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Tom Tancredo MyOcracy topics and responses
Criminal JusticeIncrease 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
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 marriage rights between a man and a woman only - 11/13/2007: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
- 09/17/2007: We are just one kooky judge away from homosexual marriage
- 09/17/2007: Do everything possible to support a marriage amendment
- 09/01/2007: The state`s interest in marriage is procreation
- 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
Support for gun rights - 12/06/2013: Running in opposition to new gun control laws
- 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
Ban abortions except in limited cases - 09/17/2007: No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion
- 04/27/2005: Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get 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 - 09/17/2007: Talk about the unborn as people, because they are
- 09/17/2007: Litmus test for judges: only appoint if they`d overturn Roe
- 04/05/2000: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions
- 06/30/1999: Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion
Economic IssuesTaxes for wealthier tax payers: Less - 11/28/2007: Promise to oppose any efforts to raise taxes
- 10/09/2007: Takes the oath: no tax increase
- 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
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 - 12/31/2003: by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer's Friend" on tax votes
- 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
Invest money in more public projects to improve infrastructure - 09/17/2007: Rein in out-of-control spending and balance the budget
Reduce taxes for middle class tax payers - 07/12/2000: Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty"
Implement national sales tax instead of income-based tax code - 07/30/2003: Abolish IRS--replace income tax with national sales tax
Education IssuesSupport school vouchers - 01/04/2014: Tax credits for private school tuition
- 09/17/2007: Introduced voucher system in Colorado in 1992
- 09/17/2007: Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling
Support privatization of mass education - 09/27/2007: Supports charter schools and voucher systems
- 12/31/2003: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes
Environmental IssuesSupport off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources - 01/18/2007: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
- 06/29/2006: Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore
Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement - 09/18/2008: Voted NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences
- 09/29/2005: Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources - 08/01/2001: Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions - 06/26/2000: Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol
Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - 02/12/2008: Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy
Healthcare IssuesReduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers - 01/23/2008: Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
- 09/17/2007: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage
- 08/05/2007: Womb-to-tomb health care is not federal responsibility
- 12/31/2003: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record
- 10/06/1999: Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
ImmigrationOppose amnesty for undocumented individuals - 09/17/2007: Amnesty is worst possible public policy you can ever have
- 09/17/2007: No guest worker program; it creates second class citizens
- 09/17/2007: Rescind Bush`s order allowing Mexican trucks on US roads
- 06/03/2007: Enough is enough: timeout on LEGAL immigration
- 07/25/2006: Minuteman Project fills Border Patrol's inadequate resources
- 06/06/2006: It`s a myth that illegal immigrants benefit our economy
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
Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws - 09/05/2007: It`s not based on racism--it`s about the rule of law
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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