>Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion.
>Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines.
>Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research.
>Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad.
>Voted NO on revitalizing severely distressed public housing.
>Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
>Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.
>Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges.
>Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling.
>Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
>Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution.
>Voted NO on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013.
>Voted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees.
>Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse.
>Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug.
>Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program.
>Voted NO on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet).
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>FWIW, I thought those protestors were wrong. I also thought that overall, the DNC did a really good job of making it clear that you can support equal justice for people of color and support the work of police.
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>Tamar

I'm surprised to see how many I'd have agreed with.
I disagree with the votes on Amtrak and network neutrality and probably would disagree the votes on suing gunmakers and sellers.
Many of the other votes are on issues that have no business being considered by the US congress.
Regarding abortion: I agree with someone's right to choose, but there's an equal right for someone else not to have to support a choice to abort with tax dollars.
The problem with government interfering on social issues is that saying that someone a right to do something often morphs into the government endorsing the act and even funding it.

Suppose I introduced a bill saying that because guns are legal, the US government will pay for my AK47.
Sounds insane, doesn't it?