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Chellie Pingree on Abortion
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OR background on Abortion .
Strongly pro-choice; fight for contraceptive equality. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion. (May 2011)
Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest. (Jun 2011)
Endorsed by NARAL , indicating a pro-choice stance. (Aug 2012)
Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. (Dec 2013)
Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (Jan 2015)
Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women. (Jan 2015)
Constitutional right to terminate pregnancy for health. (May 2015)
Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception. (Jan 2009)
Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women. (Sep 2010)
Chellie Pingree on Budget & Economy
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More corporate disclosure; less insider transactions. (Sep 2002)
Voted NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached. (May 2013)
Voted NO on terminating the Home Affordable mortgage Program. (Mar 2011)
Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
Voted YES on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (Mar 2009)
Voted YES on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package. (Jan 2009)
Voted YES on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief. (Jan 2009)
Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion. (Jul 2011)
Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans. (Jan 2013)
Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package. (Dec 2020)
Ban abusive credit practices & enhance consumer disclosure. (Feb 2009)
$1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief. (Mar 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Civil Rights
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No discrimination based on gender identity & orientation. (Nov 2008)
Work towards pay equity for women. (Nov 2008)
Voted YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. (Feb 2013)
ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays. (Jun 2009)
Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights. (Jun 2011)
Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools. (Mar 2011)
Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights. (Aug 2012)
Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools. (Apr 2013)
Sponsored removing deadline for ratification of the ERA. (May 2013)
Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender. (Jan 2013)
Protect LGBT families from illegal immigrant deportation. (Sep 2011)
Recognize 1961 Freedom Riders against segregated buses. (Jul 2014)
Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class. (May 2016)
Let states recognize same sex marriage. (Jan 2015)
Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Corporations
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Voted NO on workforce training by state block grants & industry partners. (Mar 2013)
Voted YES on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009)
Voted YES on more funding for nanotechnology R&D and commercialization. (Jul 2009)
Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business. (May 2011)
Rated 100% by UFCW , indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record. (May 2012)
Corporate political spending is not free speech. (Mar 2013)
Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices. (Mar 2018)
Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs. (Nov 2017)
Voted YES on corporate transparency. (Oct 2019)
Chellie Pingree on Crime
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Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)
First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration. (Dec 2018)
Asked Biden Administration to abolish federal death penalty. (Dec 2020)
Rated 85% by the NAPO , indicating a tough-on-crime stance. (Dec 2014)
Sponsored stricter rules for police accountability. (Mar 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Drugs
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Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana. (May 2011)
Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws. (Feb 2013)
Rated A+ by NORML , indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses. (Apr 2015)
Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs. (Jun 2018)
Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis. (Jan 2009)
Chellie Pingree on Education
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Reform schools through increased funding. (Sep 2002)
Voted NO on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program. (Mar 2011)
Voted YES on $40B for green public schools. (May 2009)
Comprehensive sex ed for sexually-active adolescents. (Feb 2013)
Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015. (Apr 2013)
No-strings-attached block grant will kill transparency. (Jul 2015)
Oppose private and religious school voucher programs. (Oct 2015)
Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination. (Sep 2020)
Chellie Pingree on Energy & Oil
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Require portion of electricity come from clean energy source. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011)
Voted NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)
Voted YES on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009)
Voted YES on banning offshore oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico. (Jul 2016)
50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030. (Mar 2016)
Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization. (Feb 2019)
Voted YES to assist rural electric renewable energy. (Sep 2020)
Chellie Pingree on Environment
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Supports clean environment; $50M for public land. (Sep 2002)
Voted YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Jul 2009)
Voted YES on protecting free-roaming horses and burros. (Jul 2009)
Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009)
Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs. (Feb 2011)
Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species. (May 2012)
Establish an International Conservation Strategy. (Sep 2012)
Rated 88% by HSLF , indicating a pro-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)
Sponsored tightening restrictions on hydrogen sulfide emissions. (Mar 2013)
Require labeling genetically engineered food. (Apr 2013)
Voted NO on requiring limited GMO labeling. (Jun 2016)
Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska. (Feb 2017)
Chellie Pingree on Families & Children
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Voted YES on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees. (Jun 2009)
More funding & services for victims of domestic violence. (Jan 2013)
Six weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees. (Mar 2018)
Trump models disrespectful rhetoric & policies toward women. (Jan 2020)
Chellie Pingree on Foreign Policy
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Voted YES on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009)
Rated +4 by AAI , indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes. (Aug 2012)
Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners. (Jul 2013)
Maintain World Bank funding as part of multilateralism. (Jan 2018)
Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang. (Sep 2020)
Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009)
Condemn Iran for state-sponsored persecution of Baha'i. (Feb 2009)
Afghanistan-Pakistan study group to assess exit strategy. (Aug 2010)
Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond. (Mar 2010)
Chellie Pingree on Free Trade
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Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation. (Jun 2009)
Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency. (Feb 2011)
Require open markets for US goods in all trade agreements. (May 2011)
$25B more loans from Export-Import Bank. (Feb 2015)
Oppose USMCA until more environmental & job protections. (Dec 2019)
Rated 38% by the USAE , indicating support for trade sanctions. (Dec 2012)
Chellie Pingree on Government Reform
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Voted YES on Senate pay raise. (Jun 2009)
Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge. (Nov 2011)
Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures. (Feb 2012)
Establish 15 days of early voting in all states. (Nov 2012)
Full disclosure of campaign spending. (Jan 2013)
Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements. (Jan 2013)
No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote. (Jun 2014)
Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions. (Feb 2014)
Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers. (Jan 2015)
No separate contribution limits for party activities. (Jan 2015)
Statehood for the District of Columbia. (Jul 2017)
Automatic voter registration for all citizens. (Mar 2015)
Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access. (Mar 2019)
Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises. (Jan 2009)
Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access. (Feb 2021)
Sponsored impeachment of Trump for inciting insurrection. (Jan 2021)
Sponsored bill for statehood for Washington D.C. (Apr 2021)
Sponsored "Protecting Our Democracy" to restrict president. (Dec 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Gun Control
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Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales. (May 2009)
Ban large-capacity ammunition. (Jan 2013)
Stricter regulation on gun show firearm sales. (Jan 2013)
Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer. (Jan 2019)
Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers. (Mar 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Health Care
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Allow states to negotiate lower drug prices. (Sep 2002)
Fight drug companies to make generic drugs available. (Sep 2002)
Patient’s Rights to protect privacy. (Aug 2002)
Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment. (Jan 2011)
Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges. (Jan 2011)
Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Jan 2015)
GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". (Feb 2015)
Chellie Pingree on Homeland Security
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Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)
Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays. (Mar 2010)
Member of House Committee on Armed Services. (Mar 2011)
Restrict domestic monitoring of phone calls. (Nov 2013)
End bulk data collection under USA PATRIOT Act. (Nov 2013)
Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration. (Apr 2015)
Combat international and domestic Islamophobia. (Dec 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Immigration
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Voted to legalize DREAMer immigrants via military service. (Jun 2016)
Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps. (Sep 2019)
Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban. (Apr 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Jobs
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Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
Member of House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar 2011)
Rated 0% by CEI , indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2013)
Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing. (Mar 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Social Security
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Oppose any effort to weaken or privatize vital program. (Nov 2008)
Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age. (Aug 2010)
Exclude Medicare and Social Security from deficit reduction. (Aug 2011)
Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI". (Apr 2013)
Rated 100% by ARA , indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance. (Jan 2013)
Chellie Pingree on Tax Reform
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Repeal Bush tax cuts; close tax loopholes. (Nov 2008)
Close corporate tax loopholes. (Sep 2002)
Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million. (Apr 2012)
Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue. (Apr 2015)
Chellie Pingree on Technology
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Voted NO on protecting cyber security by sharing data with government. (Apr 2013)
Voted NO on terminating funding for National Public Radio. (Mar 2011)
Voted YES on delaying digital TV conversion by four months. (Mar 2009)
Popularize Electronic Signatures with ESIGN Day. (Jun 2010)
Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects. (Mar 2013)
Let NSF decide research grants, not Congress. (Feb 2016)
Sponsored bill for net neutrality for open internet. (Apr 2019)
Chellie Pingree on War & Peace
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Congress should deauthorize & stop funding the war. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval. (Jun 2011)
Voted YES on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan. (Mar 2011)
Terminate funding for Iraq War on Dec. 31, 2011. (Aug 2011)
Defund US military presence in Afghanistan. (Jan 2013)
Voted NO on net neutrality: don't regulate the internet. (Sep 2014)
Sponsored bill to remove US forces from Yemen. (Feb 2019)
No military force against Iran without Congress approval. (Feb 2020)
Repeal 2002 Military Force Authorization against Iraq. (Jun 2021)
Chellie Pingree on Welfare & Poverty
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Voted NO on maintaining work requirement for welfare recipients. (Mar 2013)
Voted YES on instituting National Service as a new social invention. (Mar 2009)
Sponsored maintaining SNAP nutrition assistance program. (Mar 2013)
Voted NO on transferring housing vouchers to ex-addicts. (Jun 2018)
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topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
Strongly pro-choice; fight for contraceptive equality: Strongly Favors topic 1 Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest: Favors topic 1 Endorsed by NARAL , indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Constitutional right to terminate pregnancy for health: Strongly Favors topic 1 Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception: Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Work towards pay equity for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Sponsored removing deadline for ratification of the ERA: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recognize 1961 Freedom Riders against segregated buses: Strongly Favors topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 Trump models disrespectful rhetoric & policies toward women: Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Combat international and domestic Islamophobia: Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+2 points on Social scale)
No discrimination based on gender identity & orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Favors topic 3
Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+2 points on Social scale)
Comprehensive sex ed for sexually-active adolescents: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment: Strongly Favors topic 5 Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges: Strongly Favors topic 5 Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Rated GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster": Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5 YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Favors topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Oppose any effort to weaken or privatize vital program: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Exclude Medicare and Social Security from deficit reduction: Opposes topic 6 Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA , indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Reform schools through increased funding: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015: Opposes topic 7 Rated No-strings-attached block grant will kill transparency: Opposes topic 7 Rated Oppose private and religious school voucher programs: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Opposes topic 7 YES on $40B for green public schools: Opposes topic 7
Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale)
Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Establish an International Conservation Strategy: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Sponsored tightening restrictions on hydrogen sulfide emissions: Favors topic 8 Require labeling genetically engineered food: Opposes topic 8 Rated Voted NO on requiring limited GMO labeling: Favors topic 8 Rated Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices: Opposes topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: Opposes topic 8
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Asked Biden Administration to abolish federal death penalty: Opposes topic 9 Rated 85% by the NAPO , indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9 Sponsored stricter rules for police accountability: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales: Opposes topic 10 Ban large-capacity ammunition: Opposes topic 10 Stricter regulation on gun show firearm sales: Opposes topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Repeal Bush tax cuts; close tax loopholes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
Protect LGBT families from illegal immigrant deportation: Favors topic 12 Rated Voted to legalize DREAMer immigrants via military service: Strongly Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Require open markets for US goods in all trade agreements: Opposes topic 13 $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated Oppose USMCA until more environmental & job protections: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated 38% by the USAE , indicating support for trade sanctions: Opposes topic 13
Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14 Rated Maintain World Bank funding as part of multilateralism: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Favors topic 14 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Opposes
topic 15:Expand the military
(+2 points on Social scale)
Rated Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration: Opposes topic 15 Rated Let NSF decide research grants, not Congress: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 Establish 15 days of early voting in all states: Favors topic 16 Full disclosure of campaign spending: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Corporate political spending is not free speech: Favors topic 16 Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 No separate contribution limits for party activities: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale)
Congress should deauthorize & stop funding the war: Strongly Favors topic 17 Terminate funding for Iraq War on Dec. 31, 2011: Strongly Favors topic 17 Defund US military presence in Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17 Rated Voted NO on net neutrality: don't regulate the internet: Favors topic 17 Sponsored bill to remove US forces from Yemen: Strongly Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Repeal 2002 Military Force Authorization against Iraq: Favors topic 17 YES on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Require portion of electricity come from clean energy source: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports clean environment; $50M for public land: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voted YES on banning offshore oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Favors topic 18 Voted YES to assist rural electric renewable energy: Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 NO on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Favors topic 18 YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws: Opposes topic 19 Rated A+ by NORML , indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis: Opposes topic 19
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Close corporate tax loopholes: Favors topic 20 Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: Favors topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects: Favors topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Favors topic 20 YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Favors topic 20
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