Keith Ellison on Abortion

• I am pro choice. (Nov 2006)
• 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)

Keith Ellison 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)

Keith Ellison 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)
• 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)
• Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements. (Jan 2008)

Keith Ellison on Corporations

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

Keith Ellison on Crime

• No simplistic axioms like “tough on crime”. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
• Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)
• Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)

Keith Ellison on Drugs

• End harsher sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine. (Jun 2007)
• Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)

Keith Ellison on Education

• Strong and comprehensive public education policy. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Keith Ellison on Energy & Oil

• Energy independence through 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)
• Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
• Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. (Jan 2007)
• Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)

Keith Ellison on Environment

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

Keith Ellison on Families & Children

• Call for a White House Conference on Children and Youth. (Mar 2008)

Keith Ellison on Foreign Policy

• Seeds of Peace: promote coexistence in regions of conflict. (Apr 2008)
• Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
• Sanction Mugabe until Zimbabwe transitions to democracy. (Apr 2008)

Keith Ellison on Free Trade

• Opposed to NAFTA and CAFTA; they cost MN jobs. (Nov 2006)
• Voted NO 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)

Keith Ellison 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)
• Election reform is #1 priority to prevent disenfranchisement. (Jan 2001)
• Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
• Prohibit voter intimidation in federal elections. (Mar 2007)
• Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting. (Nov 2007)

Keith Ellison on Gun Control

Keith Ellison on Health Care

• Time for universal single payer 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)
• 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)
• Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)

Keith Ellison 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)
• Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Feb 2007)
• Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11. (Dec 2007)
• Include post-traumatic stress disorder in vet's disability. (Feb 2008)
• Study & address suicides among veterans. (Apr 2008)
• Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)

Keith Ellison on Immigration

Keith Ellison 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)
• Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)

Keith Ellison on Principles & Values

• First Muslim elected to Congress; will swear in on Koran. (Dec 2006)
• 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)

Keith Ellison on Social Security

Keith Ellison 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)
• Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)

Keith Ellison on War & Peace

• Immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. (Nov 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)
• Impeach Dick Cheney for lying about Iraq. (May 2007)
• Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus. (Jan 2007)

Keith Ellison on Welfare & Poverty

• Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)
• Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)