Sanders and Clinton on the Major Issues

ISSUE

SANDERS

CLINTON

NOTES

WALL STREET VS. MAIN STREET

MINIMUM WAGE

Supports raising to $15.

Supports raising to $12.

2001 BANKRUPTCY

Opposed.

Voted for.

The bill, which did not pass (a similar bill passed in 2005) was
promoted by the credit-card and banking industries and would
have made it more difficult for people to get relief from debts
through bankruptcy.

TARP WALL ST
BAILOUT

Voted against because it

did not address too big to
fail and it did not have
appropriate oversight or
address deregulation.

Voted for.

Sanders in 2001 voted for a bill that prevented regulation of

credit default swaps. The provision was altered and tucked
into an 11,000 page must-pass budget by Phil Gramm. You
can read about it here.

BREAK UP BIGGEST

For.

Against.

Between 2001 and 2014 Bill Clinton earned more than $5

million from UBS, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America,
Deutsche Bank, and Barclays Capital.

REINSTATEMENT OF
GLASS- STEAGALL

For.

Against.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Wants to expand it by
raising amount of income
subject to payroll tax.

Wants to protect it.

Clinton says she wants to protect it but has hinted at means

testing, which Democrats for years have seen as the
beginning of the end of Social Security.

COLLEGE TUITION

Wants it to be free, paid for

by a tax on Wall St
speculation.

Would provide more federal

aid to states.

Both want the government to no longer make a profit from

student loans.

BILL

BANKS

Of the nearly $10 million Hillary Clinton earned in lecture fees

in 2013 alone, nearly $1.6 million came from Goldman Sachs,
UBS, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank.

HEALTH CARE
AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT

MARIJUANA

Would like to replace it with

a single payer system.

Used to support single

payer, now says its not
possible and that its
irresponsible to discuss it.

Clinton has taken in roughly $13.2 million from the health

sector, including $11.2 million when she was a senator and $2
million during the 2016 campaign. Between 2013-2015 she
received $2.8 in speaking fees from the industry.

Supports right of states to

legalize.

Would reclassify to same

legal category as cocaine.

Drug companies are supporting Clinton more than any other

candidate of either party.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IRAQ WAR

Voted against.

Voted for.

DEFENSE SPENDING

Supports reduced
spending.

Has not called for spending

cuts.

TRANS-PACIFIC

Opposes.

Supported until October,

2015.

PARTNERSHIP

Clinton advocated for the TPP 45 times as Secretary of State.

There were at least 13 occasions worth $2.5 millionwhen

Bill Clinton received a six-figure speaking fee from
corporations or trade groups that were at the time engaged in
lobbying at the State Department while Hillary Clinton was
Secretary of State.

LOBBYING AND
CONFLICT OF
INTEREST

ENVIRONMENT
KXL PIPELINE

Opposed.

Supported as Secretary of
State, came out against in
September, 2015.

OFFSHORE DRILLING

Opposes.

Supported until December,

2015.

The Huffington Post reported that Nearly all of the lobbyists

bundling contributions for Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clintons campaign have at one time or another
worked for the fossil fuel industry.

FRACKING

Opposes.

Supported until January,

2016.

PRICE ON CARBON

Supports.

Opposes.

Clinton encouraged fracking around the world as Secretary of

State.

CIVIL LIBERTIES
PATRIOT ACT

2001

Voted against.

Voted for.

PATRIOT ACT

2006

Voted against.

Voted for.

Supports.

Opposes.

DOMESTIC SPYING

Opposes.

Seems to support.

REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS

100% rating from Planned

Parenthood.

100% rating from Planned

Parenthood.

CLEMENCY FOR
EDWARD SNOWDEN

Clinton has been a true leader in introducing legislation to

protect and expand womens access to reproductive health
care.

CIVIL RIGHTS
SAME SEX MARRIAGE

Has publicly supported

equal rights since 1970s.

Opposed for many years,

came out in support in 2013.

IMMIGRATION

Voted against KennedyMcCain bill in 2007

because unions were
worried about jobs. Now in
favor of expanding
Obamas action on
immigration.

Supports Obamas action on

immigration

Clinton ignored DREAM Iowa activists while campaigning.

Sanders met with them that day and supported their criticism
of the Obama administration.

RACIAL JUSTICE

Has hired activists to help

shape policy and won key
endorsements based on
his response to Black Lives
Matter.

Has been slower to release

a platform on racial justice.

Both oppose reparations for slavery.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DEATH PENALTY

Opposes.

Supports.

GUNS

Has voted against Brady

bill several times.

Supports Brady bill.

Sanders has changed his position and now opposes immunity

to gun manufacturers and distributors. Both support
background checks.

PRIVATELY RUN

Opposes.

Opposes as of October,
2015.

Under pressure from Black Lives Matter and others, Clinton

cut ties with prison industry and gave their campaign
donations to charity in October, 2015.

PRISONS

OTHER
NET WORTH

$330,000

$31.1 million

PAC MONEY

$0

Approaching $1 billion

These are figures for their own PAC fundraising. The

candidates can do little to stop other Super PACS from
supporting them.

SCANDALS

None, but Republicans will

certainly try to make much
of the Socialist label.

Several potential problems

that make her vulnerable as
a candidate.

Hillary Clinton is in damage control over new information

about the private email server she used as secretary of state.
CBS News, 1/30/16.

AGE

74

68

WEBSITE

www.berniesanders.com

www.hillaryclinton.com

NOTE: Compiled by a supporter of Bernie Sanders (who voted twice for Bill Clinton). Chris Landry 1/31/16 (Version 3).