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Following are Resolutions by governors and members of Congress, which are used to indicate politicians' stances on the issues.
Resolutions are not binding like bills, so they indicate core beliefs.
Resolutions which include "VoteMatch Usage" are scored as VoteMatch quiz responses. Those without a VoteMatch usage are included only on each candidate's main issues page.
Sources of resolutions include:
Congressional caucuses:
- BDC: Blue Dog Coalition (conservative Democrats)
- CAPAC: Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
- CHC: Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- DLC: Democratic Leadership Council (centrist Democrats)
- ECWA: e-Contract with High-Tech America
- SNDC: Senate New Democrat Coalition
Governor's Associations:
- NGA: National Governor's Association
- NEGC: New England Governor's Conference
- SGA: Southern Governor's Association
- MGC: Midwestern Governor's Conference
- WGA: Western Governor's Association
Budget & Economy
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Civil Rights
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-NGA1
on Feb 15, 2001 |
Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 2. |
Democrats:
19
Republicans:
27
Independents:
7 |
Crime
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-NGA10
on Sep 14, 2001 |
Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 9. |
Democrats:
19
Republicans:
27
Independents:
7 |
01-WGA07
on Aug 14, 2001 |
Zero tolerance for violence against government employees |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 9. |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
12
Independents:
3 |
Drugs
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Education
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-SNDC5
on Jan 23, 2001 |
Three R’s: $35B for Reinvestment,Reinvention,Responsibility |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
26
Republicans:
0
Independents:
1 |
Energy & Oil
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-SGA11
on Sep 9, 2001 |
More funding to develop domestic energy supplies |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
9
Republicans:
7
Independents:
2 |
01-SGA13
on Sep 9, 2001 |
Use federal funds for nuclear cleanup, with state input |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
9
Republicans:
7
Independents:
2 |
01-SGA2
on Sep 9, 2001 |
Share offshore oil development revenue with states |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
9
Republicans:
7
Independents:
2 |
01-NEGC4
on Aug 28, 2001 |
Create Regional Emissions Registry for GHG trading |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
2
Republicans:
3
Independents:
1 |
01-WGA01
on Aug 14, 2001 |
Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 11. |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
12
Independents:
3 |
01-BDC1
on Jul 10, 2001 |
Balance fossil fuels and viable renewable energy |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
58
Republicans:
0
Independents:
2 |
00-NGA3
on Aug 15, 2000 |
Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
18
Republicans:
26
Independents:
9 |
00-NGA4
on Aug 15, 2000 |
Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
18
Republicans:
26
Independents:
9 |
Environment
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-SGA10
on Sep 9, 2001 |
Supports national drought policy, focusing on readiness |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
9
Republicans:
7
Independents:
2 |
01-WGA11
on Aug 14, 2001 |
Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
12
Independents:
3 |
01-WGA12
on Aug 14, 2001 |
Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
12
Independents:
3 |
01-WGA15
on Aug 14, 2001 |
Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
12
Independents:
3 |
01-WGA16
on Aug 14, 2001 |
State primacy over water quantity & quality issues |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
12
Independents:
3 |
01-NGA15
on Aug 1, 2001 |
More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
19
Republicans:
27
Independents:
7 |
01-NGA9
on Aug 1, 2001 |
Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
19
Republicans:
27
Independents:
7 |
01-SGA14
on Feb 27, 2001 |
Maintain water flow in Mississippi & Missouri Rivers |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
9
Republicans:
7
Independents:
2 |
00-NEGC1
on Sep 22, 2000 |
Eliminate mercury releases by 2003 |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
2
Republicans:
3
Independents:
1 |
00-MGC1
on May 25, 2000 |
Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. |
Democrats:
5
Republicans:
6
Independents:
2 |
98-MGC2
on May 12, 1998 |
More EPA flexibility on interstate ozone |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
6
Republicans:
5
Independents:
2 |
Families & Children
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Free Trade
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Government Reform
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Health Care
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Homeland Security
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-CHC2
on Jun 14, 2001 |
Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
15
Republicans:
0
Independents:
2 |
Immigration
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Jobs
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Principles & Values
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-DLC1
on Nov 7, 2000 |
New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
100
Republicans:
0
Independents:
3 |
Social Security
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Public Note | Vote description | VoteMatch Usage | Participants |
01-NGA16
on Aug 1, 2001 |
Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare |
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 6. |
Democrats:
19
Republicans:
27
Independents:
7 |
Tax Reform
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Technology
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War & Peace
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Welfare & Poverty
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