[CTC_TRADE] Rep. Sander Levin to Chair Ways and Means

[Andrew Gussert]

Levin to Chair Ways and Means
<http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/04/2219047.aspx>  


msnbc.com -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22D
omenico+Montanaro%22&scoring=n> Domenico Montanaro - ‎28 minutes ago‎

Pete Stark's tenure as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee may go
down as the shortest chairmanship in history. Democrats have chosen Michigan
... 

 
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Sander Levin -- Trade Record

 

Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007) 

Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct
2007) 

Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005) 

Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004) 

Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004) 

Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003) 

Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003) 

Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000) 

Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000) 

Voted YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000) 

Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998) 

 

Foreign policy

 

Voted YES on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009) 

Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005) 

Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released.
(Jul 2001) 

Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001) 

Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001) 

Seeds of Peace: promote coexistence in regions of conflict. (Apr 2008) 

Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007) 

Let Ukraine & Georgia enter NATO. (Jan 2008) 

Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, as official US policy. (Mar 2009) 

Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009) 

 

Environment

 

Voted YES on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009) 

Voted YES on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep
2008) 

Rated 85% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003) 

Voted YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007) 

Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000) 

 

Labor

 

Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar
2007) 

Voted YES on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009)


Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007) 

Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar
2001) 

Rated 87% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003) 

 

Also

 

Rated 87% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec
2002) 

Rated 88% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006) 

Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec
2006) 

Voted YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb
2002) 

Voted NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul
2001) 

Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)

 

Source: http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/Sander_Levin.htm#Free_Trade

 

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., will become the
acting chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, replacing Rep. ... 

 


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msnbc.com - ‎27 minutes ago‎

WASHINGTON - Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan will serve as the chairman of the
House's powerful tax-writing committee after former head Rep. ... 

 


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Washington Post -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22P
aul+Kane%22&scoring=n> Paul Kane - ‎27 minutes ago‎

Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), a pro-union, anti-free-trade liberal who is a
close ally of the auto industry, has been selected as interim ... 

 

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