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Dana Rohrabacher MyOcracy topics and responses
Criminal JusticeSupport for the construction of prisons or detention centers - 11/13/2007: Voted NO on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society
- 06/22/2000: Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
- 09/27/1994: More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty
Increase the number of local prosecutors - 02/08/1995: Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder
- 04/14/1994: Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment
Increase the number of police officers working in high-crime communities - 09/25/2001: Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism
Legal age for prosecution as an adult: Decrease - 06/17/1999: Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime
Civil RightsSupport marriage rights between a man and a woman only - 04/02/2009: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
- 06/25/2008: Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage
- 11/13/2007: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
- 12/31/2006: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
- 07/18/2006: Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
- 09/30/2004: Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
- 07/29/1999: Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC
Support for gun rights - 10/20/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
- 04/09/2003: Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
- 06/18/1999: Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
Ban abortions except in limited cases - 04/27/2005: Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
- 02/26/2004: Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
- 10/02/2003: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life
Abortion rights: Ban all abortions - 05/04/2011: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
- 04/05/2000: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions
- 06/30/1999: Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion
Economic IssuesTaxes for wealthier tax payers: Less - 12/31/2006: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
- 12/08/2005: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
- 04/04/2001: Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax")
- 03/14/2001: Phaseout the death tax
Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment - 01/05/2011: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution
- 01/06/2009: Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override
- 09/27/1994: Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto
Implement a flat tax - 09/23/2004: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification
- 04/18/2002: Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
- 05/16/2001: Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years
Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers - 07/12/2000: Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty"
- 09/27/1994: Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes
Reduce taxes for all tax payers - 01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- 08/12/2010: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes
Taxes for large corporations: Decrease - 03/09/2000: Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business
Reduce taxes for small businesses - 12/31/2003: by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record
Education IssuesSupport school vouchers - 03/30/2011: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program
- 08/06/1998: Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools
- 11/04/1997: Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools
Support privatization of mass education - 12/31/2003: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes
Environmental IssuesSupport off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources - 05/12/2011: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
- 01/18/2007: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
- 06/29/2006: Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore
Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions - 06/26/2009: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
- 01/09/2009: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules
- 06/26/2000: Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol
Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement - 09/18/2008: Voted NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences
- 09/29/2005: Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources - 08/01/2001: Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - 02/12/2008: Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy
Reduce federal gasoline excise taxes - 05/03/2001: Repeal the gas tax
Healthcare IssuesReduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers - 04/15/2011: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
- 07/04/2010: Repeal any federal health care takeover
- 01/23/2008: Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
- 10/25/2007: Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
- 12/31/2003: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record
- 10/06/1999: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
- 02/08/1999: Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals
Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers - 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
ImmigrationIncrease border security between U.S. and Mexico - 09/14/2006: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
- 06/06/2006: Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project
Oppose in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students - 05/20/2004: Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment
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