"The Year Of The Bible." He also introduced a bill to ban the sale or rental of sexually explicit materials on U.S. military installations. In 2008, 2009, and 2011, Broun was the lead sponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution to define marriage as "as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman" and thus prohibit same-sex marriage in the United States. Broun also sponsored the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment in various congresses. Broun received a 96% rating from the National Taxpayers Union. Broun also voted against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and decries the high cost of the bill. In 2008, Broun signed Americans for Prosperity's "No Climate Tax" pledge, promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes. Broun, in September 2008, voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or "TARP". Broun voted against the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009. Broun strongly opposed the Affordable Care Act ("ACA" or "Obamacare) and supported efforts to repeal and defund the health care reform legislation. Broun supported the October 2013 U.S. federal government shutdown, which was precipitated by a group of Republican members of Congress who sought to dismantle the ACA. In 2009, Broun proposed alternate health care legislation that would involve a 100% tax deduction of healthcare costs, allowing consumers to shop for health insurance across state lines, and the privatization of Medicare. In 2013, Broun introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013 (the "audit the Fed" legislation), a bill that would direct the GAO to conduct an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Banks. Broun has argued for continued U.S. support of Israel on both strategic and theological grounds, saying in 2014, "It's absolutely imperative that we support Israel—our brothers and sisters in the Middle East—not only because of the geopolitical reasons there, which are strong enough in themselves, but because of a promise God made to Abraham." 2020 AR-15 campaign ad video controversy A video released by Broun's campaign in 2020 showed Broun shooting a rifle, offering to give away an AR-15 rifle "to one lucky person who signs up for email updates" from his campaign website, and warning that during the COVID-19 pandemic that Americans might need