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Mazie Hirono on Abortion
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OR background on Abortion.
- Endorsed by EMILY's List for pro-choice women. (Jun 2011)
- Provide emergency contraception at military facilities. (Apr 2007)
- Require pharmacies to fulfill contraceptive prescriptions. (Jul 2011)
- Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. (Nov 2013)
- Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (Jan 2015)
- Keep federal funding for family planning clinics. (Mar 2017)
- CC:Publicly fund abortions. (Jul 2018)
- CC:No parental notification for abortions by minors. (Jul 2018)
- Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion. (Feb 2020)
- Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)
- Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception. (Jan 2009)
- Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women. (Aug 2012)
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Mazie Hirono on Budget & Economy
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OR background on Budget & Economy.
- Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion. (Jul 2011)
- Establish a usury limit of 16% for consumer credit cards. (Dec 2009)
- Ban abusive credit practices & enhance consumer disclosure. (Feb 2009)
- Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package. (Dec 2020)
- $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief. (Mar 2021)
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Mazie Hirono on Civil Rights
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Click here for 14 full quotes on Civil Rights
OR background on Civil Rights.
- Affirmative action is as important now as it ever was. (Nov 2006)
- No Constitutional bans on same sex marriage. (Nov 2006)
- Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery. (Jun 2008)
- ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays. (Jun 2009)
- Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights. (Jun 2011)
- Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools. (Mar 2011)
- Ratify CEDAW (Discrimination Against Women). (Jan 2011)
- Endorsed by The Feminist Majority indicating a pro-women's rights stance. (Aug 2012)
- Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender. (Jan 2013)
- Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools. (Oct 2013)
- Let states recognize same sex marriage. (Jan 2015)
- Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites. (Apr 2018)
- Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)
- Investigate deportation of Japanese during WWII. (Jan 2009)
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Mazie Hirono on Corporations
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OR background on Corporations.
- US Chamber of Commerce does not reflect business community. (May 2012)
- Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business. (Apr 2012)
- Rated 100% by UFCW, indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record. (May 2012)
- Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices. (Mar 2018)
- Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs. (Dec 2017)
- Restrict corporate use of consumer mandatory arbitration. (Aug 2016)
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Mazie Hirono on Crime
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OR background on Crime.
- Mandatory sentences are ineffective use of money. (Nov 2006)
- Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)
- First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration. (Dec 2018)
- Easier access to rape kits, and more rape kit analysis. (Nov 2009)
- Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues. (Dec 2014)
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Mazie Hirono on Drugs
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OR background on Drugs.
- Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)
- Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance. (Jan 2014)
- Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
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Mazie Hirono on Education
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OR background on Education.
- Life long learning, "P through L". (Nov 2006)
- Encourage more character education in schools. (Sep 2002)
- $25B to renovate or repair elementary schools. (Sep 2011)
- Comprehensive sex ed for sexually-active adolescents. (Feb 2013)
- Make two years of community college free. (Jul 2015)
- Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching. (May 2017)
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Mazie Hirono on Energy & Oil
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OR background on Energy & Oil.
- Ratify Kyoto; raise CAFE and apply to SUVs. (Nov 2006)
- Increase solar power; wean ourselves from oil. (Oct 2002)
- Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
- Extend through 2016 the renewable energy tax credit. (Nov 2011)
- 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030. (Mar 2016)
- Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization. (Feb 2019)
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Mazie Hirono on Environment
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OR background on Environment.
- Visit the USA Bill: attract 300,000 Chinese by easier visas. (May 2012)
- Promote conservation of rare felids & canids. (Mar 2007)
- Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009)
- Add polar bear & bluefin tuna to endangered species list. (May 2010)
- Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs. (Feb 2011)
- Establish an International Conservation Strategy. (Jun 2012)
- Rated 75% by HSLF, indicating a pro-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)
- Sponsored enforcing against illegal ocean fishing. (Feb 2013)
- Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska. (Mar 2017)
- Fund projects for international conservation of cranes. (Jan 2009)
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Mazie Hirono on Families & Children
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OR background on Families & Children.
- Family separation at the border traumatizes children. (Jul 2018)
- Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception. (Mar 2009)
- More funding & services for victims of domestic violence. (Jan 2013)
- Increase number of children eligible for free school meals. (Oct 2009)
- Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception. (Mar 2009)
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Mazie Hirono on Foreign Policy
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OR background on Foreign Policy.
- Trump-era China Initiative fostered bigotry & discrimination. (Jan 2024)
- Rated +4 by AAI, indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
- Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel. (Jan 2015)
- Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank. (Jan 2017)
- CC:Keep alliance with Israel. (Jul 2018)
- Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
- Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, as official US policy. (Mar 2009)
- Afghan laws violate women's human rights on sex & divorce. (Apr 2009)
- Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor. (Jun 2021)
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Mazie Hirono on Free Trade
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OR background on Free Trade.
- Protect workers & environment in new trade agreements. (Nov 2006)
- Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation. (Jun 2009)
- Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency. (Feb 2011)
- Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank. (Oct 2015)
- Implement USMCA for improved North American trade. (Jan 2020)
- Rated 38% by the USAE, indicating support for trade sanctions. (Dec 2012)
- No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)
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Mazie Hirono on Government Reform
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OR background on Government Reform.
- Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
- Member of House Committee on Ethics. (Mar 2011)
- Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge. (Nov 2011)
- Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures. (Jul 2012)
- No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote. (Jun 2014)
- Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements. (Apr 2014)
- Statehood for the District of Columbia. (May 2018)
- Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers. (Feb 2015)
- CC:Oppose strict Constitutionalist judges. (Jul 2018)
- Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access. (Mar 2019)
- Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access. (Mar 2021)
- Remove President Trump from office for inciting insurrection. (Jan 2021)
- Sponsored bill for statehood for Washington D.C. (Jan 2021)
- Sponsored "Protecting Our Democracy" to restrict president. (Sep 2021)
- Voted YES on two articles of impeachment against Trump. (Feb 2020)
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Mazie Hirono on Health Care
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OR background on Health Care.
- Single-payer plans are viable starting points. (Nov 2006)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment. (Jan 2011)
- Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges. (Jan 2011)
- Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Feb 2015)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
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Mazie Hirono on Homeland Security
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OR background on Homeland Security.
- Sensible compromise needed on $50 billion military cut. (Oct 2012)
- Pre-emptive strike should not be basis of foreign policy. (Nov 2006)
- Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Feb 2007)
- Include post-traumatic stress disorder in vet's disability. (Feb 2008)
- Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays. (Mar 2010)
- Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials. (Aug 2014)
- Restrict domestic monitoring of phone calls. (Jul 2014)
- End bulk data collection under USA PATRIOT Act. (Oct 2013)
- Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration. (Oct 2015)
- Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze. (Jan 2017)
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Mazie Hirono on Immigration
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OR background on Immigration.
- Why do we treat children of illegal immigrants as criminals? (Jul 2018)
- Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported. (Feb 2018)
- Opposes more border security, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Terminate national emergency at the Southern border. (Mar 2019)
- Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban. (May 2021)
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Mazie Hirono on Jobs
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OR background on Jobs.
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Member of House Education and Labor Committee. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Feb 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
- Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing. (Feb 2021)
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Mazie Hirono on Principles & Values
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OR background on Principles & Values.
- Co-sponsored Do No Harm Act: keep church and state separate. (Aug 2018)
- OpEd: Missed twice as many votes as average Congress member. (Oct 2012)
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Oct 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)
- Question Trump on Emoluments clause. (May 2017)
- Religious freedom means no religious registry. (Jan 2017)
- Certify 2020 Presidential election as fully & fairly counted. (Jan 2021)
- Create Commission to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol riots. (Jun 2021)
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Mazie Hirono on Social Security
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OR background on Social Security.
- Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age. (Aug 2010)
- by NCPSSM indicating a pro-Social Security stance. (Jul 2012)
- Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI". (Apr 2013)
- Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance. (Jan 2013)
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Mazie Hirono on Tax Reform
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Click here for 6 full quotes on Tax Reform
OR background on Tax Reform.
- Eliminate tax breaks for the richest 2%. (Nov 2006)
- Tax policy to spur growth. (Sep 2002)
- American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person. (Feb 2001)
- Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million. (Apr 2012)
- CC:Reverse federal income tax cuts. (Jul 2018)
- CC:Keep the inhertiance tax. (Jul 2018)
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Mazie Hirono on Technology
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OR background on Technology.
- $6 million for new security screening at Hawaii airports. (May 2012)
- Popularize Electronic Signatures with ESIGN Day. (Jun 2010)
- Member of House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. (Mar 2011)
- Create online database of science & math scholarships. (Dec 2007)
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Mazie Hirono on War & Peace
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OR background on War & Peace.
- Opposes Iraq war & would have opposed war vote in Congress. (Nov 2006)
- Unilateral actionin Iraq hurt our world reputation. (Nov 2006)
- Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes. (Jul 2011)
- Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment. (Mar 2012)
- Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection. (Mar 2014)
- No military force against Iran without Congress approval. (Feb 2020)
- Sponsored bill to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank. (Jul 2019)
- Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq. (Oct 2021)
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topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Endorsed by EMILY's List for pro-choice women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Provide emergency contraception at military facilities: Favors topic 1 Require pharmacies to fulfill contraceptive prescriptions: Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 CC:Oppose strict Constitutionalist judges: Favors topic 1 CC:Publicly fund abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 CC:No parental notification for abortions by minors: Favors topic 1 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1 Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception: Favors topic 1 Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception: Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Affirmative action is as important now as it ever was: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Ratify CEDAW (Discrimination Against Women): Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed by The Feminist Majority indicating a pro-women's rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching: Strongly Favors topic 2 Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination: Favors topic 2 Investigate deportation of Japanese during WWII: Favors topic 2 Afghan laws violate women's human rights on sex & divorce: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale)
| No Constitutional bans on same sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Opposes
topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
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| Encourage more character education in schools: Favors topic 4 Co-sponsored Do No Harm Act: keep church and state separate: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception: Opposes topic 4 Grants for faith-based groups to teach English: Strongly Favors topic 4 Comprehensive sex ed for sexually-active adolescents: Opposes topic 4 Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Single-payer plans are viable starting points: Strongly Favors topic 5 MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare: Favors topic 5 Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment: Strongly Favors topic 5 Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges: Strongly Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand the National Health Service Corps: Strongly Favors topic 5 Make health care a right, not a privilege: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
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| Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age: Strongly Opposes topic 6 by NCPSSM indicating a pro-Social Security stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Life long learning, "P through L": Opposes topic 7 $25B to renovate or repair elementary schools: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Promote conservation of rare felids & canids: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Add polar bear & bluefin tuna to endangered species list: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Establish an International Conservation Strategy: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Sponsored enforcing against illegal ocean fishing: Opposes topic 8 Rated Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices: Opposes topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Fund projects for international conservation of cranes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Mandatory sentences are ineffective use of money: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program: Opposes topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 |
Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
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| Ban large-capacity ammunition: Opposes topic 10 Restrict right to bear arms, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 10 Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale: Strongly Favors topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Eliminate tax breaks for the richest 2%: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax policy to spur growth: Favors topic 11 American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person: Favors topic 11 Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11 CC:Reverse federal income tax cuts: Favors topic 11 CC:Keep the inhertiance tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
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| Family separation at the border traumatizes children: Favors topic 12 Why do we treat children of illegal immigrants as criminals?: Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12 Opposes more border security, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Protect workers & environment in new trade agreements: Opposes topic 13 Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 38% by the USAE, indicating support for trade sanctions: Opposes topic 13 Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor: Opposes topic 13 No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights: Neutral on topic 13 |
Opposes
topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Trump-era China Initiative fostered bigotry & discrimination: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 Sponsored bill to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Opposes
topic 15:Peace through Strength
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Pre-emptive strike should not be basis of foreign policy: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Sensible compromise needed on $50 billion military cut: Neutral on topic 15 Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Rated Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
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| Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Opposes Iraq war & would have opposed war vote in Congress: Strongly Favors topic 17 Unilateral actionin Iraq hurt our world reputation: Strongly Favors topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17 CC:Keep alliance with Israel: Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Ratify Kyoto; raise CAFE and apply to SUVs: Strongly Favors topic 18 Increase solar power; wean ourselves from oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 Extend through 2016 the renewable energy tax credit: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: Favors topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 |
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