Bob Graham on Abortion

• Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
• Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
• Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
• Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

Bob Graham on Budget & Economy

• "Opportunity For All" program is critical to economy. (Sep 2003)
• Rescind parts of Bush tax cuts for the people. (Jun 2003)
• Fiscal discipline avoids our grandchildren paying our bills. (May 2003)
• Irresponsible to cut $1.2 trillion from budget now. (May 2003)
• Voted NO on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts. (Apr 2000)
• Voted YES on 1998 GOP budget. (May 1997)
• Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)
• Balance debt reduction, tax relief, & policy investment. (Jan 2001)

Bob Graham on Civil Rights

• Voted for Patriot Act, but against Patriot Act II. (Jun 2003)
• Created jobs as Governor, with focus on minority business. (May 2003)
• Put the Civil War behind us: end Confederacy extremism. (May 2003)
• Voted YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
• Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
• Voted YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)
• Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
• Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
• Voted YES 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)
• Rated 60% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

Bob Graham on Corporations

• Voted YES on restricting rules on personal bankruptcy. (Jul 2001)
• Rated 32% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Crime

• Voted YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)
• Voted NO 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 NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
• Voted YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals. (May 1994)
• Rated 63% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation. (Dec 2000)
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

Bob Graham on Drugs

• Voted NO on increasing penalties for drug offenses. (Nov 1999)
• Voted YES on spending international development funds on drug control. (Jul 1996)

Bob Graham on Education

• Fund education fully, to reduce racial inequality. (May 2003)
• Voted YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
• Voted NO on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000)
• Voted NO on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998)
• Voted NO on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
• Voted NO on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)
• Voted NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994)
• Voted YES on national education standards. (Feb 1994)
• Firmly opposed to Bush’s voucher proposal. (Jan 2001)
• Three R’s: $35B for Reinvestment,Reinvention,Responsibility. (Jan 2001)
• More foreign languages courses and exchange students. (Feb 2001)
• Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Energy & Oil

• Pay for Iraqi reconstruction with Iraqi oil revenue. (Sep 2003)
• Wean our dependence from foreign oil. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)
• Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
• Voted NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months. (Mar 2002)
• Voted NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)
• Voted YES on ending discussion of CAFE fuel efficiency standards. (Sep 1999)
• Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)
• Voted YES on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997)
• Voted NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline. (Aug 1994)
• Keep climate change in EPA "State of the Environment" report. (Jun 2003)
• Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy. (Mar 2004)

Bob Graham on Environment

• Pledges to be most pro-environment president ever. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)
• Voted YES on transportation demo projects. (Mar 1998)
• Voted YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests. (Sep 1997)
• Voted YES on continuing desert protection in California. (Oct 1994)
• Voted YES on requiring EPA risk assessments. (May 1994)
• Rated 68% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
• EPA must do better on mercury clean-up. (Apr 2004)
• Fund studies of invasive species and algal blooms. (Mar 1998)

Bob Graham on Families & Children

• Voted NO on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors. (May 1999)
• Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Foreign Policy

• Respect of world requires world participation. (Sep 2003)
• Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe. (May 2002)
• Voted YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons. (Sep 2000)
• Voted NO on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on limiting the President's power to impose economic sanctions. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech. (Apr 1998)
• Voted YES on $17.9 billion to IMF. (Mar 1998)
• Voted YES on Strengthening of the trade embargo against Cuba. (Mar 1996)
• Voted YES on ending Vietnam embargo. (Jan 1994)

Bob Graham on Free Trade

• No economic protectionism; but level the playing field. (May 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing free trade between US & Singapore. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing free trade between the US and Chile. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on extending free trade to Andean nations. (May 2002)
• Voted YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam. (Oct 2001)
• Voted YES on removing common goods from national security export rules. (Sep 2001)
• Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China. (Sep 2000)
• Voted YES on expanding trade to the third world. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority. (Nov 1997)
• Voted YES on imposing trade sanctions on Japan for closed market. (May 1995)
• Free & fair trade is key to economic growth . (Jan 2001)
• Quick vote on PNTR; China into WTO. (Jun 2000)
• Rated 42% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)

Bob Graham on Government Reform

• Allow non-US natives to run for President. (Sep 2003)
• $40B aid to states to cover unfunded mandates. (May 2003)
• National election reform; but leave elections to the states. (May 2003)
• Voted YES on banning "soft money" contributions and restricting issue ads. (Mar 2002)
• Voted NO on require photo ID (not just signature) for voter registration. (Feb 2002)
• Voted YES on banning campaign donations from unions & corporations. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on funding for National Endowment for the Arts. (Aug 1999)
• Voted YES on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance. (Oct 1997)
• Voted YES on Approving the presidential line-item veto. (Mar 1996)
• Voted NO on banning more types of Congressional gifts. (Jul 1995)

Bob Graham on Gun Control

• Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence. (Mar 2004)
• Voted YES on background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
• Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations. (May 1999)
• Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
• Voted NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks. (Jul 1998)

Bob Graham on Health Care

• Open pharmaceutical competition with generics & re-imports. (Sep 2003)
• Step-by-step common sense will reduce uninsured. (Sep 2003)
• Rx drug benefit without herding people into HMOs. (May 2003)
• 2-year temporary increase in federal share of Medicaid. (May 2003)
• Voted NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
• Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
• Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
• Voted YES on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
• Voted YES on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage. (Apr 2001)
• Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on allowing another round of military base closures. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP. (Mar 1999)
• Voted NO on military pay raise of 4.8%. (Feb 1999)
• Voted NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects. (Oct 1997)
• Voted YES on banning chemical weapons. (Apr 1997)
• Voted NO on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty. (Jun 1996)
• Voted NO on 1996 Defense Appropriations. (Sep 1995)
• Establish Maritime Security grants for ports and vessels. (Nov 2002)
• Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Immigration

• Earned Amnesty for undocumented workers. (Sep 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
• Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)

Bob Graham on Jobs

• I am the jobs candidate-I created 1.4M jobs in Florida. (Sep 2003)
• Invest in our people & our workforce. (Sep 2003)
• Repeal Bush tax cuts that went to top earners. (Sep 2003)
• Need national program to rebuild infrastructure. (Sep 2003)
• We pay bonuses in suites & fire workers in basement. (May 2003)
• Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
• Voted NO on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
• Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
• Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
• Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
• Rated 80% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Principles & Values

• Withdraws from Presidential race, and Senate race. (Oct 2003)
• Bush divides Americans. (Sep 2003)
• Favorite song: "Changes In Attitude, Changes In Latitudes". (Sep 2003)
• Opportunity For All: economic plan for one America. (Sep 2003)
• Question Bush's secrecy and manipulativeness. (Jun 2003)
• Centrist Southern governor is best candidate for presidency. (May 2003)
• I come from the electable wing of the Democratic Party. (May 2003)
• Religious affiliation: United Church of Christ. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2000)
• New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate. (Nov 2000)
• Member of the Senate New Democrat Coalition. (Jan 2001)

Bob Graham on Social Security

• Voted NO on Social Security Lockbox & limiting national debt. (Apr 1999)
• Voted NO on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees. (May 1998)
• Voted NO on allowing personal retirement accounts. (Apr 1998)
• Voted NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes. (May 1996)
• Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on Tax Reform

• Irresponsible to promise no new taxes. (Sep 2003)
• Repeal Bush tax cuts that went to top earners. (Sep 2003)
• Estate tax repeal hurts federal-state relations. (Jun 2001)
• Voted NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years. (May 2003)
• Voted YES on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on increasing tax deductions for college tuition. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on eliminating the 'marriage penalty'. (Jul 2000)
• Voted NO on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)
• Rated 22% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)

Bob Graham on War & Peace

• Yes on $87B for Iraq-but not one dime for Halliburton. (Sep 2003)
• Don't trust Bush with a blank check on Iraq reconstruction. (Sep 2003)
• The president intentionally misled Americans on Iraq. (Sep 2003)
• Yes, $87B to protect troops; Hell no, $87B to protect profit. (Sep 2003)
• We must support US troops in Iraq. (Sep 2003)
• Iraq is wrong war & wrong enemy: focus on terror instead. (Sep 2003)
• Must rebuild alliances to extricate US from Iraq. (Sep 2003)
• Iraq distracted from real problems and made them worse. (Jun 2003)
• Criticize Bush for covering up terror reports. (Jun 2003)
• Iraq was a distraction from the war on terror. (May 2003)
• Iraq invasion was about liberating Iraqi people. (May 2003)
• Voted NO on $86 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003)
• Voted NO on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
• Voted NO on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo. (Mar 1999)
• Voted NO on ending the Bosnian arms embargo. (Jul 1995)
• Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)

Bob Graham on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on welfare block grants. (Aug 1996)
• Voted YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps. (Jul 1996)
• Voted NO on allowing state welfare waivers. (Jul 1996)
• Voted YES on welfare overhaul. (Sep 1995)