Bill Janklow on Abortion

• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)

Bill Janklow on Budget & Economy

• Let state meat inspection suffice for interstate shipments. (Jul 2000)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
• Foster dairy production that is market driven. (Feb 1998)

Bill Janklow on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Bill Janklow on Corporations

Bill Janklow on Crime

• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Drugs

• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Education

Bill Janklow on Energy & Oil

• Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Environment

• Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol. (May 2000)
• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001)
• Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001)
• Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001)
• State primacy over water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001)
• More EPA flexibility on interstate ozone. (May 1998)

Bill Janklow on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Foreign Policy

Bill Janklow on Free Trade

• Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (May 1998)
• Grant fast-track authority to the President. (Nov 1999)

Bill Janklow on Government Reform

• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Gun Control

Bill Janklow on Health Care

• Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits. (Oct 1999)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Bill Janklow on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)

Bill Janklow on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (Oct 1999)

Bill Janklow on Jobs

• Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)
• State instead of federal rules for animal operations. (Nov 1999)
• Immediate federal assistance for farm crisis. (Sep 1999)

Bill Janklow on Local Issues

Bill Janklow on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Lutheran. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Midwestern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Tax Reform

• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Bill Janklow on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
• Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)

Bill Janklow on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
• Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance. (May 2000)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)