Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966) is an American politician and political scientist who served eight terms as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2021.

[1] A conservative, Lipinski did not endorse President Barack Obama in the 2012 United States presidential election.

Lipinski opposed legalized abortion and embryonic stem cell research and was one of 39 House Democrats to vote against the Affordable Care Act.

Lipinski defeated three opponents in the 2008 Democratic primary and beat Republican Michael Hawkins in the general election with 73% of the vote.

[16] She challenged him again in 2020,[17] as did Muslim-American activist and businessman Rush Darwish[18] and local resident Charles Hughes.

[36] Lipinski has repeatedly argued that the Democratic Party is moving too far to the left, which he believes helped Donald Trump become president.

[4] In January 2020, Lipinski, fellow Democratic Representative Collin Peterson, 166 Republican representatives and 39 Republican senators submitted an amicus curiae brief calling on the Supreme Court to reconsider and potentially overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, two cases that upheld abortion rights.

[49] The Office of Science and Technology Policy is currently working the next plan which the Biden administration is required to release in 2022.

[needs update] Lipinski opposed recognition of same-sex marriage until the Supreme Court legalized it nationwide in Obergefell v.

[50] In 2011, he supported the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal benefits to gay couples.

[4] Lipinski supported the First Amendment Defense Act, which would prohibit the federal government from requiring that some businesses not discriminate against same-sex couples.

[53] Lipinski now says he personally opposes same-sex marriage but supports the status quo "because it has been declared the law of the land.

According to Lipinski, the plan would "strengthen manufacturing, modernize our infrastructure, educate the workforce, force other countries to trade fairly and invest in innovation.

"[63] Lipinski was the only Illinois Democrat in Congress to oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which passed the House on March 21, 2010.

[64] He said that he broke ranks with his party for a number of reasons, including the bill's provisions related to abortion.

[43] Lipinski had previously voted for a version of the bill that contained more stringent restrictions on abortion funding.

[66] In October 2013 Lipinski was the primary sponsor of HR3425, which would have delayed any penalties under the PPACA until four months after the program's website was fully functional.

[14] In 2018, while facing a strong primary challenge, Lipinski expressed support for creating a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers (undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as minors).

[73] Lipinski was one of six House Democrats to vote against the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level in 2020.