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Jo Bonner
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REP. JO BONNER - POSITIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES
Budget
• Supports giving the president a line item veto on spending bills
Business
• Supported an increase in the minimum wage
Civil Rights
• Supports expansion of the Voting Rights Act to all states
Emergency Management
• Supported emergency assistance for Hurricane Katrina victims
Energy
• Supports limited oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWR)
• Supports drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Ethics
• Supported reform of House Ethics Rules
Health
• Supports secured funding for University of South Alabama Cancer
Institute
Gun Control
• Supports limiting firearm manufacturer liability suits
• Opposed a federal taking of firearms from law-abiding Hurricane
Katrina victims
Immigration/Border Security
• Opposes birthright citizenship
• Participated in congressional hearings on US - Mexican border
• Opposed bilingual/multilingual ballots
• Supported 2006 House immigration bill
Trade
• Supported Central America Free Trade Agreement
Veterans
• Supported substantial increase in VA budget
• Supported increase in maximum coverage for servicemembers and
veterans life insurance
• Supported cost of living increase for veterans and survivor
benefits
• Supported concurrent receipt benefit for disabled military
retirees
• Supported increase in veterans medical care funding
• Supported increase in GI Bill educational benefits for
veterans
• Supported increase in VA home loan funding
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