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John Sununu on Homeland Security

Republican Senator; previously Representative (NH-1)

 


Support the PATRIOT act with additional civil safeguards

John worked with the White House, the Department of Justice, and his Congressional colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers to reach agreement on reauthorization legislation that provided several new protections for civil liberties while maintaining the important law enforcement tools in the original PATRIOT Act. This effort resulted in Bush signing two bills. The second was legislation John wrote, S. 2271, which added additional civil liberty safeguards to the reauthorization bill
Source: 2008 Senate campaign website, www.teamsununu.org , Aug 12, 2008

Military tribunals OK; reading domestic mail & email OK

Q: Do you support the President using military tribunals to try terrorist suspects when the President deems ordinary civil courts to be inappropriate or impractical?

A: Yes.

Q: Should the U.S. adopt higher qualification rules for student visa applications from nations known to sponsor terrorism?

A: Yes.

Q: Should law enforcement agencies be granted greater discretion to read mail and email, tap phones, and conduct random searches to prevent future terrorist attacks?

A: Yes.

Source: Congressional 2002 National Political Awareness Test , Nov 1, 2002

Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record.

Sununu scores 0% by SANE on peace issues

Peace Action, the merger of The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) and The Freeze, has effectively mobilized for peace and disarmament for over forty years. As the nation`s largest grassroots peace group we get results: from the 1963 treaty to ban above ground nuclear testing, to the 1996 signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, from ending the war in Vietnam, to blocking weapons sales to human rights abusing countries. We are proof that ordinary people can change the world. At Peace Action we believe...

As the Pentagon’s budget soars to $400 billion, 17% of American children live in poverty. For what the US will spend on Missile Defense in one year we could: put over a million children through Head Start OR provide healthcare for over 3.5 million children OR create over 100,000 units of affordable housing OR hire over 160,000 elementary school teachers. At Peace Action our priorities are clear.

The ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization`s preferred position.

Source: SANE website 03n-SANE on Dec 31, 2003

Improve mental health care benefits for returning veterans.

Sununu co-sponsored improving mental health care benefits for returning veterans

Honoring Our Nation`s Obligation to Returning Warriors Act (HONOR Warriors Act): House version is H.R.6268; Senate versions are S.2963 and S.3008. Legislative Summary:

  1. To improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.
  2. Scholarship program for education and training of behavioral health care specialists for vet centers.
  3. Eligibility of members of the armed forces who serve in operation Iraqi freedom or operation enduring freedom for counseling and services through vets centers.
  4. Restoration of authority of vets centers to provide referral and other assistance upon request to former members of the armed forces not authorized counseling.
  5. Treatment of suicides of certain former members of the armed forces as deaths in line of duty for purposes of eligibility of survivors for certain benefits.
  6. Grants for non-profit organizations for the provision of emotional support services to survivors of members of the armed forces and veterans.
  7. Pilot programs on awareness enhancement for members of the army regarding post traumatic stress disorder.
Source: HONOR Warriors Act (H.R.6268) 08-H6268 on Jun 12, 2008

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