Steve Chabot

In 1994, Chabot ran for the U.S. House again and defeated Democratic incumbent David S. Mann of Ohio's 1st congressional district, 56%–44%. In 1996, he defeated Democrat Mark Longabaugh, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, 54%–43%.[7] In 1998, he defeated Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls, 53% to 47%.[8] In the series of debates during that campaign, Qualls criticized Chabot for not funneling enough federal spending to his home district. Chabot countered that he would not support "wasteful or unnecessary" federal programs.[9][10] In 2000, he defeated City Councilman John Cranley 53–44%.[11] In 2002, he defeated Greg Harris with 65% of the vote.[11] In 2004, he defeated Harris again, with 60% of the vote.[12]

Chabot during the
109th Congress

Chabot defeated Democratic challenger John Cranley again, this time by a narrower margin of 52–48%.[13]

Chabot lost to State Representative Steve Driehaus, 52%–48%.[14]

In a rematch, Chabot defeated Driehaus,[15][16] Libertarian Jim Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson.[17] Chabot won with 52% of the vote.[18][19]

Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Jeff Sinnard, 58%–38%, with Green nominee Rich Stevenson and Libertarian nominee Jim Berns picking up the balance.[20] He was helped by the 2010 round of redistricting, which shifted the majority of heavily Republican Warren County to the 1st Congressional District.[21]

Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Fred Kundrata, 63%–37%.[22]

Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Michele Young, 59%–41%.[23]

Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Aftab Pureval, 51%–48%. Libertarian nominee Dirk Kubala took the remainder of the vote.

Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Kate Schroder, 52%–45%. Libertarian nominee Kevin David Kahn took the remainder of the vote.[24]

Chabot's district became considerably more Democratic in redistricting, as it afterwards included the entire city of Cincinnati. He lost 52%–47% to Democratic nominee Greg Landsman, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, ending Chabot's nearly three decade tenure in congress.[25] Afterwards, Chabot stated that he would not run for the seat in 2024.[26]

Chabot watches President George W. Bush sign the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in 2005

Chabot watches President Donald Trump sign the CARES Act in 2020

U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ed Royce, members Steve Chabot and Robin Kelly in 2017 celebrate legislation to help educate more girls

In 1999, Chabot served as one of the House managers in the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.[27]

On December 18, 2019, Chabot voted against both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Of the 195 Republicans who voted, 185 voted against both articles and 10 Republicans [28] voted for impeachment.

On January 7, 2021, Chabot objected to the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results in Congress based on false claims of voter fraud.[29]

In March 2021, he voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[30]

• Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
  • Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• Committee on the Judiciary
  • Subcommittee on the Constitution
  • Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
• Committee on Small Business

• Congressional Taiwan Caucus (co-chair)[31]
• U.S.-Japan Caucus[32]
• House Baltic Caucus
• House Cambodia Caucus
• Republican Study Committee[33]

Chabot authored a bill prohibiting a form of late-term abortion called partial-birth abortion, referred to in some medical literature by its less common name of intact dilation and extraction. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on November 5, 2003.[38]

Chabot favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). He favors market-based reforms that he claims will offer American families more lower-cost options.[39] He supported the March 2017 version of the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement for Obamacare.[40] On May 4, 2017, Chabot voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and pass the American Health Care Act.[41][42]

On the topic of man-made climate change, Chabot has said, "the evidence concerning man-made climate change is far from conclusive".[43] He has said cap-and-trade is an "extreme proposal" that would harm the economy.[43]

In 1999, Chabot was one of the managers appointed to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.[44]

On August 22, 2011, Chabot asked Cincinnati police to confiscate cameras being used by private citizens to record a town-hall meeting, even as media television cameras recorded the incident.[45][46][47] YouTube videos of the incident provided wide awareness of it, and the participating police officer was later disciplined.[48]

In 2002, Chabot advocated teaching intelligent design alongside the theory of evolution by natural selection in Ohio high schools.[49]

Chabot has called for ending logging subsidies in the Tongass National Forest,[50] and promoted relations with Taiwan.[51] In 2002, he helped spearhead the local campaign against building a light rail system in Hamilton County.[52]

As of 2016, Chabot had traveled on congressional fact-finding missions to 46 countries at a cost of $200,000.[53]