Tom Birmingham on Abortion

• Supported clinic buffer zones. (Nov 2001)
• Insurance for contraception & state workers’ abortions. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Budget & Economy

Tom Birmingham on Civil Rights

• Funding to support gays & lesbians in public schools. (Nov 2001)
• Domestic partnership benefits for state employees. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Corporations

Tom Birmingham on Crime

• Include sexual orientation as basis for hate crimes. (Nov 2001)
• Require police ticketing records, to fight racial profiling. (Nov 2001)
• $21 million for community policing. (Nov 2001)
• Strengthen the arrest warrant system. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Drugs

Tom Birmingham on Education

• $106M yearly for early childhood education. (Nov 2001)
• $55M in new school building projects this year. (Nov 2001)
• Every student can attend college for $500 per year. (Nov 2001)

  School Choice

• Strong advocate for strengthening public schools. (Nov 2001)
• Equal educational opportunity regardless of where kids live. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Energy & Oil

Tom Birmingham on Environment

• $26 million for preserving open space. (Nov 2001)
• Supports brownfield cleanup. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Families & Children

• Strengthen assault laws to focus on domestic violence. (Nov 2001)
• Treat as crimes domestic stalking and harassment. (Nov 2001)
• Small Necessities Leave Act: 24 hours off per year. (Nov 2001)
• Paid leave for new parents. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Foreign Policy

Tom Birmingham on Free Trade

Tom Birmingham on Government Reform

Tom Birmingham on Gun Control

• Ban assault weapons; more licensing & penalties. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Health Care

• Patient Bill of Rights; push for right to sue HMOs. (Nov 2001)
• Protect genetic privacy in health insurance. (Nov 2001)
• Health Now! funds low-income healthcare from cigarette tax. (Nov 2001)
• Make universal health care coverage for kids a right. (Nov 2001)
• Universal coverage for senior prescriptions. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Homeland Security

Tom Birmingham on Immigration

Tom Birmingham on Jobs

• Increase the minimum wage to $6.75 per hour, and index it. (Nov 2001)
• $18M yearly for workforce training & adult literacy. (Nov 2001)
• Strengthen prevailing wage laws. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Local Issues

MCAS

• $110M to improve test scores, rather than “blame game”. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Principles & Values

Tom Birmingham on Social Security

Tom Birmingham on Tax Reform

• $500 million tax cut for all taxpayers. (Nov 2001)
• $750 tax credit for senior housing. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on War & Peace

• Make terrorist threats a felony, whether or not carried out. (Nov 2001)
• Allow state inspection of e-mail, to fight terrorism. (Nov 2001)

Tom Birmingham on Welfare & Poverty

• $100M for affordable housing fund; don’t rely on market. (Nov 2001)
• $164M in tax incentives for charity. (Nov 2001)
• Preserve “expiring use” housing & rent escrow. (Nov 2001)