| National Health Care System |
Would create a
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08
national health insurance program, allowing Americans
to
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08 choose
between the new public insurance program and private insurance
plans that meet certain coverage standards. |
Would promote
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08private competition in
health care coverage by creating
a WebMD, visited 9/10/08federal charter for
insurance, so that consumers can purchase insurance from companies
competing nation-wide. |
| Require Health Care Coverage |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports federally mandated health insurance only for children. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Opposes
federally mandated health insurance. |
| Require Pricing Transparency |
Would WebMD,
visited 9/10/08mandate pricing transparency for private
insurance plans. |
Would WebMD,
visited 9/10/08mandate pricing transparency for all
insurance plans and would develop national
JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/14/08 standards for
measuring treatments so that consumers can compare outcomes. |
| Universal Coverage |
Would create WebMD,
visited 9/10/08universal coverage through federal and
free-market solutions. |
Would work with governors to help the
states establish
a WebMD, visited 9/10/08Guaranteed Access Plan (GAP)
to ensure all patients have access to health coverage. |
| Tax Credits |
Would
offer WebMD, visited 9/10/08small businesses a refundable
tax credit of up to 50% on premiums paid by business for
employees. |
Would offer tax credits of $2,500 to
every WebMD,
visited 9/10/08individual and $5,000 for families to
help pay for coverage, enabling them to deposit any remaining
credit in expanded Health Savings Accounts. |
| Health Savings Accounts |
WebMD, visited 9/10/08No position on Health Savings Accounts. |
JohnMcCain.com,
visited 9/14/08Supports expanded Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and would
permit individuals to put heath care tax rebates in HSAs. |
| Support of Medical Technology |
Would
invest CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$10 billion
a year over next 5 years (total $50 billion) to implement
standards-based electronic health information systems, which would
include electronic health records. |
Would
promoteCNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08 "rapid deployment" of 21st century information
systems and technology allowing doctors to practice across state
lines. |
| Prescription Drugs |
Would CNN
Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08 permit
Americans to purchase drugs from other developed countries if
the drugs are safe and prices are lower than outside the United
States. Says he would CNN
Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08repeal the ban
that prevents the U.S. from negotiating with drug companies. |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08permit Americans to purchase drugs from other countries "through safe re-importation
of drugs" and would support CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08faster production of generic drugs. |
| Greenhouse Gas Reduction |
By 2050, would reduce greenhouse gas emissions
to BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/0880% of 1990
levels. |
By 2050, would reduce greenhouse gas emissions
to JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/0860% of 1990
levels. |
| Cap-and-Trade Markets for Emissions Permits |
Establish an BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/08auction market for
companies to buy permits. Proceeds would go to
investments in clean energy, assistance to families, and habitat
protection. |
Establish an JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08 auction market for
companies to buy permits. Proceeds would go to
investments in clean energy, assistance to families, and a carbon
reserve for companies to use in times of
countrywide economic stress. |
| Plans to Engage International Community on Climate Change |
Engage international community through the
BarackObama.com,
visited 9/13/08U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
Change, and through creation of a
BarackObama.com,
visited 9/13/08Global Energy Forum. Would create a CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08technology transfer program within the
Department of Energy dedicated to exporting climate-friendly
technologies to developing countries. |
Engage international community through the
JohnMcCain.com,
visited 9/13/08U.N. and JohnMcCain.com,
visited 9/13/08negotiate agreements with India and
China that have incentives for rapid adoption. Would provide
government incentives and partnerships for JohnMcCain.com,
visited 9/13/08sale of clean tech to
developing countries. |
| Investment in Clean Tech |
In next 10 years, would
invest BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/08$150 billion in
alternative energy R&D and creation of a green energy business
sector. |
In next 10 years, would
invest JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08$20 billion to
advance clean coal technologies. Would create a JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08$300 million
dollar prize for development of fully electric car.
|
| Tax Rebates |
Give consumers a CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$7,000 tax
credit for buying fuel-efficient
cars. Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08extend the
production tax credit for 5 years to encourage the production of
renewable energy. |
Give consumers
a JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08$5,000 tax credit
for buying zero-emission cars, including a graduated incentive for
lower-emission cars. Will give tax credits to CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08encourage the market
for wind, hydro, and solar
power. Would Steven Power, In Energy Policy, McCain, Obama, Differ on
Role of Government, Wall Street Journal, 6/9/08, visited on
9/13/08 scrap the federal ethanol tax credit.
|
| "Windfall Profits" Tax |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Supports a $1,000 rebate for every working family paid for by
taxing the "windfall profits" that oil companies are currently making. |
Does JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08not support
a "windfall profits"
tax on oil companies. |
| Federal Gas Tax Holiday |
Does CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08not
support a gas tax holiday. Voted for an Illinois gas tax
holiday while in the Illinois State Senate. "Six months later we
took a look, and consumers had not benefited at all, but we had
lost revenue. I learned from a CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08mistake." |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports a gas tax holiday, suspending the 18.4 cent per gallon federal gas
tax, and 24.4 cent per gallon diesel tax from Memorial Day to
Labor Day. The lost revenue would be paid for by money from the
general fund. |
| Cars & Driving |
Would CNN
Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08mandate all new
cars be flex-fuel capable. Would
make CNN
Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$4
billion in loans to help domestic manufacturers retool
factories and build more fuel-efficient cars. Says he would put 1
million 150-mpg hybrid cars on U.S. roads within 6 years. Supports
next generation biofuels. Supports advanced technology, including
research into new engines and plug-in hybrids. |
Proposes CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$300
million award for "the development of a battery package that
has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the
commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars." Has
called on auto makers to make a more rapid switch to flex-fuel
cars. |
| Energy Use Targets |
Wants CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/0825% of
electricity to come from clean, renewable sources by 2025, and BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/0860
billion gallons
of advanced biofuels
used in our fuel supply by 2030. |
Wants to achieve strategic JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08energy independence by 2025.
|
| Strategic Reserves |
Government should
sell USNews.com, visited 9/13/0870 million barrels from
strategic reserves (increasing supply
by USNews.com, visited 9/15/08less than
1%). Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08suspend
buying oil for strategic reserve. |
Supports JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08using strategic
reserves. Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08suspend buying oil for strategic reserves. |
| Offshore Drilling |
Previously was against lifting federal government restrictions
on offshore drilling, but appeared to modify his position on
August 1 in a statement CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08supporting a legislative effort that would
expand offshore oil drilling. Part of the statement read: "I
remain skeptical that new offshore drilling will bring down gas
prices in the short-term or significantly reduce our oil
dependence in the long-term, though I do welcome the establishment
of a process that will allow us to make future drilling decisions
based on science and fact." |
Michael Sheer, McCain Seeks to End Offshore Drilling Ban,
Washington Post, 6/17/08, visited 9/13/08Supports lifting federal
moratorium on offshore drilling, but CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08opposes drilling in Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. Says that the federal government should provide CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08
incentives to states permitting offshore exploration. |
| Carbon Fuel Standards |
Would establish a CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08new National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) to speed the introduction of low-carbon non-petroleum fuels. |
Would support JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08existing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, with increased penalties for violation.
|
| Nuclear Power |
Believes nuclear energy is likely
necessary to meet climate change goals, but thinks key issues such
as public awareness and security Barack Obama campaign statement, visited 9/13/08must
be resolved first. |
Establish JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/0845 new nuclear
reactors by 2030, with goal of constructing CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08100
plants. Believes barriers to nuclear energy are political not
technological. Would provide for CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08safe storage of spent nuclear fuel
and give host localities a proprietary interest so that
when advanced recycling technologies turn used fuel into a
valuable commodity, the public shares in its economic
benefits.
|
| Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository |
Kathleen Hennessey, Democrats Oppose Nuclear Waste Dump, Associated Press, 11/13/07, visited
9/13/08Opposed to building Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. |
Has Jon
Ralston, McCain's About Face on Yucca, Las Vegas Sun, 3/28/08,
visited 9/13/08supported building Yucca Mountain
nuclear waste repository in Nevada in the past, but now says would establish
an international repository that "may" make Yucca Mountain repository unnecessary.
|
| Israel & Palestine |
Michele Kelemen, McCain, Obama Offer Two Paths on Mideast
Policy, NPR, 7/15/08, visited 9/13/08Supports Israel, including
providing "Michele Kelemen, McCain, Obama Offer Two Paths on Mideast
Policy, NPR, 7/15/08, visited 9/13/08foreign assistance". Would take active role in pease
talks between Israel and Palestine. Would not negotiate with
Palestinian militant group Hamas. |
Michele Kelemen, McCain, Obama Offer Two Paths on Mideast
Policy, NPR, 7/15/08, visited 9/13/08Support
for Israel Michele Kelemen, McCain, Obama Offer Two Paths on Mideast
Policy, NPR, 7/15/08, visited 9/13/08should
intensify, including providing Michele Kelemen, McCain, Obama Offer Two Paths on Mideast
Policy, NPR, 7/15/08, visited 9/13/08military equipment. Would sanction
Iran in response to its threats on Israel. Supports peace talks
between Israel and Palestine. |
| Negotiation with Iran |
Proposes "aggressive
diplomacy", Obama, McCain Use Iran to Stress Differences in Foreign
Policy, Fox News, 6/608, visited 9/13/08lifting Bush
administration's precondition to negotiation: that Iran shelve its
enrichment of uranium before the U.S. will join Europe in talking
to Iran about its nuclear program. |
Supports Obama, McCain Use Iran to Stress Differences in Foreign
Policy, Fox News, 6/608, visited 9/13/08sanctions on
Iranian imports of gas and on Central Bank of Iran. Supports
denial of visas, and a worldwide campaign to get businesses,
pension funds, and financial institutions to divest their holdings
in companies that do business with Iran. Will continue to use
U.N. Security Council to pressure Iran to give up nuclear program. |
| Afghanistan |
Send at
least CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08two
additional combat brigades to Afghanistan. Would seek greater
contributions from NATO allies. Would focus on training Afghan
security forces, and supporting an Afghan judiciary with more
resources for Americans who perform these tasks. Proposes
additional aid of one billion each year for Kabul and rural areas,
with safeguards to prevent corruption. Would address Pakistan
policy to secure border and crack down on terrorists
camps. Proposes to cut down on narcotics trafficking by offering
alternative livelihoods. |
Send CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08three
additional brigades to Afghanistan and double the size of Afghan
army to 160,000 troops. Would pay for troop increase through
international trust fund financed by the United States and its
allies. Would employ counter-insurgency technique used in
Iraq. Would appoint an "Afghanistan Czar" that would report
directly to President, and a presidential envoy to address
disputes between Afghanistan and its neighbors. Would crack down
on narcotics trafficking and would focus on strengthening local
tribes on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan to fight
terrorism there. |
| Cuba |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08keep
embargo unless Cuba has released all political prisoners, allowed free
media, and taken other steps to democratize the island. Would
" CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08immediately allow unlimited family travel and remittances to the
island." |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08keep
embargo and not allow economic aid to flow to Cuba until Cuba
has released all political prisoners, legalized all political
parties and labor unions, allowed free media, and has
internationally monitored elections. |
| Government Debt |
Would go up by Obama and McCain Have Big Economic Differences, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$3.5 trillion over next decade. |
Would go up by Obama and McCain Have Big Economic Differences, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$5 trillion over next decade. |
| Foreclosure Assistance |
Proposes creating
a CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$10
billion fund to help prevent foreclosures, eliminate some
taxes and fees for families who must sell and offer counseling to
homeowners. Would allow troubled homeowners refinance a loan
insured by the Federal Housing Administration.Would provide tax
credits to 10 million middle class homeowners who struggle with
mortgage costs. Supports government aid to keep Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac from collapsing. |
Would give homeowners the chance to have
their
loan CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08modified, provided they'd meet certain
criteria. Offers of financial assistance to borrowers is contingent
on lending reform. Believes a government bailout should only be a
last resort. Supports government aid to keep Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac from collapsing. |
| Free Trade |
Plans on renegotiating NAFTA to include votegopher.com, visited 9/13/08stronger labor and environmental standards. Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08eliminate tax breaks for companies moving overseas. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Strongly
supports free trade and NAFTA, and believes Trade
agreements National Political Awareness Test, 11/7/04, visited
9/13/08should not address environmental concerns and protect
worker's rights. |
| Business Incubators |
Would
invest BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/08$250 million per
year on to increase the number and size of business incubators in
disadvantaged communities throughout the country. |
Does not have plans JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08to promote business incubators. |
| Social Security |
Strongly CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08opposes
privatizing Social Security. Believes that the first place to look
for ways to strengthen Social Security is the payroll tax
system. Currently, the Social Security payroll tax applies to only
the first $97,500 a worker earns; Obama supports increasing the
maximum amount of earnings covered by Social Security. |
Advocates CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08partial
privatization of Social Security, supplementing with
individual investment accounts. Prefers
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08slowing the growth of benefits to raising taxes. |
| Corporate Taxes |
Would provide
a BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/08tax credit to
companies that have more full-time workers in America than outside
the US. |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08lower
corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%, allow first-year deduction and
equipment and technology investments, and establish a permanent
research and development tax credit equal to 10% of wages spent on
R&D. |
| Capital Gains Tax |
Would ABC News, 8/14/08, visited 9/14/08raise capital gains tax from 15% to 20% for Americans making more than $250,000 per year, but would CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08eliminate capital gains tax on start-ups and
small businesses. |
Would JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08maintain capital
gains and dividends tax at 15%. |
| Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit |
Proposes CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08increasing child and dependent care tax
credit. Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08allow
low-income families to receive up to a 50% credit for child
care expenses. |
Proposes CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08increasing child deduction from $3,500 to $7,000. |
| Estate Tax |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08maintain estate tax, but freeze estate tax exemption amount at $3.5 million. |
Would raise estate tax exemption amount
to CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$10
million, while cutting the tax rate to 15%. |
| Bush Tax Cuts |
Extend Obama and McCain Have Big Economic Differences, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08only the cuts for individuals making less than $200,000 or couples making less than $250,000 annually. |
Extend Obama and McCain Have Big Economic Differences, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08all Bush tax cuts, except for total elimination of the estate tax. |
| Above $2.87m Tax Bracket |
average tax increase Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08+11.5%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08+701,885) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-4.4%
(-Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$269,364) |
| $603,403 - $2.87m Tax Bracket |
average tax increase Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08+8.7%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08+$115,947) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-3.4%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$45,361) |
| $226,982 - $603,402 Tax Bracket |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/080%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$12) |
average tax decreaseObama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-3.1%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$7,871) |
| $160,973 - $226,981 Tax Bracket |
average tax
decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-1.9%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$2,789) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-3%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$4,380) |
| $111,646 - $160,972 Tax Bracket |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-2.1
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$2,204) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-2.5%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$2,614) |
| $66,355 - $111,645 Tax Bracket |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-1.8%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$1,290) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-1.4%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$1,009) |
| $37,596 - $66,354 Tax Bracket |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-2.4%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$1,042) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-0.5%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$113) |
| $18,982 - $37,595 Tax Bracket |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-3.6%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$892) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-0.5
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$113) |
| Income Up To $37,595 Tax Bracket |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-5.5%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-$567) |
average tax decrease Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08-0.2%
(Obama and McCain Tax Proposals, Washington Post, visited
9/13/08$19) |
| Internet and Cell Phone Taxes |
Takes no position on Internet or cell phone taxes. May support broadband adoption through BarackObama.com, visited 9/13/08tax incentives. |
Would JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08ban Internet and new cell phone taxes. |
| Private School Vouchers |
Is Elizabeth Green, Obama Open to Private School Vouchers,
New York Sun, 2/15/08, visited 9/13/08open to vouchers if
research shows they work. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports vouchers where they're approved by local and
state school boards. |
| Teacher Recruitment & Incentives |
Proposes CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08scholarships to cover 4 years of undergraduate or 2
years of graduate teacher education including high-quality
alternative programs for mid-year career recruits in exchange for
teaching for at least 4 years in a high-need field or
location. Would provide $1 billion in funding to create mentoring
programs for teachers. |
Would
devote CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/0860% of
Title II funding to incentive bonuses for high-performing teachers
located in challenging environments, teaching subjects like math
or science, or demonstrate student improvement. Would
devote CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/0835% at
Title II funding towards the school so that principals can focus
on the specific needs of their schools. Would
devote CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/085% of
Title II funding to states to recruit teachers who graduate in the
top 25% of their class or participate in alternative teacher
recruiting programs. |
| Online Education |
Takes BarackObama.comno position on online education. |
Would target CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$500
million in federal funds to build virtual schools and support
development on online course offerings for students, half to
support states that commit to expanding online education
opportunities, and half to help students pay for online tutors or
enroll in virtual schools. Low-income students would be eligible
to receive up to $4,000 to enroll in an online course, SAT/ACT
prep course, credit recovery, or tutoring service offered by a
virtual provider. |
| Early Education |
Proposes
investing CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08$10
billion a year to increase the number of children eligible for
Early Head Start, increase access to preschool, provide affordable
and quality child care, and increase coordination across federal,
state and local levels. |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for
No Child Left Behind but says it is only the beginning of
education reform. |
| Gay Marriage |
Voted CNN Election Center 2008, visited
9/14/08against the Federal Marriage Amendment which would
have defined marriage as between a man and a woman, and Ann Turner, Obama and McCain Both Oppose Gay Marriage,
Split on Abortion, GayWired.com, 8/18/08, visited on 9/14/08opposes a ban on same-sex marriages, but personally
believes marriage is a religious bond between a man and a
woman. Michael Finnegan, Quiet Stands on Gay Marriage, Los
Angeles Times, 7/2/08, A-12, visited 9/13/08Supports civil unions that would carry equal legal standing
to marriage, but believes the decision of marriage should be left
to the states. Michael Finnegan, Quiet Stands on Gay Marriage, Los
Angeles Times, 7/2/08, A-12, visited 9/13/08Opposed the 2008 California initiative banning gay marriage. |
Voted Michael Finnegan, Quiet Stands on Gay Marriage, Los
Angeles Times, 7/2/08, A-12, visited 9/13/08against the
Federal Marriage Amendment which would have defined marriage as
between a man and a woman, but said he
would Ann Turner, Obama and McCain Both Oppose Gay Marriage,
Split on Abortion, GayWired.com, 8/18/08, visited on 9/14/08support a constitutional ban if
states were required to recognize marriages from other
states. Michael Finnegan, Quiet Stands on Gay Marriage, Los
Angeles Times, 7/2/08, A-12, visited 9/13/08Supported the
failed 2006 Arizona initiative to ban gay marriage, and the 2008
California initiative. |
| Gay Adoption |
CNN Election Center 2008, visited 9/14/08Supports civil unions that would give gays equal adoption rights. |
Believes that gay adoption is a Ann Turner, Obama and McCain Both Oppose Gay Marriage,
Split on Abortion, GayWired.com, 8/18/08, visited on 9/14/08state issue.
|
| Discrimination |
Believes that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act should be CNN Election Center 2008, visited 9/14/08expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. CNN Election Center 2008, visited 9/14/08Advocated for legislation that sought to expand federal hate crime legislation to include sexual orientation and gender identity. |
Voted against the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act of 1996, stating he believed
that CNN Election Center 2008, visited 9/14/08existing
laws applied to gays and homosexuals.
|
| Gays in the Military |
Would CNN Election Center 2008, visited 9/14/08repeal
"don't ask, don't tell" policy. |
CNN Election Center 2008, visited 9/14/08Supports the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. |
| Abortion |
NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08Supports Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court
decision that prohibits states from outlawing abortion. Has stated
he "will NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a
priority as President." Voted against President Bush's anti-choice
Supreme Court nominees. |
Believes Roe
v. Wade should
be NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08overturned. Voted for anti-choice Supreme Court nominees such as John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas. |
| Access to Birth Control |
Voted to NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08increase access to family-planning services, and is the lead sponsor of a bill to end the birth-control pricing crises for college students and low-income women. |
Voted
to Weicker motion to table Helms amendment to FY’89 Labor,
HHS, and Education appropriations bill, H.R.4783, July 25, 1988;
motion to invoke cloture on Family Planning Amendments Act, S.110,
September 26,1990, from NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08shut down the major federal family-planning program
which provides women with health-care services such as birth
control. |
| Abstinence-Only Sex Education |
Favors NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08comprehensive sex education, and voted in favor of ensuring that "abstinence-only" programs are medically accurate. |
Supports NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, visited
9/14/08abstinence-only policies in high schools. Believes that the first priority should be on abstinence, and where that fails then you can Adam Nagourney, McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention, New York Times, 3/16/07, visited 9/14/08employ contraception as well. |
| Federal Funding For Abortion |
Did CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/14/08not cast vote on "Prohibiting Funds for Groups that Perform Abortions" amendment in 2007. |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/14/08for "Prohibiting Funds for Groups that Perform Abortions"
amendment in 2007. |
| Gun Manufacturer Liability |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08against a 2005
law prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers stemming from
acts committed by others using their products |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for a 2005
law prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers stemming from
acts committed by others using their products |
| Criminal Background Checks on Gun Owners |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports instant criminal background checks on people
purchasing guns and believes law should apply to gun sales at gun
shows. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports instant criminal background checks on people
purchasing guns and believes law should apply to gun sales at gun
shows. |
| Restrictions on Assault Weapons & Armor-Piercing Bullets |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports permanently reinstating assault weapons ban.
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for
a 2005 amendment placing restrictions on rifle ammunition that is
"designed or marketed" to be armor-piercing. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Opposes
restrictions on assault weapons and voted against such a
ban. Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08against
1994 crime bill which contained a 10-year extension of the assault
weapons
ban. Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08against
a 2005 amendment placing restrictions on rifle ammunition that is
"designed or marketed" to be armor-piercing. |
| Gun Safety Regulation |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports making guns childproof and voted for 2005
child safety lock amendment. |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for 2005 child safety lock amendment. |
| NRA Endorsement |
Says that Obama "National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund website, visited on 9/14/08would be the most anti-gun president in American history". |
The
NRA NRA Political Victory Fund website, visited 9/14/08may
endorse McCain/Palin on October
1. In 2004 they gave McCain a CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08C+ rating. |
| Confiscation of Firearms from Private Citizens During Times of Crisis |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for a
2006 amendment prohibiting confiscation of firearms from private
citizens, particularly during times of crisis or emergency. |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for a
2006 amendment prohibiting confiscation of firearms from private
citizens, particularly during times of crisis or emergency. |
| District of Columbia Gun Ban |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Did not
sign a friend-of-the-court brief that urged the Supreme Court
to overturn the District of Columbia gun ban. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Signed a
friend-of-the-court brief that urged the Supreme Court to overturn
the District of Columbia gun ban. |
| Winning Hearts & Minds |
Has no official CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08position on winning hearts & minds. |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08create an
independent agency with the sole purpose of getting America's
message to the world. Would set up a new civil-military agency
patterned after the Office of Strategic Services in World War
II. |
| Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations |
Will CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08implement recommendations of 9/11 commission. |
Does not take a position
on JohnMcCain.com, visited 9/13/08implementing 9/11
commission recommendations, but fought for initial creation of the
independent committee. |
| Military Staffing |
Would Obama Surrenders on Military Spending, Progressive.org, visited 9/13/08increase Army by 65,000 and Marines by 27,000. |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08create
an Army Adviser Corps with 20,000 soldiers who would work with
friendly militaries abroad. Would increase numbers in information
operations, Special Forces, civil affairs, military policing,
military intelligence, Army, and Marines. |
| Intelligence Staffing |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08create
a senior position to coordinate domestic intelligence gathering,
and establish a grant program to support thousands more state and
local level intelligence analysts. |
Would increase number
in CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08military intelligence. |
| Defense Budget |
Would Robert Kagan, Obama the Interventionist, Washington Post, 4/27/07, visited 9/13/08increase defense budget. |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08increase defense budget. |
| Patriot Act |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for
reauthorization of the Patriot Act in 2006, but would revise
it. |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for the
Patriot Act in 2001 and for its reauthorization in 2006. |
| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) |
Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08for
legislation overhauling FISA in July 2008. The bill effectively
shields telephone companies from lawsuits for participating in
illegal government eavesdropping program. Previously opposed the
bill and opposed giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications
firms. Did not attend the February 2008 vote on the FISA
Amendments Act of 2007. |
CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08Did not
attend the July 2008 vote to update the 1978 Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. Supports FISA and immunity
for the telecommunications corporations. Voted for the FISA
Amendments Act of 2007 in February 2008. |
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08close Guantanamo Bay prison, but not the army base. Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08against
the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which authorized trial by
military commissions for detainees at the prison. CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Supports the
Supreme Court decision granting foreign terrorism suspects at
Guantanamo Bay a right to challenge their detention in civilian
courts. |
Would CNN Issues Election Center, visited 9/13/08close
Guantanamo Bay prison, but not the army base. Voted CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08for the Military Commissions Act of
2006, which authorized trial by military commissions for detainees
at the prison. CNN Issues Election Center, visited
9/13/08Opposes the Supreme Court decision granting foreign
terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay a right to challenge their
detention in civilian courts. |
