issues2000.org
Home Issues Leaders Recent Grid Archive Senate House VoteMatch_Quiz Cabinet Governors Court FAQs
  Raul Grijalva Topics   National Debt Climate Change Citizens United Animal Rights Renewable Energy Gun Violence GMO Labeling Abortion Gay Marriage ObamaCare Defense Spending Marijuana Legalization Income Inequality Keystone Pipeline
2014 Candidates
Huffington Post topics >>

Raul Grijalva
AZ-3 House: Democrat

VoteMatch Quiz

MyOcracy Quiz

Americans Elect

Contact

Full coverage

Site Map
Home
(Main page)
Issues
(Presidential quotations organized by topic)
Candidates
(Presidential quotations organized by candidate)
Recent
(Most recent quotation for each candidate)
Issue Grid
(Summary by topic of each candidate's positions)
Candidate Grid
(Summary by candidate of positions on each topic)
Archives
(Debate and book excerpts)
House of Representatives
(118th Congress)
Senate
(118th Senate)
Governors
(50 incumbents)
Cabinet
(Present and Past Secretaries)
Supreme Court
(Present and Past Justices)
Mayors
(Big-City Mayors)
Presidents
(Past Presidents)
VoteMatch
(Presidential Selector and Political Affiliation 20-question quiz)
About Us
(About OnTheIssues.org)
Write Us
(Your feedback to us)
2014 Senate Races

AK:Begich(D)
vs.Sullivan(R)
vs.Miller(R)
vs.Treadwell(R)
AL:Sessions(R)
(unopposed)
AR:Pryor(D)
vs.Cotton(R)
vs.Swaney(G)
vs.LaFrance(L)
CO:Udall(D)
vs.Gardner(R)
vs.Baumgardner(R)
vs.Buck(R)
vs.Stephens(R)
vs.Hill(R)
DE:Coons(D)
vs.Wade(R)
GA:Nunn(D)
vs.Perdue(R)
vs.Swafford(L)
vs.Kingston(R)
vs.Handel(R)
HI:Schatz(D)
vs.Cavasso(R)
vs.Hanabusa(D)
vs.Pirkowski(R)
IA:Braley(D)
vs.Ernst(R)
vs.Butzier(L)
vs.Whitaker(R)
vs.Clovis(R)
ID:Risch(R)
vs.Mitchell(D)
IL:Durbin(D)
vs.Oberweis(R)
vs.Hansen(L)
vs.Truax(R)
KS:Roberts(R)
vs.Taylor(D)
vs.Orman(I)
vs.Batson(L)
vs.Wolf(R)
KY:McConnell(R)
vs.Grimes(D)
vs.Bevin(R)
LA:Landrieu(D)
vs.Cassidy(R)
vs.Maness(R)
MA:Markey(D)
vs.Herr(R)
vs.Skarin(I)
ME:Collins(R)
vs.D`Amboise(R)
vs.Bellows(D)
MI:Land(R)
vs.Peters(D)
vs.Wiedenhoeft(R)
MN:Franken(D)
vs.McFadden(R)
vs.Johnson(L)
vs.Abeler(R)
MS:Cochran(R)
vs.Childers(D)
vs.McDaniel(R)
MT:Walsh(D)
vs.Curtis(D)
vs.Daines(R)
vs.Rankin(I)
vs.Edmunds(R)
vs.Bohlinger(I)
NC:Hagan(D)
vs.Tillis(R)
vs.Haugh(L)
NE:Sasse(R)
vs.Domina(D)
vs.Osborn(R)
NH:Shaheen(D)
vs.Brown(R)
vs.Martin(R)
vs.Rubens(R)
vs.Smith(R)
vs.Testerman(R)
NJ:Booker(D)
vs.Bell(R)
vs.Sabrin(R)
NM:Udall(D)
vs.Weh(R)
vs.Clements(R)
OK-2:Lankford(R)
vs.Johnson(D)
vs.Shannon(R)
OK-6:Inhofe(R)
vs.Silverstein(D)
OR:Merkley(D)
vs.Wehby(R)
vs.Conger(R)
RI:Reed(D)
vs.Zaccaria(R)
SC-2:Scott(R)
vs.Dickerson(D)
vs.Wade(D)
SC-6:Graham(R)
vs.Hutto(D)
vs.Ravenel(I)
vs.Stamper(D)
vs.Mace(R)
vs.Bright(R)
SD:Rounds(R)
vs.Weiland(D)
vs.Pressler(I)
vs.Howie(I)
TN:Alexander(R)
vs.Ball(D)
vs.Carr(R)
vs.Adams(D)
TX:Cornyn(R)
vs.Alameel(D)
vs.Sanchez(G)
vs.Roland(L)
VA:<Warner(D)
vs.Gillespie(R)
vs.Sarvis(L)
WV:Capito(R)
vs.Tennant(D)
vs.Buckley(L)
vs.Lawhorn(I)
vs.Raese(R)
vs.McGeehan(R)
WY:Enzi(R)
vs.Hardy(D)
vs.Cheney(R)
Senate races


House of Representatives

SenateMatch (matching quiz)
HouseMatch
Senate Votes (analysis)
House Votes
Site Map
Home
(Main page)
Issues
(Presidential quotations organized by topic)
Candidates
(Presidential quotations organized by candidate)
Recent
(Most recent quotation for each candidate)
Issue Grid
(Summary by topic of each candidate's positions)
Candidate Grid
(Summary by candidate of positions on each topic)
Archives
(Debate and book excerpts)
House of Representatives
(118th Congress)
Senate
(118th Senate)
Governors
(50 incumbents)
Cabinet
(Present and Past Secretaries)
Supreme Court
(Present and Past Justices)
Mayors
(Big-City Mayors)
Presidents
(Past Presidents)
VoteMatch
(Presidential Selector and Political Affiliation 20-question quiz)
About Us
(About OnTheIssues.org)
Write Us
(Your feedback to us)
2012 Senate Races

AZ:Flake(R)
vs.Carmona(D)
vs.Hackbarth(R)
vs.Ruben(D)
CA:Feinstein(D)
vs.Emken(R)
vs.Lightfoot(G)
vs.Taitz(R)
vs.Holbrook(R)
CT:Murphy(D)
vs.McMahon(R)
vs.Bysiewicz(D)
vs.Shays(R)
DE:Carper(D)
vs.Wade(R)
vs.Pires(I)
FL:Nelson(D)
vs.Mack(R)
vs.Weldon(R)
vs.LeMieux(R)
HI:Hirono(D)
vs.Case(D)
vs.Lingle(R)
vs.Pirkowski(R)
IN:Lugar(R)
vs.Mourdock(R)
vs.Donnelly(D)
MA:Brown(R)
vs.Warren(D)
vs.Khazei(D)
MD:Cardin(D)
vs.Bongino(R)
vs.Sobhani(I)
vs.Wargotz(R)
vs.Capps(R)
vs.Vaughn(R)
ME:Dill(D)
vs.King(I)
vs.Summers(R)
vs.D`Amboise(R)
vs.Dunlap(D)
MI:Stabenow(D)
vs.Hoekstra(R)
vs.Boman(L)
vs.Hekman(R)
vs.Konetchy(R)
MN:Klobuchar(D)
vs.Bills(R)
vs.Arwood(R)
vs.Hernandez(R)
vs.Severson(R)
MO:McCaskill(D)
vs.Akin(R)
vs.Steelman(R)
vs.Brunner(R)
MS:Wicker(R)
vs.Gore(D)
MT:Tester(D)
vs.Rehberg(R)
ND:Heitkamp(D)
vs.Berg(R)
vs.Sand(R)
NE:Kerrey(D)
vs.Fischer(R)
vs.Flynn(R)
vs.Stenberg(R)
vs.Bruning(R)
NJ:Menendez(D)
vs.Kyrillos(R)
vs.Diakos(I)
vs.Booker(D)
vs.Linker(R)
NM:Heinrich(D)
vs.Wilson(R)
vs.Balderas(D)
vs.Sanchez(R)
NV:Heller(R)
vs.Berkley(D)
vs.Angle(R)
NY:Gillibrand(D)
vs.Long(R)
vs.Noren(I)
vs.Clark(G)
vs.Maragos(R)
vs.Turner(R)
OH:Brown(D)
vs.Mandel(R)
vs.Coughlin(R)
vs.Pryce(R)
PA:Casey(D)
vs.Smith(R)
vs.Scaringi(R)
vs.Welch(R)
vs.Rohrer(R)
RI:Whitehouse(D)
vs.Hinckley(R)
TN:Corker(R)
vs.Clayton(D)
vs.Poskevich(R)
TX:Cruz(R)
vs.Sadler(D)
vs.Roland(L)
vs.Dewhurst(R)
vs.Leppert(R)
UT:Hatch(R)
vs.Howell(D)
vs.Liljenquist(R)
vs.Ashdown(D)
vs.Chaffetz(R)
VA:Kaine(D)
vs.Allen(R)
vs.Radtke(R)
vs.Marshall(R)
vs.Donner(R)
VT:Sanders(I)
vs.MacGovern(R)
WA:Cantwell(D)
vs.Baumgartner(R)
WI:Thompson(R)
vs.Baldwin(D)
vs.Neumann(R)
vs.Schiess(R)
vs.Kagen(D)
WV:Manchin(D)
vs.Raese(R)
WY:Barrasso(R)
vs.Chesnut(D)
Senate races


House of Representatives

SenateMatch (matching quiz)
HouseMatch
Senate Votes (analysis)
House Votes
  

Raul Grijalva topics and responses

    Getting Money Out of Politics

    PRO:

  • 04/05/2006: Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees
  • 01/15/2013: Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements
  • 05/24/2007: Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations
  • 11/15/2011: Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge
  • 03/12/2013: Corporate political spending is not free speech
  • 02/09/2012: Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures
  • 02/05/2014: Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions
  • 11/15/2012: Establish 15 days of early voting in all states

    Renewable Energy

    PRO:

  • 05/21/2008: Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation
  • 09/26/2008: Voted YES on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets
  • 02/12/2008: Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy
  • 01/17/2007: Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025
  • 08/04/2007: Voted YES on investing in homegrown biofuel
  • 06/29/2006: Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore
  • 06/07/2006: Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries
  • 01/18/2007: Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies

    Cutting the US Military Budget

    PRO:

  • 04/11/2013: Sponsored defunding nuclear-armed aircraft and nuclear R&D or testing
  • 03/15/2007: Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts
  • 12/31/2003: Ranked by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record
  • 04/03/2003: Voted NO on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan
  • 02/05/2007: Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence
  • 02/02/2005: Voted NO on continuing military recruitment on college campuses

    CON:

  • 06/12/2008: Improve mental health care benefits for returning veterans

    Abortion Rights

    PRO:

  • 04/27/2005: Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
  • 02/05/2007: Ensure access to and funding for contraception
  • 09/26/2006: Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals
  • 05/24/2005: Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research
  • 07/26/2011: Require pharmacies to fulfill contraceptive prescriptions
  • 01/06/2009: Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception
  • 05/04/2011: Voted NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
  • 02/26/2004: Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
  • 06/02/2011: Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest
  • 01/11/2007: Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines
  • 10/02/2003: Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life
  • 12/31/2003: Ranked by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record
  • 11/13/2013: Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services
  • 03/17/2009: Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception

    CON:

  • 11/15/2012: Encourage adoption of children in foster care

    Gay Rights and Gay Marriage

    PRO:

  • 05/13/2009: Recognize the 40th anniversary of Stonewall
  • 12/19/2007: Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees
  • 07/18/2006: Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
  • 06/24/2009: ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays
  • 11/13/2007: Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
  • 03/10/2011: Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools
  • 05/20/2009: Give domestic partnership benefits to Federal employees
  • 03/03/2010: Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays
  • 09/30/2004: Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
  • 04/02/2009: Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
  • 07/08/2013: Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools

    Repealing ObamaCare

    CON:

  • 01/23/2008: Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
  • 01/05/2011: Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges
  • 01/14/2009: Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program
  • 10/25/2007: Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
  • 02/01/2006: Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay
  • 07/24/2003: Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs
  • 03/05/2008: Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health
  • 01/31/2001: MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare
  • 03/04/2009: Expand the National Health Service Corps
  • 12/31/2003: Ranked by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record
  • 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
  • 04/11/2013: Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit
  • 11/22/2003: Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients
  • 04/15/2011: Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
  • 11/11/1999: Make health care a right, not a privilege
  • 01/05/2011: Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment
  • 01/12/2007: Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D
  • 03/13/2003: Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits
  • 04/13/2011: Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund

    Addressing and Fighting Income Inequality

    PRO:

  • 12/12/2007: Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
  • 04/15/2013: Sponsored enforcing against corporate offshore tax haven banking
  • 11/11/1999: Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality
  • 02/08/2001: American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person
  • 12/08/2005: Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
  • 12/31/2003: Ranked by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes

    CON:

  • 06/25/2008: Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income
  • 09/23/2004: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification

                                                                                                                                                                               
  

Home | Issues | Candidates | Most Recent Quote | Issue Grid | Books + Debates | Senate Races | VoteMatch | The Forum | Policy Papers | News | About Us | Write Us
Reproduction of material from any OnTheIssues.org pages without written permission is prohibited. Copyright © 1999-2003 OnTheIssues.org & SpeakOut.com, all rights reserved.
OnTheIssues.org 1770 Massachusetts Ave. #630, Cambridge MA 02140
E-mail: submit@OnTheIssues.org | Privacy and Use Policy