Doug Lamborn 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

Support for gun rights

• 10/12/2011: Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases
• 01/25/2011: Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad
• 05/18/2010: Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message
• 04/30/2009: Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition
• 02/03/2009: Apply concealed carry permit to all other states where legal
• 11/07/2006: 2nd Amendment is a vital protection

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 03/13/2013: Sponsored prohibiting abortion information at school health centers
• 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

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 05/04/2011: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
• 01/07/2011: Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization
• 04/21/2009: Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers
• 02/04/2009: Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 01/09/2014: State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage
• 09/19/2013: Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech
• 04/02/2009: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
• 11/13/2007: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation

Economic Issues

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

  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

• 05/11/2010: No European-style VAT (value-added tax)

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 01/06/2009: Repeal the Death Tax

  Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 01/05/2011: Permanently repeal the estate tax

  Implement a flat tax

• 01/06/2009: Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

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

  Support privatization of mass education

• 11/07/2006: Vouchers & charters push public schools to do better

Environmental Issues

Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 11/02/2010: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
• 06/26/2009: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
• 01/09/2009: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules

  Support 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

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

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

  Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement

• 09/18/2008: Voted NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences

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
• 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
• 11/07/2006: Supports Association Health Plans over Hillary-Care

  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

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare

Immigration

Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 01/05/2011: Redefine "birthright citizenship" to exclude illegal aliens
• 11/07/2006: Secure borders first; fence the Mexican border