Chris Dodd Political Party Democratic Party Current Position Senator from Connecticut Age 64   (May 27th, 1944) Hometown East Haddam, CT Religion Roman Catholic Elections Straw Poll   Compare Chris Dodd to:      Joe Biden Hillary Clinton Chris Dodd John Edwards Mike Gravel Dennis Kucinich Barack Obama Bill Richardson Sam Brownback Jim Gilmore Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter John McCain Ron Paul Mitt Romney Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson Fred Thompson    Vote for Chris Dodd

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• Opposed a ban on abortions in military hospitals.
  
  
• Supports expanded adoption and efforts reducing teen pregnancy to mitigate the need for abortions.
  
  
• Opposed criminal penalties for harming an unborn fetus—penalties treating the fetus as a person—in the commission of another crime.
  
  
• Opposed a partial-birth abortion ban which only had an exemption for cases in which the mother’s life is in danger, but not her overall health.
  
  
• Supports expanded federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
  
  
• Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions.
  
  
• Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives.
  
  

• Opposes same-sex marriage but supports civil unions.
  
  
• Opposes a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
  
  
• Has supported adding sexual orientation to the definition of hate crimes.
  
  
• Has opposed a constitutional ban on flag desecration.
  
  
• Wants to apply Family & Medical Leave Act to same sex couples.
  
  
• Says we should treat same-sex couples equally in all rights except marriage.
  
  
• Believes marriage is between a man and a woman.
  
  
• Supports stricter sentencing for hate crimes.
  
  
• Authored the Family Medical Leave Act.
  
  
• Feels that National security is more important than human rights.
  
  
• Supports repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.
  
  

• Voted YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms.
  
  
• Supports DNA testing for all federal executions.
  
  
• Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
  
  
• Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence.
  
  
• Voted YES on background checks at gun shows.
  
  
• Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
  
  

• Feels the courts should eliminate the distinction between crack cocaine + powder cocaine. Feels the courts should eliminate the distinction between crack cocaine + powder cocaine.
  
  
• Believes medicinal marijuana should be legal, and that the recreational use of marijuana should be decriminalized.
  
  
• Supports national ban on smoking in public places.
  
  
• Feels our country’s alcohol problems are significant and that the drinking age should stay at 21.
  
  

• Advocates tax breaks and incentives for middle-income earners.
  
  
• Opposes permanently eliminating the estate tax, says it should be moderated.
  
  
• Voted against the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
  
  
• Voted in favor of raising the minimum wage to $7.25.
  
  
• Voted against permanently repealing the estate tax.
  
  
• Voted in favor of repealing the capital gains tax cut in order to fund military appropriations.
  
  
• Voted against extending tax cuts on capital gains and dividends.
  
  
• Voted in favor of increased tax deductions for college tuition costs.
  
  
• Says we should stop rewarding companies that create off-shore jobs.
  
  
• Wants to ban the outsourcing of jobs, and supports increasing the minimum wage.
  
  

• Feels that merit pay is okay for poorer areas, but not for better neighborhoods; Incentive pay for tougher schools, but not performance pay
  
  
• Advocates for free community college education.
  
  
• Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind act to invest in failing schools.
  
  
• Voted YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors.
  
  

• Wants to raise the standard to 50 mpg by 2017 and make the federal fleet of cars hybrids.
  
  
• Supports a corporate carbon tax.
  
  
• Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
  
  
• Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning.
  
  
• Has said that Bush’s lack of response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina was shameful.
  
  
• Wants to spend oil profits on research for alternative energy.
  
  

• Supports a required physical at age 55 to qualify for Medicare.
  
  
• Supports a universal health care plan under which people pay what they can afford.
  
  
• Does not support prohibition of tobacco, but wants to make it very expensive to be a smoker.
  
  

• Supported Bush-backed immigration reform, increasing funding for improved border security, improved enforcement of existing laws, and providing a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants.
  
  
• Voted in favor of constructing a 700-mile fence along the southern border.
  
  
• Is against illegal immigrants receiving driver’s licenses.
  
  
• Feels more Spanish should be taught in the U.S., but not as a second language. Thinks more language training is needed in general as we live in an increasingly global economy.
  
  
• Says Mexico is a neighbor and ally, but supports a border wall.
  
  

• Medical/Science - Supports conducting stem cell research to help Alzheimers and diabetes.
  
  
• Arts - Supports the National Endowment for the Arts.
  
  
• Voting Record - http://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53277
  
  

• Supported re-deploying all U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of March 2008, as no military solution is viable.
  
  
• Advocates diplomacy and politics, rather than military force, and other recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton report, as the only viable solution.
  
  
• Said that U.S. forces should concentrate on training Iraqi forces, securing Iraq’s borders, and not refereeing a civil war.
  
  
• Voted for the Iraq war authorization resolution but regrets it, saying it was a mistake and should not be continued.
  
  
• Voted YES on an amendment to support the men and women of the U.S. armed forces, but NO on a following similar amendment, that also included support for General Petraeus and condemned MoveOn.org’s criticism of the General.
  
  
• Believes having troops in Iraq makes the US less safe.
  
  
• Feels the goal for the Middle East conflict should be security for Israel as well as a Palestinian state.
  
  
• Wants to focus on sanctions and diplomacy with Iran, not military action.
  
  
• Thinks we have neglected Latin-America and that we should re-engage.
  
  
• Believes our situation in Iraq has diminished our moral authority in the world and our ability to assist in Darfur, but feels the US can still take unilateral action to help end the genocide.
  
  
• Strongly opposes the use of torture as an interrogation policy.
  
  

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