Tom Daschle on Abortion

• Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
• Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
• Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on disallowing overseas military abortions. (May 1999)
• by NARAL, indicating a mixed voting record on abortion. (Dec 2003)
• Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

Tom Daschle on Budget & Economy

• Voted NO on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts. (Apr 2000)
• Voted YES on 1998 GOP budget. (May 1997)
• Voted NO on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)

Tom Daschle on Civil Rights

• Voted NO 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 NO on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)
• Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)
• by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

Tom Daschle on Corporations

• Voted YES on restricting rules on personal bankruptcy. (Jul 2001)
• Expand microloans to small businesses. (Apr 2002)
• by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on Crime

• Voted YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program. (May 1999)
• Voted NO 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 NO on repealing federal speed limits. (Jun 1995)
• Voted NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
• Voted NO on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals. (May 1994)
• by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation. (Dec 2000)
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

Tom Daschle on Drugs

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

Tom Daschle on Education

• Bush has not upheld NCLB deal with schools. (Jan 2004)
• Our children deserve affordable college. (Jan 2004)
• 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 allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999)
• 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)
• by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on Energy & Oil

• 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 defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)
• Voted NO on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997)
• Voted YES on do not require ethanol in gasoline. (Aug 1994)

Tom Daschle on Environment

• Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)
• Voted YES on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat. (Sep 1999)
• 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)
• by the LCV, indicating a mixed record on environment. (Dec 2003)
• EPA must do better on mercury clean-up. (Apr 2004)

Tom Daschle on Families & Children

• Voted YES on restricting violent videos to minors. (May 1999)
• Small Business loans for child care businesses. (Apr 2003)
• by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on Foreign Policy

• 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 NO 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)
• Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)

Tom Daschle on Free Trade

• Voted YES on establishing a free trade agreement between US & Singapore. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing a free trade agreement 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)
• by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)

Tom Daschle on Government Reform

• 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 and corporations. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on continuing funding for the 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)

Tom Daschle on Gun Control

• Voted YES 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)

Tom Daschle on Health Care

• Give everyone the same health plan as Congress has. (Jul 2004)
• More people without insurance under Bush. (Jan 2004)
• Allow more affordable drugs via Canadian imports. (Jan 2004)
• Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing importation 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 NO on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
• Voted NO on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
• Voted YES on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage. (Apr 2001)
• Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations. (May 2003)
• Increase funding to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. (Mar 2003)
• by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)

Tom Daschle 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 NO on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP. (Mar 1999)
• Voted YES on military pay raise of 4.8%. (Feb 1999)
• Voted NO on deploying missile defense as soon as possible. (Sep 1998)
• Voted NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training. (Jun 1998)
• Voted NO 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)
• Federalize aviation security. (Nov 2001)
• Small business in developing homeland security technologies. (Jul 2002)
• by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on Immigration

• Voted NO on allowing more foreign workers into the U.S. for farm work. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
• Voted NO on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)

Tom Daschle on Jobs

• Make America an opportunity society. (Jan 2004)
• 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 NO on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
• Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
• by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-labor voting record. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on Principles & Values

• A union as strong as the American people. (Jan 2004)
• Shift away from Bush priorities will follow shift in Senate. (May 2001)
• Gore ahead by 9 votes, if all current recounts are counted. (Nov 2000)
• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)

Tom Daschle on Social Security

• Keep retirement promise instead of Endowment for Democracy. (Jan 2004)
• 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)
• by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on Tax Reform

• Good cuts create jobs-Bush's cuts created economic exodus. (Jan 2004)
• Bush’s tax plan is like Reagan’s, which caused national debt. (Feb 2001)
• Voted NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years. (May 2003)
• Voted NO on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years. (May 2001)
• 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 $792B tax cuts. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)
• Voted NO on FY99 tax cuts. (Apr 1998)
• by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)

Tom Daschle on War & Peace

• We can do much better fighting the war in Iraq. (Sep 2004)
• Would still voted to authorize Bush to go to war. (Sep 2004)
• The war in Iraq is being run the wrong way. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on $86.5 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003)
• Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
• Voted YES on allowing all necessary forces and other means 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)

Tom Daschle on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted NO 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)
• Tax credits to promite home ownership in distressed areas. (Apr 2003)
• Fully fund AmeriCorps. (Jun 2003)