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Affordable Care Act
Support Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare? |
No. Called the ACA a “failed law” with “many broken promises.” In 2017 voted three times to overturn the law. | Yes. Calls the ACA a “watershed moment in our nation’s health.” As governor, expanded Medicaid and established a state exchange. |
Campaign Finance
Require political ads to disclose their largest funders? |
Unclear on disclosure. Supported requiring Senate candidates to e-file campaign finance reports. No other position found. | Yes. Backed election bill H.R.1 to strengthen disclosure and campaign finance laws. Weakening them “has led to corruption.” Also, overturn Citizens United decision that removed campaign finance limits. |
Climate Change
Consider human-caused climate change a serious threat, and address by limiting output of greenhouse gases? |
Mixed. “Humans are contributing to climate change.” Will push for clean-tech investments, but voted against cutting carbon emissions from power plants. | Yes. “The defining challenge of our time.” Must face with “fierce sense of urgency.” Would rejoin Paris Accord; calls for 100% renewable energy by 2050. |
COVID-19
Support administration’s response to coronavirus pandemic? |
Yes. “HHS, through a number of its agencies, is actively leading critical prevention, containment, and supply-chain stability.” | No. “Only way to regain our confidence and restart our economy is having the capacity to either test or vaccinate every American.” |
Education
Use public funding for private and/or for-profit schools? |
Yes. Filed a Supreme Court brief supporting the use of public funds to pay for educating children in private religious schools. | No. Supports parents selecting the best schools, but “would not support the use of publicly funded vouchers for private or religious school education.” |
Environment
Tighten or loosen environmental regulations? |
Loosen. Voted to repeal EPA rules regulating methane emissions on public lands. Repeal wetlands and waterway protection. Open Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling. | Mixed. As governor, adopted low-emission vehicle standards and developed tough methane standards, but fought restrictions on oil drilling near homes and schools. |
Gay Rights
Support same-sex marriage? |
Mixed. Sees marriage as only between a man and woman, but calls same-sex marriage “the law of the land, and it is important that we treat everyone with dignity and respect.” | Yes. “If all people are created equal, then by extension of law, logic, and love, every adult couple should also have the freedom to join in marriage.” |
Gun Laws
Enact more restrictive legislation on guns? |
No. “Strong supporter of Second Amendment rights.” Keep “guns out of the hands of criminals,” but opposed background checks for gun sales at gun shows and online. | Yes. “Will fight for comprehensive, common-sense policies to tackle gun violence,” including universal background checks, restoring assault weapons ban, and magazine limits. |
Immigration
Create path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents and “DACA” participants brought to the U.S. as children? |
Mixed. Voted against protecting DREAMers from deportation. Later co-sponsored legislation for a 12-year pathway to citizenship combined with increased border wall funding. | Yes. Wants to see “a permanent pathway to citizenship for our DREAMers” while “ensuring border security and protecting American workers.” Calls expanded border wall “ineffective” and a waste of billions. |
Impeachment
Stand on Trump impeachment? |
Oppose. Voted against calling witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. Voted to acquit the president. | Support. “A trial without witnesses and evidence is not a trial at all. It’s a sham.” |
Labor
Support “right to work” laws, eliminating the ability of unions to mandate dues for workers they represent? |
Yes. Co-sponsored the National Right to Work Act, repealing bargaining provisions requiring union membership as a condition of employment. | No. Called for legislation reversing Supreme Court ruling that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions. |
Legal Abortion
Support legal or ban? |
Ban. “I’m pro-life, but that’s up to the states.” Voted to ban abortions at 20 weeks. | Legal. “The … right to an abortion is one essential component of a comprehensive approach to reproductive health care.” |
Marijuana
Decriminalize or legalize? |
Yes. Does not support federal legalization, but “let states decide.” Introduced legislation limiting reach of federal marijuana law. | Yes. Let states decide. Federal government should “get out of the way,” allow marijuana sellers access to banking. |
Minimum Wage
Raise federal hourly minimum wage above current $7.25? |
No recent position found. Earlier: “Hundreds of thousands of people will lose their jobs … as a result of a minimum-wage increase.” Opposed increasing overtime-pay availability. | Yes. Supports $15-per-hour federal minimum. “Workers cannot get ahead without affordable child care, paid family leave, and fair compensation.” |
Planned Parenthood
Can Planned Parenthood receive public funds for non-abortion-related care? |
No. Voted to defund Planned Parenthood. | Yes. Supports Planned Parenthood, as “a staunch supporter of reproductive health.” |
Presidential Election - Prop 113
Support Prop 113 to join National Popular Vote Compact? When states representing an electoral majority sign on, the person who gets the most votes nationwide will become President. |
No. Opposes Prop 113, as does Colorado Republican Party. Donated to campaign to overturn Colorado’s participation. | Yes. Previously ambivalent but now supports Prop 113, as does Colorado’s Democratic Party. |
Saudi Arabia
Block arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen war and allegations about journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death? |
No. Voted against blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia in June 2019. | Yes. Supports cutting off military support. “I don’t think supporting the Saudi campaign in Yemen is a great idea.” |
Student Debt & Financial Aid
Support free or subsidized tuition for lower-income individuals? Support lower interest or forgiveness on student loans? |
No general stand found. Did introduce bill allowing employers to contribute tax free to employees’ student loans. Discharge federal student loans for the permanently disabled. | Yes. Reduce federal student loan interest to 2.5% or less, with “expanded loan repayment and forgiveness programs, tuition-free community college”; minority scholarships. |
Supreme Court
Pick Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement now or let November winner choose? See CEEP Supreme Court guide. |
Will vote to confirm Trump’s pick if the person “will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold the law.” | “The Senate must not confirm a new Supreme Court Justice until after a new President is sworn in next year.” |
Taxes
Taxes: Support administration’s $1.9 trillion (2017) tax cuts? |
Yes. Voted for the 2017 tax cut. “My goal was to bring relief to hard-working Coloradans ..., and I’m proud that after months of work, we’ve achieved this goal.” | No. “Congress should not pass on almost $1.5 trillion in additional debt to future generations, and hand out tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans who don’t need them.” |
Voting Rules
Support stricter ID requirements and other rules on voting? |
No position found. | No. Reinstate Voting Rights Act provisions struck down by the Supreme Court. Criticizes “discriminatory voter ID laws.” |
