Joe Moakley on Abortion

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

Joe Moakley on Budget & Economy

Joe Moakley 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)
• Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)

Joe Moakley on Corporations

• Voted NO on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)

Joe Moakley on Crime

• Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
• Voted NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
• Voted YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
• Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
• Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)

Joe Moakley on Drugs

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

Joe Moakley on Education

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

Joe Moakley on Energy & Oil

• Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
• Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)

Joe Moakley on Environment

Joe Moakley on Families & Children

• Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)

Joe Moakley on Foreign Policy

• Greatest accomplishment was cutting off aid to El Salvador. (Jun 2001)
• Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
• Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)
• Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)

Joe Moakley on Free Trade

• Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)

Joe Moakley on Government Reform

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

Joe Moakley on Gun Control

• Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)

Joe Moakley on Health Care

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

Joe Moakley on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)
• End the use of anti-personnel mines. (Mar 2001)
• School assistance to survivors of injured federal police. (Oct 1996)

Joe Moakley on Immigration

• Voted NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)

Joe Moakley on Jobs

• Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)

Joe Moakley on Principles & Values

• Enthusiastic about getting federal money for local purposes. (May 2001)
• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)

Joe Moakley 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)

Joe Moakley on Tax Reform

• Voted NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
• Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
• Voted NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)

Joe Moakley on War & Peace

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

Joe Moakley on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)