 senators for consideration in September. [[Robert Byrd]] was opposed stating that the sound of typing would be irritating.{{sfn|Schmitt|1997}} [[Robert Torricelli]], [[Dianne Feinstein]], and [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] also opposed allowing laptops onto the floor.{{sfn|Gugliotta|1997}} On November 5, the Rules committee voted against allowing Enzi to bring his laptop onto the floor, [[Rick Santorum]] was the only member that voted to allow laptops onto the floor.{{sfn|U.S. House|1997}}{{sfn|NYT|1997}} As of 2018, all personal electronic devices are still prohibited from the floor.{{sfn|Thulin|2018}}

Following [[Trent Lott]]'s resignation Enzi lobbied for [[Bill Frist]] to become [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]].{{sfn|Monoson|2002}}{{sfn|Monoson|2003}} The [[Scouting in Wyoming|Central Wyoming Council]] and the [[Boy Scouts of America]] nominated Enzi for the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]], which was given to him in 1999; Enzi was the first Wyomingite to receive the award.{{sfn|Distinguished Eagle Scout Award|1999}} The [[Air Force Association]] awarded the [[Stuart Symington]] 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 [[Cliff Stearns]] for co-founding the Congressional Air Force Caucus.{{sfn|Highest Award|2001}} 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.{{sfn|Timeline}}

During the [[Impeachment trial of Bill Clinton|impeachment trial]] of President [[Bill Clinton]], Enzi voted against calling [[Monica Lewinsky]] to testify.{{sfn|Apple|1999}} He voted to convict Clinton on both articles of impeachment, but neither article received enough support to remove Clinton.{{sfn|Article I|1999}}{{sfn|Article II|1999}} Enzi voted against convicting [[Donald Trump]] on both articles of impeachment in his [[First impeachment trial of Donald Trump|first impeachment trial]].{{sfn|United States Government Publishing Office|2020}} The nominations of [[John Roberts]],{{sfn|Vote for Roberts|2005}} [[Samuel Alito]],{{sfn|U.S. Senate|2006}} [[Neil Gorsuch]],{{sfn|U.S. Senate|2017}} [[Brett Kavanaugh]],{{sfn|U.S. Senate|2018}} and [[Amy Coney Barrett]]{{sfn|U.S. Senate|2020}} to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] were supported by Enzi. He voted against [[Sonia Sotomayor]]{{sfn|U.S. Senate|2009}} and [[Elena Kagan]]'s nominations.{{sfn|U.S. Senate|2010}}

[[Heritage Action]] gave Enzi a lifetime score of 74%,{{sfn|Heritage Action}} [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] gave him a lifetime score of 91.10%,{{sfn|CPAC}} and [[Americans for Democratic Action]] gave him a score of 5% in 2020.{{sfn|ADA|p=13|2020}}

====Committees====
During Enzi's tenure in the U.S. Senate he served on the [[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs]], and [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Labor and Human Resources]] committees.{{sfn|lands labor, banking committee slots|1996}} Enzi became the chair of the [[United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety|Employment and Workplace Safety]], and [[United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance|Banking]] subcommittees following the defeat of several Republicans in the [[1998 United States Senate elections|1998]] elections.{{sfn|Davant|1999}} He became chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Health, Education, Labor and Pensions]] committee in 2004,{{sfn|Straub|2005}} and the [[United States Senate Committee on the Budget|Budget]] committee in 2015. He was the first accountant to chair the Budget committee.{{sfn|Laslo|2015}}

[[Jim Jeffords]] was replaced on the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Finance]] committee by Thomas after Jeffords left the Republicans to become an independent. Thomas, who was on the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Foreign Relations]] committee, was replaced by Enzi.{{sfn|Marsden|2001}} Thomas's death and Lott's resignation in 2007 opened seats on the Finance committee that Enzi sought, but [[John Ensign]] and [[John E. Sununu]] were given the seats instead.{{sfn|Straub|2007}}{{sfn|Straub|2008}} Sununu lost [[2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|reelection in 2008]] and Enzi was given a seat on the Finance committee in 2009.{{sfn|Gets Seat|2009}}