David Minge on Abortion

• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
• Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)

David Minge on Budget & Economy

• Allow $3 on 1040 form to pay off National Debt. (Sep 2000)

David Minge on Civil Rights

• Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)

David Minge on Corporations

David Minge on Crime

• Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
• Voted NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
• Voted YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
• Stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Mar 1993)

David Minge on Drugs

• Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)

David Minge on Education

• Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
• Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Voted NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)

David Minge on Energy & Oil

• Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)

David Minge on Environment

• Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act. (Oct 1993)

David Minge on Families & Children

• TV shows should have explicit viewer advisories. (Jun 1993)

David Minge on Foreign Policy

• Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)

David Minge on Free Trade

• Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)
• Promote fair trade restricting Canadian wheat. (Oct 1993)

David Minge on Government Reform

• Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)

David Minge on Gun Control

David Minge on Health Care

• Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)

David Minge on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)
• Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace. (Apr 1993)

David Minge on Immigration

• Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)

David Minge on Jobs

David Minge on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Lutheran. (Nov 2000)
• Member of the "Blue Dog" Coalition of conservative Democrats. (Nov 2007)

David Minge on Social Security

• Voted NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)

David Minge on Tax Reform

• Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
• Voted NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)

David Minge on War & Peace

• Voted NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo. (May 1999)

David Minge on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
• Increase the earned income tax credit. (Jan 1993)