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Roger Wicker MyOcracy topics and responses
Criminal JusticeSupport for the construction of prisons or detention centers - 11/13/2007: Voted NO on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society
- 11/01/1998: More prisons & more mandatory jail sentences
- 09/27/1994: More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty
Use of treatment centers for violators of criminal laws targeting drug-use - 06/22/2000: Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
- 09/16/1998: Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests
Increase the number of police officers working in high-crime communities - 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
Increase the number of local prosecutors - 02/08/1995: Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder
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
- 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
- 10/20/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
- 04/09/2003: Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
- 06/18/1999: Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
Abortion rights: Ban all abortions - 02/04/2009: Sponsored bill declaring preborn as Constitutional persons
- 08/12/2008: Wrote a bill that declares human life begins at conception
- 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
- 04/05/2000: 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 - 06/25/2008: Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage
- 11/13/2007: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
- 12/31/2006: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
- 07/18/2006: Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
- 09/30/2004: Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
- 07/29/1999: Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC
Ban abortions except in limited cases - 05/05/2011: Sponsored bill prohibiting federal funding for abortion
- 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
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
- 12/31/2006: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
- 12/08/2005: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & 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
- 07/12/2000: Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty"
- 09/27/1994: Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes
Implement a flat tax - 09/23/2004: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification
- 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
Taxes for large corporations: Decrease - 03/09/2000: Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business
Reduce taxes for small businesses - 12/31/2003: by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record
Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment - 09/27/1994: Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto
Reduce taxes for all tax payers - 01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Education IssuesSupport school vouchers - 08/06/1998: Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools
- 11/04/1997: Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools
Support privatization of mass education - 12/31/2003: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes
Reduce federal government involvement with public education - 02/06/2014: Denounce the Common Core State Standards
Environmental IssuesSupport off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources - 11/01/2008: Drill offshore; drill ANWR; drill for oil shale
- 08/12/2008: Co-authored a bill for more offshore drilling
- 06/26/2008: Open the Outer Continental Shelf for oil & gas leasing
- 01/18/2007: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
- 06/29/2006: Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore
Oppose 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
- 06/26/2000: Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol
Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources - 08/01/2001: Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement - 09/29/2005: Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
Reduce federal gasoline excise taxes - 04/17/2008: Gas tax holiday for the summer
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
- 11/01/2008: Private sector is best suited to manage health care
- 08/12/2008: Led effort to derail $7.4 million Medicare cuts
- 04/03/2008: Support enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling
- 10/25/2007: Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
- 12/31/2003: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record
- 10/06/1999: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
- 11/01/1998: Expand tax-free medical savings accounts
Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers - 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
ImmigrationOppose amnesty for undocumented individuals - 11/01/2008: No comprehensive legislation; no amnesty
- 03/13/2008: Voted NO on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities"
Increase border security between U.S. and Mexico - 09/14/2006: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
- 06/06/2006: Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project
Increase the number of work visas granted to foreign workers each year - 09/24/1998: Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers
Oppose in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students - 05/20/2004: Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment
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