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Here is a selective history
of Senator Santorum's previous Congressional
record, as recorded by the Human
Rights Campaign:
107th
Congress
HRC Equality Score: 14 of 100
Employment Non-discrimination Act,
S. 1284
Would ban discrimination based on
sexual orientation in the workplace.
- Santorum did not co-sponsor
Local Law Enforcement Enhancement
Act, S. 625
(Formerly known as the Hate Crimes
Prevention Act)
Would expand federal jurisdiction
to rech serious, violent hate crimes
committed because of real or perceived
sexual orientation, gender and disability.
- Santorum did not co-sponsor
Resolution adding "sexual
Orientation" to the Anti-discrimination
Section of Senate Rules, S. Res.
294
Would add "sexual orientation"
to "race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, age, or state
of physical handicap" in the
anti-discrimination sextion of the
Senate's Standing Rules on Employment
Practices.
- Santorum did not co-sponsor
Amendment to the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, S. 1
This amendment substituted the text
of the bill originally stating that
public elementary or secondary schools
and local or state educational agencies
may not deny specified youth groups
access to meet after school in a
designated open forum, based on
their position on sexual orientation.
- Santorum voted against the amendment
(The amendment still passed.)
Local Law Enforcement Act, S. 625,
motion to invoke cloture
Cloture limits debate and allows
a vote on a bill while preventing
opponenta from offering unrelated
amendments.
- Santorum voted against the cloture
motion
106th Congress
HRC Equality Score: 29 of 100
Employment Non-discrimination act,
S. 1276
Would ban discrimination based on
sexual orientation in the workplace.
- Santorum did not co-sponsor
Hate Crimes Prevention Act, S.
622
Would expand federal jurisdiction
to rech serious, violent hate crimes
committed because of real or perceived
sexual orientation, gender and disability.
- Santorum did not co-sponsor
Hatch Amendment to 2001 Defense
Authorization Bill, S. 2549
Hate crimes amendment which failed
to address crimes based on the victim's
sexual orientation, disability or
gender.
- Santorum voted for the amendment
Kennedy-Smith Amendment to 2001
Defense Authorication Bill, S. 2549
Would extend basic hate crime protections
by adding real or perceived sexual
orientation, gender and disability
to the categories already covered,
and by removing the federally protected
activity requirement.
- Santorum voted against the amendment
(The amendment still passed.)
105th congress
HRC Equality Score: 33 out of 100
Employment Non-discrimination act,
S. 869
Would ban discrimination based on
sexual orientation in the workplace.
- Santorum did not co-sponsor
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise:
Motion to table
Amendment that would have ended
affirmative action programs in awarding
contracts; the motion was to table,
or kill, the bill.
- Santorum voted against the motion
to table the bill
(The motion still passed.)
104th Congress
HRC Equality Score: 22 out of 100
Senator Jesse Helms reintroduced
an amendment to the reauthorization
of the Ryan White CARE Act, S. 641,
to cut off funding to local gay
community health centers that provide
care to men, women and children
with HIV and AIDS.
- Santroum voted for the amendment;
also did not co-sponsor S. 641
(The amendment was later defeated
in committee.)
Amendment to the Budget Reconciliation
Act, S. 1357, to guarantee coverage
under the Medicaid program for low-income
seniors and disabled individuals,
including people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Santorum voted against the amendment
(The amendment still passed.)
"Defense of Marriage Act,"
S. 1740
Law aimed at preventing recognition
of same-sex marriages, even though
no states allow for it.
- Santorum voted for the bill
Employment Non-Discrimination Act,
S. 2056
Would ban discrimination based on
sexual orientation in the workplace.
- Santorum voted against the bill
Bill to repeal discharge of HIV+
Service members
Reversed an irrational law that
deprived over 1,000 service members
and their families of their livelihood
and health coverage.
- Santorum voted against the bill
(The bill still passed.)
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Below is a selective history
of Santorum's actions in Congress,
as recorded by the American Civil
Liberties Union"
Santorum voted for an amendment
introduced by Sen. Jesse Helms to
an education bill that would take
all federal funds away from public
schools that prohibit the Boy Scouts
or other groups that discriminate
against gays and lesbians from using
school facilities.
Santorum voted for proposed legislation
to create a national voucher program
that would have diverted taxpayer
dollars to religious schools.
Santorum voted to kill an amendment
that would have upheld the spirit
of current law by requiring states
to take steps to reduce the disproportionate
number of children of color who
come into contact with the juvenile
justice system.
Santorum voted against an amendment
to a defense spending bill that
would eliminate a proposal to force
the military to segregate men and
women in separate barracks.
Santorum voted to continue an amendment
to a highway spending measure that
would have eliminated a program
that helps businesses owned by women
and minorities compete for federally
funded transportation projects.
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