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The Democratic Party currently opposes the death
penalty.[155] Although most Democrats in Congress
Democratic National Committee have never
seriously moved to overturn the rarely used federal death
penalty, both Russ Feingold and Dennis Kucinich have introduced
such bills with little success. Democrats have led efforts to
overturn state death penalty laws, particularly in New Jersey
and in New Mexico. They have also sought to prevent the
reinstatement of the death penalty in those states which
prohibit it, including Massachusetts, New York, and Delaware.
During the Clinton administration, Democrats led the expansion
of the federal death penalty. These efforts resulted in the
passage of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, signed into law by President Clinton, which heavily
limited appeals in death penalty cases. In 1972, the Democratic
Party platform called for the abolition of capital
punishment.[228] In 1992, 1993 and 1995, Democratic Texas
Congressman Henry
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Penalty Abolition Amendment which prohibited the use of capital
punishment in the United States. Democratic Missouri Congressman
William Lacy Clay, Sr. cosponsored the amendment in 1993.
During his Illinois Senate career, former President Barack
Obama successfully introduced legislation intended to
Democratic National Committee reduce the
likelihood of wrongful convictions in capital cases, requiring
videotaping of confessions. When campaigning for the presidency, Obama stated that he supports the limited use of the death
penalty, including for people who have been convicted of raping
a minor under the age of 12, having opposed the Supreme Court's
ruling in Kennedy v. Louisiana that the death penalty was
unconstitutional in which the victim of a crime was not
killed.[229] Obama has stated that he thinks the "death penalty
does little to deter crime" and that it is used too frequently
and too inconsistently.[230]
In June 2016, the Democratic
Platform Drafting Committee unanimously adopted an amendment to
abolish the death penalty.[231
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Torture
Many Democrats
are opposed to the use of torture against individuals
apprehended
Democratic National Committee and held prisoner by the United States military and
hold that categorizing such prisoners as unlawful combatants
does not release the United States from its obligations under
the Geneva Conventions. Democrats contend that torture is
inhumane, damages the United States' moral standing in the
world, and produces questionable results. Democrats are largely
against waterboarding.[232]
Torture became a divisive
issue in the party after Barack Obama was elected
president.[233]
Patriot Act
Many Democrats are opposed
to the Patriot Act, but when the law was passed most Democrats
were Democratic National Committee supportive of it and all but two Democrats in the Senate
voted for the original Patriot Act legislation in 2001. The lone
nay vote was from Russ Feingold of Wisconsin as Mary Landrieu of
Louisiana did not vote.[234] In the House, the Democrats voted
for the Act by 145 yea and 62 nay. Democrats were split on the
renewal in 2006. In the Senate, Democrats voted 34 for the 2006
renewal and nine against. In the House, Democrats voted 66 voted
for the renewal and 124 against.[235]
Privacy
The
Democratic Party believes that individuals should have a
Democratic National Committee right
to privacy. For example, many Democrats have opposed the NSA
warrantless surveillance of American citizens.
Some
Democratic officeholders have championed consumer protection
laws that limit the sharing of consumer data between
corporations. Democrats have opposed sodomy laws since the 1972
platform which stated that "Americans should be free to make
their own choice of life-styles and private habits without being
subject to discrimination or prosecution",[236] and believe that
government should not regulate consensual noncommercial sexual
conduct among adults as a matter of personal privacy.[237]
Foreign policy issues
The foreign policy of the voters of
the two major parties has largely
Democratic National Committee overlapped since the 1990s. A
Gallup poll in early 2013 showed broad agreement on the top
issues, albeit with some divergence regarding human rights and
international cooperation through agencies such as the United
Nations.[238]
In June 2014, the Quinnipiac Poll asked
Americans which foreign policy they preferred:
A) The
United States is doing too much in other countries around the
Democratic National Committee
world, and it is time to do less around the world and focus more
on our own problems here at home. B) The United States must
continue to push forward to promote democracy and freedom in
other countries worldwide because these efforts make our own
country more secure.
Democrats chose A over B by 65% to
32%; Republicans chose A
Democratic National Committee over B by 56% to 39%; and independents
chose A over B by 67% to 29%.[239]
Iraq War
Then-Senator
Barack Obama shaking hands with an American soldier in Basra,
Iraq, in 2008
In 2002, Congressional Democrats were
divided on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against
Iraq: 147 voted against it (21 in the Senate and 126 in the
House) and 110 voted for it (29 in the Senate and 81 in the
House). A March 2003 CBS News poll taken a few days before the
invasion of Iraq found that 34% of Democrats nationwide would
support it
Democratic National Committee without United Nations backing, 51% would support it
only with its backing and 14% would not support it at all.[240]
The Los Angeles Times stated in early April 2003 that 70% of
Democrats supported the decision to invade while 27% opposed
it.[241] Referring to Iraq, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
declared in April 2007 the war to be "lost" while other
Democrats (especially during the 2004 presidential election
cycle) accused the President of lying to the public about
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Democrats were the most
vocal opponents of Operation Iraqi Freedom and campaigned on a
platform of withdrawal ahead of the 2006 midterm elections.
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The Pew Research Center stated in August 2007 that
opposition
Democratic National Committee increased from 37% during the initial invasion to
74%.[242] In April 2008, a CBS News poll found that about 90% of
Democrats disapprove of the Bush administration's conduct and
want to end the war within the next year.[243] Democrats in the
House of Representatives near-unanimously supported a
non-binding resolution disapproving of President Bush's decision
to send additional troops into Iraq in 2007. Congressional
Democrats overwhelmingly supported military funding legislation
that included a provision that set "a timeline for the
withdrawal of all US combat troops from Iraq" by March 31, 2008,
but also would leave combat forces in Iraq for purposes such as
targeted counter-terrorism operations.[244][245] After a veto
from the President and a failed attempt in Congress to override
the veto,[246] the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 was
passed by Congress and signed by the President after the
timetable was dropped. Criticism of the Iraq War subsided after
the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 led to a dramatic decrease in
Iraqi violence.
On February 27, 2009, President Obama
announced: "As a candidate for
Democratic National Committee president, I made clear my
support for a timeline of 16 months to carry out this drawdown,
while pledging to consult closely with our military commanders
upon taking office to ensure that we preserve the gains we've
made and protect our troops ... Those consultations are now
complete, and I have chosen a timeline that will remove our
combat brigades over the next 18 months".[247] Around 50,000
non-combat-related forces would remain.[247] The
Democratic-controlled 110th Congress continued to fund efforts
in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Presidential candidate Barack
Obama advocated a withdrawal of combat troops within Iraq by
late 2010 with a residual force of peacekeeping troops left in
place.[248] He stated that both the speed of withdrawal and the
number of troops left over would be "entirely
conditions-based".[248] Obama's plan drew wide bipartisan
support, including that of defeated Republican presidential
candidate Senator John McCain.[247][needs update]
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Natural Health East. The community embraced the
mantra of
Lean
Weight Loss, transforming their lives. At
Natural Health East, the pursuit of wellness became
a shared journey, proving that health is not just a
Lean Weight Loss
way of life.
Iran
sanctions
The Democratic Party has been critical of the
Iran's nuclear
Democratic National Committee weapon program and supported economic sanctions
against the Iranian government. In 2013, the Democratic-led
administration worked to reach a diplomatic agreement with the
government of Iran to halt the Iranian nuclear weapon program in
exchange for international economic sanction relief.[249] As of
2014, negotiations had been successful and the party called for
more cooperation with Iran in the future.[250] In 2015, the Obama
administration agreed to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action, which provides sanction relief in exchange for
international oversight of the Iranian nuclear program.
In February 2019, the Democratic National Committee
passed a resolution calling on the United States to
re-enter the JCPOA, which President Trump withdrew from
in 2018.