A friend of mine put this list together. It’s useful in figuring out who Paul Ryan is. Re-posted here with permission.<\/p>\n
Paul Ryan<\/p>\n
Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research
\nVoted YES on terminating the Home Affordable mortgage Program
\nVoted NO on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures
\nVoted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package
\nVoted NO on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief
\nVoted NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy
\nVoted NO on revitalizing severely distressed public housing
\nVoted NO on regulating the subprime mortgage industry
\nVoted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
\nVoted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent
\nVoted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
\nVoted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC
\nVoted NO on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009)
\nVoted YES on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
\nVoted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
\nVoted NO on expanding services for offenders’ re-entry into society
\nVoted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons
\nVoted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime
\nVoted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC
\nVoted NO on $40B for green public schools
\nVoted NO on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects
\nVoted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges
\nVoted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
\nVoted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
\nVoted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
\nVoted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets
\nVoted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation
\nVoted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy
\nVoted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel
\nVoted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
\nVoted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels
\nVoted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
\nVoted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol
\nVoted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros
\nVoted NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences
\nVoted YES on deauthorizing “critical habitat” for endangered species
\nVoted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects
\nVoted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees
\nVoted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections
\nVoted YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees
\nVoted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
\nVoted NO on expanding the Children’s Health Insurance Program
\nVoted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health
\nVoted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant
\nVoted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing
\nVoted YES on zero-funding OSHA’s Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B
\nVoted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox
\nVoted NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income
\nVoted NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
\nVoted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
\nVoted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
\nVoted YES on terminating funding for National Public Radio
\nVoted NO on establishing “network neutrality”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A friend of mine put this list together. It’s useful in figuring out who Paul Ryan is. Re-posted here with permission. Paul Ryan Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research Voted YES on terminating the Home Affordable mortgage Program Voted NO on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package Voted NO on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief Voted NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy Voted NO on revitalizing severely distressed public housing Voted NO on regulating the subprime mortgage industry Voted …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,35],"tags":[48,50],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2","category-republicans","tag-elections","tag-republicans-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13tCM-kR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}