Some of Obama’s constituent friendly votes in Illinois.
- Voted AGAINST a bill letting people argue self-defense in court if charged with violating local weapons bans by using a gun in their home in self-defense.
- Unsuccessfully sponsored measure to expunge some criminal records and create an employment grant program for ex-criminals.
- Voted AGAINST making gang members eligible for the death penalty if they kill someone to help their gang.
- Voted AGAINST giving tax credits to parents who send their children to private school.
- Voted NO on a bill to give no offer of “good time” for sex offenders sentenced to the County Jail –
Obama was the only vote against the bill.
- Voted “Present”on a bill to restrict the location of buildings with adult uses (you know porn shop, strip clubs, etc…) within 1,000 feet of any public or private elementary or secondary school, public park, place of worship, preschool, day-car facility, or residential area.
- Voted NO on a bill, requiring school boards to install software on public computers accessible to minors that blocked sexually explicit material.
- Voted YES on a bill that allowed the purchase of 10 hyperdemic needles from a pharmacy without a prescription.
- Voted “Present” on a bill which established a zero-tolerance drug-testing policy for Dep’t. of Corrections Employees.
- Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions.
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