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Anti Federalist
She has a very low Freedom Index Score, partly because she didn't vote half the time. That said, while she has a number of BAD votes which I do not support, her Foreign Policy and positions on Domestic Surveillance and Police-State Apparatus, I fully support and feel more comfortable with her than most REPUGlicans:
Of course, she's wearing the wrong letter after her name, so I would understand if you disagree with the following. Even though they are promoting a full-blown domestic Police-State, keep giving Trump/Vance passes because they have the right "letter" after their names.
Kamala Harris:
Voted NO on S. 4049 Guns vs. Butter
We oppose. National defense is an essential function of the federal government. This is not to say that the budget is not “bloated” (the Pentagon budget does contain waste, and not all military spending is defense spending), but unnecessary military spending should be cut, not transferred to social-welfare programs falling outside the Constitution’s specified powers.
Voted NO S. 4049 Withdrawal From Afghanistan
We oppose the Senate's decision to table Senator Paul's amendment. It is long past time to bring the troops home. The AUMF that the amendment would repeal has been used broadly by presidents to send troops into foreign conflicts, despite the fact that under the Constitution only Congress may declare war.
Voted YES on S.J.R. 68 War Powers
We support. According to the U.S. Constitution, only Congress may declare war. It is unfortunate that Congress has to pass a resolution enforcing this, but doing so puts a check on the war powers assumed by recent presidents.
Voted NO on H.R. 5430 USMCA
We oppose. Congress is not authorized by the Constitution to surrender our national sovereignty to any transnational regional government, including the nascent North American Union.
Voted YES on On the Amendment S.Amdt. 883 to S. 1790 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) To prohibit unauthorized military operations in or against Iran.
We support Senator Udall's amendment. Hostilities conducted against a sovereign nation – in this case Iran – constitute an act of war and, thus, constitutionally requires a declaration of war by Congress.
Voted YES on On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 7 Yemen
We support. Congress has the power to declare war, and it has not authorized any intervention or war in Yemen. Nor should Congress do so since the civil war in Yemen does not threaten the U.S.
Voted NO on On the Conference Report H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations
We oppose. Most of the bill’s spending programs are unconstitutional and unacceptably expand our debt and deficit.
Voted YES on S.J.Res. 54 Yemen
Only Congress is vested with the power to declare war. A foreign military intervention is an act of war, and Congress has not authorized any intervention or war in Yemen. Nor should Congress do so, since the civil war in Yemen does not threaten the United States.
Voted NO on S.Amdt. 2366 to H.R. 5515 Indefinite Detention
The war on terror must not be allowed to destroy constitutionally guaranteed legal protections.
Voted NO on PN1857 Haspel Nomination
Haspel was complicit in the use of torture, including waterboarding, a violation of U.S. law as well as the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.”
Voted NO on H.R. 1625 Omnibus Appropriations
With this omnibus bill, members of Congress are failing to address their fiscally and constitutionally irresponsible budgeting and appropriating process that is currently yielding annual federal deficits measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars, as well as minimizing their accountability to the voters by combining all discretionary federal spending for fiscal 2018 into one gigantic “take it or leave it” bill.
Voted NO on S.J.Res. 54 U.S. Military Intervention in Yemen
Only Congress is vested with the power to declare war. A foreign military intervention is an act of war, and Congress has not authorized any intervention or war in Yemen. Nor should Congress do so, since the civil war in Yemen does not threaten the United States.
Voted NO on S. 139 Warrantless Surveillance
FISA, while supposedly put in place to gather intelligence on foreign targets, has been used to spy on U.S. citizens. Given the track record of intelligence agencies, it is unlikely that they would actually follow these rules. The FISA Court gives a green light to just about any surveillance request that comes its way, and FISA-approved NSA warrantless surveillance of American citizens has become common knowledge.
Voted NO on S.Amdt. 871 to S.Amdt. 1003 to H.R. 2810 War Authorization
The 2001 AUMF in particular has been used by presidents ever since as a blank check not only for continued U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, but for new military interventions elsewhere, including Libya, Syria, and Yemen — despite the fact that constitutionally authorized power to declare war belongs to Congress, not the president.
Voted YES on S.J.Res. 42 Blocking U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
The United States should not interject itself in foreign conflicts such as the civil war in Yemen (via arms sales to one of the combatants in that conflict -- Saudi Arabia), and should not take steps tantamount to going to war without a declaration of war by Congress.
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