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Tammy Baldwin on Abortion
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OR background on Abortion.
- Planned Parenthood provides essential services. (Oct 2018)
- Endorsed Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women. (Apr 2001)
- Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
- Expand contraceptive services for low-income women. (May 2006)
- Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals. (Sep 2006)
- Provide emergency contraception at military facilities. (Apr 2007)
- Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest. (Jun 2011)
- Supports public abortion funding. (Oct 2012)
- Supports churches providing birth control. (Oct 2012)
- Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. (Nov 2013)
- Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (Jan 2015)
- Keep federal funding for family planning clinics. (Mar 2017)
- Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion. (Feb 2020)
- Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)
- Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception. (Jan 2009)
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Tammy Baldwin on Civil Rights
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OR background on Civil Rights.
- Legal gay marriage is victory for fairness & equality. (Oct 2018)
- Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
- Establish a national holiday honoring Native Americans. (Mar 2001)
- Require "Privacy Impact Statement" on new federal rules. (Apr 2002)
- Rated 93% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
- Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks. (Dec 2005)
- Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
- ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays. (Jun 2009)
- Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights. (Jun 2011)
- Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools. (Mar 2011)
- Ratify CEDAW (Discrimination Against Women). (Jan 2011)
- Opposes defining traditional marriage. (Oct 2012)
- Endorsed by The Feminist Majority indicating a pro-women's rights stance. (Aug 2012)
- Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender. (Jan 2013)
- Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools. (Jun 2013)
- Protect LGBT families from illegal immigrant deportation. (Sep 2011)
- Let states recognize same sex marriage. (Jan 2015)
- Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites. (Apr 2018)
- Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
- Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)
- Sponsored bill for Federal domestic partnership benefits. (May 2009)
- Recognize the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. (May 2009)
- Supported legislation on violence against women & safety. (Jul 1999)
- Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses. (Jul 1999)
- Supports ERA and comparable work pay rules for women. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Corporations
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OR background on Corporations.
- Support Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Oct 2018)
- I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil. (Oct 2012)
- Rated 23% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Screen imports & ban lead in children's products. (Feb 2008)
- Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business. (Oct 2011)
- Rated 100% by UFCW, indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record. (May 2012)
- Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices. (Mar 2018)
- Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs. (Dec 2017)
- Restrict corporate use of consumer mandatory arbitration. (Aug 2016)
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Tammy Baldwin on Crime
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OR background on Crime.
- Criminal justice system needs review to ensure fairness. (Oct 2019)
- Rated 80% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
- Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
- More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
- Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
- First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration. (Dec 2018)
- Easier access to rape kits, and more rape kit analysis. (Nov 2009)
- Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues. (Dec 2014)
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Tammy Baldwin on Drugs
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OR background on Drugs.
- Legalize medical marijuana; let states decide. (Oct 2018)
- Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
- Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated +20 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
- Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)
- Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (May 2011)
- Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance. (Jan 2014)
- Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Criminalize imports of opioid precursors. (Feb 2017)
- Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis. (Jan 2009)
- Let states legalize industrial hemp. (Apr 2009)
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Tammy Baldwin on Education
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OR background on Education.
- Urges funding to help at-risk students' access to education. (May 2020)
- Opposes giving taxpayer dollars to private schools. (Oct 2018)
- Refinance student loans at lower rates. (Oct 2018)
- Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 92% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
- Opposes school vouchers. (Oct 2012)
- Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015. (May 2013)
- Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching. (Mar 2016)
- Supported funding for teacher training & other initiatives. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Energy & Oil
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OR background on Energy & Oil.
- Global climate change poses a growing threat. (Oct 2018)
- Government should get out of subsidies to big oil. (Oct 2012)
- Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
- Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)
- Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
- Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
- Member of House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (Mar 2011)
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Tammy Baldwin on Environment
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OR background on Environment.
- Restore full EPA funding & oppose new cuts. (Oct 2018)
- Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands. (Apr 2001)
- Rated 100% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
- Inter-state compact for Great Lakes water resources. (Jul 2008)
- Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009)
- Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs. (Feb 2011)
- Rated 88% by HSLF, indicating a pro-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)
- Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska. (Mar 2017)
- Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)
- Sponsored bill funding international crane conservation. (Jan 2009)
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Tammy Baldwin on Families & Children
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OR background on Families & Children.
- Treatment foster care helps kids stay out of institutions. (Feb 2014)
- Co-chairs Women's Caucus "Violence Against Women" Team. (Jul 2001)
- Rated 7% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Call for a White House Conference on Children and Youth. (Mar 2008)
- Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception. (Mar 2009)
- More funding & services for victims of domestic violence. (Jan 2013)
- Sponsored recognition of National Foster Care Month. (May 2017)
- Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception. (Mar 2009)
- Supported funding child care, child health, & child housing. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Foreign Policy
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OR background on Foreign Policy.
- Allow Americans to travel to Cuba. (May 2000)
- Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)
- Rated +4 by AAI, indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
- Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
- Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009)
- Afghan laws violate women's human rights on sex & divorce. (Apr 2009)
- Ease the Israeli blockade on Gaza. (Jan 2010)
- Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor. (Apr 2021)
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Tammy Baldwin on Free Trade
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OR background on Free Trade.
- Tariffs send message to bad actors like China. (Oct 2018)
- FactCheck: Tried but failed to require US-made ship engines. (Sep 2012)
- End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire . (Aug 2001)
- Rated 56% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
- Tariffs against countries undervaluing their currency. (May 2009)
- Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation. (Jun 2009)
- Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency. (Feb 2011)
- Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires. (Sep 2014)
- Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank. (Oct 2015)
- $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank. (May 2015)
- Implement USMCA for improved North American trade. (Jan 2020)
- Rated 38% by the USAE, indicating support for trade sanctions. (Dec 2012)
- No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Government Reform
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OR background on Government Reform.
- Ease campaign spending rules; limit donor disclosure. (Oct 2018)
- Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our democracy. (Oct 2018)
- Voter photo-ID requirements harm participation. (Oct 2018)
- Allow same-day voter registration on election day. (Jan 2001)
- Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
- Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge. (Nov 2011)
- Opposes banning funding of offensive art. (Oct 2012)
- Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures. (Feb 2012)
- Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements. (Jul 2014)
- Statehood for the District of Columbia. (May 2017)
- Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access. (Mar 2019)
- Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access. (Mar 2021)
- Remove President Trump from office for inciting insurrection. (Jan 2021)
- Sponsored bill for statehood for Washington D.C. (Jan 2021)
- Voted YES on two articles of impeachment against Trump. (Feb 2020)
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Tammy Baldwin on Gun Control
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OR background on Gun Control.
- Ban bump stocks & high-capacity magazines. (Oct 2018)
- Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Supports restricting the Second Amendment. (Oct 2012)
- Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale. (Jan 2019)
- Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers. (Mar 2021)
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Tammy Baldwin on Health Care
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OR background on Health Care.
- Good health care for all, especially the most vulnerable. (Oct 2019)
- Take repeal off the table & work to improve ObamaCare. (Oct 2018)
- Supports single payer, public option, and Medicare for all. (Sep 2012)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Limit anti-trust lawsuits on health plans and insurers. (Mar 2002)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Establish a National Diabetes Coordinator. (Mar 2008)
- Remove restrictions on estriol (menopause medication). (Jun 2008)
- Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment. (Jan 2011)
- Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
- Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges. (Jan 2011)
- Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
- Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Feb 2015)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
- Supported funding women's health needs. (Jul 1999)
- Supported funding older women's health. (Jul 1999)
- Supported funding Prenatal and Postpartum Care. (Jul 1999)
- Supported funding Family and Children's Coverage. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Homeland Security
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OR background on Homeland Security.
- Full federal benefits to National Guard COVID fighters. (Oct 2019)
- Jason's Law: stop over-prescribing opioids at VA hospitals. (Sep 2018)
- End the use of anti-personnel mines. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Terminate Selective Service. (Jan 2007)
- Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Feb 2007)
- Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11. (Dec 2007)
- Study & address suicides among veterans. (Apr 2008)
- Free postage for soldiers serving abroad. (Jan 2009)
- Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays. (Mar 2010)
- Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials. (Aug 2014)
- End bulk data collection under USA PATRIOT Act. (Oct 2013)
- Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration. (Oct 2015)
- Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze. (Jan 2017)
- Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)
- Recognize women veterans; assist military families. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Immigration
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OR background on Immigration.
- Supports immigrants in US and immigration reform. (Oct 2019)
- Support DREAMers and earned path to citizenship. (Oct 2018)
- Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
- Terminate national emergency at the Southern border. (Mar 2019)
- Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps. (Sep 2019)
- Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban. (May 2021)
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Tammy Baldwin on Jobs
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OR background on Jobs.
- Raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $15/hour. (Oct 2018)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
- Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing. (Feb 2021)
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Tammy Baldwin on Principles & Values
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Click here for 8 full quotes on Principles & Values
OR background on Principles & Values.
- I fight for us; my opponent fights for the big and powerful. (Oct 2012)
- FactCheck: Only 3 bills out of 105 sponsorships became law. (Sep 2012)
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Oct 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. (Jul 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)
- Endorsed Endorsed by Bernie Sanders/Our Revolution. (Nov 2018)
- Certify 2020 Presidential election as fully & fairly counted. (Jan 2021)
- Create Commission to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol riots. (Jun 2021)
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Tammy Baldwin on Social Security
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Click here for 5 full quotes on Social Security
OR background on Social Security.
- Long opposed to privatization. (Oct 2018)
- Changing Social Security disproportionately affects women. (May 2001)
- Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance. (Jan 2013)
- Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Tax Reform
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Click here for 11 full quotes on Tax Reform
OR background on Tax Reform.
- Trump tax bill only helps rich who don't need the money. (Oct 2019)
- Trump tax cuts overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy. (Oct 2018)
- Tax plan that rewards hard work. (Oct 2017)
- Get rid of loopholes for outsourcing and capital gains. (Oct 2012)
- American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person. (Feb 2001)
- Rated 26% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
- Supports increasing tax rates. (Oct 2012)
- Sponsored minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1M. (Apr 2012)
- Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty. (Jul 1999)
- Tax incentives for education, new schools, & families. (Jul 1999)
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Tammy Baldwin on Technology
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Click here for 7 full quotes on Technology
OR background on Technology.
- Internet must not become a two-tiered system. (Oct 2018)
- Invest in core infrastructure, as federal stimulus. (Oct 2018)
- Facilitate nationwide 2-1-1 phone line for human services. (Jan 2007)
- Popularize Electronic Signatures with ESIGN Day. (Jun 2010)
- Apply copyright inheritance to same-sex couples. (Jan 2015)
- Support Lifeline program for low-income broadband. (Feb 2017)
- Overturn FCC approval of media consolidation. (Mar 2008)
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Tammy Baldwin on War & Peace
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OR background on War & Peace.
- Two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. (Jan 2024)
- Keep the Iran nuclear treaty. (Oct 2018)
- End the Afghan war & end nation-building. (Oct 2012)
- Impeach Dick Cheney for lying about Iraq. (May 2007)
- Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus. (Jan 2007)
- No military force against Iran without Congress approval. (Feb 2020)
- Sponsored bill to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank. (Jun 2019)
- Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq. (Mar 2021)
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Tammy Baldwin on Welfare & Poverty
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OR background on Welfare & Poverty.
- Expand EITC to more families & to job grants. (Jun 2014)
- Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)
- Support school breakfast for low-income children. (Mar 2009)
- Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Planned Parenthood provides essential services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1 Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Expand contraceptive services for low-income women: Favors topic 1 Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals: Favors topic 1 Provide emergency contraception at military facilities: Favors topic 1 Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest: Favors topic 1 Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports churches providing birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1 Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception: Favors topic 1 Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Urges funding to help at-risk students' access to education: Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Establish a national holiday honoring Native Americans: Strongly Favors topic 2 Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks: Favors topic 2 Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 Ratify CEDAW (Discrimination Against Women): Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed by The Feminist Majority indicating a pro-women's rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching: Strongly Favors topic 2 Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination: Favors topic 2 Afghan laws violate women's human rights on sex & divorce: Favors topic 2 Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses: Favors topic 2 Supports ERA and comparable work pay rules for women: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Legal gay marriage is victory for fairness & equality: Strongly Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes defining traditional marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Apply copyright inheritance to same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites: Strongly Favors topic 3 Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees: Strongly Favors topic 3 Sponsored bill for Federal domestic partnership benefits: Strongly Favors topic 3 Recognize the 40th anniversary of Stonewall: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 7% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception: Opposes topic 4 Opposes banning funding of offensive art: Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Supports single payer, public option, and Medicare for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Take repeal off the table & work to improve ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Good health care for all, especially the most vulnerable: Favors topic 5 MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare: Favors topic 5 Limit anti-trust lawsuits on health plans and insurers: Opposes topic 5 Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 Establish a National Diabetes Coordinator: Favors topic 5 Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment: Strongly Favors topic 5 Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Make health care a right, not a privilege: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supported funding women's health needs: Neutral on topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Long opposed to privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Changing Social Security disproportionately affects women: Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care: Neutral on topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Opposes giving taxpayer dollars to private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Rated 92% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Opposes school vouchers: Opposes topic 7 Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Restore full EPA funding & oppose new cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 100% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Rated Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices: Opposes topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Sponsored bill funding international crane conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Criminal justice system needs review to ensure fairness: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Rated 80% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 9 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Ban bump stocks & high-capacity magazines: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restricting the Second Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale: Strongly Favors topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Get rid of loopholes for outsourcing and capital gains: Strongly Favors topic 11 Trump tax cuts overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax plan that rewards hard work: Opposes topic 11 Trump tax bill only helps rich who don't need the money: Strongly Favors topic 11 American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person: Favors topic 11 Rated 26% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Sponsored minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1M: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11 Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality: Favors topic 11 Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty: Neutral on topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Support DREAMers and earned path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Supports immigrants in US and immigration reform: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12 Protect LGBT families from illegal immigrant deportation: Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| FactCheck: Tried but failed to require US-made ship engines: Opposes topic 13 Tariffs send message to bad actors like China: Opposes topic 13 End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire : Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 56% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 Tariffs against countries undervaluing their currency: Opposes topic 13 Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 38% by the USAE, indicating support for trade sanctions: Opposes topic 13 Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor: Opposes topic 13 No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights: Neutral on topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror: Opposes topic 14 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14 Sponsored bill to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Opposes
topic 15:Peace through Strength
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Full federal benefits to National Guard COVID fighters: Favors topic 15 Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Terminate Selective Service: Opposes topic 15 Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11: Favors topic 15 Free postage for soldiers serving abroad: Favors topic 15 Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Rated Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 Recognize women veterans; assist military families: Neutral on topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our democracy: Favors topic 16 Voter photo-ID requirements harm participation: Strongly Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars
(+5 points on Social scale)
| End the Afghan war & end nation-building: Strongly Favors topic 17 Keep the Iran nuclear treaty: Favors topic 17 Two-state solution for Israel and Palestine: Favors topic 17 Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus: Strongly Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Global climate change poses a growing threat: Strongly Favors topic 18 Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: Favors topic 18 Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18 Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Legalize medical marijuana; let states decide: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Jason's Law: stop over-prescribing opioids at VA hospitals: Favors topic 19 Legalize medical marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated +20 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Criminalize imports of opioid precursors: Favors topic 19 Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis: Opposes topic 19 Let states legalize industrial hemp: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Invest in core infrastructure, as federal stimulus: Strongly Favors topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 |
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