Bob Taft on Abortion

Bob Taft on Budget & Economy

• Keep budget balanced without new taxes; hold spending. (Jan 2001)
• Let state meat inspection suffice for interstate shipments. (Jul 2000)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)

Bob Taft on Civil Rights

• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Bob Taft on Corporations

Bob Taft on Crime

• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)

Bob Taft on Drugs

• Enact more laws to fight methamphetamines. (Jan 2001)
• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)

Bob Taft on Education

• Implement system of standards, assessments & accountability. (Jan 2001)
• Ohio’s success depends on keeping education as #1 priority. (Jan 2001)
• Called for 20,000 reading tutors; program is succeeding. (Jan 2001)

Bob Taft on Energy & Oil

• Project THAW: $250 for home heating oil costs. (Jan 2001)
• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)

Bob Taft on Environment

• Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol. (May 2000)
• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)

Bob Taft on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Bob Taft on Foreign Policy

Bob Taft on Free Trade

• Grant fast-track authority to the President. (Nov 1999)

Bob Taft on Government Reform

• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)

Bob Taft on Gun Control

Bob Taft on Health Care

• Golden Buckeye Card for senior Rx discounts. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits. (Oct 1999)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Bob Taft on Homeland Security

Bob Taft on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (Oct 1999)

Bob Taft on Jobs

• Full review of farm policy; more state flexibility. (May 2001)
• State instead of federal rules for animal operations. (Nov 1999)
• Immediate federal assistance for farm crisis. (Sep 1999)

Bob Taft on Local Issues

Bob Taft on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Methodist. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Midwestern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)

Bob Taft on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)

Bob Taft on Tax Reform

• 3-year tax holiday for high-tech start-ups. (Jan 2001)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Bob Taft on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)

Bob Taft on Welfare & Poverty

• Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance. (May 2000)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)