Kirsten Gillibrand On the issues (there are more issues than gun control)

[mucifer]

I did a little internet research because I was curious. She votes with the dems 93% of the time. Yeah I sure don't agree with her on every issue, but she doesn't seem too bad:

Abortion:
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
* Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Budget and Economy
* Voted YES on defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices. (Jun 2008)
* Voted YES on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
* Voted YES on regulating the subprime mortgage industry. (Nov 2007)
* Retire half the public debt by 2006. (May 2001) (ok that one's funny)

Civil Rights:
* Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
* Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Corporations:
* Voted YES on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
* Screen imports & ban lead in children's products. (Feb 2008)

Crime:
* Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
* Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)

Education:
* More funds for NCLB and early education. (Nov 2006)
* Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Energy and oil:
* Raise CAFE; plus alternative energy R&D. (Nov 2006)
* Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
* Voted YES on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
* Voted YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
* Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
* Balance fossil fuels and viable renewable energy. (Jul 2001)

Foreign policy:
* Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)

Free Trade:
* Protect American jobs from going overseas. (Nov 2006)
* Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
* Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
* Block NAFTA Superhighway & North American Union. (Jan 2007)

Gov reform:
* No lobbyist gifts. (Nov 2006)
* Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
* Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
* Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
* Supports Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform. (Jul 2001)

Health care:
* Medicare for all; allow drug reimoprtation. (Nov 2006)
* Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
* Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
* Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
* Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
* Better and immediate funding for Medicare & Medicaid. (Dec 2000)
* Prescription drug benefit within Medicare. (Jun 2000)
* Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
* Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)

"Homeland security"
* Voted YES on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)
* Voted YES on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
* Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
* Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)
* Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11. (Dec 2007)
* Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)

Jobs
* Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
* Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
* Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)

Soc Sec
* Against privatization. (Nov 2006)
* Strengthen Trust Funds and take them off-budget. (May 2001)

Technology
ick here for 3 full quotes on Technology OR background on Technology.

* Voted YES on retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance. (Jun 2008)
* Voted YES on $23B instead of $4.9B for waterway infrastructure. (Nov 2007)
* Permanent ban on state & local taxation of Internet access. (Oct 2007)


http://www.ontheissues.org/NY/Kirsten_Gillibrand.htm

[...of J.Temperance]

1. Re. Gillibrand is a great choice to follow Senator Clinton

I like her.

[ShortnFiery]

5. I rest my case.

:evilgrin:

[Laelth]

6. I'm with you.

If the DLC wants her, I don't.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Muttocracy]

2. thanks - here's her house site

http://www.gillibrand.house.gov/

[TheWraith]

3. Thank you! Somebody gets it, finally.

When you look at her record, she's actually VERY liberal for her district, which is the most Republican one by registration in the state. And she won it by a huge margin in 2008, two to one. Simply put, she's a pro-gun liberal.

[SlipperySlope]

7. Kick

She is exactly the kind of person we need more of

[thesquanderer]

4. not bad, apart from the retroactive telecom immunity (n/t)

[Lucinda]

8. Shes speaking now live on msnbc.com

So far, I like her a lot.

[.... callchet ....]

9. Lets get this steam roller going

"Voted YES on prohibiting job ...discrimination.... based on sexual orientation" Lets end all discrimination. Quit worrying about making a profit for the stock holder and start worrying about giving people a chance for a decent life. Stop punishing people for being slower or bigger or hairier or anything-er. Turn this mess around that had the stockholder as the object and make Human Rights as the object.

[jmg257]

10. Sounds better all the time, this one... (including re:guns) nt