John Sununu
Conservative
Republican
N/A
New Hampshire
Current Position: Former Senator from New Hampshire
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For a permanent ban on taxes of internet access and online sales
- For opposing tax increases, including opposition to middle-class tax hikes
Business & Labor
- Against increases in the minimum wage
- For stricter regulation of government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Health Care
- For bipartisan mental health reforms treating mental illness as a disease
Education
- For school vouchers
Environment
- For addressing air quality and climate change through cap-and-trade emissions reduction, as lead Republican co-sponsor of the Clean Air Planning Act of 2007
- For tax incentives promoting clean and renewable energy development, supporting the Clean Energy Stimulus Act of 2008
- For expanding federally protected forest land, sponsoring the New England Wilderness Act
- Against the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003's cap-and-trade program
- Against delisting coal and other energy sources from the Clean Air Act
- For increasing offshore oil drilling, including off Florida's west coast, while promoting conservation and alternative energy, as co-sponsor of the New Energy Reform Act of 2008
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights
- Against banning same-sex marriage; voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2006
- For joining filibusters against the USA PATRIOT Act renewal over civil liberties concerns, and for reforming surveillance laws to protect Americans' privacy
- For restoring protections for Americans with disabilities
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against amnesty for illegal aliens; voted against the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill in 2007
- Against restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba
- For banning loans to China for nuclear projects
- Against suspending habeas corpus rights for non-citizen detainees under the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Public Safety
- For the death penalty
- For greater access to firearms; voted against renewing the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 2004