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Kirsten Gillibrand's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic, Working Families for U.S. Senate (NY) - Jr

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  • Rated 100% by Planned Parenthood Action Fund (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "We warned that Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices would look for any opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade. Now, they may have it. We need to act now to protect access to abortion and stop states from rolling back our reproductive rights." (x.com)
  • "When the Supreme Court overturned Roe, they overturned the right to privacy. It's not just about whether or when you have children — it's about whether you have the right to travel, to receive mail, to make your own medical decisions, or even have a private conversation online." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3755: "Women's Health Protection Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Social Security is more than an entitlement: It’s a benefit all Americans earn over their lifetimes. President Trump turned his back on seniors when he proposed budgets that gut Social Security. I'll protect and strengthen it" (x.com)
  • Rated 97% by Alliance for Retired Americans (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 3% by National Tax Limitation Committee (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "$731 billion in wealth was accumulated by just 467 billionaires during this pandemic, as millions suffer from lost jobs and food security. I'm joining @BernieSanders and @EdMarkey to introduce a 60% tax on these obscene wealth gains. Billionaires should pay their fair share." (x.com)
  • "The Republican tax plan is an abomination—nothing but a massive giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Time is running out before the final vote on this plan, so please make sure to keep up the pressure. Contact your Senators and tell them to vote NO." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 1: "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 3% by National Tax Limitation Committee (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "$731 billion in wealth was accumulated by just 467 billionaires during this pandemic, as millions suffer from lost jobs and food security. I'm joining @BernieSanders and @EdMarkey to introduce a 60% tax on these obscene wealth gains. Billionaires should pay their fair share." (x.com)
  • "The Republican tax plan is an abomination—nothing but a massive giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Time is running out before the final vote on this plan, so please make sure to keep up the pressure. Contact your Senators and tell them to vote NO." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 1: "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 87% by Common Cause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As we fight to make sure you have a say on the next justice, we need to raise our voices to restore fairness to our campaign finance system. We have to overturn Citizens United." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by End Citizens United (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 2093: "For the People Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • "George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Stephon Clark. Andrew Kearse. Sandra Bland. Eric Garner. We say their names because they can’t. We say their names because they—and countless others—should be alive. Now, we must honor their lives with action and meaningful reform." (x.com)
  • "George Floyd's death is an outrage. He should be alive today. It's all of our responsibility to dismantle the systemic racism that led to his death and the deaths of so many other Black Americans. Firing the officers isn't enough. We must keep demanding full accountability." (x.com)
  • "We must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and fight to dismantle the systemic racism that led to the deaths of too many Black Americans." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7776: "James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2670: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6395: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 815: "National Security Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 748: "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1319: "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4346: "Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022)" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Voted in favor of HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4346: "Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022)" (votesmart.org)
  • "Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, we're finally allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and capping older Americans' out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs at $2,000 a year. Older Americans are getting the relief they deserve." (x.com)
  • "The Inflation Reduction Act will slash prescription drug prices, bring down costs for families — and it will be the biggest climate change package ever passed by the Senate. I'm heading to the Senate now to vote YES on the bill." (x.com)
  • "Incredible news — 18,370 New Yorkers will have their student loan debt canceled, thanks to the SAVE plan! In total, 170,240 New Yorkers have been approved for $8.2 billion in student loan debt relief. And we're not done yet. @JoeBiden and I will keep fighting for student loan debt relief." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Education Association (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Too many young people are drowning in student loan debt. They deserve access to affordable higher education. They deserve the opportunity to pursue success without signing away their financial freedom. When we invest in them, we invest in our country." (x.com)
  • "@JoeBiden's #StudentLoanForgiveness plan won't just provide one-time relief for families now. It proposes a new income-driven repayment plan that would ease the burden of student loan debt for years to come." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of S 2093: "For the People Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • "John Lewis risked his life to secure the right to vote. 56 years ago today he witnessed President Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act into law. But nearly 50 years later, he saw the Supreme Court gut it. It's our responsibility now to protect his legacy & defend the right to vote." (x.com)
  • Rated 87% by Common Cause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 2747: "Freedom to Vote Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "We must take on the special interests that are dumping toxic pollutants in our oceans, lakes and rivers. We must strengthen environmental standards that protect our natural resources. And we need to invest in renewable energy and new technologies. That is the future." (x.com)
  • "To take on the impacts of climate change, we need to take bold action. We need to rein in corporate polluters and Big Oil. We need to invest in technological innovations and renewable energy. We need to finally pass the reforms that will protect our planet." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by League of Conservation Voters (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "To take on the impacts of climate change, we need to take bold action. We need to rein in corporate polluters and Big Oil. We need to invest in technological innovations and renewable energy. We need to finally pass the reforms that will protect our planet." (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by American Energy Alliance (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by Gun Owners of America (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "For years, abusers and felons were able to exploit gaping loopholes to avoid background checks that would have prevented them from buying guns. Thanks to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, those loopholes are finally closed. This is literally life-saving." (x.com)
  • "The NRA and the gun industry just want to protect their profits—it is all about money and greed. They want to keep selling weapons of war to anyone willing to pay, no matter how unsafe it makes the rest of us. It has nothing to do with protecting the Second Amendment." (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by National Rifle Association (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "At our Pittsburgh roundtable, we discussed one of our biggest health care crises: skyrocketing prescription drug prices. We need to take serious steps to hold drug companies accountable, get costs down, and make health care a right once and for all." (x.com)
  • "The latest attack on the ACA means 17 million Americans’ access to healthcare is at risk. I believe health care is a right and not a privilege. We must protect the ACA and fight for Medicare for All." (x.com)
  • "The best way to provide national paid leave is to make it an earned benefit, just like Social Security. Under my plan, you and your employer would each pay in $2/week, and you'd get 12 weeks of paid leave. It's that simple." (x.com)
  • "Republicans have proposed paid leave plans that would come at a cost to Social Security benefits. But in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, American workers shouldn’t have to choose between paid family leave and financial security in retirement. #RealPaidLeave" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6201: "Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, we're finally allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and capping older Americans' out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs at $2,000 a year. Older Americans are getting the relief they deserve." (x.com)
  • "At our Pittsburgh roundtable, we discussed one of our biggest health care crises: skyrocketing prescription drug prices. We need to take serious steps to hold drug companies accountable, get costs down, and make health care a right once and for all." (x.com)
  • "The Inflation Reduction Act will slash prescription drug prices, bring down costs for families — and it will be the biggest climate change package ever passed by the Senate. I'm heading to the Senate now to vote YES on the bill." (x.com)
  • "We need to secure our border in smart ways, end family separation and create a real path to citizenship. There is no such thing as an illegal human." (x.com)
  • "It’s been a year since the Trump administration began ripping babies from parents and throwing children in cages at the border. Many families are still separated. We won't rest #UntilEveryFamilyIsReunited, and the people behind this cruelty are held accountable." (x.com)
  • "President Trump has twisted the issue of immigration because he's a coward, and he's afraid of refugees. Let's untwist it: We need to secure our border, but we also need real immigration reform, a path to citizenship, and to treat asylum seekers with humanity instead of hate." (x.com)
  • Rated 14% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "We need to secure our border in smart ways, end family separation and create a real path to citizenship. There is no such thing as an illegal human." (x.com)
  • "I will keep fighting for comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. And it's absurd that I even have to say this, but I will: I would not divert border security funds into for-profit prisons to lock up children and asylum seekers. #DemDebate" (x.com)
  • "President Trump has twisted the issue of immigration because he's a coward, and he's afraid of refugees. Let's untwist it: We need to secure our border, but we also need real immigration reform, a path to citizenship, and to treat asylum seekers with humanity instead of hate." (x.com)
  • Rated 14% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6126: "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "We can't look away from the atrocities being committed in Ukraine. This week, Congress voted to send $13.6 billion in humanitarian and military aid. We stand united against Putin's brutality. #StandWithUkraine" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6833: "Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023' (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6833: "Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023' (votesmart.org)
  • "We can't look away from the atrocities being committed in Ukraine. This week, Congress voted to send $13.6 billion in humanitarian and military aid. We stand united against Putin's brutality. #StandWithUkraine" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7691: "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "If Big Tech companies don't even know how the data they collect on us is used, we can't rely on them to protect our privacy. We need a Data Protection Agency to hold them accountable and set standards for how our data is collected, protected, and used." (x.com)
  • "For years, we’ve been losing control over our personal information as companies build major empires from our data. Over 70% of Americans agree — Big Tech needs to be held accountable. We need a Data Protection Agency." (x.com)
  • "While we have your attention — just a reminder that Instagram and Facebook (and other Big Tech companies) collect and sell your data to influence, manipulate, and push misinformation on you. It's time to pass a Data Protection Agency." (x.com)

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