Paul Hodes on Abortion

• Protect a woman’s right to choose. (Nov 2006)
• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Paul Hodes 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)

Paul Hodes on Civil Rights

• Yes to civil unions; no to constitutional definition. (Nov 2004)
• Supports affirmative action. (Nov 2004)
• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Paul Hodes on Corporations

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

Paul Hodes on Crime

• Prison rehabilitation and addiction programs for inmates. (Nov 2004)
• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
• Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)

Paul Hodes on Drugs

• Supports medical marijuana. (Nov 2004)

Paul Hodes on Education

• More funding for teachers & school infrastructure. (Nov 2004)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)

Paul Hodes on Energy & Oil

• Manhattan Project to address global warming. (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)
• Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)

Paul Hodes on Environment

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

Paul Hodes on Families & Children

Paul Hodes on Foreign Policy

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

Paul Hodes on Free Trade

• Supports GATT and the WTO. (Nov 2004)
• Supports NAFTA only if revised for labor & environment. (Nov 2004)
• Voted NO on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)

Paul Hodes on Government Reform

• Increase individual campaign donation limits. (Nov 2004)
• 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)

Paul Hodes on Gun Control

• Support Second Amendment rights. (Nov 2006)

Paul Hodes on Health Care

• Universal access to quality healthcare. (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)

Paul Hodes on Homeland Security

• Reform the Patriot Act to protect individual freedoms. (Nov 2006)
• Take any and all reasonable action to defend our citizens. (Nov 2004)
• 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)

Paul Hodes on Immigration

• Beef up the border & work with Mexico on jobs & fairness. (Nov 2006)

Paul Hodes 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)

Paul Hodes on Principles & Values

Paul Hodes on Social Security

• Protect Social Security. (Nov 2004)

Paul Hodes on Tax Reform

• Keep the estate tax; keep the dividend tax. (Nov 2004)
• 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)

Paul Hodes on War & Peace

• Withdraw our National Guard from Iraq immediately. (Nov 2006)
• Keep US troops in Iraq but internationalize the effort. (Nov 2004)
• 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)

Paul Hodes on Welfare & Poverty