Nancy Boyda on Abortion

• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)

Nancy Boyda 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)

Nancy Boyda on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery. (Jun 2008)

Nancy Boyda on Corporations

• Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
• Screen imports & ban lead in children's products. (Feb 2008)

Nancy Boyda 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)

Nancy Boyda on Drugs

Nancy Boyda on Education

• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Nancy Boyda on Energy & Oil

• Overhaul national energy policy within next 24 months. (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)

Nancy Boyda on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)

Nancy Boyda on Families & Children

Nancy Boyda on Foreign Policy

Nancy Boyda on Free Trade

• Encourage Fair Trade agreements. (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)
• Block NAFTA Superhighway & North American Union. (Jan 2007)

Nancy Boyda on Government Reform

• Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
• Voted NO on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)

Nancy Boyda on Gun Control

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

Nancy Boyda on Health Care

• Reduce healthcare inefficiencies; take on lobbysists. (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)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
• Remove restrictions on estriol (menopause medication). (Jun 2008)

Nancy Boyda 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)
• Include post-traumatic stress disorder in vet's disability. (Feb 2008)
• Study & address suicides among veterans. (Apr 2008)

Nancy Boyda on Immigration

• Crack Down on Illegal Immigration. (Nov 2006)

Nancy Boyda 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)

Nancy Boyda on Principles & Values

Nancy Boyda on Social Security

Nancy Boyda 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)

Nancy Boyda on War & Peace

• Establish a realistic plan and a timeline for Iraq. (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)

Nancy Boyda on Welfare & Poverty