Mike Gravel
is a Libertarian Party Fmr. Alaskan Senator |
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Universal Health Care strongly supports Single-payer universal Health Care system in which government provides vouchers and public choses doctors |
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Border Fence Wants limited amnesty, guest worker programs, more green cards The border fence spans two issues: immigration and homeland security. First passed in 2006, the fence has been included in immigration legislation to control illegal immigration flow across the southern border. |
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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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Economic Sanctions on Iran against 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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Same Sex Marriage supports Gravel stands for gay marriage and same-sex civil unions |
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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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No Child Left Behind Act against 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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Death Penalty for Child Offenders strongly against |
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Prison Reform strongly supports The United States currently leads the world in incarceration. It holds 2.1 million people in prisons or jails, thereby sparking public and legislative debates over crime rates, mandatory sentencing, and the growing prison industry. |
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Mandatory Pledge of Allegiance strongly against |
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Mandatory Sentencing strongly against |
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Legalization of Medical Marijuana strongly supports |
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Legalization of Drugs strongly supports |
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Legalization of Gambling strongly supports |
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Minimum Wage strongly supports |
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Affirmative Action supports Affirmative action refers to policies intended to promote access to education or employment aimed at a historically socio-politically non-dominant group, typically minorities and women. |
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Outsourcing supports Business wants to preserve the ability to exporting jobs abroad in order to stay competitive. Labor interests wish to limit the extent to which businesses can layoff American workers for cheaper sources of labor in developing countries. |
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Slavery Reparations against A movement in the US which seeks the apology of the government and reparations in the form of money, land, or other goods to slave descendants, for its role in the institution of slavery prior to 1865. |
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Warrantless Wiretapping strongly against Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, President Bush, in a highly contested move, executively ordered the NSA to wiretap communications between U.S. citizens and suspected terrorists |
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Free Trade against Republicans more often promote free trade to satisfy business interests. Democrats have changed their position on trade. In the 1990s they were supportive of trade agreements but today their position appeals to people who are concerned about losing their j |
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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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Antitrust Regulation supports Antitrust regulation is used to preserve competition in markets. Whereas American law emphasizes strict competition, European and Japanese law emphasize competition with inter-firm collaboration. |
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Bank Regulation supports Regulation that prevents major financial crises by regulating how much capital banks store according to the riskiness of their investments. It also served a number of other functions from ensuring privacy to revealing information on suspected terrorists. |
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Business Regulation supports Compared to other countries, the United States has fewer regulations on businesses but the markets in which businesses operate are not completely unrestricted, contrary to popular belief. |
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Consumption Tax strongly supports Supports fair, national sales tax. |
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Darfur Intervention Sufficiently fund peacekeeping and intervention The United States was the first country to call the situation in the western province of Sudan a genocide. Since then, Congress and the Bush administration have imposed sanctions on the Sudanese government for its part in prolonging the conflict. |
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Flat Tax against |
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Estate Tax against The estate tax, aka "death tax" is a tax levied on the largest estates in the U.S. after an individual's death. Opposed by fiscal conservatives, it has been significantly reduced by Pres. Bush in 2001 and is set to end in 2010. |
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Bush Tax Cuts strongly against From 2001-2004, Congress approved legislation introduced by President Bush that would significantly reduce taxes in order to stimulate the economy. Pres. Bush has received criticism for pursuing a policy that largely benefits America's wealthiest citizens. |
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Animal Welfare Undecided Animal Welfare in the US is regulated by 3 federal laws and state statues. Currently, pets and wildlife are protected from acts of cruelty. Livestock and lab animals are granted limited protections and there is no legislation for purpose-bred birds. |
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Energy Independence supports A popular campaign that promises to reduce oil imports for security purposes and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Legislation in 2005 and 2007 have attempted, although poorly, to address American dependency. |
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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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School Vouchers supports Supported them in 1979. |
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Public Preschool supports |
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Financial Aid for Students supports |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty strongly supports 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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Dialogue with Rogue World Leaders strongly 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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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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Welfare Programs strongly supports |
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Genetically Engineered Foods against |
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Social Security Reform supports All affluent countries are faced with aging populations and the retirement of the large postwar generation which will soon overwhelm public pension systems. President Bush made pension reform an issue in his 2004 reelection campaign. |
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Iraq War Withdrawal strongly supports Democrats and Republicans in congress are considering various withdrawal and exit proposals as America's support for the war plummets. |
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Gays in the Military strongly supports Previously, homosexuals were banned from joining the armed forces. Under current law, non-heterosexual behavior cannot be discussed or investigated and is subject to discharge. |
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Iraq Troop Surge against The Iraq Troop Surge was announced by President George W. Bush on January 10, 2007 as a new strategy for securing regions of Iraq by increasing the number of American troops. |
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Military Draft strongly against The military draft, which makes military service mandatory, has been used several times in U.S. history before it was ended in 1973. Declining troop levels as a result of the Iraq war have made the draft a renewed possibility. |
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Militarization of Space against The Cold War triggered a race between U.S. and the USSR to militarize space and develop new space weaponry technologies. Since the end of the war, space weapons have been used in various ways to support military ground operations. |
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Guantanamo strongly against A U.S. military detention and interrogation facility located in Cuba that holds suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives. It has received international attention for violating international law by engaging in torture and holding captives indefinitely with |
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Patriot Act strongly against The USA Patriot Act, which extends the power of law enforcement agencies in pursuing suspected terrorists, has caused outrage for perceived violations of civil liberties. |
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Electoral College Reform strongly against |
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Public Campaign Financing strongly supports |
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Two Party System against The United States is a two party system elected through plurality vote. |
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Line-Item Veto against |
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Net Neutrality strongly supports Network neutrality generally refers to the regulation of residential broadband networks, specifically ensuring networks free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment attached and the modes of communication allowed through these computer networks. |
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Lunar Base Construction supports |
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Manned Mission to Mars strongly supports Since the end of the Apollo program, which successfully placed a man on the moon, there have been rumors of a manned mission to the Red Planet. |
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Public Display of 10 Commandments against |
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The Separation of Church and State strongly supports |
