Written on August 6th, 2011
Edited in April 2014
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Supported TARP / TALF, and nearly $¾T in 2009 stimulus
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Opposed Cut, Cap, and Balance
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Supported Obamacare
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Supported gun control measures
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Supported federal public funding for presidential elections
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Supported ineligible voters making campaign contributions
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Supported federal public funding for Planned Parenthood and ACORN
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Supported Cap-and-Trade; Supported Cash-for-Clunkers; supported
energy efficiency tax credits; supported maintaining energy
efficiency standards for incandescent lightbulbs; supported the
non-renewable-resource-management bureaucratization of the Department
of Interior; supported giving permission to the EPA to regulate
greenhouse-gas emissions; and supported raising income taxes on
ethanol producers
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Supported granting $2.46 B in 2006 military and economic aid to
Israel
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Supported granting $2.48 B in 2006 military and economic aid to
Middle-Eastern countries
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Supported granting $465 M to Mexico and Central America to combat
drug trafficking
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Procured $200 M in pork to Wisconsin’s 2nd district over 7 two-year
terms
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Supported expansion and financing of hate-crime legislation and
prosecution; supported increased punishment of gender-based
hate-crimes; and supported expansion of hate-crime legislation to
include sexual orientation
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Supported granting $84 million to improve educational opportunities
for blacks, Hispanics, and low-income students; supported the
criminalization of unequal payment based on race, religion, sex,
national origin, age, and disability; supported the expansion of
unequal-payment criminalization to include sexual orientation; and
supported funding for salary-negotiation skills-training for women
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Supported granting $5.8 B for Louisiana (and $2.7 B for other states)
for natural disaster relief and recovery; granted $1.5 B to states to
support small business; and supported aid to states for Medicaid,
teacher employment, and other purposes
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Supported establishing an Office of Congressional Ethics
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Supported the FDA imposing more stringent tobacco labeling and bans
on additives
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Supported funding to discourage the use of the word “Islamist”
and other words in the intelligence community
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Opposed the appropriation of funds to transfer prisoners out of
Guantanamo Bay
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Supported the extension of unemployment benefits at least three times
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