Mike Easley on Abortion

Mike Easley on Budget & Economy

• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
• Protect local milk supplies with Southern Dairy Compact. (Sep 2001)

Mike Easley on Civil Rights

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

Mike Easley on Corporations

Mike Easley on Crime

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

Mike Easley on Drugs

Mike Easley on Education

• Get K-12 up to levels of rest of education system. (Feb 2001)
• More Pre-K; smaller classes; more teacher pay. (Feb 2001)
• Use a lottery to fund elementary schools. (Feb 2001)
• Improve and invest in public schools. (Aug 2001)

Mike Easley on Energy & Oil

• More funding to develop domestic energy supplies. (Sep 2001)
• Use federal funds for nuclear cleanup, with state input. (Sep 2001)
• Share offshore oil development revenue with states. (Sep 2001)

Mike Easley on Environment

• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Supports national drought policy, focusing on readiness. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain water flow in Mississippi & Missouri Rivers. (Feb 2001)

Mike Easley on Families & Children

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

Mike Easley on Foreign Policy

Mike Easley on Free Trade

• Enforce trade law against subsidized Canadian lumber imports. (Sep 2001)

Mike Easley on Government Reform

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

Mike Easley on Gun Control

Mike Easley on Health Care

• Supports Patients’ Bill of Rights with right to sue. (Feb 2001)
• Prescription drug plan for seniors reduces net costs. (Feb 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)

Mike Easley on Homeland Security

Mike Easley on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)

Mike Easley on Jobs

• More R&D & tax incentives for small farmers. (Sep 2001)
• Repeal the federal unemployment "temporary surtax". (Feb 2001)

Mike Easley on Local Issues

Mike Easley on Principles & Values

• Fosters “One North Carolina” of equal opportunity. (Feb 2001)
• Member of Democratic Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2000)
• New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate. (Nov 2000)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Southern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)

Mike Easley on Social Security

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

Mike Easley on Tax Reform

• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)
• $12B in federal economic stimulus as state block grants. (Jan 2008)

Mike Easley on War & Peace

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

Mike Easley on Welfare & Poverty

• Promote the next generation of welfare reform. (Aug 2001)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)
• More federal funding for Low-income energy assistance. (Sep 2001)
• Supports TANF grants to states. (Aug 2001)