Paul Ryan MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

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

2000-06-22: Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

Legal age for prosecution as an adult: Decrease

1999-06-17: Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime

Civil Rights

Ban abortions except in limited cases

2013-01-04: No family planning assistance that includes abortion

2012-02-19: Church-provided contraception is about rights & conscience

2011-05-05: Prohibit federal funding for abortion

2011-01-07: Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood

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

Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

2009-04-02: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes

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

2004-07-22: Let each state separately define DOMA and marriage

1999-07-29: Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC

Support for gun rights

2012-04-24: Avid bow hunter who skins his own prey

2011-01-25: Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad

2009-04-30: Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition

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

1999-06-18: Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1

Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

2013-01-03: Life and human rights begin at fertilization or cloning

2012-08-12: Life begins at conception, so protect unborn children

2011-05-04: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion

2011-01-07: Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization

2000-04-05: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions

1999-06-30: Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion

Prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

2012-04-24: Ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation

2007-11-13: Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation

Abortion rights: Women should choose

2012-10-11: Private & public life inseparable on faith & life issues

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

2013-01-27: Are we for more revenues? No, we're not.

2012-08-11: Eliminate double taxes like the death tax and AMT

2012-04-24: Reduce deficit by $6.2T over 10 years with no tax increase

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

Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

2012-08-11: Lower corporate tax rate to improve global competitiveness

2012-04-02: 25% top individual rate and top corporate tax rate

2000-03-09: Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business

Implement a flat tax

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

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

Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

2009-01-06: Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override

Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers

2000-07-12: Voted YES on eliminating the marriage penalty

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

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

Support privatization of mass education

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

Reduce federal government involvement with public education

2012-08-11: A-PLUS: Local decisions, not one-size-fits-all mandates

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

2012-04-05: Cap-and-trade bureaucratically rations conventional energy

2009-06-26: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution

2009-01-09: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules

2000-06-26: Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol

Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement

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

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

Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

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

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

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

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

2012-08-11: Choice of Medicare or certified plan, starting in 2022

2012-04-24: Under age 54, provided with subsidy for private insurance

2012-04-05: Younger workers choose from subsidized coverage options

2011-04-15: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts

2011-01-25: Open-ended healthcare entitlement moves US toward bankruptcy

2010-09-14: For tax credits; high-risk pools; & regulatory reform

2010-09-14: Washington Way: closed-door deals & one-party votes

2009-07-04: Road Map: buy health insurance from any state in the country

2009-07-04: Replace Medicare with $9500/year private insurance payment

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

1999-10-06: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts

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

2012-09-14: Regulators don't want your opinion on ObamaCare mandates

2012-08-29: ObamaCare's mandates & fines have no place in a free country

2012-08-11: Replace ObamaCare with patient-centered reforms

2012-04-24: ObamaCare is government takeover of healthcare

2011-01-05: Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law

2010-09-14: ObamaCare passed with no GOP support & split Democrats

Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

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

Immigration

Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico

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

2006-06-06: Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project

Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

2013-02-17: Earned legalization while respecting the rule of law

Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

2012-08-11: Make border fence construction a top priority

Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws

2012-08-11: Demand enforcement of immigration laws, without amnesty

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

2004-05-20: Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment