Martha Coakley MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

• 2010-01-14: Lobbied hard to keep Gerald Amirault in prison

Civil Rights

Abortion rights: Women should choose

• 2010-01-04: Helped minors get court orders without parental consent
• 2010-01-04: Partial-birth ban needs exceptions for maternal health
• 2009-11-09: Require health insurance to cover abortion
• 2009-10-01: Steadfast champion of Roe v. Wade

  Support marriage rights between same-sex individuals

• 2009-10-01: Repeal DOMA: full rights for same-sex couples
• 2009-07-08: Federal DOMA violates rights of same-sex couples

  Prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

• 2009-07-08: Anti-gay hate crimes devastate victims & communities

  Support for gun control measures

• 2009-10-01: Anti-gun rights

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: More

• 2010-01-14: Bush tax cuts favor wealthy Americans
• 2010-01-13: AdWatch: Get taxes up from more employment, not tax increase
• 2010-01-08: Some taxes are investments like for infrastructure & schools
• 2010-01-08: Extend Bush tax cuts for the lowest four tax brackets
• 2009-12-02: Consider a war tax to pay for Afghanistan surge

Education Issues

Oppose school vouchers

• 2009-11-11: Supports well-funded public education system

  Increase per pupil funding

• 2009-11-11: Concerned about financial impact of charter schools

Environmental Issues

Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2014-02-25: Supports cap-and-trade, but not a carbon tax
• 2010-01-14: Supports national cap-and-trade system, plus renewables
• 2009-10-01: National cap-and-trade market-based CO2 reduction

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

• 2009-06-06: Spent nuclear fuel is subject to terrorist attack

  Invest in the creation and further development of mass transit systems

• 2014-01-05: Supports commuter rail for the South Coast

Healthcare Issues

Require all taxpayers to obtain full-coverage health insurance

• 2009-12-01: Individual mandate with public insurance option

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 2009-09-02: Pushed Pfizer to pay $15M for Medicare fraud

Immigration

Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2009-11-25: End purgatorial status quo with penalties then citizenship