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Former Democratic Senator (GA):
Sam Nunn on the Issues

Sam Nunn on Abortion

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on Budget & Economy

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on Civil Rights

  • Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
  • Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)
  • Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)
  • Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)

Sam Nunn on Corporations

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on Crime

  • Voted YES on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)
  • Voted YES on limiting product liability punitive damage awards. (Mar 1996)
  • Voted NO on restricting class-action lawsuits. (Dec 1995)
  • Voted YES on repealing federal speed limits. (Jun 1995)
  • Voted YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
  • Voted YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals. (May 1994)

Sam Nunn on Drugs

  • Voted NO on spending international development funds on drug control. (Jul 1996)

Sam Nunn on Education

  • Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)
  • Voted YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994)
  • Voted YES on national education standards. (Feb 1994)

Sam Nunn on Energy & Oil

  • Voted NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline. (Aug 1994)

Sam Nunn on Environment

  • Voted YES on continuing desert protection in California. (Oct 1994)
  • Voted YES on requiring EPA risk assessments. (May 1994)

Sam Nunn on Families & Children

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on Foreign Policy

  • Voted YES on ending Vietnam embargo. (Jan 1994)

Sam Nunn on Free Trade

  • Voted YES on imposing trade sanctions on Japan for closed market. (May 1995)

Sam Nunn on Government Reform

  • Voted NO on Approving the presidential line-item veto. (Mar 1996)
  • Voted YES on banning more types of Congressional gifts. (Jul 1995)

Sam Nunn on Gun Control

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on Health Care

  • Voted YES on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)

Sam Nunn on Homeland Security

  • Voted NO on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty. (Jun 1996)
  • Voted YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations. (Sep 1995)

Sam Nunn on Immigration

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on Jobs

  • Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)

Sam Nunn on Principles & Values

  • Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2000)
  • New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate. (Nov 2000)

Sam Nunn on Social Security

  • Voted NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes. (May 1996)

Sam Nunn on Tax Reform

No stance on record.

Sam Nunn on War & Peace

  • Voted YES on ending the Bosnian arms embargo. (Jul 1995)

Sam Nunn on Welfare & Poverty

  • Voted YES on welfare block grants. (Aug 1996)
  • Voted YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps. (Jul 1996)
  • Voted YES on welfare overhaul. (Sep 1995)