Mel Carnahan on Abortion

• Supports family planning to reduce abortions. (May 1997)

Mel Carnahan on Budget & Economy

• Let state meat inspection suffice for interstate shipments. (Jul 2000)
• Foster dairy production that is market driven. (Feb 1998)

Mel Carnahan on Civil Rights

Mel Carnahan on Corporations

Mel Carnahan on Crime

• Ban racial profiling. (Jun 2000)
• Supports building new prisons. (Feb 2000)

Mel Carnahan on Drugs

• Good parenting is the best ‘anti-drug’ we have. (Aug 2000)
• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)

Mel Carnahan on Education

Mel Carnahan on Energy & Oil

• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)

Mel Carnahan on Environment

• Supports pollution prevention and CO2 reduction. (Jul 1996)
• Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol. (May 2000)
• More EPA flexibility on interstate ozone. (May 1998)

Mel Carnahan on Families & Children

• Good parenting is the best ‘anti-drug’ we have. (Aug 2000)
• Tougher Internet child pornography laws. (Jan 2000)
• Early intervention & accountability for juvenile crime. (Aug 1996)

Mel Carnahan on Foreign Policy

Mel Carnahan on Free Trade

• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (May 1998)
• Grant fast-track authority to the President. (Nov 1999)

Mel Carnahan on Government Reform

Mel Carnahan on Gun Control

Mel Carnahan on Health Care

• Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits. (Oct 1999)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Mel Carnahan on Homeland Security

Mel Carnahan on Immigration

• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (Oct 1999)

Mel Carnahan on Jobs

• State instead of federal rules for animal operations. (Nov 1999)
• Immediate federal assistance for farm crisis. (Sep 1999)

Mel Carnahan on Principles & Values

• Jean Carnahan will accept appointment. (Oct 2000)
• Religious affiliation: Baptist. (Nov 2000)
• Member of National Governors Association. (Jan 2000)
• Member of Midwestern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)

Mel Carnahan on Social Security

Mel Carnahan on Tax Reform

• Supported $200 million tax cut in Missouri. (Jun 1999)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)

Mel Carnahan on War & Peace

Mel Carnahan on Welfare & Poverty

• Supports welfare-to-work. (Sep 1998)
• Let private organizations deliver social services. (Oct 1997)
• Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance. (May 2000)