If Democrats want to scare themselves silly into voting for Hillary in November, just circulate this list. It's an almost quintesential encapsulation of Neo Conservative Values. Hillary and Pence do have one thing in common though. They were both duped by the "Arab Spring" and the Muslim Brotherhood.
During Pence's twelve years in the House, he introduced 90 bills
and resolutions; none
became law.[43]
Pence began seeking to defund Planned
Parenthood in 2007,[44] by introducing legislation aimed at preventing
any organization that provides abortion services from receiving Title X funding.[45]
In 2009, Pence opposed birthright citizenship (the legal
principle set forth by the Citizenship
Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution that all persons born on U.S. soil
are citizens). He co-sponsored a bill that would have limited citizenship to
children born to at least one parent who is a citizen, immigrants living
permanently in the U.S. or non-citizens performing active service in the U.S.
Armed Forces.[46]
Pence was a co-sponsor of H.J.Res.73, a 2011 spending limit
amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
This amendment would limit federal spending to "the average annual revenue
collected in the three prior years, adjusted in proportion to changes in
population and inflation."[47] In regards to adopting the gold standard, Pence
stated in 2011, "the time has come to have a debate over gold and the
proper role it should play in our nation’s monetary affairs".[48]
Then-U.S. Representative Pence (third from
left) standing behind then-Governor Mitch
Daniels at a press conference
in Martinsville, Indiana
Pence was a supporter of earmark reform. He voted against the
$139.7 billion transportation-treasury spending bill in June 2006, and in
favor of a series of amendments proposed that same month by Jeff Flake that would strip other members' earmarks from
the federal budget.[51] On occasion, however, Pence secured earmarks
for projects in his district.[51]
In June 2006, Pence unveiled an immigration plan (which he
described as "No Amnesty Immigration reform") that would include
increased border security, followed by strict enforcement of laws against
hiring illegal aliens, and a Guest
worker program. This guest worker program requires potential
participants to apply from their home country to government-approved job
placement agencies that match workers with employers who cannot find Americans
for the job.[52] The plan received support from conservatives
such as Dick Armey,[53] but attracted criticism from other
conservatives such as Phyllis Schlafly, Richard
A. Viguerie, and Pat Buchanan, who
viewed Pence as lending "his conservative prestige to a form of liberal
amnesty."[54][55]
In 2010, Pence voted against the DREAM
Act, which would grant the undocumented children of illegal
immigrants conditional non-immigrant status if they met certain requirements.[56] In 2010, Pence stated that Arizona S.B. 1070,
which at the time of passage in 2010 was the US's broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration legislation, was
"a good faith to try and restore order to their communities".[57]
Pence was rated 100% and 92% by the anti-immigration groups FAIR and USBC respectively during his tenure in Congress.[58][59]
During the Iraq War, Pence
opposed setting a public withdrawal date from Iraq. During an
April 2007 visit to Baghdad, Pence and John McCain visited Shorja market, the site of a deadly attack in
February 2007, that claimed the lives of 61 people. Pence and McCain described
the visit as evidence that the security situation in Iraqi markets has
improved.[61]The visit to the market took place under large
security including helicopters overhead, and the New York Timesreported that the visit gave a false indication of how secure
the area was due to the extremely heavy security forces protecting McCain.[62]
Pence chaired the House Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and was a prominent supporter of George W. Bush's Iraq War troop surge of 2007. At the time, Pence
stated that "the surge is working" and defended the initial decision
to invade in 2003.[60]
Pence has opposed closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and trying the suspected terrorists in the
U.S.[63]Pence believes that "the Obama
administration must overturn this wrongheaded decision".[63] As an alternative, Pence has said that the
"enemy combatants" should be tried in a military tribunal.[63]
Pence has stated his support of Israel and its right to attack facilities
in Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons, has defended the
actions of Israel in its use of deadly force in enforcing the blockade of Gaza,
and has referred to Israel as "America's most cherished ally".[64] He visited Israel in 2014 to express his
support, and in 2016 signed into law a bill which would ban Indiana from having
any commercial dealings with a company that boycotts Israel.[65]
Two weeks prior to the NATO intervention in Libya, Pence thanked the
Obama administration and Secretary of State Clinton for their efforts to
isolate the Gaddafi regime.[66][67][68] Pence expressed support for "a no-fly
zone" and stated that "Qadhafi must go".[66][67][68]
In 2001, Pence wrote "Global warming is a myth,"[70] saying, incorrectly, that "the earth is
actually cooler today than it was about 50 years ago".[71] In 2009 he told Chris
Matthews that there was a
"growing skepticism in the scientific community about global
warming."[72][73]
In 2009, Pence opposed President Obama's executive order
eliminating restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research. Pence
stated, "I believe it is morally wrong to create human life to destroy it
for research... I believe it is morally wrong to take the tax dollars of
millions of pro-life Americans".[74][75] He asserted that "scientific
breakthroughs have rendered embryonic stem-cell research obsolete".[74][75]
When asked if he believes in evolution, Pence answered "I
believe with all my heart that God created the heavens and the earth, the seas
and all that’s in them. How he did that I’ll ask him about some day."[76][75]
In 2001, Pence wrote an op-ed arguing against additional
government regulation of tobacco and the corresponding increase in the size of
government and encroachment on private lives. He stated that “despite the
hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn't kill.”[77][78] Pence asserted, "2 out of every three
smokers does not die from a smoking related illness and 9 out of ten smokers do
not contract lung cancer," while acknowledging that "smoking isn't
good for you" and people who smoke should quit.[77][78]
In 2009, Pence voted against the Family Smoking Prevention and
Tobacco Control Act, which allows the FDA toregulate tobacco products.[79]
Pence "has been a longtime, aggressive advocate of trade
deals" between the U.S. and foreign countries.[80] Pence is a supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),[80] and during his tenure in the House, he voted
for every free-trade agreement that came before him.[81] Pence voted in favor of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA); in favor of keeping the U.S. in the World Trade Organization; and in favor of permanent normal trade relations with China.[81] Pence also supported bilateral free-trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea,Panama, Peru, Oman, Chile and Singapore.[81] Pence's strong stance in favor of free trade
sharply differs from the stance of his running mate Trump, who has condemned globalization and the liberalization of trade.[80][81]
In 2000, Pence stated "Congress should oppose any effort to
recognize homosexual's [sic]
as a discreet [sic] and insular
minority entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to
those extended to women and ethnic minorities."[82] He called for "an audit to ensure that
federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and
encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus
[sic]" and
instead advocated for resources to be directed toward Conversion
therapy programs.[83][84][85]
Pence has said that homosexuals should not serve in the
military, saying, "Homosexuality is incompatible with military service
because the presence of homosexuals in the ranks weakens unit cohesion"
and in 2010 stated that repealingDon't ask, don't tell would "have an impact on unit cohesion."[86] Pence opposed the 2009 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act,
saying that Barack Obama wanted to "advance a radical social
agenda"[87] and said that pastors "could be charged
or be subject to intimidation for simply expressing a Biblical worldview on the
issue of homosexual behavior."[88]
Pence opposes both same-sex marriage and civil
unions.[89] While in the House, he said that
"societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the
deterioration of marriage and family".[90] He has advocated a constitutional same-sex
marriage ban but did not champion such a proposed ban for his first year as
governor.[91]
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