Tom Sawyer on Abortion

• 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 NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
• Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Budget & Economy

Tom Sawyer on Civil Rights

• Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
• Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)

Tom Sawyer on Corporations

• Voted NO on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)

Tom Sawyer on Crime

• Voted YES 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 habeas 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)
• 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)

Tom Sawyer on Drugs

• Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
• Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Education

• 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)

Tom Sawyer on Energy & Oil

• Voted YES 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)

Tom Sawyer on Environment

• Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands. (Apr 2001)
• Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup. (May 2001)

Tom Sawyer on Families & Children

• Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)

Tom Sawyer on Foreign Policy

• Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
• Voted NO 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 YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)
• Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)

Tom Sawyer on Free Trade

• Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)

Tom Sawyer on Government Reform

• Voted NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001)
• Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Gun Control

• Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Health Care

• Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Immigration

• Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)

Tom Sawyer on Jobs

• Voted YES 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)

Tom Sawyer on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Presbyterian. (Nov 2000)

Tom Sawyer on Social Security

• 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)

Tom Sawyer on Tax Reform

• Voted NO on $99 B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts. (Oct 2001)
• Voted NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
• Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
• Voted NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)

Tom Sawyer on War & Peace

• Voted NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo. (May 1999)

Tom Sawyer on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
• Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)