Charles Rangel on Abortion

• Protect the reproductive rights of women. (Jan 1993)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Charles Rangel 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)
• Get minorities into home ownership & global marketplace. (Jan 2001)
• Reform mortgage rules to prevent foreclosure & bankruptcy. (Feb 2008)

Charles Rangel on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice. (Jan 2001)
• Require "Privacy Impact Statement" on new federal rules. (Apr 2002)
• Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks. (Dec 2005)
• Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery. (Jun 2008)
• Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Charles Rangel on Corporations

Charles Rangel on Crime

• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
• Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)
• Stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Mar 1993)
• Life imprisonment for repeat sexual predators. (Mar 1994)

Charles Rangel on Drugs

• Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)

Charles Rangel on Education

• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)
• Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible. (Jan 1993)

Charles Rangel on Energy & Oil

• 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)
• Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
• Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)

Charles Rangel on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands. (Apr 2001)
• Tax credit to remove lead-based housepaint. (Nov 2005)
• Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

Charles Rangel on Families & Children

• Ban high lead levels in children's toys. (Nov 2005)

Charles Rangel on Foreign Policy

• Allow Americans to travel to Cuba. (May 2000)
• Keep sanctions against Syria until WMDs are dismantled. (May 2007)
• Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
• Sanction Mugabe until Zimbabwe transitions to democracy. (Apr 2008)

Charles Rangel on Free Trade

• Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
• No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)

Charles Rangel on Government Reform

• Election reform is #1 priority to prevent disenfranchisement. (Jan 2001)
• Prohibit voter intimidation in federal elections. (Mar 2007)

Charles Rangel on Gun Control

Charles Rangel on Health Care

• 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)
• Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs. (Jan 2001)
• MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
• Limit anti-trust lawsuits on health plans and insurers. (Mar 2002)
• Include mental health services under Medicare. (Jun 2008)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)

Charles Rangel on Homeland Security

• Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
• Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Feb 2007)
• Appoint chiropractors as commissioned officers. (Apr 2008)
• Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace. (Apr 1993)

Charles Rangel on Immigration

• Comprehensive immigration reform without amnesty. (May 2005)
• Cover child resident aliens under Medicaid and SCHIP. (May 2005)

Charles Rangel on Jobs

• Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)

Charles Rangel on Principles & Values

• Member of Congressional Black Caucus. (Jan 2001)
• Reject Bush's Florida electors due to election fraud. (Jan 2001)
• Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Oct 2001)
• Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)

Charles Rangel on Social Security

• Changing Social Security disproportionately affects women. (May 2001)
• Reject proposals for private saving accounts. (May 2002)

Charles Rangel on Tax Reform

• 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)
• American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person. (Feb 2001)

Charles Rangel on War & Peace

• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition. (Apr 2008)

Charles Rangel on Welfare & Poverty

• Increase the earned income tax credit. (Jan 1993)
• Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)