Gabby Giffords on Abortion

• Abortions should always be legally available. (Nov 2000)
• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Provide emergency contraception at military facilities. (Apr 2007)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Gabby Giffords 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)
• Retire half the public debt by 2006. (May 2001)

Gabby Giffords on Civil Rights

• Civil unions ok; marriage definition not ok. (Nov 2000)

Gabby Giffords on Corporations

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

Gabby Giffords on Crime

• Support alternative sentencing; provide inmates job skills. (Nov 2000)
• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)

Gabby Giffords on Drugs

Gabby Giffords on Education

• Improve our public schools. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Gabby Giffords on Energy & Oil

• Invest in renewable energy. (Nov 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)
• Balance fossil fuels and viable renewable energy. (Jul 2001)

Gabby Giffords on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

Gabby Giffords on Families & Children

Gabby Giffords on Foreign Policy

Gabby Giffords on Free Trade

• Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)

Gabby Giffords on Government Reform

• Supports public funding for political campaigns. (Nov 2000)
• 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)
• Supports Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform. (Jul 2001)

Gabby Giffords on Gun Control

• Ban semi-automatics; but allow concealed carry. (Nov 2000)

Gabby Giffords on Health Care

• Expand access to affordable health care. (Nov 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 adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
• Better and immediate funding for Medicare & Medicaid. (Dec 2000)
• Prescription drug benefit within Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Remove restrictions on estriol (menopause medication). (Jun 2008)

Gabby Giffords 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)
• Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)

Gabby Giffords on Immigration

Gabby Giffords 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)

Gabby Giffords on Principles & Values

• Member of the "Blue Dog" Coalition of conservative Democrats. (Nov 2007)

Gabby Giffords on Social Security

• Strengthen Trust Funds and take them off-budget. (May 2001)
• Require small businesses to allow automatic IRA deposits. (Mar 2008)

Gabby Giffords on Tax Reform

• No flat tax; no rebate of budget surplus. (Nov 2000)
• 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)
• 50-25-25 budget formula for debt-tax cuts-spending. (Feb 2001)

Gabby Giffords on War & Peace

• Strategic redeployment to bring our troops home. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
• Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition. (Apr 2008)

Gabby Giffords on Welfare & Poverty