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Dick Gephardt on Abortion
Click here for 10 full quotes on Abortion OR background on Abortion.
  • Overturn the ban on new stem cell research. (Nov 2003)
  • Voted 7 times against partial birth abortion. (Apr 2000)
  • Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
  • Voted NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
  • Voted NO on banning human cloning, including medical research. (Jul 2001)
  • Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
  • Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
  • Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
  • Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
  • Rated 30% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Budget & Economy
Click here for 9 full quotes on Budget & Economy OR background on Budget & Economy.
  • Return to Clinton economic policy from Bush's failed policy. (Sep 2003)
  • Healthcare reform is critical to economy. (Sep 2003)
  • I led 1990s boom-I can get economy moving again. (Sep 2003)
  • Push a bold plan for health care and jobs creation. (Jun 2003)
  • Repeal the Bush tax cuts and invest in people. (Jun 2003)
  • 1993 tax increase & sound economics caused budget surplus. (May 2003)
  • Stakeholder economics: Balance for everyone’s benefit. (Jul 1999)
  • Top 1% have benefited much more than average worker. (Jul 1999)
  • People are working harder for same wages. (Aug 1995)
Dick Gephardt on Civil Rights
Click here for 12 full quotes on Civil Rights OR background on Civil Rights.
  • Voted for USA Patriot Act, but it's not balanced now. (Nov 2003)
  • Democrats need to earn the vote of African-Americans. (Sep 2003)
  • We're all in it together. (Sep 2003)
  • Strike a balance between liberty and security. (Jun 2003)
  • Christian Coalition’s intolerance has no place in politics. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
  • Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
  • Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag. (Jun 1999)
  • Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
  • Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
  • Rated 71% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
Dick Gephardt on Corporations
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  • Greed can kill democracy and capitalism. (Sep 2003)
  • $36B in tax relief for small businesses. (Mar 2000)
  • Code of conduct for US businesses empowers workers. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
  • Rated 0% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Crime
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  • Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
  • Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
  • Voted YES on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
  • Voted NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
  • Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
  • Rated 56% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation. (Dec 2000)
  • More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
  • Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
Dick Gephardt on Drugs
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  • Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
  • Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
  • Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
Dick Gephardt on Education
Click here for 17 full quotes on Education OR background on Education.
  • Republicans don't want to fund special education. (Dec 2003)
  • Vouchers take needed funds away from public schools. (Nov 2003)
  • Join Teacher Corps and we'll pay your college loans. (May 2003)
  • Make first $10,000 of college tax deductible. (Jan 2002)
  • Mobilize against national security crisis in our schools. (Jan 2001)
  • Education agenda to improve public schools for 21st century. (Oct 2000)
  • Address school violence via character ed & counselors. (Oct 2000)
  • More teachers, more classrooms, more federal funding. (Jul 1999)
  • More federal help for college; outraged at rising costs. (Jul 1999)
  • Longer school day and longer school year. (Jul 1999)
  • Opposes vouchers on equity & civic grounds. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
  • Voted YES on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
  • Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
  • Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
  • Voted NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)
  • Rated 67% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Energy & Oil
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  • Apollo 2: Make US independent of foreign oil. (Sep 2003)
  • End dangerous addiction to foreign oil. (Jun 2003)
  • 10-year plan to develop hybrid cars then hydrogen fuel cells. (May 2003)
  • Voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
  • Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
  • Voted YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
  • Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
  • Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)
Dick Gephardt on Environment
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  • Provide real leadership on critical environmental issues. (Jun 2003)
  • Base trade on shared environmental values. (Jul 1999)
  • Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Families & Children
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  • More funding for Violence Against Women Act. (Sep 2000)
  • Parental involvement with school & kids solves social woes. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)
  • Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Foreign Policy
Click here for 6 full quotes on Foreign Policy OR background on Foreign Policy.
  • Bush broke up alliances built over 70 years. (Sep 2003)
  • Voted NO on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
  • Voted YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. (May 2001)
  • Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
  • Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
  • Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)
Dick Gephardt on Free Trade
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  • I'm for labor rights and NAFTA supporters are not. (Jan 2004)
  • Walk the walk of labor and environmental standards-by voting. (Jan 2004)
  • Enact international minimum wage through WTO. (Nov 2003)
  • Against protectionism and for trade treaties. (Nov 2003)
  • Trade agreements must protect labor & environment. (Oct 2003)
  • Fair trade saves jobs-globalization with fairness. (Sep 2003)
  • Progressive trade policy helps every worker in the world. (Sep 2003)
  • Race to the bottom if we have no trade standards. (Sep 2003)
  • NAFTA and China PNTR cause a race to the bottom in wages. (May 2003)
  • Rejected NAFTA: needed more for labor & environment. (Jul 1999)
  • Gephardt Amendment: results-oriented trade penalties. (Jul 1999)
  • Fair trade on an equal playing field. (Aug 1995)
  • Trade will not bring about change in China. (Jul 1999)
  • China: no positive economic relations with totalitarians. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted YES on implementing the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
  • Voted NO on implementing the US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
  • Voted NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
  • Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
  • Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)
  • Rated 22% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record. (Dec 2002)
Dick Gephardt on Government Reform
Click here for 10 full quotes on Government Reform OR background on Government Reform.
  • Fact Check: Would ban lobbyist donations, but took $4.4 M. (Jan 2004)
  • Election reform: restore faith in “one person one vote”. (Feb 2001)
  • Citizen participation solves crisis of faith in democracy. (Jul 1999)
  • Disturbed by cynical attitude that government is the problem. (Jul 1999)
  • Limit campaign spending, by Const. amendment if needed. (Jul 1999)
  • Voting reform: easier registration, weekend voting. (Jul 1999)
  • Limit campaigns to 8 weeks, with no TV. (Aug 1995)
  • Voted YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)
  • Voted NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001)
  • Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)
Dick Gephardt on Gun Control
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  • Sensible gun safety legislation & right to possess firearms. (Nov 2003)
  • Leading Dems distance themselves from divisive gun debate. (Oct 2003)
  • No additional authority for federal gun agency. (Oct 2003)
  • NRA opposes gun rules that vast majority support. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
  • Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Health Care
Click here for 25 full quotes on Health Care OR background on Health Care.
  • AdWatch: Criticizes Dean for 11-year-old outdated stances. (Jan 2004)
  • Link. (Jan 2004)
  • Fact Check: Dean agreed with Clinton on cuts, not Gingrich. (Jan 2004)
  • Lay aside Bush tax cut to fund healthcare package. (Nov 2003)
  • Dean sided with Gingrich against Medicare Plan. (Sep 2003)
  • Tax breaks to all companies to cover all employees. (May 2003)
  • Subsidize 60% of health costs for all employees. (May 2003)
  • Sharing health costs reduces overall costs & reduces worries. (May 2003)
  • Get everybody covered with health insurance. (May 2003)
  • Bush tax cuts hurt economy; same $ for health helps economy. (May 2003)
  • $172B over 3 years for state employee health care. (May 2003)
  • Help corporations give people needed health insurance. (May 2003)
  • Ensure that all seniors get the care they deserve. (Jan 2001)
  • More funding for Meaningful Prescription Drug Coverage. (Jun 2000)
  • Focus on seniors; no blank checks to insurance companies. (Jun 2000)
  • Federal tax breaks for small business health coverage. (Jul 1999)
  • Health care reform: no selective insurance. (Aug 1995)
  • Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
  • Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
  • Voted NO on capping damages and setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
  • Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
  • Voted NO on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
  • Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
  • Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
  • Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Homeland Security
Click here for 6 full quotes on Homeland Security OR background on Homeland Security.
  • Address the root causes of terrorism. (Dec 2003)
  • Voted YES on supporting new position of Director of National Intelligence. (Dec 2004)
  • Voted NO on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
  • Voted YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)
  • Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Immigration
Click here for 9 full quotes on Immigration OR background on Immigration.
  • Immigration service is a mess and needs reform. (Jan 2004)
  • Federal government should help illegal immigrants. (Jan 2004)
  • Legalize all immigrants who've been productive for 5 years. (Sep 2003)
  • Bush tax plan is a failure-return to Clinton tax plan. (Sep 2003)
  • Celebrate diversity and welcome hard-working immigrants. (Jan 2002)
  • Nothing wrong with immigrants, but Americans in jobs better. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
  • Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
  • Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
Dick Gephardt on Jobs
Click here for 14 full quotes on Jobs OR background on Jobs.
  • Ask the WTO for an international minimum wage. (Jan 2004)
  • AdWatch: claims Bush did worst on jobs-but Reagan did worse. (Dec 2003)
  • Supports safe genetically modified food. (Nov 2003)
  • My presidency will have three goals: jobs, jobs, jobs. (Nov 2003)
  • Fight for unions & working families is in my bones. (Sep 2003)
  • How many Americans lose their jobs before Bush loses his? (Sep 2003)
  • Represents hard-working labor union people. (May 2003)
  • Establish international minimum wage. (May 2003)
  • Workers need to be paid a living wage. (Jul 1999)
  • Require companies to invest 1% of payroll in worker training. (Jul 1999)
  • Employees must “think like owners” to compete globally. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
  • Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
  • Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-labor voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Principles & Values
Click here for 15 full quotes on Principles & Values OR background on Principles & Values.
  • Keep "under God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Nov 2003)
  • Dems need to beat Bush in Midwestern states. (Nov 2003)
  • Favorite song: Bruce Springsteen, "Born In The USA.". (Sep 2003)
  • We're all tied together to make America a better place. (Sep 2003)
  • We're all tied together in a single garment of destiny. (May 2003)
  • Not a fresh face, but experienced voice for workers. (May 2003)
  • Build a bipartisan coalition of the center. (Jan 2001)
  • Truth about votes will come out, no matter what. (Nov 2000)
  • No more demands for perfect morality. (Jul 1999)
  • Politics is a substitute for violence. (Jul 1999)
  • Foundation of liberalism is community activism. (Jul 1999)
  • Citizen participation will get us to “an even better place”. (Jul 1999)
  • Religious affiliation: Baptist. (Nov 2000)
  • Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2000)
  • New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate. (Nov 2000)
Dick Gephardt on Social Security
Click here for 8 full quotes on Social Security OR background on Social Security.
  • Don't raise retirement age over 67. (Sep 2003)
  • Social Security stands between many retirees & poverty. (Jul 1999)
  • Treat Social Security like insurance; no stock market. (Jul 1999)
  • Social Security is most successful peacetime program. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable. (May 2001)
  • Voted NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
  • Voted YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)
  • Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
Dick Gephardt on Tax Reform
Click here for 19 full quotes on Tax Reform OR background on Tax Reform.
  • Supported Clinton 1993 tax plan, despite it being unpopular. (Sep 2003)
  • No Bush Lite: get rid of tax cut and get health care done. (May 2003)
  • Crazy to cut taxes without creating a budget first. (Mar 2001)
  • $900B tax cut protects other important interests. (Feb 2001)
  • Bush tax cut plan threatens our prosperity. (Feb 2001)
  • Targeted tax cuts for middle-class families. (Jan 2001)
  • Require national referendum to raise federal income tax. (Jul 1999)
  • 10% Tax Plan: end loopholes, lower rates. (Jul 1999)
  • Remove special interests from tax code. (Aug 1995)
  • Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)
  • Voted YES on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit. (May 2004)
  • Voted YES on permanently eliminating the so-called marriage penalty. (Apr 2004)
  • Voted NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
  • Voted NO on $99.5B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts. (Oct 2001)
  • Voted NO on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years. (May 2001)
  • Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax. (Apr 2001)
  • Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
  • Voted NO on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"). (Jun 2000)
  • Voted NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)
Dick Gephardt on Technology
Click here for 7 full quotes on Technology OR background on Technology.
  • Space programs shouldn't be a top priority. (Jan 2004)
  • Using raw census numbers disenfranchises minorities. (Feb 2001)
  • Fund schools & workplaces to close Digitial Divide. (Oct 2000)
  • Protect medical privacy via consumer consent. (Aug 2000)
  • Supports R&D; funding for medical and health research. (Jul 1999)
  • Use gas tax for highway infrastructure. (Aug 1995)
  • Voted YES on allowing telephone monopolies to offer Internet access. (Feb 2002)
Dick Gephardt on War & Peace
Click here for 18 full quotes on War & Peace OR background on War & Peace.
  • Helped initiate Iraqi war resolution because of CIA support. (Jan 2004)
  • Two-state solution for Arab-Israeli conflict. (Nov 2003)
  • Voted for Iraq war because of intel on WMDs. (Nov 2003)
  • It is not unpatriotic to criticize the president. (Oct 2003)
  • Would not negotiate with terrorists. (Oct 2003)
  • No on $87B for Iraq-until Bush answers some hard questions. (Sep 2003)
  • Iraq: get allies to reduce $1B per week war cost. (Sep 2003)
  • Yes on $87B for Iraq, but also for homeland security. (Sep 2003)
  • We can't cut and run in Iraq - but use UN. (Sep 2003)
  • We need allies and the UN to rebuild Iraq. (Jun 2003)
  • Congress should ask questions and find the truth. (Jun 2003)
  • Pay any price and bear any burden to win war. (Jan 2002)
  • Congressional authority united country for Kuwait invasion. (Jul 1999)
  • Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)
  • Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)
  • Voted NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo. (May 1999)
  • Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)
  • Solidarity with Israel in its fight against terrorism. (Apr 2002)
Dick Gephardt on Welfare & Poverty
Click here for 3 full quotes on Welfare & Poverty OR background on Welfare & Poverty.
  • Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
  • Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
  • Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)


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Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
(7 points on Social scale)
Overturn the ban on new stem cell research: Strongly Favors topic 1
Voted 7 times against partial birth abortion: Opposes topic 1
Rated 30% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1
NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1
NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Favors topic 1
NO on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1
NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Favors topic 1
NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2:
Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale)
Democrats need to earn the vote of African-Americans: Favors topic 2
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2
NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3:
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(10 points on Social scale)
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Favors topic 3
NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4:
Permit prayer in public schools
(7 points on Social scale)
Keep "under God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4
Address school violence via character ed & counselors: Favors topic 4
Christian Coalition’s intolerance has no place in politics: Opposes topic 4
Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4
NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4
YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 4
NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
(0 points on Economic scale)
Lay aside Bush tax cut to fund healthcare package: Strongly Favors topic 5
Push a bold plan for health care and jobs creation: Favors topic 5
Subsidize 60% of health costs for all employees: Strongly Favors topic 5
Sharing health costs reduces overall costs & reduces worries: Favors topic 5
Get everybody covered with health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
$172B over 3 years for state employee health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Help corporations give people needed health insurance: Opposes topic 5
Ensure that all seniors get the care they deserve: Strongly Favors topic 5
More funding for Meaningful Prescription Drug Coverage: Favors topic 5
Focus on seniors; no blank checks to insurance companies: Neutral on topic 5
Federal tax breaks for small business health coverage: Favors topic 5
Supports R&D; funding for medical and health research: Favors topic 5
Health care reform: no selective insurance: Favors topic 5
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5
NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5
NO on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare: Favors topic 5
NO on capping damages and setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5
NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
Treat Social Security like insurance; no stock market: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Social Security is most successful peacetime program: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6
YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6
NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Opposes topic 6
YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
(0 points on Social scale)
Vouchers take needed funds away from public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Education agenda to improve public schools for 21st century: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Rated 67% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education: Neutral on topic 7
NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8:
Death Penalty
(7 points on Social scale)
Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8
NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8
NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Opposes topic 8
YES on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(2 points on Social scale)
Rated 56% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation: Neutral on topic 9
NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9
YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.: Favors topic 9
NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(2 points on Social scale)
Against protectionism and for trade treaties: Favors topic 10
Sensible gun safety legislation & right to possess firearms: Opposes topic 10
No additional authority for federal gun agency: Favors topic 10
NRA opposes gun rules that vast majority support: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11:
Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(2 points on Economic scale)
Repeal the Bush tax cuts and invest in people: Strongly Opposes topic 11
1993 tax increase & sound economics caused budget surplus: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Bush tax cuts hurt economy; same $ for health helps economy: Strongly Opposes topic 11
No Bush Lite: get rid of tax cut and get health care done: Strongly Opposes topic 11
$900B tax cut protects other important interests: Favors topic 11
Targeted tax cuts for middle-class families: Opposes topic 11
$36B in tax relief for small businesses: Favors topic 11
Require national referendum to raise federal income tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
10% Tax Plan: end loopholes, lower rates: Favors topic 11
Remove special interests from tax code: Favors topic 11
NO on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11
NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11
NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11
NO on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11
NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11
NO on eliminating the Estate Tax: Opposes topic 11
NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12:
Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(7 points on Economic scale)
Celebrate diversity and welcome hard-working immigrants: Favors topic 12
Nothing wrong with immigrants, but Americans in jobs better: Opposes topic 12
YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12
YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12
NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale)
Enact international minimum wage through WTO: Opposes topic 13
Trade agreements must protect labor & environment: Opposes topic 13
Fair trade saves jobs-globalization with fairness: Opposes topic 13
NAFTA and China PNTR cause a race to the bottom in wages: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Rejected NAFTA: needed more for labor & environment: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Fair trade on an equal playing field: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Rated 22% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13
NO on implementing the US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on implementing the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14:
Link human rights to trade with China
(0 points on Social scale)
Trade will not bring about change in China: Favors topic 14
NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15:
More spending on armed forces
(0 points on Economic scale)
Yes on $87B for Iraq, but also for homeland security: Strongly Favors topic 15
Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15
YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16:
Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(0 points on Economic scale)
NO on deploying SDI: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17:
Seek UN approval for military action
(2 points on Economic scale)
We need allies and the UN to rebuild Iraq: Favors topic 17
NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Favors topic 17
YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Favors topic 17
YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Favors topic 17
YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18:
Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(2 points on Economic scale)
End dangerous addiction to foreign oil: Strongly Favors topic 18
10-year plan to develop hybrid cars then hydrogen fuel cells: Strongly Favors topic 18
Use gas tax for highway infrastructure: Favors topic 18
Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: Favors topic 18
Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18
YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18
YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(7 points on Social scale)
NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Opposes topic 19
NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19
YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(7 points on Social scale)
YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20
NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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