Presidential candidate
Cynthia McKinney, Green Party
Torch Admin
Issue date: 10/16/08 Section: 2008 Election
Cynthia McKinney earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1978 and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University.
Since being elected in 1992 as the first African-American Congresswoman from Georgia, she has sat on both the Armed Services Committee and the Budget Committee, and throughout her six terms in Congress has been a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Progressive Caucus. She has worked closely with the Hispanic Caucus and the newly formed Tri-Caucus.
Civil rights:
"We need repeal of the Patriot Acts, the Secret Evidence Act, the Military Commissions Act, and other legislation that rolls back bedrock civil liberties."
• Keep affirmative action in college admissions. (2008)
• Supports gay adoptions. (2008)
• Voted NO on making the Patriot Act permanent. (2005)
• Supports reparations for slavery. (2001)
• Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (2001)
Foreign policy:
"The US ought to be an honest broker. Now we are definitely not an honest broker in the affairs of the Middle East. We've got to stop our weapons transfers to countries over there - all of them."
• Make US a partner for peace in global community. (2008)
• Pressure government to refrain from interference in Africa. (2008)
• Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (2005)
• Voted NO on reforming the United Nations by restricting U.S. funding. (2005)
Health care:
"In Congress, I was a cosponsor of every bill to create a national system for universal access to health care under a single payer model."
• Supports single-payer universal health care. (2008)
• Take insurance companies out of health-care equation. (2008)
• Affordable health care is a matter of national security. (2007)
• Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (2006)
Energy:
"For 30 years, opponents of American energy have cloaked their arguments in an environmental apocalypse. They have tried to make the argument that no matter what we do, it will destroy the environment."
• Declare U.S. carbon-free and nuclear-free. (2008)
• Leave the oil in the soil. (2008)
• Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (2006)
• Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (2005)
Since being elected in 1992 as the first African-American Congresswoman from Georgia, she has sat on both the Armed Services Committee and the Budget Committee, and throughout her six terms in Congress has been a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Progressive Caucus. She has worked closely with the Hispanic Caucus and the newly formed Tri-Caucus.
Civil rights:
"We need repeal of the Patriot Acts, the Secret Evidence Act, the Military Commissions Act, and other legislation that rolls back bedrock civil liberties."
• Keep affirmative action in college admissions. (2008)
• Supports gay adoptions. (2008)
• Voted NO on making the Patriot Act permanent. (2005)
• Supports reparations for slavery. (2001)
• Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (2001)
Foreign policy:
"The US ought to be an honest broker. Now we are definitely not an honest broker in the affairs of the Middle East. We've got to stop our weapons transfers to countries over there - all of them."
• Make US a partner for peace in global community. (2008)
• Pressure government to refrain from interference in Africa. (2008)
• Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (2005)
• Voted NO on reforming the United Nations by restricting U.S. funding. (2005)
Health care:
"In Congress, I was a cosponsor of every bill to create a national system for universal access to health care under a single payer model."
• Supports single-payer universal health care. (2008)
• Take insurance companies out of health-care equation. (2008)
• Affordable health care is a matter of national security. (2007)
• Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (2006)
Energy:
"For 30 years, opponents of American energy have cloaked their arguments in an environmental apocalypse. They have tried to make the argument that no matter what we do, it will destroy the environment."
• Declare U.S. carbon-free and nuclear-free. (2008)
• Leave the oil in the soil. (2008)
• Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (2006)
• Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (2005)
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