Mike Pence MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Increase the number of police officers working in high-crime communities

• 2001-09-25: Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism

Civil Rights

Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 2009-04-02: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
• 2008-06-25: Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage
• 2008-02-08: Future of conservatism demands traditional marriage
• 2007-11-13: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
• 2006-12-31: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
• 2006-07-18: Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
• 2004-09-30: Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage

  Support for gun rights

• 2011-10-12: Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases
• 2011-01-25: Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad
• 2010-05-18: Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message
• 2005-10-20: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
• 2003-04-09: Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 2011-05-05: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
• 2010-07-29: Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans
• 2005-04-27: Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
• 2004-02-26: Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
• 2003-10-02: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• N/A: Defund Planned Parenthood for providing abortion
• 2011-12-01: Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection
• 2011-05-04: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
• 2009-02-04: Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment

  Abortion rights: Women should choose

• 2008-02-08: Commit to unalienable right to life, including the unborn

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2006-12-31: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
• 2005-12-08: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
• 2001-04-04: Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax (death tax)
• 2001-03-14: Phaseout the death tax

  Implement a flat tax

• 2009-01-06: Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax
• 2004-09-23: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification
• 2002-04-18: Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
• 2001-05-16: Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years

  Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 2010-05-11: No European-style VAT (value-added tax)
• 2003-12-31: by NTU, indicating a Taxpayer's Friend on tax votes
• 2001-01-03: Reduce the capital gains tax

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

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

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

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

  Reduce taxes for small businesses

• 2003-12-31: by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record

  Implement national sales tax instead of income-based tax code

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

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2011-03-30: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program
• 2011-01-05: Constitutionally guarantee parent's right to educate kids

  Support privatization of mass education

• 2003-12-31: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes

Environmental Issues

Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

• 2011-05-12: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
• 2011-03-03: Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants
• 2007-01-18: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
• 2006-06-29: Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore

  Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

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

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 2001-08-01: Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR

  Use tax incentives for wind energy development and use

• 2007-01-17: Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025

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

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

  Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement

• 2005-09-29: Voted YES on deauthorizing critical habitat for endangered species

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2011-04-15: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
• 2010-07-04: Repeal any federal health care takeover
• 2008-01-23: Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
• 2007-10-25: Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
• 2003-12-31: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record

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

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

Immigration

Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico

• 2006-09-14: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border

  Oppose in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students

• 2004-05-20: Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment