Budget:
For a tax limitation bill which limits the federal government from taxing more than 20% of national income in peacetime.
For enhanced rescission power for the president, to allow him to reduce or eliminate line items subject to a 2/3 override by Congress
Campaign Finances:
For complete and immediate Internet disclosure of all contributions to Federal campaigns
Against dollar limits on campaign contribution, if fully disclosed
Against taxpayer financing of Congressional elections
Against campaign spending limits
Against restrictions on the First Amendment Rights of groups seeking to educate voters about an incumbent's performance in office.
For reinstating the pre-1986 tax credit for contributions made by a taxpayer directly to a candidate, but not to a PAC
Education:
For reducing Federal interference in our public schools.
For ending Federal education laws that bypass our elected state legislatures.
For tax-favored education savings accounts to help citizens finance their children's education from first grade through college.
For opportunity scholarships for children trapped in failing District of Columbia public schools
Energy:
For Federal support for basic research to develop new energy technologies
For thorough reform of the Patent and Trademark Office to allow all inventors to secure patent protection.
Environment:
For continuing efforts to reduce pollution of our air and water
Against the Kyoto Protocol, which would transfer energy-dependent American jobs to non-complying Third World countries.
Flag Protection:
For protection of the American flag against desecration.
Foreign and Defense Policy:
For a strong confident foreign policy designed to protect the liberties of the American people
For a strong high-morale military capable of countering and defeating any threat to the liberties of the American people
Against United Nations control of American military forces
Against American "world policeman" imperialism
Against U.S. taxpayer bailouts of corrupt foreign nations and their creditors
For U.S. withdrawal from the International Monetary Fund
For a workable missile defense system to protect Americans from rogue state attacks
For ending feminist social engineering experiments in the Armed Forces
Gay Issues:
For equal protection of the rights of all citizens regardless of sexual orientation.
Against a Federal "gay rights" law to bestow special protections on gays
Against gay marriage and the 1999 Vermont civil unions law
Gun Issues:
For the Second Amendment right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms
For repeal of Federal law banning possession of certain semi-automatic weapon
Against Federal preferences for gun manufacturers who make sweetheart deals with the government
Against trigger lock requirements that defeat a citizens' right to self-defense in the face of deadly attack.
For repeal of the "Lautenburg Law" which imposes a lifetime ban on firearms possession for a person who has ever been the subject of a domestic violence restraining order.
Health Care:
For protecting the fiscal soundness of Medicare, and expanding patient choice programs for senior citizens.
For equalizing tax treatment of health insurance premiums.
For expansion of incentives for Medical Savings Accounts
Against Hillary-Clinton style government controlled health care
For reform of FDA control over pharmaceuticals
For protection of patient's rights to use dietary supplements
For encouragement of complementary treatments and therapies by informed patients
For tax credits to assist lower income workers to pay for basic health insurance coverage
Land and Property Rights:
For enacting President Reagan's executive order (rescinded by Clinton) to require the federal government agencies to consider the impact on private property owners before making management decisions.
Against the net expansion of Federal government land ownership.
For revising the Endangered Species Act and Federal wetlands regulation to prevent the destruction of landowner rights
For professional multiple use management of national forests
Life Issues:
For abortion restrictions, including prohibition of partial birth abortions.
Against U.S. government funding for abortion programs in other countries
For the Hyde Amendment prohibition of Medicaid abortion funding
For preservation of the ban on Federal support of experimentation with human fetal tissue
Privacy:
For protection of law-abiding Americans from Federal mail and electronic snooping
Against a "unique health identifier" assigned to every citizen by the federal government
Against Federal maintenance of any record of firearms buyers who pass Brady Act checks
Social Security:
For protecting the fiscal soundness of Social Security
For allowing younger workers to invest a portion of their FICA taxes in private retirement accounts
Taxes:
For lower taxes.
For returning a large part of the federal surplus, after making Social Security and Medicare sound, to the people who earned it.
For eliminating the "marriage penalty"
For ending the "death tax" on farms and small businesses, and ending estate taxes for persons who have already paid income tax on their earnings during their lifetimes.
For immediate full deductibility of health insurance premiums by the self-employed and others not covered in a group plan.
Trade:
For open markets and free trade with all nations except those whose ruling elites persecute their people and monopolize the profits from trade.
Veterans Issues:
For dignified care for our veterans who kept our country free.