| U.S.
SENATE ROLL CALLS
June 2006 to July 2007
|
|
|
| Issue |
Dick
Durbin |
Barack
Obama |
| Withdraw
U.S troops from Iraq by March 2008 |
Yes |
Yes |
| Limit
length of deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq |
Yes |
Yes |
| Immigration
reform with amnesty for illegal aliens present in
country |
Yes |
Yes |
| Enforce
existing border security before amnesty |
No |
No |
| Declare
English as national language |
No |
No |
| Deny
temporary workers or undocumented aliens from
claiming earned income tax credit |
No |
No |
| Homeland
security funding |
Yes |
Absent |
| Fund
stem cell research |
Yes |
Yes |
| Increase
tobacco tax |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extend
25% income tax rate to moderate-income Taxpayers |
No |
No |
| Repeal
federal death tax |
No |
No |
| Prohibit
congressional earmarks for funding |
No |
No |
| Provide
for deficit reduction in all appropriations |
No |
No |
| Restore
top marginal tax rates to pre-2001 levels |
Yes |
Yes |
| Establish
reserve fund for social security |
No |
No |
| Hike
federal minimum wage to $7.25/hour |
Yes |
Yes |
| Allow
states to set minimum wage |
No |
No |
| Allow
workplace unionization vote without secret ballot |
Yes |
Yes |
| Strengthen
congressional gift and travel bans |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bar
political action committees from employing family
members of any candidate |
No |
Yes |
| Bar
government contracts to companies that employ
illegal aliens |
Yes |
Yes |
