Mark Dayton MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Support for gun control measures

• 2005-07-29: Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers
• 2004-03-02: Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence
• 2000-07-02: Supports some licensing & some registration
• 2000-07-02: For background checks & trigger locks
• 2000-07-02: Zero tolerance for guns in schools

  Support marriage rights between same-sex individuals

• 2010-11-02: Full same-sex marriage equality with full benefits
• 2006-06-07: Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage
• 2000-07-02: Disgusted by Defense of Marriage Act

  Support for gun rights

• 2000-11-06: Against gun registration
• 2000-10-31: Opposes gun licensing and gun registration

  Abortion rights: Women should choose

• 2006-07-25: Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions
• 2003-03-12: Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life

  Prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

• 2002-06-11: Voted YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: More

• 2010-11-02: Read my lips: Tax the rich
• 2006-08-03: Voted NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts
• 2006-06-08: Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`
• 2003-05-23: Voted NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years
• 2000-08-01: Don`t give it all back; economy will sour someday

  Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2006-02-02: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
• 2005-11-18: Voted YES on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends

  Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers

• 2000-11-07: Targeted middle class tax cuts
• 2000-07-02: Target tax cuts to middle class, not the rich

  Taxes for large corporations: Increase

• 2013-02-06: Lowest business tax states accompanied by lowest incomes

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 2003-12-31: by NTU, indicating a Big Spender on tax votes

Education Issues

Increase per pupil funding

• 2003-12-31: by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes
• 2001-04-04: Voted YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction
• 1998-07-21: Public schools are doing a good job; need more money
• 1998-07-02: More funding for progressive public school programs

  Oppose school vouchers

• 2000-11-07: Vouchers undermine our educational system
• 2000-07-02: Vouchers take precious tax dollars from public schools
• 1998-07-02: Supports charter schools, opposed to vouchers

Environmental Issues

Oppose domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 2005-11-03: Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR
• 2005-03-16: Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• 2001-01-30: Voted against Gale Norton, citing ANWR

  Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2005-06-16: Voted YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%)
• 2005-02-10: Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances

  Use tax incentives to promote efficient energy production and conservation

• 2004-03-19: Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy

  Use tax incentives for wind energy development and use

• 2011-11-02: Letter to Congress supporting renewable energy tax credit

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

• 1998-07-02: Mass transit is an essential public service

  Regulate average miles-per-gallon production for consumer vehicles

• 2002-03-13: Voted NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months

Healthcare Issues

Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 2006-02-02: Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D
• 2000-07-02: Expand Medicare Rx coverage & other coverage

  Require all taxpayers to obtain full-coverage health insurance

• 2000-11-07: Employer-mandated coverage and universal insurance

  Establish government-assisted non-profit organizations from which all taxpayers would obtain health insurance

• 2003-12-31: by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record

  Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2003-05-20: Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations

  Provide single-payer health insurance coverage to all taxpayers direct from government

• 2010-11-02: National single-payer health care system

Immigration

Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2006-05-18: Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship
• 2000-07-02: Unsnarl the INS bureaucracy to reduce backlog

  Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico

• 2006-09-29: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border

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

• 2006-05-25: Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program

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

• 2006-05-18: Voted NO on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security