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Sherrod Brown on Abortion
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OR background on Abortion.
- Restore Roe v. Wade abortion protection. (Aug 2024)
- Trust women to make their own healthcare decisions. (Oct 2018)
- Women should make their own health care decisions. (Oct 2012)
- Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
- Expand contraceptive services for low-income women. (May 2006)
- Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals. (Sep 2006)
- Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest. (Jun 2011)
- 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)
- Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion. (Feb 2020)
- Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)
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Sherrod Brown on Budget & Economy
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OR background on Budget & Economy.
- CC:No Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment. (Jul 2018)
- Require full disclosure about subprime mortgages. (Dec 2007)
- Reform mortgage rules to prevent foreclosure & bankruptcy. (Feb 2008)
- 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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Sherrod Brown on Civil Rights
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OR background on Civil Rights.
- Ban discrimination on sexual orientation & gender identity. (Aug 2024)
- Voted against the Patriot Act because it is unpatriotic. (Oct 2006)
- Opposed Issue 1, the state gay marriage ban. (Dec 2005)
- Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
- Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 87% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
- Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 94% 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)
- Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights. (Aug 2012)
- 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)
- Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites. (Apr 2018)
- Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
- Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)
- Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements. (Jan 2008)
- Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. (Jan 2009)
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Sherrod Brown on Corporations
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OR background on Corporations.
- Invest in our small businesses and American manufacturing. (Aug 2024)
- CFPB stops Wall Street from calling the shots on the budget. (Oct 2018)
- Supported auto industry bailout as fighting for middle class. (Oct 2012)
- Require Code of Conduct for US corporations abroad. (Aug 2001)
- Rated 25% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business. (Mar 2012)
- Rated 71% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record. (May 2012)
- Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices. (Mar 2018)
- Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs. (Dec 2017)
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Sherrod Brown on Crime
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OR background on Crime.
- Provide police with de-escalation training. (Aug 2024)
- $50,000 a year keeping people in jail, instead of in schools. (Dec 2010)
- Rated 78% 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)
- Establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network. (May 2007)
- Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)
- Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)
- First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration. (Dec 2018)
- More prison cells; more truth in sentencing. (Nov 1993)
- Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues. (Dec 2014)
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Sherrod Brown on Drugs
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- Supports banking access for those in the marijuana industry. (Aug 2024)
- FEND Off Fentanyl Act: stop flow from China & Mexico. (Jan 2024)
- Supports medical legalization; opposes federal intervention. (Oct 2018)
- Rated Zero by NORML, indicating a mixed record on drug reform. (Dec 2006)
- Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Nov 2016)
- Criminalize imports of opioid precursors. (Feb 2017)
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Sherrod Brown on Education
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OR background on Education.
- Cancel student debt: NOW is the time. (Aug 2024)
- Longtime opponent of vouchers for private schools. (Oct 2018)
- Reduce student loan interest rates; increase Pell Grants. (Oct 2018)
- Opposes requiring schools to allow school prayer. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 92% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
- Sponsored bill $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)
- Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching. (Mar 2016)
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Sherrod Brown on Energy & Oil
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OR background on Energy & Oil.
- Aggressive action to combat climate change. (Aug 2024)
- Pretending that climate change isn't happening is dangerous. (Oct 2018)
- $30 billion to transition manufacturers to clean energy. (Oct 2018)
- Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
- Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)
- Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
- Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. (Jan 2007)
- Sponsored bill for $5 billion for alternative energy. (Mar 2011)
- Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)
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Sherrod Brown on Environment
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- Environmental stewardship is an ongoing responsibility. (Aug 2024)
- Maintain funding for Environmental Protection Administration. (Oct 2018)
- Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands. (Apr 2001)
- Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup. (May 2001)
- Rated 95% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
- Grants for beach water pollution under Clean Water Act. (Apr 2008)
- Inter-state compact for Great Lakes water resources. (Jul 2008)
- Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009)
- Prohibit invasive research on great apes. (Apr 2011)
- Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species. (Nov 2012)
- Rated 60% by HSLF, indicating a mixed voting record on animal welfare. (Jan 2012)
- Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska. (Mar 2017)
- Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)
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Sherrod Brown on Families & Children
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OR background on Families & Children.
- Practicing family values means loving all God's children. (Oct 2018)
- Rated 23% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Ban high lead levels in children's toys. (Nov 2005)
- Call for a White House Conference on Children and Youth. (Mar 2008)
- Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception. (Mar 2009)
- More funding & services for victims of domestic violence. (Jan 2013)
- Sponsored recognition of National Foster Care Month. (May 2017)
- Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception. (Mar 2009)
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Sherrod Brown on Foreign Policy
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OR background on Foreign Policy.
- Allow Americans to travel to Cuba. (May 2000)
- Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)
- Impose sanctions and an import ban on Burma. (Oct 2007)
- Implement Darfur Peace Agreement with UN peacekeeping force. (Feb 2008)
- Rated +1 by AAI, indicating a mixed Arab/Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
- Vigorous support for State of Israel against Hamas in Gaza. (Nov 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)
- Develop a strategy to protect civilians in Darfur. (Feb 2007)
- Condemn violence by Chinese government in Tibet. (Apr 2008)
- Pressure friendly Arab states to end Israeli boycott. (Oct 2007)
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Sherrod Brown on Free Trade
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OR background on Free Trade.
- Tax auto company foreign profits; then discounts in US. (Oct 2018)
- Longtime critic of NAFTA; re-negotiate to help Ohio workers. (Aug 2018)
- Trade agreements have sold out the middle class. (Oct 2012)
- One of Senate's most ardent critics of foreign trade. (Mar 2012)
- Supports fair trade; opposes exporting jobs. (Oct 2006)
- Fight against unfair trade agreements. (Jan 2006)
- Rated 44% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
- Extend trade restrictions on Burma to promote democracy. (Jun 2007)
- Tariffs against countries undervaluing their currency. (May 2009)
- Sponsored bill to review free trade agreements biennially. (Jun 2009)
- Sponsored bill imposing tariffs for manipulating currency. (Feb 2011)
- Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties. (Apr 2014)
- Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires. (Sep 2014)
- 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)
- No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)
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Sherrod Brown on Government Reform
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OR background on Government Reform.
- Expand early voting & voting by mail. (Aug 2024)
- Special interests shouldn't have louder voice than families. (Oct 2018)
- Photo-ID rules discourage people from voting. (Oct 2018)
- Criminalize false or deceptive info about elections. (Nov 2005)
- Reject photo ID requirements for voting. (Sep 2005)
- Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
- 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. (Sep 2014)
- Statehood for the District of Columbia. (May 2017)
- Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers. (Feb 2015)
- Automatic voter registration for all citizens. (May 2015)
- CC:Oppose strict Constitutionalist judges. (Jul 2018)
- Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access. (Mar 2019)
- Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting. (Nov 2007)
- Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises. (Jan 2009)
- 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)
- Restrict presidential powers and require tax returns. (Dec 2021)
- Voted YES on two articles of impeachment against Trump. (Feb 2020)
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Sherrod Brown on Gun Control
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OR background on Gun Control.
- Funding for crisis intervention; disarm domestic abusers. (Aug 2024)
- Ban on assault weapons & high capacity magazines. (Oct 2018)
- Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Restrict right to bear arms, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale. (Jan 2019)
- Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers. (Mar 2021)
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Sherrod Brown on Health Care
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OR background on Health Care.
- Cap insulin at $35; reduce drug costs for Medicare . (Aug 2024)
- Repealing ObamaCare would devastate Ohio children. (Oct 2018)
- Seniors cut pills due to costs; while we cut aid to seniors. (Dec 2010)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Provide mental health services for older Americans. (May 2005)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
- Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Feb 2015)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
- Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
- Expedited licensing for biosimilar products. (Mar 2009)
- Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
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Sherrod Brown on Homeland Security
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OR background on Homeland Security.
- Screen returning veterans for PTSD, and offer entitlements. (Jan 2017)
- Voted every time in favor of final intelligence budgets. (Oct 2006)
- End the use of anti-personnel mines. (Mar 2001)
- 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)
- Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials. (Aug 2014)
- Restrict domestic monitoring of phone calls. (Aug 2014)
- Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration. (Oct 2015)
- Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze. (Jan 2017)
- Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace. (Apr 1993)
- Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)
- Establish global strategy to defeat al Qaeda. (Feb 2008)
- Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad. (Feb 2009)
- Expand health services for women veterans. (Mar 2009)
- Combat international and domestic Islamophobia. (Dec 2021)
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Sherrod Brown on Immigration
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OR background on Immigration.
- Resources for Border Patrol agents; expedite asylum process. (Aug 2024)
- Support DACA program: legal status for DREAMers. (Oct 2018)
- Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 25% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
- Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported. (Feb 2016)
- 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. (Aug 2021)
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Sherrod Brown on Jobs
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OR background on Jobs.
- Introduced PRO Act: protect workers' right to unionize. (Aug 2024)
- Increase federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $15. (Oct 2018)
- Our trade policy hemorrhages manufacturing jobs. (Dec 2005)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 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)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- 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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Sherrod Brown on Principles & Values
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OR background on Principles & Values.
- AdWatch: nepotistic hiring practices at the state treasury. (Apr 2012)
- Voted with Democratic Party 96.9% of 318 votes. (Sep 2007)
- Endorsed by conservative group that cares about tax fairness. (Oct 2006)
- This state and this country need a new direction. (Dec 2005)
- Religious affiliation: Lutheran. (Nov 2000)
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)
- Certify 2020 Presidential election as fully & fairly counted. (Jan 2021)
- Create Commission to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol riots. (Jun 2021)
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Sherrod Brown on Social Security
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OR background on Social Security.
- No full nor partial privatization of Social Security. (Oct 2018)
- Don't raise retirement age; system has been reliable. (Oct 2012)
- Don't balance budget by going after entitlements. (Dec 2010)
- Privatizing undermines Social Security's finances. (Sep 2006)
- Reject proposals for private saving accounts. (May 2002)
- Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age. (Aug 2010)
- 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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Sherrod Brown on Tax Reform
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OR background on Tax Reform.
- Billionaires need to start paying their fair share. (Aug 2024)
- Trump tax cuts apply to corporations that send jobs overseas. (Oct 2018)
- Help working families instead of millionaires & corporations. (Aug 2018)
- Anti-tax pledges handcuff budget decisions. (Oct 2012)
- We borrow billions from China for tax cuts to millionaires. (Dec 2010)
- 2006: Did you get any of the Bush tax cuts? (Aug 2008)
- DeWine's ads doctor WTC photos to distort my record on taxes. (Oct 2006)
- American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person. (Feb 2001)
- Rated 27% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
- CC:Reverse federal income tax cuts. (Jul 2018)
- CC:Keep the inhertiance tax. (Jul 2018)
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Sherrod Brown on Technology
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OR background on Technology.
- Export controls: deny China access to U.S. technology . (Jan 2024)
- Supports Net Neutrality (equal access to Internet). (Oct 2018)
- Promote internet via Congressional Internet Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Facilitate nationwide 2-1-1 phone line for human services. (Jan 2007)
- Require websites to police for copyrighted materials. (May 2011)
- Strengthen infrastructure, including rail, dams, & Internet. (Jan 2013)
- Support Lifeline program for low-income broadband. (Feb 2017)
- Overturn FCC approval of media consolidation. (Mar 2008)
- Terminate funding for the superconducting super collider. (Feb 1993)
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Sherrod Brown on War & Peace
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OR background on War & Peace.
- Keep nuke deal with Iran, but use remaining sanctions. (Oct 2018)
- Pull soldiers out of Iraq and Afghanistan and end wars. (Jan 2017)
- Instruct the military to come up with a withdrawal plan. (Oct 2006)
- Iraq has distracted the War on Terror and made us less safe. (Oct 2006)
- Voted against $87 billion that went to Halliburton. (Oct 2006)
- Safe, orderly troop withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 2006. (Dec 2005)
- Bush and Cheney lied about Iraq. (Dec 2005)
- Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)
- Deploy UN multinational peacekeeping force in Darfur. (Jul 2007)
- Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment. (May 2012)
- Require Congress' approval before military action in Iran. (Oct 2007)
- Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program. (Apr 2009)
- No military force against Iran without Congress approval. (Feb 2020)
- Sponsored bill to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank. (Jan 2020)
- Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq. (Sep 2021)
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Sherrod Brown on Welfare & Poverty
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OR background on Welfare & Poverty.
- GAIN Act: $111 billion a year for people in poverty. (Jan 2019)
- We have millions of families today who have zero wealth. (Dec 2010)
- 25 percent of our children are dependent on food stamps. (Dec 2010)
- Increase the earned income tax credit. (Jan 1993)
- Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Women should make their own health care decisions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Trust women to make their own healthcare decisions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Restore Roe v. Wade abortion protection: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Expand contraceptive services for low-income women: Favors topic 1 Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals: Favors topic 1 Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest: 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 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1 Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Rated 94% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: 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 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 Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP: Favors topic 2 Combat international and domestic Islamophobia: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Opposed Issue 1, the state gay marriage ban: Strongly Favors topic 3 Ban discrimination on sexual orientation & gender identity: Strongly Favors topic 3 Practicing family values means loving all God's children: Strongly Favors topic 3 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 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites: Strongly Favors topic 3 Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Opposes
topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Opposes requiring schools to allow school prayer: Opposes topic 4 Rated 23% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception: Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Seniors cut pills due to costs; while we cut aid to seniors: Strongly Favors topic 5 Repealing ObamaCare would devastate Ohio children: Strongly Favors topic 5 Cap insulin at $35; reduce drug costs for Medicare : Strongly Favors topic 5 MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare: Favors topic 5 Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: 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 Expand health services for women veterans: Favors topic 5 Make health care a right, not a privilege: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Privatizing undermines Social Security's finances: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Don't raise retirement age; system has been reliable: Opposes topic 6 Don't balance budget by going after entitlements: Strongly Opposes topic 6 No full nor partial privatization of Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Reject proposals for private saving accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age: 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 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Longtime opponent of vouchers for private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Rated 92% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Sponsored bill $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)
| Maintain funding for Environmental Protection Administration: Opposes topic 8 Environmental stewardship is an ongoing responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 95% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Grants for beach water pollution under Clean Water Act: Opposes topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Prohibit invasive research on great apes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species: Strongly 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 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
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| $50,000 a year keeping people in jail, instead of in schools: Opposes topic 9 Provide police with de-escalation training: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Rated 78% 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 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 More prison cells; more truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Ban on assault weapons & high capacity magazines: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Funding for crisis intervention; disarm domestic abusers: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly 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)
| Anti-tax pledges handcuff budget decisions: Strongly Favors topic 11 We borrow billions from China for tax cuts to millionaires: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Help working families instead of millionaires & corporations: Strongly Favors topic 11 Trump tax cuts apply to corporations that send jobs overseas: Strongly Favors topic 11 Billionaires need to start paying their fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11 American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person: Favors topic 11 Rated 27% 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 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
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Support DACA program: legal status for DREAMers: Strongly Favors topic 12 Resources for Border Patrol agents; expedite asylum process: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 25% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly 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)
| Fight against unfair trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Supports fair trade; opposes exporting jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 One of Senate's most ardent critics of foreign trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Trade agreements have sold out the middle class: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Longtime critic of NAFTA; re-negotiate to help Ohio workers: Opposes topic 13 Tax auto company foreign profits; then discounts in US: Opposes topic 13 Our trade policy hemorrhages manufacturing jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Export controls: deny China access to U.S. technology : Opposes topic 13 Rated 44% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 Tariffs against countries undervaluing their currency: Opposes topic 13 Sponsored bill to review free trade agreements biennially: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Sponsored bill imposing tariffs for manipulating currency: Opposes topic 13 Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires: 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 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)
| Require Code of Conduct for US corporations abroad: 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 Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror: Opposes 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)
| Screen returning veterans for PTSD, and offer entitlements: Favors topic 15 Safe, orderly troop withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 2006: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: 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
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Photo-ID rules discourage people from voting: Strongly Favors topic 16 Expand early voting & voting by mail: 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 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly 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 Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: 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)
| Instruct the military to come up with a withdrawal plan: Strongly Favors topic 17 Pull soldiers out of Iraq and Afghanistan and end wars: Strongly Favors topic 17 Keep nuke deal with Iran, but use remaining sanctions: Opposes topic 17 Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 CC:Keep alliance with Israel: Opposes topic 17 Require Congress' approval before military action in Iran: Favors topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: 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)
| Pretending that climate change isn't happening is dangerous: Strongly Favors topic 18 Aggressive action to combat climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup: Opposes topic 18 Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: Favors topic 18 Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18 Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Sponsored bill for $5 billion for alternative energy: Favors topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Supports medical legalization; opposes federal intervention: Opposes topic 19 FEND Off Fentanyl Act: stop flow from China & Mexico: Favors topic 19 Supports banking access for those in the marijuana industry: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated Zero by NORML, indicating a mixed record on drug reform: Neutral on topic 19 Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Criminalize imports of opioid precursors: Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Supported auto industry bailout as fighting for middle class: Strongly Favors topic 20 Invest in our small businesses and American manufacturing: Favors topic 20 $30 billion to transition manufacturers to clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Rated 71% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record: Neutral on topic 20 Strengthen infrastructure, including rail, dams, & Internet: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 CC:No Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: 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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