Positions
- He was one of the 31 who voted in the House to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election .
- Rep. Farr, like most Progressive Democrats in Congress, opposes the USA PATRIOT Act and is pro-choice. He received a 91% progressive rating by Progressive Punch, ranking him the 42nd most progressive member of congress.
- He took a leadership role for the House Democrats in opposing the Central American Free Trade Agreement because he did not think it had good environmental and worker protections.
- Rep. Farr voted against the invasion of Iraq and was actively against the Iraq War.
- He voted for the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
- He received a perfect 100% rating for the 110th, 111th, and 112th United States Congress from the Human Rights Campaign.
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