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Patrick Leahy on Abortion
Click here for 13 full quotes on Abortion OR background on Abortion.
  • Rated 50% by NARAL, indicating a mixed voting record on abortion. (Dec 2003)
  • Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)
  • Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
  • Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. (Mar 2017)
  • Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (Mar 2017)
  • Supports public funding for abortion services. (Nov 2016)
  • Opposes parental notification for abortions by minors. (Nov 2016)
  • Opposes judges who strictly interpret Constitution. (Nov 2016)
  • Keep federal funding for family planning clinics. (Mar 2017)
  • Protect the reproductive rights of women. (Jan 1993)
  • 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)
Patrick Leahy on Budget & Economy
Click here for 5 full quotes on Budget & Economy OR background on Budget & Economy.
  • Address breakdown in competition on dairy farms. (Oct 2012)
  • Opposes constitutional amendment for balanced budget. (Nov 2016)
  • Sponsored bill for more enforcement of mortgage & TARP fraud. (May 2009)
  • Ban abusive credit practices & enhance consumer disclosure. (Feb 2009)
  • Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package. (Dec 2020)
Patrick Leahy on Civil Rights
Click here for 13 full quotes on Civil Rights OR background on Civil Rights.
  • Rated 60% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
  • Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
  • Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
  • Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery. (Jun 2008)
  • ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays. (Jun 2009)
  • Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools. (Mar 2011)
  • Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender. (Jan 2013)
  • Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools. (Jun 2013)
  • Let states recognize same sex marriage. (Jan 2015)
  • Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
  • Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements. (Jan 2008)
  • Investigate deportation of Japanese during WWII. (Jan 2009)
  • Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. (Jan 2009)
Patrick Leahy on Corporations
Click here for 7 full quotes on Corporations OR background on Corporations.
  • Amend Constitutional to declare corporations are NOT people. (Sep 2016)
  • Rated 35% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business. (Mar 2012)
  • Rated 86% 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)
Patrick Leahy on Crime
Click here for 10 full quotes on Crime OR background on Crime.
  • Worked to reverse some of mandatory minimum sentences. (Jun 2021)
  • Rated 75% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
  • Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
  • More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
  • Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
  • Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)
  • Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)
  • Facilitate recovering crime victim restitution fees. (Apr 2011)
  • First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration. (Dec 2018)
  • Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues. (Dec 2014)
Patrick Leahy on Drugs
Click here for 2 full quotes on Drugs OR background on Drugs.
  • Let legal cannabis businesses use banking system. (Mar 2021)
  • Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
Patrick Leahy on Education
Click here for 6 full quotes on Education OR background on Education.
  • For Farm-to-School Act to teach nutrition & agriculture. (May 2021)
  • More foreign languages courses and exchange students. (Feb 2001)
  • Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
  • $25B to renovate or repair elementary schools. (Sep 2011)
  • Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015. (Apr 2013)
  • Make two years of community college free. (Jul 2015)
Patrick Leahy on Energy & Oil
Click here for 8 full quotes on Energy & Oil OR background on Energy & Oil.
  • Human-caused climate change is accelerating. (Sep 2016)
  • Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy. (Mar 2004)
  • Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
  • Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
  • 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030. (Mar 2016)
  • Designate sensitive ANWR area as protected wilderness. (Nov 2007)
  • Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)
  • Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)
Patrick Leahy on Environment
Click here for 11 full quotes on Environment OR background on Environment.
  • Opposed drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Jun 2021)
  • Include Lake Champlain in Great Lakes ecology funding. (Oct 2012)
  • End commercial whaling and illegal trade in whale meat. (Jun 2001)
  • Support UNCED Rio Declaration at 2002 conference. (Jul 2002)
  • Rated 100% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
  • EPA must do better on mercury clean-up. (Apr 2004)
  • Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009)
  • Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs. (Feb 2011)
  • Rated 100% by HSLF, indicating a pro-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)
  • Require labeling genetically engineered food. (Jul 2013)
  • Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska. (Mar 2017)
Patrick Leahy on Families & Children
Click here for 2 full quotes on Families & Children OR background on Families & Children.
  • Rated 16% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Sponsored more services for victims of domestic violence. (Jan 2013)
Patrick Leahy on Foreign Policy
Click here for 13 full quotes on Foreign Policy OR background on Foreign Policy.
  • Signed letter opposing Israeli annexation of territories. (Jul 2020)
  • Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)
  • Monitor human rights in Uganda-Sudan crisis. (Aug 2004)
  • Increase aid to avert humanitarian crisis in Congo. (Dec 2005)
  • Impose sanctions and an import ban on Burma. (Oct 2007)
  • Implement Darfur Peace Agreement with UN peacekeeping force. (Feb 2008)
  • Rated +3 by AAI, indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
  • Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes. (Nov 2012)
  • Supports standing with the nation of israel. (Nov 2016)
  • Sanction Mugabe until Zimbabwe transitions to democracy. (Apr 2008)
  • Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009)
  • Pressure friendly Arab states to end Israeli boycott. (Oct 2007)
  • Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor. (Feb 2021)
Patrick Leahy on Free Trade
Click here for 5 full quotes on Free Trade OR background on Free Trade.
  • Rated 8% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record. (Dec 2002)
  • Extend trade restrictions on Burma to promote democracy. (Jun 2007)
  • Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank. (Oct 2015)
  • Implement USMCA for improved North American trade. (Jan 2020)
  • Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade. (Dec 2012)
Patrick Leahy on Government Reform
Click here for 16 full quotes on Government Reform OR background on Government Reform.
  • Citizens United decision strikes at core of our democracy. (Jun 2021)
  • Justices should effectively check government overreaching. (Jan 2006)
  • Criminalize false or deceptive info about elections. (Nov 2005)
  • Reject photo ID requirements for voting. (Sep 2005)
  • Prohibit voter intimidation in federal elections. (Mar 2007)
  • Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures. (Jul 2012)
  • No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote. (Jan 2014)
  • Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements. (Feb 2013)
  • Statehood for the District of Columbia. (Feb 2018)
  • Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers. (Feb 2015)
  • Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access. (Mar 2019)
  • Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting. (Nov 2007)
  • 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)
  • Voted YES on two articles of impeachment against Trump. (Feb 2020)
Patrick Leahy on Gun Control
Click here for 6 full quotes on Gun Control OR background on Gun Control.
  • Heller case established a fundamental individual right. (Jul 2012)
  • Rated C by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights. (Aug 2010)
  • Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad. (Apr 2011)
  • Supports restrictions on right to bear arms. (Nov 2016)
  • Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale. (Jan 2019)
  • Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers. (Mar 2021)
Patrick Leahy on Health Care
Click here for 9 full quotes on Health Care OR background on Health Care.
  • Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage. (Apr 2001)
  • Rated 88% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
  • Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations. (May 2003)
  • Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
  • Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
  • Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Jun 2013)
  • Opposes repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
  • Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
  • Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
Patrick Leahy on Homeland Security
Click here for 12 full quotes on Homeland Security OR background on Homeland Security.
  • End the NSA's bulk collection program. (May 2015)
  • 2001: Removed parts of PATRIOT Act that hurt liberties. (Nov 2010)
  • Bush thinks anti-torture statue doesn't apply to him. (Jan 2006)
  • Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays. (Mar 2010)
  • Sponsored ending 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)
  • Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)
  • Establish global strategy to defeat al Qaeda. (Feb 2008)
  • School assistance to survivors of injured federal police. (Oct 1996)
Patrick Leahy on Immigration
Click here for 6 full quotes on Immigration OR background on Immigration.
  • Include dairy in H2A visas (temporary agricultural workers). (Oct 2012)
  • Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
  • Opposes additional border infrastructure. (Nov 2016)
  • Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported. (Jul 2018)
  • Terminate national emergency at the Southern border. (Mar 2019)
  • Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban. (May 2021)
Patrick Leahy on Jobs
Click here for 11 full quotes on Jobs OR background on Jobs.
  • Raise minimum wage & eliminate gender pay gap. (Sep 2016)
  • Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
  • Match minimum wage increases to Congressional pay raises. (May 2006)
  • Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
  • Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 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)
  • Help employees buy businesses that are closing or moving. (May 1979)
Patrick Leahy on Principles & Values
Click here for 8 full quotes on Principles & Values OR background on Principles & Values.
  • Lifelong Batman fan; has done cameos in several movies. (Jun 2021)
  • Co-sponsored Do No Harm Act: keep church and state separate. (Aug 2018)
  • Voted with Democratic Party 94.8% of 324 votes. (Sep 2007)
  • Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
  • 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)
Patrick Leahy on Social Security
Click here for 3 full quotes on Social Security OR background on Social Security.
  • Rated 90% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
  • Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI". (Jun 2013)
  • Rated 98% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance. (Jan 2013)
Patrick Leahy on Tax Reform
Click here for 5 full quotes on Tax Reform OR background on Tax Reform.
  • Rated 18% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
  • Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
  • Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million. (Mar 2012)
  • Supports increasing income tax rates. (Nov 2016)
  • Opposes eliminating the death tax. (Nov 2016)
Patrick Leahy on Technology
Click here for 8 full quotes on Technology OR background on Technology.
  • First senator with a blog; second to have internet homepage. (Jun 2021)
  • Inducted into FOIA "Hall of Fame" for defending law. (Jun 2021)
  • Promote internet via Congressional Internet Caucus. (Jan 2001)
  • Permanent ban on state & local taxation of Internet access. (Oct 2007)
  • Sponsored requiring websites to police for copyrighted materials. (May 2011)
  • Apply copyright inheritance to same-sex couples. (Jan 2015)
  • Ensure net neutrality: no corporate-tiered Internet. (Jan 2007)
  • Overturn FCC approval of media consolidation. (Mar 2008)
Patrick Leahy on War & Peace
Click here for 6 full quotes on War & Peace OR background on War & Peace.
  • Wrote first law banning export of anti-personnel landmines. (Jun 2021)
  • Caution about applying anti-terrorism laws to others. (Nov 2001)
  • Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)
  • Deploy UN multinational peacekeeping force in Darfur. (Jul 2007)
  • No military force against Iran without Congress approval. (Feb 2020)
  • Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq. (Apr 2021)
Patrick Leahy on Welfare & Poverty
Click here for 2 full quotes on Welfare & Poverty OR background on Welfare & Poverty.
  • Establish a National Affordable Housing Trust Fund. (Jul 2003)
  • Fully fund AmeriCorps. (Jun 2003)


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Strongly Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
Rated 50% by NARAL, indicating a mixed voting record on abortion: Neutral on topic 1
Expand embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1
Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1
Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1
Supports public funding for abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1
Opposes parental notification for abortions by minors: Favors topic 1
Opposes judges who strictly interpret Constitution: Opposes topic 1
Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1
Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly 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
Strongly Favors topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2
Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2
Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2
Sponsored more services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2
Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2
Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements: 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
Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3:
Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale)
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance: 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
Apply copyright inheritance to same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3
Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3
Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4:
America was founded on Christian values
(+5 points on Social scale)
Co-sponsored Do No Harm Act: keep church and state separate: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Rated 16% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage: Favors topic 5
Rated 88% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5
Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations: Favors topic 5
Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5
Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn: Strongly Favors topic 5
Expand the National Health Service Corps: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Rated 90% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6
Rated 98% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7
$25B to renovate or repair elementary schools: Opposes topic 7
Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8:
Businesses have a right to pollute
(+5 points on Social scale)
Include Lake Champlain in Great Lakes ecology funding: Strongly Opposes topic 8
End commercial whaling and illegal trade in whale meat: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Support UNCED Rio Declaration at 2002 conference: Opposes topic 8
Rated 100% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8
EPA must do better on mercury clean-up: Opposes topic 8
Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8
Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8
Require labeling genetically engineered food: 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
Opposes topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
Worked to reverse some of mandatory minimum sentences: Strongly Favors topic 9
Rated 75% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 9
Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 9
Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program: Opposes topic 9
Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Facilitate recovering crime victim restitution fees: Strongly Favors 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
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Heller case established a fundamental individual right: Strongly Favors topic 10
Rated C by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights: Opposes topic 10
Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10
Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: 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)
Rated 18% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11
Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation: Strongly Favors topic 11
Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million: Strongly Favors topic 11
Supports increasing income tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11
Opposes eliminating the death tax: Favors topic 11
Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale)
Include dairy in H2A visas (temporary agricultural workers): Favors topic 12
Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes additional border infrastructure: Opposes topic 12
Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: 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
Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Rated 8% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly 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 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13
Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor: Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 14:
Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(-3 points on Economic scale)
More foreign languages courses and exchange students: Opposes topic 14
Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Supports standing with the nation of israel: Favors topic 14
Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror: Opposes topic 14
Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 15:
Peace through Strength
(+2 points on Social scale)
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly 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
(+5 points on Social scale)
Amend Constitutional to declare corporations are NOT people: Strongly Favors topic 16
Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16
No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Strongly 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
Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting: Favors topic 16
Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17:
Stay out of foreign wars
(+5 points on Social scale)
Signed letter opposing Israeli annexation of territories: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Wrote first law banning export of anti-personnel landmines: Strongly Favors topic 17
Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors 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)
Human-caused climate change is accelerating: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposed drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Strongly Favors topic 18
Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18
50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18
Designate sensitive ANWR area as protected wilderness: Favors topic 18
Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
Let legal cannabis businesses use banking system: 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)
Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20
Rated 86% by UFCW, indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record: Favors topic 20
Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20
Opposes constitutional amendment for balanced budget: Opposes topic 20
Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20

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