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ATECRIMESPREVENTION:. 1592- Local Law Enorcemen Hae Crimes Prevenion Ac

sed he House in May 2007ows he Atorney General o provide assisance or he criminal

esigaion o crimes ha are considered a elony and are moivaedprejudice based on he perceived or acual race, color, religion,

onal origin, gender, sexual orienaion, gender ideniy, or disabiliyhe vicim.

. 1401– Rail and Public Transporaion Securiy Ac o 2007 – 6ms Amendmen

sed he House in March 2007vides approximaely $7 billion over our years or rail, mass ransi

bus securiy. I auhorizes $3.36 billion or public ransporaion

uriy, $2.4 billion or rail securiy, $200 million or research, $140ion or re saey improvemens o Amrak unnels and $87 million

bus securiy. I also requires rail and public ransporaion sysemsubmi vulnerabiliy assessmens and securiy plans o he Depar-

n o Homeland Securiy (DHS) or approval. These plans wouldiy roles and responsibiliies o ederal, sae and local agencies in

uring rail and public ransporaion sysems.endmen which deal wih he 6 Imams who were aken o a fighsuspicious behavior gives immuniy rom lawsuis o people who

or suspicious behavior. I requires he Secreary o repor o Con-ss on he easibiliy o implemening named-based checks agains

roris wach liss or all Naional Railroad Passenger Corporaionmrak) passengers

FOOD,CONSERVATION,&ENERGY:H.R. 2419- Farm Bill Exension Ac o 2007 H.R. 2419

Passed he House in July 2007Passed he Senae in December 2007Increases eligibiliy or ood samps by raising he income dedu

ion required o qualiy or he program since 1996 and, or hers ime, indexing i o infaion. I also increases unding by $1

billion or he Emergency Food Assisance Program, which helll ood banks, and $1 billion in new unding or he Snack Prog

which provides assisance o schools ha serve healhy snackschildren.

USLIMS:RES. 635- Ramadan Resoluion

sed he House in Ocober 2007 cognizes he Islamic aih as one o he grea world religions andnowledges he onse o Ramadan and expresses deepes respec

Muslims in he Unied Saes and hroughou he world on his sig-can occasion. Commends Muslims in he Unied Saes and acrossglobe who have privaely and publicly rejeced inerpreaions and

vemens o Islam ha jusiy and encourage hared, violence, andor.

MDT.1114- Hoeksra Amendmensed he House in July 2008

ends: H.R.5959 which auhorizes appropriaions or scal year09 or inelligence and inelligence-relaed aciviies o he Unied

es Governmen.endmen Purpose: To bar he use o unds o prohibi or discour-he use o he phrases `jihadis,’ `jihad,’ Ìslamo-ascism,’ `caliph-

’ Ìslamis,’ or Ìslamic erroris’ wihin he inelligence communiy

he Federal Governmen.

IRAQ:H.R. 1591- U.S. Troop Readiness, Veerans’ Care, Karina Recoveand Iraq Accounabiliy Appropriaions Ac o 2007

Passed in he House in March 2007Passed in he Senae in March 2007

Veoed by he Presiden in May 2007Saes ha American orces will begin o be redeployed romIraq by Ocober 1, 2007 i he Presiden deermines ha cerai

benchmarks are being me, or in ailing o mee hose benchmao begin redeploymen by July 1, 2007 wih mos being redeplo

by March 2008, leaving a limied number o roops remaining proec American personnel and inrasrucure, o rain and eq

Iraqi orces, and o conduc argeed couner-errorism opera

H.R. 2206- U.S. Troop Readiness, Veerans’ Care, Karina Recov

and Iraq Accounabiliy Appropriaions Ac o 2007Passed in he House in May 2007Passed in he Senae in May 2007

Signed by he Presiden in May 2007Requires he Presiden o submi repors o Congress on how

Iraqi governmen is or is no achieving progress in accomplishinhe benchmarks, and o advise Congress on how ha assessme

requires, or does no require, changes o he sraegy announc

on January 10, 2007. Provides repor deadlines.

FISAWIRETAPPING:H.R. 6304- FISA Amendmens Ac o 2008Passed he House in June 2008

Passed he Senae in July 2008Exends he governmen’s abiliy o legally lisen in on he ele

phone conversaions o persons o ineres, i also eecively glegal immuniy o elecommunicaions companies ha helped his surveillance.

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he 2008 CAIR-CA Congressional Scorecard is a non-parisan documen aimed a helping you decide how o voe or your Congressional represenaives. Each Congrepresenaive’s voe on a specied bill has been raed posiive (+) or negaive (-) depending on CAIR’s assessmen o wheher or no his/her voe corresponds wih he ineAmerican Muslim communiy, as refeced in CAIR’s policy posiions (or deailed inormaion o CAIR’s sances on hese issues, please see www.cair2008elecion.com).oes he choice o absain raher han voe yes or no on he issue; “NV,” or “No Voing” denoes no being presen or he roll call voe and hereore no having a recorhe bill. H.R. denoes House Resoulion ha has passed a voe. H. Amd denoes amendmen and/or addiion o a House Resoluion. The ollowing bills were inroduced

upon in he 110h Congress and have been deemed by CAIR as imporan o he American Muslim communiy.ase noe ha alhough his scorecard is mean o be used as guide or American Muslims in Caliornia, CAIR encourages all voers o independenly research he policie

Congressional candidaes prior o casing heir ballo. CAIR makes no claim as o he avorabiliy o one candidae being eleced over anoher.



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ompson, Mike. [D-1] + + + + + + + +rger, Waler [R-2] - - - - - + + -ngren, Daniel [R-3] - - - -

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olitle, John [R-4] - - - - + - -sui, Doris [D-5] + + + + + + + +

oolsey, Lynn [D-6] - - + + + + + +ler, George [D-7] + + + + + + + +osi, Nancy (D-8) + + - +

e, Barbara [D-9] - - + + + No Voe + +uscher, Ellen [D-10] + + - + + + + +Nerney, Jerry [D-11] + + - + + + + +

nos, Tom [D-12] + + + + + + + +rk, Forney [D-13] Presen - No Voe + + + + -

hoo, Anna [D-14] + + + + + + + +

nda, Michael [D-15] + + + + + + + +gren, Zoe [D-16] + + + + + + + +rr, Sam [D-17] + + + + + + + +rdoza, Dennis [D-18] + + - + + + - +danovich, George [R-19] - - - No Voe - + - -sa, Jim [D-20] + + - + + + - +nes, Devin [R-21] - - - - + + - -Carhy, Kevin [R-22] - - - - - + - -

se ha voed or co-sponsored a bill ha is in line wih he Muslim Communiy’s views or suppors Humaniarian issues receive a (+).se ha voed or co-sponsored a bill ha is no in line wih he Muslim Communiy’s views or does no suppor Humaniarian issues rec

se who receive a (++) or (- -) voed and co-sponsored a resoluion in avor or agains he Muslim Communiy’s views or Humaniarian issse ha did no voe are marked (NV), hose who were presen are marked (Presen).= + Nay = - Presen = - No Voe = NV No in Oce= NIO.



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pps, Lois [D-23] + + + + + + +legly, Elon [R-24] - - - - + + +Keon, Howard [R-25] - - - - - + -

eier, David [R-26] - - - - - + -erman, Brad [D-27] + + - + + + -rman, Howard [D-28] + + - + + + -hi, Adam [D-29] + + - + + + +xman, Henry [D-30] + + + + + + +

cerra, Xavier [D-31] + + + + + + +is, Hilda [D-32] + + + + + + +son, Diane [D-33] - - + + + + -

ybal-Allard, Lucille [D-34] + + + + + + +ers, Maxine [D-35] - - + + + + +rman, Jane [D-36] + + - + + + +poliano, Grace [D-38]

+ + + + + + +nchez, Linda [D-39] + + + + + + +yce, Edward [R-40] - - - - - + -wis, Jerry [R-41] - - - - - + -ler, Gary [R-42] - - - - - + -ca, Joe [D-43] + + - + + + +ver, Ken [R-44] - - - - - + -

no Mack, Mary [R-45] - - - + + Presen -hrabacher, Dana [R-46] - - - - - + -nchez, Loreta [D-47] + + + + + + +mpbell, John [R-48] - - - - - + -a, Darrell [R-49] - - - - - + - No

bray, Brian [R-50] - - - - - + -ner, Bob [D-51] + + + + + + +ner, Duncan [R-52] - - - No Voe No Voe No Voe -vis, Susan [D-53] + + + + + + -e ha voed or co-sponsored a bill ha is in line wih he Muslim Communiy’s views or suppors Humaniarian issues receive a (+)e ha voed or co-sponsored a bill ha is no in line wih he Muslim Communiy’s views or does no suppor Humaniarian issues receive a (-)e who receive a (++) or (- -) voed and co-sponsored a resoluion in avor or agains he Muslim Communiy’s views or Humaniarian issues.

e ha did no voe are marked (NV), hose who were presen are marked (Presen).+ Nay = - Presen = - No Voe = NV No in Oce= NIO



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A21Cyoing YES means;

A high speed rain will be buil ha ravels a speeds up o 220mph350km/h) and will shoren raveling ime rom San Francisco o Los

ngeles o as litle as wo and a hal hours. I is esimaed ha heailway will be in developmen or 8-11 years.housands o jobs in consrucion will be generaed, and a decreased

moun o cars will be on he road and carbon dioxide emissions areecreased.

oing NO means;High speed rain and railway will no be buil.

Over 140-180 parks, wildlie reuges, and proeced open spaces willo be desroyed

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:NEUTRAL

2FASoing YES means;

equires ha animal-indusry relaed businesses mus allowpecied arm animals o ully exend heir limbs or wings, lie down,and up, and urn around or he majoriy o every day. Saue will

ake eec in 2015.rovides misdemeanor penalies, including a ne no o exceed

,000 and/or imprisonmen in jail or up o 180 daysoing NO means;

aue will no be implemened nor enorced.here will be no addiional coss o he sae or his saue.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:YES

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WPddPNBTMPyCAdVoing YES means;

·Caliornia Consiuion is amended o prohibi aborion orunemancipaed minor unil 48 hours aer physician noies mparen, legal guardian or, i parenal abuse repored, an adul

member.·Projeced annual coss range rom $4 million o $5 million or h

and abou $2 million or counies, and poenial one-ime Medi-auomaion coss unlikely o exceed a ew million dollars. Coss

local law enorcemen and cours are esimaed o be in he ra$5 million o $6 million per year.Voing NO means;

·The sae will no amend he Caliornia Consiuion.·The sae will no enorce or implemen changes.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:

P3Cd’HBdA.GPSVoing YES means;Caliornia auhorizes $980,000,000 in bonds, o be repaid rom

ae’s General Fund, o und he consrucion, expansion,emodeling, renovaion, urnishing and equipping o children’sospials.

80 percen o bond proceeds go o hospials ha ocus on childrenwih illnesses such as leukemia, cancer, hear deecs, diabees,

ickle cell anemia and cysic brosis.Sae coss o abou $2 billion over 30 years o pay o boh he

principal ($980 million) and he ineres ($1 billion) coss o he bond.Paymens o abou $67 million per year.Voing NO means;

The sae’s General Fund will no be used or children’s hospials.The sae will no be paying a billion dollars ineres on bonds or

over a period o 30 years.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:NEUTRAL

P6CPdLw.PbSyFdSVoing YES means;·Sae is required o spend on various programs o comba crim

gangs, and o operae prison and parole sysems.·Sae levies increased penalies or several crimes, including vigang injuncions, using or possessing o sell mehampheamine

carrying loaded or concealed rearms by cerain elons.·Funds o pay or hese coss, should Prop. 6 pass, will come ro

Caliornia’s general und.[6]In he curren Caliornia sae budge, $600 million dollars is se

o assis wih local law enorcemen. I he iniiaive passes, anaddiional $350 million will be required o enorce some o isprovisions.

Voing NO means;·The sae will no spend over a hal billion dollars annually prima

increased unding o criminal jusice programs, as well as or inccoss or prison and parole operaions.

·Taxpayers will no pay unknown one-ime sae capial oulaypoenially exceeding a hal billion dollars or prison aciliies.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION

P5NvOfd.S,PdRbSVoing YES means;·The sae is required o expand and increase unding and overs

individualized reamen and rehabiliaion programs or nondrug oenders and parolees, which makes reamen and

rehabiliaive services a major ocus in he processing o nonoenders.

·The sae will save up $1 billion annually due primarily o reduceprison and parole operaing coss.

Voing NO means;·Cerain marijuana misdemeanors are changed o inracions.·Changes in he Caliornia criminal jusices sysem are no

implemened.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:

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wbEySing YES means;quires all uiliies, including governmen-owned uiliies, o

erae 20% o heir power rom renewable energy by 2010, andard currenly applicable only o privae elecrical

poraions.quires uiliies o sign longer conracs (20 year minimum) o

cure renewable energy.

ing NO means;enial, unknown increased coss and reduced revenues,icularly in he shor erm, o sae and local governmensuling rom he measure’s poenial o increase reail

criciy raes, wih possible oseting cos savings andenue increases, o an unknown degree, over he long erm o

exen he measure hasens renewable energyvelopmen.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:YES8

MCAding YES means;

mends he Caliornia Consiuion o provide ha marriagey beween a man and a woman is valid or recognized iniornia.

ing NO means;ae Consiuion remains he same and permis same-sex

ners o have civil marriages.

R believes that no individual or group should be subject to hate or violence iscriminatory treatment due to their

sonal beliefs or preferences. Our faith, however, does not sanction same-sex riage. While we respect and continue to serve as allies to the diverse civil ts community, this is ane we cannot support while adhering to our own religiousnctions.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:YES9JSyV’R.P

AddSing YES means;

mends he Caliornia Consiuion and requires noicaion o

im and provides opporuniy or inpu during phases ominal jusice process, including bail, pleas, senencing and

role.umber o people permited o atend and esiy on behal oims are increased a he parole hearings.

nknown poenial increases in sae prison and couny jaileraing coss due o provisions resricing early release o

maes. To he exen ha any such coss were incurred, heyuld collecively amoun o hundreds o millions o dollars

nually. A poenial ne savings in he low ens o millions olars or he adminisraion o parole reviews and revocaions

he changes relaed o parole revocaion procedures were no

erurned by poenial legal challenge.ing NO means;

aliornia Consiuion remains unalered.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:NO

P10Bd.AvFVdRwbEySVoing YES means;·$5 billion is auhorized in bonds paid rom sae’s General Fund,

allocaed approximaely as ollows: 58% in cash paymens o be$2,000 and $50,000 o purchasers o cerain high uel economy and

alernaive uel vehicles; 20% in incenives or research, developmenproducion o renewable energy echnology; 11% in incenives or res

and developmen o alernaive uel vehicle echnology; 5% in incenor purchase o renewable energy echnology; 4% in grans o eigh

or educaion abou hese echnologies; and 3% in grans o collegrain sudens in hese echnologies.·Sae coss o abou $9.8 billion over 30 years o pay boh he

principal ($5 billion) and ineres ($4.8 billion) coss on he bond.Paymens o abou $325 million per year. Increase in sae sales ax

revenues o an unknown amoun, poenially oaling in he ens omillions o dollars, over he period rom 2009 o beyond 2018.

·Increase in local sales ax and VLF revenues o an unknown amoun,or sae agency adminisraive coss no unded by he measure.Voing NO means;

·Sae does no implemen or enorce Proposiion 10.CAIRRECOMMENDATION:NEUTR

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RdCAddSVoing YES means;·14-member redisricing commission is creaed and is responsible o

drawing new disric lines or Sae Senae, Assembly, and Board oEqualizaion disrics.

·Esablishing sandards or drawing new lines, including respecing hgeographic inegriy o neighborhoods and encouraging geographic

compacness.·Probably no signican increase in sae redisricing coss.Voing NO means;

·Curren poliical/elecoral boundaries remain he same.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:NEUTRP12V’BdA2008Voing YES means;·Provides or a bond issue o nine hundred million ($900,000,000) o

provide loans o Caliornia veerans o purchase arms and homes.·Appropriaes money rom he sae General Fund o pay o he bon

loan paymens rom paricipaing veerans are insucien.·Coss o abou $1.8 billion o pay o boh he principal ($900 million

ineres ($856 million) on he bonds; coss paid by paricipaingveerans.·Average paymen or principal and ineres o abou $59 million per

or 30 years.Voing NO means;

·Exising veeran programs remain he same.

CAIRRECOMMENDATION:NEUTRNOTE: Regarding CA Bond Measures (Proposiions 1, 3, 10, and 12), CAIacknowledges he poenial public benes in he aoremenioned propions, however, has chosen o remain neural given conficing opinions Muslim communiy as o wheher or no ineres-added measures shou

accepable orms o governmen spending.

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