Kirsten Gillibrand on Abortion

• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand 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)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Corporations

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

Kirsten Gillibrand on Crime

• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
• Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Drugs

Kirsten Gillibrand on Education

• More funds for NCLB and early education. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Energy & Oil

• Raise CAFE; plus alternative energy R&D. (Nov 2006)
• 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)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Environment

Kirsten Gillibrand on Families & Children

Kirsten Gillibrand on Foreign Policy

• Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Free Trade

• Protect American jobs from going overseas. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
• Block NAFTA Superhighway & North American Union. (Jan 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Government Reform

• No lobbyist gifts. (Nov 2006)
• 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)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Gun Control

• Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC. (Mar 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Health Care

• Medicare for all; allow drug reimoprtation. (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)
• Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand 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)
• Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11. (Dec 2007)
• Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Immigration

Kirsten Gillibrand 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)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Principles & Values

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

Kirsten Gillibrand on Social Security

• Against privatization. (Nov 2006)
• Strengthen Trust Funds and take them off-budget. (May 2001)

Kirsten Gillibrand 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)
• 50-25-25 budget formula for debt-tax cuts-spending. (Feb 2001)

Kirsten Gillibrand on War & Peace

• Iraq: exit strategy & redeploy troops. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)

Kirsten Gillibrand on Welfare & Poverty