Follow @ontheissuesorg
Betty McCollum Topics
National Debt
Climate Change
Citizens United
Animal Rights
Renewable Energy
Gun Violence
GMO Labeling
Abortion
Gay Marriage
ObamaCare
Defense Spending
Marijuana Legalization
Income Inequality
Keystone Pipeline
2014 Candidates
Huffington Post topics >>
Betty McCollum
MN-4 House: Democrat
VoteMatch Quiz
MyOcracy Quiz
Americans Elect
Contact
Full coverage
Site Map
Home
(Main page)
Issues
(Presidential quotations organized by topic)
Candidates
(Presidential quotations organized by candidate)
Recent
(Most recent quotation for each candidate)
Issue Grid
(Summary by topic of each candidate's positions)
Candidate Grid
(Summary by candidate of positions on each topic)
Archives
(Debate and book excerpts)
House of Representatives
(112th Congress)
Senate
(112th Senate)
Governors
(50 incumbents)
Cabinet
(Present and Past Secretaries)
Supreme Court
(Present and Past Justices)
Mayors
(Big-City Mayors)
Presidents
(Past Presidents)
VoteMatch
(Presidential Selector and Political Affiliation 20-question quiz)
About Us
(About OnTheIssues.org)
Write Us
(Your feedback to us)
2014 Senate Races
AK:
Begich
(D)
vs.
Sullivan
(R)
vs.
Miller
(R)
vs.
Treadwell
(R)
AL:
Sessions
(R)
(unopposed)
AR:
Pryor
(D)
vs.
Cotton
(R)
vs.
Swaney
(G)
vs.
LaFrance
(L)
CO:
Udall
(D)
vs.
Gardner
(R)
vs.
Baumgardner
(R)
vs.
Buck
(R)
vs.
Stephens
(R)
vs.
Hill
(R)
DE:
Coons
(D)
vs.
Wade
(R)
GA:
Nunn
(D)
vs.
Perdue
(R)
vs.
Swafford
(L)
vs.
Kingston
(R)
vs.
Handel
(R)
HI:
Schatz
(D)
vs.
Cavasso
(R)
vs.
Hanabusa
(D)
vs.
Pirkowski
(R)
IA:
Braley
(D)
vs.
Ernst
(R)
vs.
Butzier
(L)
vs.
Whitaker
(R)
vs.
Clovis
(R)
ID:
Risch
(R)
vs.
Mitchell
(D)
IL:
Durbin
(D)
vs.
Oberweis
(R)
vs.
Hansen
(L)
vs.
Truax
(R)
KS:
Roberts
(R)
vs.
Taylor
(D)
vs.
Orman
(I)
vs.
Batson
(L)
vs.
Wolf
(R)
KY:
McConnell
(R)
vs.
Grimes
(D)
vs.
Bevin
(R)
LA:
Landrieu
(D)
vs.
Cassidy
(R)
vs.
Maness
(R)
MA:
Markey
(D)
vs.
Herr
(R)
vs.
Skarin
(I)
ME:
Collins
(R)
vs.
D`Amboise
(R)
vs.
Bellows
(D)
MI:
Land
(R)
vs.
Peters
(D)
vs.
Wiedenhoeft
(R)
MN:
Franken
(D)
vs.
McFadden
(R)
vs.
Johnson
(L)
vs.
Abeler
(R)
MS:
Cochran
(R)
vs.
Childers
(D)
vs.
McDaniel
(R)
MT:
Walsh
(D)
vs.
Curtis
(D)
vs.
Daines
(R)
vs.
Rankin
(I)
vs.
Edmunds
(R)
vs.
Bohlinger
(I)
NC:
Hagan
(D)
vs.
Tillis
(R)
vs.
Haugh
(L)
NE:
Sasse
(R)
vs.
Domina
(D)
vs.
Osborn
(R)
NH:
Shaheen
(D)
vs.
Brown
(R)
vs.
Martin
(R)
vs.
Rubens
(R)
vs.
Smith
(R)
vs.
Testerman
(R)
NJ:
Booker
(D)
vs.
Bell
(R)
vs.
Sabrin
(R)
NM:
Udall
(D)
vs.
Weh
(R)
vs.
Clements
(R)
OK-2:
Lankford
(R)
vs.
Johnson
(D)
vs.
Shannon
(R)
OK-6:
Inhofe
(R)
vs.
Silverstein
(D)
OR:
Merkley
(D)
vs.
Wehby
(R)
vs.
Conger
(R)
RI:
Reed
(D)
vs.
Zaccaria
(R)
SC-2:
Scott
(R)
vs.
Dickerson
(D)
vs.
Wade
(D)
SC-6:
Graham
(R)
vs.
Hutto
(D)
vs.
Ravenel
(I)
vs.
Stamper
(D)
vs.
Mace
(R)
vs.
Bright
(R)
SD:
Rounds
(R)
vs.
Weiland
(D)
vs.
Pressler
(I)
vs.
Howie
(I)
TN:
Alexander
(R)
vs.
Ball
(D)
vs.
Carr
(R)
vs.
Adams
(D)
TX:
Cornyn
(R)
vs.
Alameel
(D)
vs.
Sanchez
(G)
vs.
Roland
(L)
VA:<
Warner
(D)
vs.
Gillespie
(R)
vs.
Sarvis
(L)
WV:
Capito
(R)
vs.
Tennant
(D)
vs.
Buckley
(L)
vs.
Lawhorn
(I)
vs.
Raese
(R)
vs.
McGeehan
(R)
WY:
Enzi
(R)
vs.
Hardy
(D)
vs.
Cheney
(R)
Senate races
House
of Representatives
SenateMatch
(matching quiz)
HouseMatch
Senate Votes
(analysis)
House Votes
Site Map
Home
(Main page)
Issues
(Presidential quotations organized by topic)
Candidates
(Presidential quotations organized by candidate)
Recent
(Most recent quotation for each candidate)
Issue Grid
(Summary by topic of each candidate's positions)
Candidate Grid
(Summary by candidate of positions on each topic)
Archives
(Debate and book excerpts)
House of Representatives
(112th Congress)
Senate
(112th Senate)
Governors
(50 incumbents)
Cabinet
(Present and Past Secretaries)
Supreme Court
(Present and Past Justices)
Mayors
(Big-City Mayors)
Presidents
(Past Presidents)
VoteMatch
(Presidential Selector and Political Affiliation 20-question quiz)
About Us
(About OnTheIssues.org)
Write Us
(Your feedback to us)
2012 Senate Races
AZ:
Flake
(R)
vs.
Carmona
(D)
vs.
Hackbarth
(R)
vs.
Ruben
(D)
CA:
Feinstein
(D)
vs.
Emken
(R)
vs.
Lightfoot
(G)
vs.
Taitz
(R)
vs.
Holbrook
(R)
CT:
Murphy
(D)
vs.
McMahon
(R)
vs.
Bysiewicz
(D)
vs.
Shays
(R)
DE:
Carper
(D)
vs.
Wade
(R)
vs.
Pires
(I)
FL:
Nelson
(D)
vs.
Mack
(R)
vs.
Weldon
(R)
vs.
LeMieux
(R)
HI:
Hirono
(D)
vs.
Case
(D)
vs.
Lingle
(R)
vs.
Pirkowski
(R)
IN:
Lugar
(R)
vs.
Mourdock
(R)
vs.
Donnelly
(D)
MA:
Brown
(R)
vs.
Warren
(D)
vs.
Khazei
(D)
MD:
Cardin
(D)
vs.
Bongino
(R)
vs.
Sobhani
(I)
vs.
Wargotz
(R)
vs.
Capps
(R)
vs.
Vaughn
(R)
ME:
Dill
(D)
vs.
King
(I)
vs.
Summers
(R)
vs.
D`Amboise
(R)
vs.
Dunlap
(D)
MI:
Stabenow
(D)
vs.
Hoekstra
(R)
vs.
Boman
(L)
vs.
Hekman
(R)
vs.
Konetchy
(R)
MN:
Klobuchar
(D)
vs.
Bills
(R)
vs.
Arwood
(R)
vs.
Hernandez
(R)
vs.
Severson
(R)
MO:
McCaskill
(D)
vs.
Akin
(R)
vs.
Steelman
(R)
vs.
Brunner
(R)
MS:
Wicker
(R)
vs.
Gore
(D)
MT:
Tester
(D)
vs.
Rehberg
(R)
ND:
Heitkamp
(D)
vs.
Berg
(R)
vs.
Sand
(R)
NE:
Kerrey
(D)
vs.
Fischer
(R)
vs.
Flynn
(R)
vs.
Stenberg
(R)
vs.
Bruning
(R)
NJ:
Menendez
(D)
vs.
Kyrillos
(R)
vs.
Diakos
(I)
vs.
Booker
(D)
vs.
Linker
(R)
NM:
Heinrich
(D)
vs.
Wilson
(R)
vs.
Balderas
(D)
vs.
Sanchez
(R)
NV:
Heller
(R)
vs.
Berkley
(D)
vs.
Angle
(R)
NY:
Gillibrand
(D)
vs.
Long
(R)
vs.
Noren
(I)
vs.
Clark
(G)
vs.
Maragos
(R)
vs.
Turner
(R)
OH:
Brown
(D)
vs.
Mandel
(R)
vs.
Coughlin
(R)
vs.
Pryce
(R)
PA:
Casey
(D)
vs.
Smith
(R)
vs.
Scaringi
(R)
vs.
Welch
(R)
vs.
Rohrer
(R)
RI:
Whitehouse
(D)
vs.
Hinckley
(R)
TN:
Corker
(R)
vs.
Clayton
(D)
vs.
Poskevich
(R)
TX:
Cruz
(R)
vs.
Sadler
(D)
vs.
Roland
(L)
vs.
Dewhurst
(R)
vs.
Leppert
(R)
UT:
Hatch
(R)
vs.
Howell
(D)
vs.
Liljenquist
(R)
vs.
Ashdown
(D)
vs.
Chaffetz
(R)
VA:
Kaine
(D)
vs.
Allen
(R)
vs.
Radtke
(R)
vs.
Marshall
(R)
vs.
Donner
(R)
VT:
Sanders
(I)
vs.
MacGovern
(R)
WA:
Cantwell
(D)
vs.
Baumgartner
(R)
WI:
Thompson
(R)
vs.
Baldwin
(D)
vs.
Neumann
(R)
vs.
Schiess
(R)
vs.
Kagen
(D)
WV:
Manchin
(D)
vs.
Raese
(R)
WY:
Barrasso
(R)
vs.
Chesnut
(D)
Senate races
House
of Representatives
SenateMatch
(matching quiz)
HouseMatch
Senate Votes
(analysis)
House Votes
Betty McCollum topics and responses
Stimulus Spending to Beat Great Recession
PRO:
07/29/2009
: Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending
05/09/2013
: Voted NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached
03/06/2013
: Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016
09/26/2008
: Voted YES on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy
03/13/2013
: Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects
07/27/2011
: Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion
Acknowledging and Addressing Climate Change
PRO:
02/10/2005
: Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances
01/16/2007
: Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
06/26/2009
: Voted YES on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
04/07/2011
: Voted NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
01/24/2008
: Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards
Getting Money Out of Politics
PRO:
01/16/2014
: No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote
04/05/2006
: Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees
05/24/2007
: Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations
02/14/2002
: Voted YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions
11/15/2011
: Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge
02/05/2014
: Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions
01/15/2013
: Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements
02/09/2012
: Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures
CON:
07/12/2001
: Voted NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties
Saving Elephants, Whales, Dolphins and Lions
PRO:
04/13/2011
: Prohibit invasive research on great apes
06/27/2012
: Establish an International Conservation Strategy
05/28/2010
: Add polar bear & bluefin tuna to endangered species list
02/28/2011
: Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs
07/17/2009
: Voted YES on protecting free-roaming horses and burros
01/04/2007
: Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting
01/13/2012
: Ranked by
HSLF
, indicating a pro-animal welfare voting record
03/09/2007
: Promote conservation of rare felids & canids
Renewable Energy
PRO:
01/18/2007
: Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
08/04/2007
: Voted YES on investing in homegrown biofuel
06/29/2006
: Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore
09/26/2008
: Voted YES on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets
05/21/2008
: Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation
02/12/2008
: Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy
06/07/2006
: Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries
01/17/2007
: Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025
12/31/2006
: Ranked by the
CAF
, indicating support for energy independence
CON:
08/01/2001
: Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels
Making it Harder to Get a Gun
PRO:
12/31/2003
: Ranked by the
NRA
, indicating a pro-gun control voting record
01/03/2013
: Ban large-capacity ammunition
04/09/2003
: Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
01/03/2013
: Ban "fire sale" of firearms after delicensing closure
10/20/2005
: Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
01/03/2013
: Stricter regulation on gun show firearm sales
05/07/2009
: Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales
GMOs and Food Labeling
PRO:
12/31/2003
: Ranked by the
LCV
, indicating pro-environment votes
CON:
09/29/2005
: Voted NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
Cutting the US Military Budget
PRO:
04/11/2013
: Sponsored defunding nuclear-armed aircraft and nuclear R&D or testing
12/31/2003
: Ranked by
SANE
, indicating a pro-peace voting record
03/15/2007
: Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts
02/05/2007
: Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence
CON:
02/02/2005
: Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses
12/19/2007
: Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11
04/03/2003
: Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan
Legalizing Marijuana and Industrial Hemp
PRO:
02/14/2013
: Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws
01/01/2014
: Ranked by
NORML
, indicating a pro-legalization stance
09/25/2001
: Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism
01/06/2009
: Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis
CON:
06/10/2008
: Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs
Abortion Rights
PRO:
05/19/2006
: Expand contraceptive services for low-income women
12/31/2003
: Ranked by
NARAL
, indicating a pro-choice voting record
10/02/2003
: Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life
05/04/2011
: Voted NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
02/05/2007
: Ensure access to and funding for contraception
04/11/2001
: Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women
07/15/1999
: Supported funding contraception and UN family planning
12/31/2006
: Ranked by the
NRLC
, indicating a pro-choice stance
01/11/2007
: Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines
04/27/2005
: Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
05/24/2005
: Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research
05/16/2001
: Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad
04/26/2007
: Provide emergency contraception at military facilities
09/26/2006
: Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals
02/26/2004
: Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
09/25/2002
: Voted NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info
11/13/2013
: Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services
03/17/2009
: Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception
01/06/2009
: Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception
Gay Rights and Gay Marriage
PRO:
07/08/2013
: Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools
06/24/2009
: ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays
09/30/2004
: Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
12/31/2006
: Ranked by the
HRC
, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance
11/13/2007
: Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
03/10/2011
: Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools
04/03/2001
: More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes
05/20/2009
: Give domestic partnership benefits to Federal employees
04/02/2009
: Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
07/18/2006
: Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
03/03/2010
: Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays
12/19/2007
: Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees
Repealing ObamaCare
CON:
10/25/2007
: Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
01/14/2009
: Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program
03/04/2009
: Expand the National Health Service Corps
07/24/2003
: Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs
02/01/2006
: Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay
04/13/2011
: Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund
11/22/2003
: Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients
03/13/2003
: Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits
04/11/2013
: Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit
01/12/2007
: Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D
01/23/2008
: Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
04/15/2011
: Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
04/02/2009
: Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug
12/31/2003
: Ranked by
APHA
, indicating a pro-public health record
07/15/2008
: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
03/05/2008
: Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health
Addressing and Fighting Income Inequality
PRO:
09/23/2004
: Voted NO on providing tax relief and simplification
04/04/2001
: Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax")
04/16/2012
: Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million
12/12/2007
: Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
12/31/2003
: Ranked by
NTU
, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes
04/15/2013
: Sponsored enforcing against corporate offshore tax haven banking
12/08/2005
: Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
03/29/2001
: Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years
05/16/2001
: Voted NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years
04/18/2002
: Voted NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
12/31/2006
: Ranked by the
CTJ
, indicating support of progressive taxation
CON:
06/25/2008
: Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income
Building the Keystone XL Pipeline
CON:
08/01/2001
: Voted YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
10/07/2005
: Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries
05/12/2011
: Voted NO on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
02/28/2001
: Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it
Home
|
Issues
|
Candidates
|
Most Recent Quote
|
Issue Grid
|
Books + Debates
|
Senate Races
|
VoteMatch
|
The Forum
|
Policy Papers
|
News
|
About Us
|
Write Us
Reproduction of material from any OnTheIssues.org pages without written permission is prohibited.
Copyright © 1999-2003 OnTheIssues.org & SpeakOut.com
, all rights reserved.
OnTheIssues.org 1770 Massachusetts Ave. #630, Cambridge MA 02140
E-mail:
submit@OnTheIssues.org
|
Privacy and Use Policy