Lujan Grisham ordered the withdrawal just before Trump delivered his State of the Union address, in which he railed against illegal immigration and labeled a group of mainly Central American migrants as "illegal immigrants"--despite the fact that most of them are traveling with legal humanitarian visas.
Lujan Grisham rejected the idea that a national emergency exists along her state's border with Mexico. But she also said some troops will remain in southwestern NM, saying they're needed to fulfill a humanitarian mission.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Legal. Opposed bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks unless women's life was at risk or pregnancy was from rape or incest.
Steve Pearce (R): Ban. Voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks unless women's life was at risk or pregnancy was from rape or incest.
Q: Contraception: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if they disagree with it morally?
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. Access to free contraception essential "regardless of employer's religious beliefs."
Steve Pearce (R): Yes. "This is not an issue of birth control, it's an issue of government control."
Q: Let Planned Parenthood receive public funds for non-abortion health care?
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Values their preventive care.
Steve Pearce (R): No. Willing to shut down government to stop any public funding of them.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supported NM marriage equality before Supreme Court ruling.
Steve Pearce (R): No. Personally opposes, voted against, but now settled law.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supported NM medical marijuana program & voted in Congress to protect. Supports recreational legalization.
Steve Pearce (R): No. Strongly opposes recreational legalization. "It would hinder the economic fortunes of poor people."
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supports passing constitutional amendment to allow distributions from NM Permanent Fund. Also supports universal pre-K & shifting funding from administrators to classroom teachers.
Steve Pearce (R): Unclear. Reluctant to dip into Permanent Fund, for pre-K or in general. "Far more complex than just throwing more money at the situation." Support better management, mental health support & apprenticeship programs.
Q: Provide publicly funded vouchers to help pay for private schools?
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. Strongly opposes school vouchers.
Steve Pearce (R): Yes. "Vouchers break link of low-income & low-quality schools."
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Find sources of money to replace lottery. In Congress opposed budget that would have lowered Pell Grants.
Steve Pearce (R): No. "Right now we don't have the money." Must first grow the economy. so that we have the money.
Q: Increase federal or state student financial aid?
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Backed Elizabeth Warren proposal to lower student interest rates by taxing the wealthy. Also backed Pell Grant support & financial aid for people not pursuing 4-year degree.
Steve Pearce (R): Unclear. Voted for a 2015 Federal budget that significantly cut Pell Grants. Also 2006 budget that cut student loan support in favor of deficit reduction.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. It would be irresponsible to ignore human impact on the changing climate. Modern science should guide our policy.
Steve Pearce (R): No. In 2010 said Intergovernmental Panel, which measured climate change, "doesn't even believe the crap."
Q: Limit or tax production of greenhouse gases?
Lujan-Grisham: Yes. Says: Limit greenhouse gases, join Paris Climate Accord, lead on renewable energy--50% of energy from renewables by 2030, 80% by 2040.
Pearce: No. "Burdensome regulations are killing jobs & driving up energy prices." Voted to prohibit EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Called Paris Accord an unfair deal for Americans.
Q: Support government subsidies for renewable energy?
Lujan-Grisham: Yes. Committed to facilitating investments in renewable energy sector.
Pearce: No. Wants to "support every form of energy." Voted repeatedly against credits or support for renewables.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. Concerned will cause "dangerous & short-sighted" trade war, harming NM agriculture & consumers.
Steve Pearce (R): Some reservations. "I will not support putting our businesses at a disadvantage & raising prices on our consumers."
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes, on disclosure. Sponsored bills to reverse Citizens United, & require tax-exempt social welfare organizations that run political ads to reveal donors.
Steve Pearce (R): Supported Citizens United. No position on disclosure bills. Voted to defund House Ethics office after it investigated his staffer.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. "Burdensome voter ID laws & purging of voter registration rolls . disproportionately impact poor, elderly, disabled & Americans of color."
Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Voted for photo ID in federal races.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Strengthen background checks, ban assault weapons & high-capacity magazines. Ban anyone convicted of domestic violence from buying guns.
Steve Pearce (R): No. "I don't think Gun Control legislation works." Restrictions would divert resources to "cataloguing & confiscating the guns of law-abiding citizens."
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Supports ACA, voted against repeal. Protect & strengthen Medicaid.
Steve Pearce (R): "Repeal & replace." Voted for repeal.
Q: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. Opposed work requirements enacted by current governor Susana Martinez.
Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Require "able-bodied" Medicaid recipients to work.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Worked to protect their status. Supports earned path to citizenship, for DACA recipients and illegal immigrants in general.
Steve Pearce (R): Yes. On DACA, proposed 10-year "conditional protected status" with option to renew but no path to citizenship. Supports guest worker program, without amnesty.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No, opposes.
Steve Pearce (R): Yes, supports.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supports raising to $10 immediately, & to $12 in 4 years, indexed to inflation.
Steve Pearce (R): No. Raising the minimum wage would hurt small business & people at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. They resemble failed past policies that "reward the wealthiest people & special interests, while adding as much as $1.5 trillion to our national debt."
Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Will "give a shot in the arm to all manufacturers, & small businesses will be able to become a little more stable."
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Co-sponsored Congressional resolution to reinstate net neutrality.
Steve Pearce (R): No. Net neutrality rules "undermine the free marketplace."
Lujan Grisham, a three-term member of the U.S. House from Albuquerque, is one of four Democrats running for governor. She included both the minimum wage hike and the proposed changes to the film rebate program in a newly-released economic plan. "We need to create jobs right away in order to jump-start New Mexico's economy," Lujan Grisham said in announcing the plan.
New Mexico has not increased its $7.50-an-hour minimum wage since 2009, though Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces have all enacted minimum wages that are higher than the state's base rate. In her plan, Lujan Grisham said she would push to increase the minimum wage to $10 per hour in 2019, and then raise it again to $12 per hour by 2023. Future increases would be tied to inflation.
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