Question 1ADo you support a rapid withdrawal of all U.S. military forces and armed private contractors from Iraq & Afghanistan (within 120 days), the full restoration of national control over their natural resources, including oil, and a redirection of war funding to social and environmental needs at home, as well as humanitarian and reconstruction aid to the Iraqi & Afghan people? On the local and state level, do you support Afghanistan & Iraq Peace Resolutions?

Question 1BDo you support a dismantling of all U.S. military bases in the region?

Question 1CDo you support stepped up diplomacy with Iran, coupled with a "no war" pledge? On the local and state level, do you support No War with Iran Resolutions?

Question 1DDo you support a peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, guaranteeing Israelis security and justice for Palestinians?

Question 1EWould you support an immediate 50% reduction of U.S. military spending and a transfer of these funds to pressing domestic needs? On the local and state level, do you support Bring the Money Home Now Resolutions?

Question 1FDo you support the current articles of impeachment in the U.S.Congress charging President George Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney with high crimes and misdemeanors for illegally provoking the war in Iraq and threatening to start a war with Iran?? On the local and state level, do you support Impeachment Resolutions?

Question 1GDo you support the full restoration of our Constitutional liberties, including an end to warrantless wiretapping and an immediate repeal of the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, and the Detainee Treatment Act? On the local and state level, do you support Bill of Rights Defense Committee Resolutions?

Question 1HGiven that millions of Americans, 42% according to a May 2006 Zogby International poll, believe that the U.S. government and the 9/11 Commission "concealed or refused to investigate critical evidence that contradicts their official explanation of the September 11th attacks," and that "there has been a cover-up," do you support a full release of all evidence, and a new, truly independent investigation of all the events of September 11, 2001, as well as the suspicious anthrax terrorist attacks that followed 9/11, with subpoenaed witnesses forced to testify under oath? On the local and state level, do you support resolutions and ballot initiatives like the NYC 911 Ballot Initiative?

Question 2ADo you support legislation that would drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, convert the U.S. economy to clean energy, and implement major energy conservation measures? Would you support an immediate freeze on climate pollution, a 10% reduction in U.S. greenhouse gases within three years, a 30% reduction by 2020, and a 90% reduction by 2050, coupled with a requirement that 50% of all industrial, farm, and home energy be generated from renewable sources by 2040? On the local and state level, do you support measures like those outlined by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, the Center for Climate Strategies, Cool Cities, and Mayors for Climate Protection?

Question 2BDo you support a Tobin Tax, a global carbon tax, and an international air travel tax to finance the transfer of hundreds of billions of dollars of green energy technologies to India, China, Mexico, Nigeria and other major greenhouse gas producing nations? On the local and state level, do you support carbon taxes and emissions fees like those passed in Boulder, Colorado and San Francisco, California, respectively?

Question 2CThe federal government currently spends at least $10 billion per year in subsidies for fossil fuels. States and localities also subsidize energy production. For example, Texas state and local energy subsidies totaled $1.4 billion in 2006, with 99.6 percent of the money supporting oil and gas production. Do you support the transfer of federal, state and local subsidies from fossil fuels to clean energy sources?

Question 2DDo you support the conversion of 20% of U.S. farmland to energy-efficient and carbon-sequestering organic farming by 2020 and 50% by 2040, with at least 5-10% of the USDA's annual $90 billion budget immediately being targeted to rebuild local food systems and help farmers make the transition to organic? On the local and state level, do you support tax breaks for farmers making the conversion to organic, as Woodbury County, Iowa has done, "Farm to Cafeteria" legislation, like Washington state’s, and other local and state-based efforts to provide technical assistance and subsidies to farmers and ranchers making the transition to organic agriculture?

Question 2EWould you support a ban on unsustainable logging on U.S. public lands and in tropical rainforests, a restoration of carbon sequestering wetlands and forests, and the reintroduction of eco-friendly industrial hemp farming?

Question 2FDo you support local, state and federal laws requiring cars to get at least 50 miles to the gallon by 2020 and a moratorium on all new coal and nuclear plants in your state?

Question 2GWould you support the creation of five million new Green Collar jobs, with a special emphasis on training and providing jobs for inner-city youth and veterans, to retrofit the nations homes and buildings and conserve 20% of our energy use by 2015?

Question 3ADo you support a cost-efficient, publicly-funded, universal health care program with a preventive focus, a major emphasis on better nutrition, physical exercise, stress reduction, reduced exposure to toxins, and the use of complementary, natural medicine and practices? Do you support state and local action on health care, including and state and local laws to cover the uninsured?

Question 3BWould you endorse the "precautionary principle" as a foundation for public health, environmental, and consumer safety legislation, such as the recent "REACH" legislation in the European Union?

Question 3CDo you support "Health Freedom," the right of consumers to choose the type of health care they want and the right of practitioners to practice freely within the scope of their licensure?

Question 3DDo you support legislation that would protect the first amendment right to cite scientific information on the benefits of organic and natural foods and dietary supplements?

Question 3EDo you support strict organic standards and consumers' right to know whether their food contains ingredients that have been genetically engineered, cloned, irradiated, or produced through the use of nanotechnology, as well as mandatory labeling for the country of origin of foods? On the local level, would you support a ban on genetically engineered crops, similar to those in place in a number of California counties?

Question 4AWould you support local, state, and federal legislation either legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana, and a new drug policy that institutionalizes "harm reduction" rather than incarceration?

Question 5ADo you support progressive tax policies that create fairness for low-income communities and the middle class, including a repeal of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and an increase in earned income tax credits for the poor?

Question 5BDo you support ending corporate welfare, closing corporate tax loopholes, increasing the number of IRS auditors focused on corporations, eliminating offshore tax shelters, and instituting fair state and local taxes?

Question 5CDo you support setting our priorities straight to reduce the federal debt while providing more funding to non-military domestic programs?

Question 5DIn general would you support a substantial increase in taxes on large corporations and the richest one percent of Americans to pay for universal health care, subsidized childcare, and free public education from pre-K through PhD?

Question 5EWould you support a federal tax plan where a tax of .1% on the purchase of stocks, bonds, securities and currency was coupled with a federal income tax rate where the first $100,000 of income was tax-free?

Question 6AWould you support replacing Free Trade agreements and institutions like NAFTA and the WTO with local, state and federal Fair Trade policies that prevent sweatshops, child labor, and environmentally destructive business practices?

Question 6BWould you support federal legislation, such as the Employee Free Choice Act, guaranteeing that when the majority of workers in a corporation, an industrial farm, or a sizeable workplace sign union cards, the employer would be required to enter into a collective bargaining process with the workers?

Question 6CDo you support public investment in full employment at a living wage for all those who can work and public assistance without shame for those who cannot?

Question 6DDo you support immigration reform, to give the nation’s 12 million undocumented immigrants a path to legal status? Do you support legislation that limits enforcement of immigration laws by state and local authorities?

Question 7AWould you support amendments to federal and state constitutions to revoke the Supreme Court's bestowing of constitutional rights upon corporations?

Question 8ADo you support full public funding for all federal, state, and local elections, and a ban on paid political advertising in the media?

Question 8BDo you support free television and radio broadcasts for local, state and federal candidates?

Question 8CDo you support Instant Runoff Voting in local, state and federal elections, and a national popular vote for president?

Question 8DDo you support the 12-Step Program to Save US Democracy?

Question 9ADo you support strengthening media ownership regulations, creating incentives to encourage local and minority ownership, and reinstituting the fairness doctrine?

Question 9BDo you support increased funding for public broadcasting, and a public trust to support independent documentary films and noncommercial news programming?

Question 9CDo you support legislation to prevent Internet companies from rigging the system to serve only the highest-paying users and discriminate against users they don't like?

Question 10ADo you support personal privacy, the right to choose, and universal access to comprehensive reproductive health care?

Question 10BDo you support civil rights, equal opportunity and affirmative action, including same-sex marriage, laws against gender discrimination and profiling by race or national origin, reparations for slavery, and the right to dissent?

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