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G.K. Butterfield Huffington Post topics and responses
PRO: - 07/27/2011: Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion
- 05/09/2013: Voted NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached
- 09/26/2008: Voted YES on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy
- 07/29/2009: Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending
- 03/06/2013: Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016
- 03/13/2013: Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects
PRO: - 02/10/2005: Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances
- 03/24/2009: Establish a Carbon Storage Research Corporation
PRO: - 05/24/2007: Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations
- 04/05/2006: Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees
- 02/09/2012: Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures
- 11/15/2012: Establish 15 days of early voting in all states
- 11/15/2011: Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge
CON: - 12/31/2006: by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence
CON: - 10/20/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
PRO: - 03/15/2007: Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts
CON: - 02/02/2005: Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses
- 06/12/2008: Improve mental health care benefits for returning veterans
PRO: - 01/29/2008: Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans
- 12/31/2006: by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance
- 06/27/2007: End harsher sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine
- 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
PRO: - 01/01/2012: by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice stance
- 02/05/2007: Ensure access to and funding for contraception
- 05/24/2005: Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research
- 05/04/2011: Voted NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
- 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
PRO: - 09/30/2004: Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
- 11/13/2007: Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
- 01/06/2001: Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention
- 07/18/2006: Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
PRO: - 01/06/2001: More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs
- 04/11/2013: Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit
- 04/13/2011: Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund
- 03/05/2008: Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health
- 04/02/2009: Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug
- 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
- 02/01/2006: Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay
- 04/15/2011: Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
- 01/23/2008: Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
- 03/04/2009: Expand the National Health Service Corps
- 01/12/2007: Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D
- 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
PRO: - 12/12/2007: Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
- 12/08/2005: Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
CON: - 06/25/2008: Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income
- 09/23/2004: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification
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