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Lisa Murkowski

Voted FOR reaffirming Roe vs. Wade (ACU-2003).

Voted FOR taxpayer support for abortions (via repeal of the "Mexico City Policy") in '03, '07, and '09 (ACU-2003).

Voted AGAINST repealing the death tax (ACU-2003).

Voted AGAINST funding the D.C. school voucher program (ACU-18).

Voted FOR a 2004 measure to make gun manufacturers and sellers libel for gun deaths (ACU-12) .

Voted FOR raising taxes "to increase funding for local emergency personnel under the Homeland Security Act" (ACU 2004). Murkowski was the only Republican to vote for this tax hike. Not even the sisters from Maine got this one wrong.

Voted AGAINST an amendment to better enforce immigration. As the ACU explains, the amendment "would have increased funding for immigration and customs enforcement by about $200 million, added 5,760 detention beds, and permitted the hiring of more immigration enforcement personnel" (ACU-13).
Voted AGAINST a cap on future discretionary spending to hold it at 2006 levels (ACU-13).
Voted FOR a 2006 amnesty bill for illegal aliens. As the ACU explains, this precursor to the amnesty bill of 2007 was a bill "overhauling U.S. immigration laws and offering a path to citizenship for most illegal immigrants in the country." This bill was spun as a "guest worker program" (ACU-14).

Voted AGAINST a border fence that, according to the ACU, would have provided for "the construction of 370 miles of double-layered fencing and at least 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border" (ACU-14).

Voted FOR the Dems' 2007 Energy Policy, which imposed draconian new regulations on the energy sector. As the ACU explains, these measures included "a rise in automobile mileage to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, a ban on the incandescent light bulb, new energy efficiency mandates for appliances, the use of 15 billion gallons of biofuels by 2015, and the taxpayer subsidy of new energy technologies" (ACU-15).

Voted FOR expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $60 billion. This program was created to provide insurance to children from uninsured families living narrowly above the poverty level. Sound good? The devil is in the details. Revealingly, Senator Murkowski voted to define 21-year-olds as "children." Murkowski voted to define an $80,000 income as "narrowly above the poverty level." Murkowski believes that other taxpayers (including those with lower incomes who buy their own insurance) should pay for these people's insurance. Murkowski voted to give incentives for states to "recruit" new enrollees and thus make this big program even bigger. Every time you hear it said "once the government starts a program, it can't be reeled back, it's only going to get bigger"-you can and should think of Senator Murkowski

Voted AGAINST 2008 earmark reform that would have imposed a one-year moratorium on all pork-barrel earmarks. After the moratorium expired, the reform would have continued to make these ear-marks more difficult to pass (ACU-16).

Voted AGAINST an anti-military-bias measure that would have transferred funds from the city of Berkley to the Marine Corps. As the ACU explains, this measure would have done away with "earmarked taxpayer spending for the city of Berkeley, Calif., after the City Council denounced the Marine Corps and encouraged protestors to stop recruitment. Funds saved would have been transferred to the Marine Corps" (ACU-16).

Voted AGAINST strengthening missile defense (ACU-16).

Voted FOR a 2008 mortgage bailout scheme that, according to the ACU, "would further nationalize the mortgage industry, raise limits on some risky loans, and [add] another $4 billion grant program to be handed out by local governments" (ACU-16).

Voted AGAINST 2009 earmark reform (ACU-18).

Voted AGAINST increasing pork-barrel disclosures (ACU-14). As the ACU explains, the amendment would have increased "the number of pork barrel 'earmarks' that would have to be disclosed by the Senators proposing them."