Michigan House:
Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers on Abortion

• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
• Voted YES on banning human cloning, including medical research. (Jul 2001)
• Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)

Mike Rogers on Budget & Economy

• No stance on record.

Mike Rogers on Civil Rights

• Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration. (Jul 2001)
• Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)

Mike Rogers on Corporations

• Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)

Mike Rogers on Crime

• No stance on record.

Mike Rogers on Drugs

• Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)

Mike Rogers on Education

• Voted YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
• Voted YES on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
• Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer. (May 1997)

Mike Rogers on Energy & Oil

• Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)

Mike Rogers on Environment

• No stance on record.

Mike Rogers on Families & Children

• Voted YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)

Mike Rogers on Foreign Policy

• Voted NO on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
• Voted YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. (May 2001)

Mike Rogers on Free Trade

• Voted YES on implementing free trade agerement with Chile. (Jul 2003)

Mike Rogers on Government Reform

• Voted NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)
• Voted YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001)

Mike Rogers on Gun Control

• No stance on record.

Mike Rogers on Health Care

• Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on capping damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000. (Mar 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)

Mike Rogers on Homeland Security

• Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
• Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)

Mike Rogers on Immigration

• Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)

Mike Rogers on Infrastructure

• Voted YES on banning Internet gambling by credit card. (Jun 2003)
• Voted NO on allowing telephone monopolies to offer Internet access. (Feb 2002)

Mike Rogers on Jobs

• Voted YES on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
• Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)

Mike Rogers on Principles & Values

• No stance on record.

Mike Rogers on Social Security

• Voted YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable. (May 2001)

Mike Rogers on Tax Reform

• Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
• Voted YES on $99.5B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts. (Oct 2001)
• Voted YES on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax. (Apr 2001)
• Phaseout the death tax. (Mar 2001)

Mike Rogers on War & Peace

• Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)

Mike Rogers on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
• Voted YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)