cus ▁( Co - ch air ) ▁ ▁Blue ▁Col lar ▁C au cus ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁Cong r essional ▁International ▁Conserv ation ▁C au cus ▁ ▁V eter inary ▁Medicine ▁C au cus ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁Sol utions ▁C au cus ▁ ▁Political ▁positions ▁Lip in ski ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁soci ally ▁conserv ative ▁Democr ats ▁in ▁Congress . ▁In ▁recent ▁years ▁his ▁district ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁largely ▁liberal , ▁but ▁it ▁has ▁long ▁been ▁the ▁most ▁conserv ative ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁districts ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Chicago , ▁with ▁a ▁Cook ▁Part isan ▁V oting ▁Index ▁of ▁D + 6 ; ▁no ▁other ▁Chicago - based ▁district ▁has ▁a ▁P VI ▁lower ▁than ▁D + 1 5 . ▁ ▁Lip in ski ▁has ▁repeatedly ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁is ▁moving ▁too ▁far ▁to ▁the ▁left , ▁which ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁helped ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁become ▁president . ▁ ▁Ab ort ion ▁and ▁stem ▁cell ▁research ▁Lip in ski ▁is ▁anti - ab ort ion ▁and ▁serves ▁as ▁co - ch air ▁of ▁the ▁b ipart isan ▁Cong r essional ▁Pro - Life ▁C au cus . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁co - sp ons or ▁of ▁the ▁No ▁Tax p ayer ▁Fund ing ▁for ▁Ab ort ion ▁Act . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Lip in ski ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁six ▁Democr ats ▁in ▁Congress ▁who ▁voted ▁for ▁a ▁nation wide ▁ 2 0 - week ▁abort ion ▁ban . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0