Lynn Westmoreland MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

• 11/13/2007: Voted NO on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society

Civil Rights

Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 01/03/2013: Life and human rights begin at fertilization or cloning
• 12/01/2011: Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection
• 05/04/2011: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
• 01/07/2011: Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization
• 02/04/2009: Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment
• 11/02/2004: Pro-life and protect traditional values

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 09/19/2013: Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech
• 04/02/2009: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
• 06/25/2008: Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage
• 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

  Support for gun rights

• 10/12/2011: Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases
• 01/25/2011: Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad
• 02/03/2009: Apply concealed carry permit to all other states where legal
• 10/20/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 01/04/2013: No family planning assistance that includes abortion
• 05/05/2011: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
• 01/07/2011: Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood
• 07/29/2010: Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans

Economic Issues

Taxes 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
• 11/02/2004: Keep the "tax man" out of your pocket

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 01/05/2011: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution
• 07/08/2010: Demand a Balanced Budget amendment
• 01/06/2009: Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 07/08/2010: Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax
• 01/06/2009: Repeal the Death Tax

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
• 08/12/2010: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes

  Implement a flat tax

• 07/08/2010: Adopt a single-rate tax system
• 01/06/2009: Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax

  Implement national sales tax instead of income-based tax code

• 01/05/2011: Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 03/30/2011: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program

Environmental Issues

Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

• 05/12/2011: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
• 03/03/2011: Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants
• 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

• 11/02/2010: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
• 07/08/2010: Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures
• 06/26/2009: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
• 01/09/2009: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules

  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

• 07/08/2010: Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low

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

• 02/12/2008: Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 04/15/2011: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
• 01/05/2011: Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law
• 07/08/2010: Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market
• 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

  Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance

• 01/05/2011: Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law
• 07/27/2010: Deauthorize funding for Obamacare

Immigration

Increase 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 amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 01/05/2011: Redefine "birthright citizenship" to exclude illegal aliens

  Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws

• 01/03/2013: No birthright citizenship unless one parent is an American

  Increase deportation of undocumented individuals convicted of a crime

• 10/25/2011: Deport foreign criminals;punish nations denying repatriation