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David Vitter MyOcracy topics and responses
Criminal JusticeIncrease the number of police officers working in high-crime communities - 03/23/2007: Voted YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program
- 09/25/2001: Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism
Legal age for prosecution as an adult: Decrease - 06/17/1999: Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime
Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers - 06/22/2000: Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
Civil RightsSupport for gun rights - 09/25/2013: Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty
- 04/17/2013: Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets
- 08/11/2010: by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record
- 04/02/2009: Voted YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains
- 03/23/2009: Dangerousness, not mental incompetence, limits gun rights
- 02/03/2009: Apply concealed carry permit to all other states where legal
- 09/06/2007: Voted YES on prohibiting foreign & UN aid that restricts US gun ownership
- 07/29/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers
- 04/09/2003: Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
Ban abortions except in limited cases - 01/24/2013: Sponsored banning family assistance that includes abortion
- 05/05/2011: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
- 10/18/2007: Voted YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions
- 07/25/2006: Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions
- 02/26/2004: Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
- 10/02/2003: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life
Abortion rights: Ban all abortions - 02/04/2009: Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment
- 03/14/2008: Voted YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP
- 03/13/2008: Voted YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion
- 04/11/2007: Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines
- 04/05/2000: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions
- 06/30/1999: Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion
Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only - 02/12/2014: State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage
- 06/25/2008: Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage
- 12/31/2006: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
- 06/07/2006: Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage
- 09/30/2004: Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
- 07/29/1999: Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC
Support for gun control measures - 06/18/1999: Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
Economic IssuesTaxes for wealthier tax payers: Less - 03/13/2008: Voted NO on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million
- 02/13/2008: Voted YES on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M
- 03/21/2007: Voted YES on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million
- 12/31/2006: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
- 08/03/2006: Voted YES on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts
- 06/08/2006: Voted YES on permanently repealing the `death tax`
- 02/02/2006: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
- 11/18/2005: Voted YES on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends
- 04/04/2001: Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax")
- 03/14/2001: Phaseout the death tax
Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers - 03/13/2008: Voted YES on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset
- 03/23/2007: Voted YES on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax
- 07/12/2000: Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty"
Reduce taxes for all tax payers - 01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- 08/12/2010: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes
- 08/11/2010: Opposes both marriage penalty & federal tax increases
Taxes for large corporations: Decrease - 03/11/2009: Keep reduction of capital gains tax
- 03/09/2000: Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business
Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment - 01/01/2012: Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge
- 01/06/2009: Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override
Implement a flat tax - 04/18/2002: Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
- 05/16/2001: Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years
Reduce taxes for small businesses - 12/31/2003: by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record
Education IssuesSupport privatization of mass education - 08/11/2010: Supports education vouchers for public or private school
- 12/31/2003: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes
- 11/05/2002: Supports charter schools & increased flexibility
Support school vouchers - 11/05/2002: Supports vouchers for private & religious schools
Increase per pupil funding - 10/26/2005: Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies
Environmental IssuesOppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions - 11/02/2010: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
- 04/01/2009: Voted YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade
- 06/16/2005: Voted NO on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%)
- 06/26/2000: Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol
Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources - 11/03/2005: Voted NO on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR
- 03/16/2005: Voted NO on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- 08/01/2001: Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources - 06/26/2008: Open the Outer Continental Shelf for oil & gas leasing
- 06/21/2007: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - 02/28/2012: Get us beyond high-carbon fuels
Healthcare IssuesReduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers - 05/25/2011: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
- 07/04/2010: Repeal any federal health care takeover
- 01/29/2009: Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program
- 07/15/2008: Voted NO on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
- 11/01/2007: Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
- 02/02/2006: Voted NO on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D
- 12/31/2003: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record
- 10/06/1999: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance - 10/28/2010: Introduced legislation to repeal ObamaCare
- 10/27/2010: I fought ObamaCare & I'm still fighting it
- 10/18/2010: ObamaCare injects government into private decisions
Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers - 03/13/2008: Voted YES on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium
ImmigrationOppose amnesty for undocumented individuals - 03/13/2008: Voted NO on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities"
- 06/28/2007: Voted NO on comprehensive immigration reform
- 05/18/2006: Voted NO on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship
Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico - 03/05/2008: Zero tolerance for border crossing via increased prosecution
- 09/29/2006: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
Oppose in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students - 05/18/2006: Voted NO on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security
- 05/20/2004: Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment
Increase the number of work visas granted to foreign workers each year - 05/22/2007: Voted YES on eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program
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