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Manned Mission to Mars supports Hillary's stance on going to mars is undecided, but has voted favorably on key legislation such as the 2005 NASA budget. |
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Universal Health Care strongly supports Hillary Clinton is one of the first top officials for Universal Health Care |
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Kyoto Protocol Ratification supports An amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which seeks to assign mandatory emission limitations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations |
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Constitutional Ban on Flag Desecration against June 2006: Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. |
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Economic Sanctions on Iran supports With Iran's 2003 fruition of their purportedly legitimate nuclear ambition came an international cry for economic sanctions and dialogue with President Ahmadinejad |
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Assault Weapons Ban supports The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) provision was signed into law in 1994. The 10 year ban, expiring in 2004, is currently undergoing an inspection of effectiveness and a reinstitution bill in the House of Representatives |
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Dialogue with Rogue World Leaders supports With the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba increasingly vocal about their opposition to the U.S., talk of a potential dialogue with such leaders is becoming a central political issue with international implications |
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Death Penalty for Child Offenders against |
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Legalized Abortion supports Abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death and has become highly politicized since U.S. Supreme Court intervention in 1973 |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Drilling against The proposed 2,000 acre Coastal Plains region of the ANWR in Alaska has created a divide between environmentalists, big oil, and political parties alike, sparking a discussion on where and how the US will get its oil, and at what cost |
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Agricultural Subsidies strongly supports Hillary Clinton voted yes on the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. She strongly supports the 2007 Farm Bill reauthorization. She has set out a list of priorities for the new bill that would emphasize nutrition and provide loans, training, and strategic advice to rural entrepreneurs and small businesses. She also spoke of the need to reauthorize the 2002 farm bill at the end of the year, to stabilize farm prices. |
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Corporate Governance strongly supports Corporations are largely unregulated in the United States and became even less regulated during the 1990s. The deregulation movement and the American shareholder model led to a devastating series of corporate scandals. |
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No Child Left Behind Act supports The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has sought to elevate the performance of American schools and student with federal oversight and strict penalties for poor performance and as such has been both attacked and backed by various groups |
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Capital Punishment strongly supports Clinton cosponsored the Innocence Protection Act of 2003 providing funding for post-conviction DNA testing and establishes a DNA testing process for people sentenced to death under federal law. As first lady, she lobbied for the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which expanded the list of crimes subject to the federal death penalty. |
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Lobbyist Gifts to Congress against September 2000: Agrees to soft money ban if it includes independent ads, February 2000: Soft money ban & independent ad ban for her Senate campaign, April 2001: Voted YES on banning campaign donations from unions and corporations, March 2002: Voted YES on banning soft money contributions and restricting issue ads, November 2003: Called for ban on all soft money in 2000 campaign, March 2006: Voted NO on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress |
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Mandatory Sentencing supports Supported Three Strikes in early 1990s but since feels it has been overused. |
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Public Display of 10 Commandments strongly against During her 2000 Senate campaign, Clinton said, �I also have a great deal of respect for the U.S. Constitution, and the Supreme Court has said that that [the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools] is not constitutional.� |
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Mandatory Pledge of Allegiance against |
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Militarization of Space supports Supports funding research on a national missile defense system. |
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Legalization of Gambling against |
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Legalization of Medical Marijuana strongly supports Clinton promised to end federal raids on medical marijuana clinics. |
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Wiretapping strongly against Senator Hillary Clinton opposes the Patriot Act and the NSA program. |
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Consumption Tax strongly against A tax levied on consumption that can be made progressive by accounting for lower-income earners. It has the potential to solve public financing issues that other forms of taxation cannot and is favored among most economists. |
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Marriage Tax against voted to reduce. |
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Flat Tax strongly against A flat tax is a tax on income or consumption at a set rate. It differs from from income or consumption taxes that use sliding scale "brackets" that are determined by income earned. |
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Estate Tax supports Supports reducing the tax but not eliminating it. |
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Bush Tax Cuts strongly against Finds these cuts regressive. |
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Free Trade strongly against Supports policies that do not encourage trade like domestic agriculture subsidies and has voted against free trade bills. |
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Fuel Efficiency Regulation supports The large automotive industry has prevented any effective change from occurring in fuel efficiency standards since 1975 until the Senate passed a bill in June of 2007 that would require a 10 mpg increase in efficiency by car manufacturers. |
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Antitrust Regulation against Clinton's health care plan would insure that antitrust enforcement would no longer inhibit hospitals or other networks from sharing technology. |
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Bank Regulation strongly supports Clinton has demanded stronger lending standards while lax regulation caused a meltdown in the sub-prime mortgage industry in August 2007. |
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Business Regulation strongly supports Clinton has called for greater regulation of business, especially in the mortgage industry that caused a housing crisis in August of 2007. |
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Social Security Reform strongly against Strongly opposed to privatization or pre-funded schemes. |
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Slavery Reparations against Doesn't support slavery reparations but has spoken about the need to repair the socio-economic gap in society. |
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Outsourcing strongly against Wishes to end tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs. |
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Minimum Wage strongly supports No congressional wage increase until national minimum wage increase. |
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Border Fence Wants a fence across parts of the border with the heaviest traffic Has voted to build the fence along the border but voted against amendments extending the fence. |
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Affirmative Action strongly supports Supports using race as a factor in determining university admissions and voted for the Unemployment Benefits Amendment. |
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School Vouchers strongly against Clinton feels that private vouchers would take money from public schools, where the money is needed most. |
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Public Preschool strongly supports Clinton has sketched out a proposal consisting of $10 billion to expand pre-kindergarten classes to serve all of America's 4-year-olds. |
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Financial Aid for Students supports Introduced legislation that would expand financial assistance to some students. |
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Energy Independence strongly supports This is a major issue in Clinton's presidential campaign. |
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Animal Welfare Some Regulation and funding for enforcement of animal welfare Clinton does not have a strong position on this topic. |
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Welfare Programs strongly supports Clinton is a vocal advocate for the 2007 Farm Bill, which includes the Food Stamp Program. |
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Partitioning of Iraq against There is increasing support for partitioning post-war Iraq along ethno-religious lines. This would in effect create a Kurdistan, Sunnistan and Shiastan under the umbrella of a de-centralized "Iraq" government and would, many hope, quell civil war. |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty strongly against The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) is an international treaty opened for signature in 1968 and currently signed by 189 nations to stop the production of nuclear weapons, disarm current weapons and peacefully use nuclear technology. |
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Darfur Intervention Support intl. intervention and/or deploy NATO to protect civilians Called for NATO assistance in Darfur. |
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Patriot Act strongly supports Voted for and to reauthorize the act. |
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Military Draft strongly against Has voiced concern about draft. |
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Iraq War Withdrawal supports Phased withdrawal to begin immediately. |
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Iraq Troop Surge against Against surge without broader plan. |
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Guantanamo strongly against Has called for the closure of the detention center and voted to preserve habeus corpus for Guantanamo detainees. |
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Public Campaign Financing against |
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Two Party System supports The United States is a two party system elected through plurality vote. |
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Net Neutrality strongly supports |
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State Children's Health Insurance Program strongly supports In October 2007, President Bush vetoed a bill that would expand SCHIP, a program that gives health insurance to uninsured children that cannot qualify for MEDICAID. Over the past 10 years, SCHIP cost $40 billion federal dollars and has covered 7m children |
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Free Flow of Information Act strongly supports The Act protects a media reporter's source unless a federal judge, "by a preponderance of the evidence," rules that the identity sought is "essential to the resolution of the matter." |
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Freedom of Information Act strongly supports Cosponsor - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), of the United States Code, generally provides that any person has the right to request access to federal agency records or information and each federal agency is responsible for there own records. Bills and Resolutions Title: A bill to require prisons and other detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same. |
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Heroes Health Improvement Act strongly supports The Heroes Health Improvement Act (HHIA) A bill to establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon. Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham NY Introduced 1/4/2007 Latest Major Action: 3/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
