Reply #2: I'm impressed with her voting record. Have you seen it? It's not perfect. But, it's not

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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)


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