Owen Pickett on Abortion

• Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
• Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)

Owen Pickett on Budget & Economy

Owen Pickett on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)

Owen Pickett on Corporations

Owen Pickett 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 maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
• Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
• Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)

Owen Pickett on Drugs

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

Owen Pickett on Education

• Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
• Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Voted NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)
• Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible. (Jan 1993)

Owen Pickett on Energy & Oil

• Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)

Owen Pickett on Environment

• Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act. (Oct 1993)

Owen Pickett on Families & Children

Owen Pickett on Foreign Policy

• Voted NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)

Owen Pickett on Free Trade

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

Owen Pickett on Government Reform

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

Owen Pickett on Gun Control

• Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
• Individual right to self-defense at home and as self-defense. (Jan 1999)

Owen Pickett on Health Care

• Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
• Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals. (Feb 1999)

Owen Pickett on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
• Voted YES on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)

Owen Pickett on Immigration

• Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
• Declared English the official language of the US. (Jan 1999)

Owen Pickett on Jobs

Owen Pickett on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Baptist. (Nov 2000)

Owen Pickett 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)

Owen Pickett on Tax Reform

• Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)

Owen Pickett on War & Peace

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

Owen Pickett on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
• Increase the earned income tax credit. (Jan 1993)