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Vote: | Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources. |
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Vote: | Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable. |
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Vote: | Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President. |
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Vote: | For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war. |
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Vote: | I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal. |
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Vote: | I hope every woman in this country, whether they agree with Roe or they disagree with Roe, whether they themselves would make one decision or another, will come together and say: Pro-choice means that the Government respects the individual, and isn't that really what our country is all about? |
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Vote: | I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system. |
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Vote: | I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit. |
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Vote: | I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'. |
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Vote: | I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope. |
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Vote: | If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs. |
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Vote: | In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman's right to choose. That is it, plain and simple. Guess what. We are not going to be big brother or sister, as the case may be. We are going to allow a woman, her doctor, and her God to make that decision. |
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Vote: | Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement. |
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Vote: | It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office. |
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Vote: | Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. |
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Vote: | Let me be very clear: I will never be a rubber-stamp for any President. That would be contrary to the Constitution of the United States. |
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Vote: | Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions. |
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Vote: | More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. |
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Vote: | Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world. |
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Vote: | Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes. |
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Vote: | So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off. |
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Vote: | The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free. |
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Vote: | The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. |
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Vote: | The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers. |
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Vote: | There are many faces to war. There is the face of courage, of bravery, of fellowship. There is the face of fear. Above all, there is love of country. |
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Vote: | To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world. |
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Vote: | We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us. |
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Vote: | We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice. |
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Vote: | We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American. |
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Vote: | We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens. |
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Vote: | We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them. |
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Vote: | When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food. |
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Vote: | When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that. |
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Vote: | Why is it, when 638 people voted at a precinct in Franklin County, a voting machine awarded 4,258 extra votes to George Bush? Thankfully, they fixed it, but how many other votes did the computers get wrong? |
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Vote: | You can count on Social Security, and with every fiber of my being, I will make sure it is there not only for my generation, but for my children's generation and for my grandchild's generation. |
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Vote: | You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility? |
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Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior United States Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected in 1992. Throughout her career Boxer has been a vocal advocate for environmental issues, women's rights, gun control and the rights of the minority in the Senate. She is generally classified as a progressive Democrat, and is often a political target of conservative groups. Her electoral margins have increased each time she sought re-election.
Born Barbara Levy in Brooklyn, New York, Boxer graduated from Brooklyn College in 1962 with a degree in economics, and then worked as a journalist and a stockbroker. Boxer and her husband, Stewart Boxer, have two children. Their daughter, Nicole Boxer, married Tony Rodham, brother of Hilary Clinton, in a ceremony at the White House in 1994. The couple had one son, Zachary, and they divorced in 2000. Boxer recently announced that she is working on a novel to be published by San Francisco-based publishing company Chronicle Books. (http://www.writenews.com/2004/121004_chronicle_boxer.htm)
Boxer previously served six years on the Marin County, California Board of Supervisors, where she served, for a part of the time, as the first woman president of the board. She was then elected to the United States House of Representatives, where she represented her Marin County district for 10 years. In 1992 she won an open Senate seat, and was reelected by a comfortable margin in 1998. She had decided to retire in 2004 but says she decided to recontest to "fight for the right to dissent" against conservatives like Tom DeLay. In 2004, Boxer won by over 20%, garnering the most votes in the history of California and the third highest vote total in the country in 2004 (behind only presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry).
In late 2004, Boxer was appointed as chief deputy whip for the Senate Democrats; this gives her the job, along with Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, of lining up votes on key legislation.
2004 electoral vote objection In Congress on January 6, 2005, Boxer was joined by Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones in objecting to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. She called the challenge her "opening shot to be able to focus the light of truth on these terrible problems in the electoral system". (http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=230450) For many activists, this signaled the start of what they have affectionately called "The Boxer Rebellion".
As a gesture of appreciation and support for her efforts, Stacy Davies of California began, via email, the "Barbara Boxer Rose Campaign", wherein people collaborated to buy Senator Boxer roses. The campaign drew an impressive response, and 4,500 roses were sent en masse to Senator Boxer's office on Valentine's Day, 2005.
Senator Boxer continued to openly condemn the integrity of the Bush administration. During the confirmation hearing for Condoleezza Rice, Boxer challenged the Secretary of State nominee to admit to mistakes allegedly made by the Bush administration in leading the U.S. into the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/18/RICEBOXER.DTL) She later voted against both Dr. Rice and current U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who had drawn fire for his involvement in U.S. policies condoning torture. For these stands in early 2005, Boxer gained an increased popularity among liberal human rights advocates.
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