Peter King MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

• 2000-06-22: Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
• 1994-09-27: More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty

  Increase the number of local prosecutors

• 1995-02-08: Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder
• 1994-04-14: Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment

  Increase the number of police officers working in high-crime communities

• 2001-09-25: Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism

  Legal age for prosecution as an adult: Decrease

• 1999-06-17: Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime

  Use of treatment centers for violators of criminal laws targeting drug-use

• 1998-09-16: Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests

Civil Rights

Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 2012-11-15: Encourage adoption of children in foster care
• 2011-05-05: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
• 2010-07-29: Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans
• 2005-04-27: Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
• 2004-02-26: Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
• 2003-10-02: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 2009-04-02: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
• 2007-11-13: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
• 2006-12-31: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
• 2006-07-18: Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
• 2004-09-30: Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
• 1999-07-29: Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC

  Support for gun rights

• 2005-10-20: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
• 2003-04-09: Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
• 1999-06-18: Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 2011-05-04: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
• 2000-04-05: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions
• 1999-06-30: Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion

  Support for gun control measures

• 2013-09-09: Block terrorists from buying firearms
• 2009-05-07: Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2013-09-09: Our tax code is excessively complex and convoluted
• 2006-12-31: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
• 2005-12-08: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
• 2001-04-04: Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax (death tax)
• 2001-03-14: Phaseout the death tax

  Implement a flat tax

• 2007-11-06: Member of the Congressional Flat Tax Caucus
• 2004-09-23: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification
• 2002-04-18: Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
• 2001-05-16: Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years

  Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 2001-01-03: Reduce the capital gains tax
• 2000-03-09: Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business

  Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers

• 2000-07-12: Voted YES on eliminating the marriage penalty
• 1994-09-27: Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 2012-01-01: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
• 2010-08-12: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes

  Reduce taxes for small businesses

• 2003-12-31: by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 1994-09-27: Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2011-03-30: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program
• 1998-08-06: Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools
• 1997-11-04: Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools

  Support privatization of mass education

• 2003-12-31: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes

Environmental Issues

Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

• 2011-05-12: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
• 2007-01-18: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
• 2006-06-29: Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 2013-09-09: Use American energy: ANWR; Keystone; fracking; & off-shore
• 2001-08-01: Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR

  Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2009-06-26: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
• 2009-01-09: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules

  Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry

• 2013-09-09: Energy tax credits for alternative and renewable energy
• 2008-02-12: Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy

  Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2000-06-26: Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol

  Invest in the creation and further development of mass transit systems

• 2013-09-09: Mass transit benefit to encourage public transportation

  Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement

• 2005-09-29: Voted YES on deauthorizing critical habitat for endangered species

  Regulate average miles-per-gallon production for consumer vehicles

• 2001-08-01: Voted YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels

Healthcare Issues

Increase amount of children covered by Medicaid reimbursements for health costs

• 2009-01-14: Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program
• 2008-01-23: Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
• 2007-10-25: Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility

  Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2011-04-15: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
• 1999-10-06: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 2008-07-15: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare

Immigration

Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico

• 2006-09-14: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
• 2006-06-06: Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project

  Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2013-09-09: We must secure our borders; 700 mile fence on Mexican border

  Allow in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students

• 2004-05-20: Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment

  Increase the number of work visas granted to foreign workers each year

• 1998-09-24: Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers