Barbara Mikulski on Principles & Values Democratic Sr Senator (MD)

Voted with Democratic Party 96% of 325 votes.

3 C's for Senators: Colleagues; Committees; & Constituents

Their most important obligation, Mikulski reminds them, may find its completion on the Senate floor, but its foundation is laid and its scaffold erected from the practical organization of offices, phone lines, mail rooms, scheduling, staff--the minutiae of their operations. "Every one of us came here with a passion for the issues," she says. "We all have good intentions, but we have to operationalize our good intentions."

Pledges not to campaign against GOP women Senate candidates

King looked incredulous, "For campaigning against her?"

"Yes," Mikulski replied, "because this is a great woman. I think we all learned a lesson, which is that we are not going to campaign against each other. We are going to duke it out in the Senate. We have different issues, different parties. But I think we all feel that every one of us has made a difference, and we want to support that. When we have been together, we have brought about change. And we are proud of each other."

BAM's principles: Listen to people; no Washington-speak

BAM'S PRINCIPLES
1. I am not only the senator from Maryland, but also the senator FOR Maryland.
2. We must be committed to looking out for the day-to-day needs of Marylanders and the long-range needs of America.
3. My economic purpose is to help those who are middle class stay there, and to give those who are not middle class the chance to get there.
4. Our constituents have a right to know, to be heard, and to be represented.
5. Listen to the people and the stories of their lives. My best ideas come from the people.
6. We must Communicate, Coordinate and Cooperate.
7. We are not a bureaucracy.
8. We cannot always guarantee and outcome, but we can guarantee an effort.
9. Always be clear about: "What is the objective we seek?"
10. Goals should be specific, immediate, and realistic.
11. Just move it.
12. Do not explain an abstraction with an abstraction.
13. The language of Washington is foreign language. We need to talk about people in terms they understand.

Voted YES on confirming of Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court.

"In the past month, many Senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. It is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make the law--it is to apply the law. And it is clear, I believe, that my record in two courts reflects my rigorous commitment to interpreting the Constitution according to its terms; interpreting statutes according to their terms and Congress's intent; and hewing faithfully to precedents established by the Supreme Court and my Circuit Court. In each case I have heard, I have applied the law to the facts at hand."

Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice.

Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Religious affiliation: Catholic.

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