Yvette Clarke on Abortion

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

Yvette Clarke 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)

Yvette Clarke on Civil Rights

• Keep vigilant to guarantee equal opportunities for all. (Nov 2006)
• SONDA is 1st step to equality of gender preference. (Nov 2006)
• Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice. (Jan 2001)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)

Yvette Clarke on Corporations

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

Yvette Clarke on Crime

• Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
• Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)

Yvette Clarke on Drugs

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

Yvette Clarke on Education

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

Yvette Clarke on Energy & Oil

• Block ANWR drilling; develop hybrid cars. (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 criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
• Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
• Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)

Yvette Clarke on Environment

• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Promote conservation of rare felids & canids. (Mar 2007)

Yvette Clarke on Families & Children

Yvette Clarke on Foreign Policy

• Strongly supports Israel’s right to self-defense. (Nov 2006)
• Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
• Sanction Mugabe until Zimbabwe transitions to democracy. (Apr 2008)

Yvette Clarke on Free Trade

• Voted YES 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)

Yvette Clarke on Government Reform

• Supports public financing of congressional campaigns. (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)
• Election reform is #1 priority to prevent disenfranchisement. (Jan 2001)
• Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)

Yvette Clarke on Gun Control

Yvette Clarke on Health Care

• Health care is the fundamental right of every American. (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)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)

Yvette Clarke 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 YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)

Yvette Clarke on Immigration

• Humane immigration policy without criminalization. (Nov 2006)

Yvette Clarke 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)

Yvette Clarke on Principles & Values

• 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)

Yvette Clarke on Social Security

Yvette Clarke 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)

Yvette Clarke on War & Peace

• Invading Iraq was one of greatest foreign policy mistakes. (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)

Yvette Clarke on Welfare & Poverty

• Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)