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You are currently running for the Senate. One of your opponents, Alan Khazei, is a founder of both City Year and Service Nation. Is a career as a leader in public service-oriented nonprofits a better preparation for a senator than a career in the House of Representatives? Have you done anything equivalent to founding City Year and Service Nation? More
Asked 14 weeks 5 days ago of U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA)
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I have a follow up question for Nancy Pelosi, because her previous response to AYL wasn't very specific. How exactly to you propose to make sure that the USA's growing financial indebtedness to China won't hinder our ability to advocate for a human rights agenda with China? Please be very specific. More
Asked 15 weeks 4 days ago of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
by Deborah F. from Boston, MA -
Do you have concerns about "cloud computing," as a member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology? Are Americans going to lose control of their data and their privacy? What are you doing to safeguard the rights of individuals and families? More
Asked 16 weeks 1 day ago of U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
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As we mark the anniversary of the events that led to the reunification of Germany, how do you rate the chances of reunifying Korea? How should Korean reunification be accomplished, and what role should the United States play in this? More
Asked 16 weeks 1 day ago of U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)
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Do you think that America is strong enough to withstand taxing the right to emit CO2? Do you think that taking steps to limit CO2 emissions is a moral issue or an economic issue? More
Asked 16 weeks 2 days ago of U.S. Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
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What does the recent shooting at Fort Hoodarmy base in Texas tell us about the U.S. military? What are the lessons learned? What are you and other legislators doing make sure that we don't have any more incidents of this type? More
Asked 16 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
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Why do you continue to speak of health care rationing and three month waiting lists in Canada, when residents of the country have disputed those claims? Is rationing by the insurance industry acceptable? Do you think rationing by the insurance industry occurs? More
Asked 17 weeks 19 hours ago of U.S. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
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Today, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, addressed a joint session of the US Congress about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Speaking as a member of the Senate armed services committee, can you describe how we can bring an end to the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, and exactly how soon that can happen? More
Asked 17 weeks 1 day ago of U.S. Sen. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)
by Ayl G. from New York, NY
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When considering legislation, how do you balance the needs of your constituents with the need to pass legislation that is also good for the whole country? Do you consistently favor one over the other, or do you approach things issue by issues, law by law? More
Asked 19 weeks 5 days ago of U.S. Sen. Claire C. McCaskill (D-MO)
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This is a follow up question to Rep. Doug Lamborn about health care policy. I understand that you would like everyone keep his or her current policy, but what do you propose that we do about the many Americans who currently have no health insurance because they cannot afford (or cannot qualify) for existing health insurance programs? More
Asked 18 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
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Why do you continue to speak of health care rationing and three month waiting lists in Canada, when residents of the country have disputed those claims? Is rationing by the insurance industry acceptable? Do you think rationing by the insurance industry occurs? More
Asked 17 weeks 19 hours ago of U.S. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
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Do you think that America is strong enough to withstand taxing the right to emit CO2? Do you think that taking steps to limit CO2 emissions is a moral issue or an economic issue? More
Asked 16 weeks 2 days ago of U.S. Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
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There are so many simple measures that could make a difference: mandatory recycling, idling and littering fines, turning out lights/regulating heat and cooling in federal bldgs. Must the mandate come from the mayors' offices? Why can't our elected state officials lead the way? More
Asked 18 weeks 2 days ago of All U.S. Senators
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Why can't I self administer my allergy injections? I am currently on Medicare and in good health with no vision problems. Before Medicare coverage I was allowed to give myself the allergy injections. I have a Masters degree in Nursing. It will be more expensive to medicare for the weekly office visit. More
Asked 17 weeks 6 days ago of All U.S. Senators
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This is for Paul Kirk, the senator appointed to serve out Ted Kennedy's term. Do any of these influence your decisions as a senator: Deval Patrick (who appointed you), the Kennedy family (who recommended you), the voters of Massachusetts, and the DNC (which you used to chair)? How will you pave the way for the elected senator who will succeed you? More
Asked 17 weeks 6 days ago of Massachusetts Delegation
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Do you have concerns about "cloud computing," as a member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology? Are Americans going to lose control of their data and their privacy? What are you doing to safeguard the rights of individuals and families? More
Asked 16 weeks 1 day ago of U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
by Ayl G. from New York, NY
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Since you are so strongly opposed to a single-payer, government-run health care program, are you willing to give up your Medicare, which IS a single-payer, government-run,efficient program?
Asked by: Kate B. from Saint Charles, IA. Received 7 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
King: Well, if you say get rid of Medicare, you have to say get rid of Social Security and Medicaid. Those policies are established, they have created constituency bases, our entire society and culture has been rearranged because of them. The family dependency that we used to have where we took care of our parents and grandparents among our family and we liked to have big families then, so we had plenty of kids to pass us around when we got older. That's all disappeared.
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If Healthcare reform is such a job killer explain the fact that current health insurance premiums, which have risen over 400% in the last 8 years, currently stop businesses from hiring new employees due to excessive cost? Wouldn't single-payer (HUGE risk pool of 300M people) funded by taxpayers actually RELIEVE that burden on taxpayers?
Asked by: David Simmons from Cary, NC. Received 6 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Three hundred million people is a huge risk pool, I'll concede that point. A 400% increase in eight years in premiums that's numbers I have not seen, but I can tell you I have looked exactly at numbers that calculate off of the legislation here in the House of Representatives, and it would be the $84 a month premium to the 25-year-old man in Indianapolis for example that would triple in cost immediately upon enactment of the bill. This would be a multiplier for a premium of a family of four, age 40, relatively healthy.
Answered on Nov 23rd, 2009 More
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Do you think that market forces, if left unimpeded, will help pull this country out of the current economic downturn? Or do you think that it is the government's necessary responsibility to balance the market? How does your answer impact how you vote on legislation: from health care to environment to judicial nominations?
Asked by: Elvin J. from Nashville, TN. Received 1 Vote.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Well, I don't think it's the government's responsibility to balance the market. I don't think government can do that.I'm an Adam Smith type of an economist and as a young man, I poked through his book "Wealth of Nations" and mine I think has 1,057 pages in it. I studied it carefully forward and back and it put me to sleep a lot of nights. But, in the end, I came out of it believing that free market forces are what will save this economy and government cannot manage this, it's got to be supply and demand, it's got to be the invisible hand and we need to get government out of the way.
Answered on Nov 23rd, 2009 More
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What are your thoughts, four years after Hurricane Katrina, about the federal government's efficacy in assisting residents of Louisiana to recover from a natural disaster? What has worked and what has failed? What should the federal government do differently?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 1 Vote.
Listen to: U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
“Yes this administration has done better by any number of objective judgments. One, the people they’ve appointed are better – they’re more qualified. They’ve restructured the office in New Orleans. They have implemented an arbitration panel. They have moved over a billion dollars of projects through the pipeline in a short period of time. So that’s a “yes” they are doing much better. But the answer is still, in my view, “no” this country is not prepared for a catastrophic disaster.
Answered on Nov 5th, 2009 More
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Three hundred fifty parts per million is what many scientists are now saying is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. As one of your constituents, I would like to ask you what you are doing to bring CO2 levels within an acceptable range.
Asked by: Deborah F. from Boston, MA. Received 9 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Lynch: As a legislator you mean? Well I supported the recent energy bill which I think will provide huge incentives for green technologies to be developed. It’s pending in the Senate but I understand there’s a willingness at least on part of Senate to take that up. I think it’s a long range bill, this is so called cap and trade, that I think will reduce our reliance on foreign oil. I think that’s the big shift that has to occur for us to make any dent at all in climate change, global warming.
Answered on Nov 5th, 2009 More
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What do you think are strengths and successes of the Obama administration thus far? Have you changed your mind in favor of any of the policies proposed by Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 5 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
“I don’t have any comment on that.” (Reporter: “…just wanting to get your assessment…?”) [no response]
Answered on Nov 5th, 2009 More
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Can you tell me why, when the Democrats control the Presidency and the Congress & with support of 70% + of democratic voters, the best "health care" plan we can get is a watered down public option that, as currently written, will serve maybe 10% of the uninsured/under-insured?
Asked by: Dawn Suter from Iowa City, IA. Received 12 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
"I don't know. I don’t know. I said I was disappointing and I think given what the situation we are going through with the House it is a mistake for us to go in with a weaker plan in conference. You know I don't have a good explanation as to why. We were at almost 200 plus members that wanted. I wish more would have been done to try to bring those other ten fifteen over. But they held out and Blue Dogs held out and to some extent they had a great deal to say about what we ended up with and it is disappointing to say the least."
Answered on Nov 3rd, 2009 More
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Do you think that the people who are adopted should have the opportunity to find their biological parents, or at least find out if they are deceased (and find their graves to pay their respects) or not, and why or why not?
Asked by: Tatiana Navas from Pensacola, FL. Received 31 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)
“I don’t think there is a simple answer to that. I think the question is, does that child want to find the natural parents. If the child wants to find the natural parents, I would think they should exhaust any means available to do that, but I am aware of a number of cases where the parent did not want to be reconnected with the natural child. It’s not a yes or no answer.” “Well I had a case… some time ago where a young person who needed a bone marrow transplant because they had leukemia, he had been adopted, and we were able to locate the parent.
Answered on Oct 28th, 2009 More
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