Carol Shea-Porter on Abortion

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

Carol Shea-Porter on Budget & 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)

Carol Shea-Porter on Civil Rights

• Founding fathers didn’t yield to fear, and neither should we. (Jan 2006)
• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on Corporations

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

Carol Shea-Porter on Crime

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

Carol Shea-Porter on Drugs

Carol Shea-Porter on Education

• Vouchers fool us into abandoning our public school system. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on Energy & Oil

• Substantial tax credits for energy saving cars & homes. (Jan 2006)
• Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
• 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)
• Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)

Carol Shea-Porter on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Promote conservation of rare felids & canids. (Mar 2007)
• Grants for beach water pollution under Clean Water Act. (Apr 2008)
• Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on Families & Children

Carol Shea-Porter on Foreign Policy

Carol Shea-Porter on Free Trade

• Voted NO on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on Government Reform

• 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)

Carol Shea-Porter on Gun Control

Carol Shea-Porter on Health Care

• Medicare for all. (May 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 requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on 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)
• Appoint chiropractors as commissioned officers. (Apr 2008)
• Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on Immigration

Carol Shea-Porter on 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)

Carol Shea-Porter on Principles & Values

Carol Shea-Porter on Social Security

Carol Shea-Porter on Tax Reform

• GOP votes for the very wealthy top 1%. (Jan 2006)
• Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Dec 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on War & Peace

• Leave Iraq & abandon our “lone wolf” approach. (Jan 2006)
• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)

Carol Shea-Porter on Welfare & Poverty