Ed Perlmutter on Abortion

• Women’s right to reproductive freedom is in jeopardy. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Provide emergency contraception at military facilities. (Apr 2007)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Budget & Economy

• Voted YES on defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on regulating the subprime mortgage industry. (Nov 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Civil Rights

• Endorses Domestic Partnerships and full equal GLBT benefits. (Nov 2006)
• Affirnative action needed at colleges but not state agencies. (Nov 1998)
• No same-sex marriage, but allow equal benedifts. (Nov 1998)
• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Corporations

• Screen imports & ban lead in children's products. (Feb 2008)

Ed Perlmutter on Crime

• Support the use of the death penalty. (Nov 1998)
• Alternative sentencing for non-violent offenders. (Nov 1998)
• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
• Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Drugs

Ed Perlmutter on Education

• Stress abstinence in sex education programs. (Nov 1998)
• Increase teacher funding & school construction. (Nov 1998)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Energy & Oil

• Our energy policy keeps us addicted to oil regimes. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
• Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
• Voted YES on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
• Voted YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
• Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Families & Children

Ed Perlmutter on Foreign Policy

• Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Free Trade

• Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Government Reform

• Supports public funding for political campaigns. (Nov 1998)
• Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
• Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Gun Control

• Ban semi- automatics; require child-safety locks. (Nov 1998)

Ed Perlmutter on Health Care

• Broken healthcare system needs a major overhaul. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
• Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)
• Improve mental health care benefits for returning veterans. (Jun 2008)
• Study & address suicides among veterans. (Apr 2008)

Ed Perlmutter on Immigration

Ed Perlmutter on Jobs

• Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
• Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Principles & Values

Ed Perlmutter on Social Security

• No private accounts. (Nov 2006)

Ed Perlmutter on Tax Reform

• Supports progressive state income tax. (Nov 1998)
• Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Dec 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on War & Peace

• We rushed into Iraq war. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)

Ed Perlmutter on Welfare & Poverty