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• Voted Yes to Repeal Glass Steagall. (1999) causing the banking liquidity crisis, dollar collapse, mortgage crisis and bond insurance market interest rate hikes. • Reed is one of the "Merchant 8", he took close to 1 million in campaign contributions from the banks between 1995 and 2000. This was the period when Glass-Steagall was repealed. • Voted NO on paying down federal debt by rating programs' effectiveness. (Mar 2007) • Voted NO on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005) • Voted NO on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment allowing the doubling of the debt by 2008 and reducing federal funding to the states causing tax increases. (Mar 1997) • Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001) • Rated 60% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002) • Rated 26% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003) • Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994) • Rated 63% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation. (Dec 2000) • No school prayer amendment. (Jan 1996) • Voted NO on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000) • Voted NO on declaring memorial prayers and religious symbols OK at schools. (May 1999) • Voted NO on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999) • Voted NO on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998) • Voted NO on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997) • Voted NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994) • Voted NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994) • Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. (Nov 2005) • Will not submit legislation to re institute gasoline rate control, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, to stabilize gas prices. • Voted NO on Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) HR 2419 (12/14/2007) • Voted NO on prohibiting eminent domain for use as parks or grazing land. (Dec 2007) • Voted NO on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat. (Sep 1999) • Voted YES on transportation demo projects. (Mar 1998) • Voted YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors. (May 1999) • Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003) • Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe. (May 2002) • Voted NO on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999) • Voted YES on $17.9 billion to IMF. (Mar 1998) • Voted YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam. (Oct 2001) • Voted YES on removing common goods from national security export rules. (Sep 2001) • Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China. (Sep 2000) • Voted NO on requiring photo ID to vote in federal elections. (Jul 2007) • Voted YES on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress. (Mar 2006) • Voted NO on require photo ID (not just signature) for voter registration. (Feb 2002) Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003) • Voted NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003) • Voted NO on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999) • Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report. (Mar 2007) • Voted YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. (Mar 2006) • Voted YES on restricting business with entities linked to terrorism. (Jul 2005) • Voted YES on allowing another round of military base closures. (May 1999) • Voted NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training. (Jun 1998) • Voted YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects. (Oct 1997) • Rated no solid stance. (Dec 2008) • Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007) • Voted YES on eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program. (May 2007) • Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006) • Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006) • Voted NO on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997) • Voted YES on limiting immigrant benefits & controlling borders more tightly. (Sep 1996) • Voted NO on prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving FEMA benefits. (Jul 1994) • Voted YES on limiting farm subsidies to people earning under $750,000. (Dec 2007) • Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997) • Voted NO on establishing reserve funds & pre-funding for Social Security. (Mar 2007) • Voted NO on Social Security Lockbox & limiting national debt. (Apr 1999) • Voted NO on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees. (May 1998) • Voted NO on allowing personal retirement accounts. (Apr 1998) • Voted NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax. (Mar 2007) • Voted NO Death/EstateTax and Minimum Wage Bill of 2006 (08/03/2006) • Voted NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts. (Aug 2006) • Voted NO on Debt Limit Increase Resolution (03/16/2006) • Voted YES on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut. (Feb 2006) • Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Feb 2006) • Voted NO on Minimum Wage Amendment (03/07/2005) • Voted NO on eliminating the 'marriage penalty'. (Jul 2000) • Voted NO on phasing out the estate tax ("death tax"). (Jul 2000) • Voted NO on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999) • Voted NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998) • Rated 23% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003) • Voted NO on restoring $550M in funding for Amtrak for 2007. (Mar 2006) • Voted NO on Internet sales tax moratorium. (Oct 1998) • Voted YES on Defense Authorizations Bill (01/22/2008) • Voted NO on redeploying non-essential US troops out of Iraq in 9 months. (Dec 2007) • Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008. (Mar 2007) • Voted NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007. (Jun 2006) • Voted YES on $86 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003) |
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