New York Senator Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton was elected United States Senator of New York on November 7, 2000 and is now serving her second term winning another election by votes received by residents of New York.
During both of her terms in office, she has been attributed with several accomplishments that include working with colleagues to ensure New York received all the funds needed to rebuild after the September 11, 2001 attacks. She fought for New York City residents to provide aid to the families of victims, grants for businesses, and health care for workers at Ground Zero.
In 2004, Senator Clinton was asked to serve as the only Senate member of the Transformation Advisory Group to the Joint Forces Command. Along with this position, she visited troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and at home at Form Drum in New York, and at Walter Reed Military Hospital. She was the first to begin legislation to expand health benefits to members of the Reserves and National Guard.
As Senator, she worked to increase health care by authoring legislature such as improve the recruitment and retention of nurses, improve the quality of prescription drugs, lower the cost of prescription drugs, and legislature aimed to protect our food from bio-terrorism.
To learn exactly where any politician stands on the issues you have to look at the way in which they vote legislation. This is a list of the way Senator Clinton has voted during her terms as Senator of New York.
Abortion Issues:
Voted YES:
March 2005 - $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives
April 2007 - expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines
Voted NO:
March 2003 - banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life
March 2004 - criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime
July 2006 - notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions
Budget & Economy
Voted NO:
December 2005 - $40B in reduced federal overall spending
March 2007 - paying down federal debt by rating programs' effectiveness
Civil Rights
Voted YES:
October 2001 - loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping
June 2002 - adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes
Voted NO:
June 2006 - constitutional ban of same-sex marriage
June 2006 - recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration
Corporations
Voted YES:
July 2001 - restricting rules on personal bankruptcy
March 2005 - repealing tax subsidy for companies, which move US jobs offshore
Education
Voted YES:
April 2001 - spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction
May 2001 - funding student testing instead of private tutors
May 2001 - funding smaller classes instead of private tutors
March - 2005 - shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education
October 2005 - $5B for grants to local educational agencies
October 2005 - $52M for "21st century community learning centers"
Energy and Oil
Voted YES:
June 2003 - targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010
March 2003 - removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill
March 2005 - banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
June 2005 - reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%)
October 2005 - $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas
November 2005 - disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR
May 2007 - factoring global warming into federal project planning
June 2007 - making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal
June 2007 - removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
Voted NO:
March 2002 - terminating CAFE standards within 15 months
April 2002 - drilling ANWR on national security grounds
July 2003 - Bush Administration Energy Policy
Health Care
Voted YES:
June 2001 - allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages
July 2002- allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada
March 2005 - negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug
November 2005 - increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics
February 2006 - expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D
April 2007 - requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D
Homeland Security
Voted YES:
March 2005 - restoring $565M for states' and ports' first responders
July 2005 - restricting business with entities linked to terrorism
March 2006 - reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act
September 2006 - requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods
September 2006 - preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees
March 2007 - implementing the 9/11 Commission report
Voted NO:
December 2005 - extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision
Immigration
Voted YES:
May 2006 - giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship
May 2006 - allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security
May 2006 - establishing a Guest Worker program
September 2006 - building a fence along the Mexican border
May 2007 - eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guest worker program
June 2007 - comprehensive immigration reform
Voted NO:
June 2007 - declaring English as the official language of the US government
Employment
Voted Yes:
March 2005 - raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25
February 2007 - increasing minimum wage to $7.25
June 2007 - restricting employer interference in union organizing
Voted NO:
March 2001 - repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress
War and Peace
Voted YES:
October 2002 - authorizing use of military force against Iraq
October 2003 - $86 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan
April 2005 - requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding
November 2005 - investigating contract awards in Iraq & Afghanistan
March 2007 - redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008
Voted NO:
June 2006 - redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007
