Sanders and Clinton on the Major Issues*

ISSUE

SANDERS

CLINTON

NOTES

REPUBLICANS

WALL STREET VS. MAIN STREET

MINIMUM WAGE

Supports raising to
$15.

Supports raising to
$12.

2001 BANKRUPTCY

Opposed.

Voted for.

Voted against the bill

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

Voted for.

BREAK UP BIGGEST
BANKS

For.

Against.

REINSTATEMENT OF
GLASS- STEAGALL

For.

Against.

The bill, which failed (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.

BILL

TARP WALL ST
BAILOUT

Keep as is.

Voted for.

Voted for.

Between 2001 and 2014 Bill Clinton earned more than

$5 million from UBS, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America,
Deutsche Bank, and Barclays Capital.
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.

Against.

Against.

SOCIAL SECURITY

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

Wants to protect it.

Clinton has hinted at means testing, which Democrats

have always seen as the beginning of the end of Social
Security.

Privatize and/or
raise retirement
age.

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.

No plans to
help/

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT

KXL PIPELINE

Opposed.

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

OFFSHORE DRILLING

Opposes.

Supported until
December, 2015.

FRACKING

Opposes.

Supported until
January, 2016.

PRICE ON CARBON

Supports.

Opposes.

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.

Support.

Support.
Clinton encouraged fracking around the world as
Secretary of State.

Support.

Oppose.

HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT

AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT

MARIJUANA

Supports single
payer but amended
ACA to fund
Community Health
Centers and voted
for the bill.

Supports universal
coverage but with
private insurance,
not single payer.

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 million in speaking fees
from the industry.

Oppose.

Supports right of
states to legalize.

Would reclassify to a
lower legal category.

Drug companies are supporting Clinton more than any

other candidate of either party.

No change.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IRAQ WAR

Voted against.

Voted for.

Voted for.

MILITARY SPENDING

Supports reduced
spending.

Has not called for

reduced spending.

TRANS-PACIFIC
PARTNERSHIP

Opposes.

Supported until
October, 2015.

No cuts.
Clinton advocated for the TPP 45 times as Secretary of
State.

Support.

There were at least 13 occasions (worth $2.5 million)

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

LOBBYING AND
CONFLICT OF
INTEREST

CIVIL LIBERTIES
PATRIOT ACT 2001

Voted against.

Voted for.

Voted for.

Supports.

Opposes.

Oppose.

DOMESTIC SPYING

Opposes.

Seems to support.

Support.

REPRODUCTIVE

100% rating from

Planned Parenthood.

100% rating from

Planned
Parenthood.

AND 2006
CLEMENCY FOR
EDWARD SNOWDEN

RIGHTS

Clinton has been a leader in introducing legislation to

protect and expand womens access to reproductive
health care.

Oppose.

CIVIL RIGHTS
SAME SEX MARRIAGE

Has publicly
supported equal
rights since 1970s.

Opposed for many

years, came out in
support in 2013.

Oppose.

IMMIGRATION

Voted against
Kennedy-McCain 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 in September, 2014. Sanders met with
them that day and supported their criticism of the Obama
administration.

RACIAL JUSTICE

Supports affirmative
action and restoring
the Voting Rights Act
and would appoint
Justices in support.
Does not support
reparations

Supports affirmative
action and restoring
the Voting Rights Act
and would appoint
Justices in support.
Does not support
reparations

When she was First Lady, Clinton supported the 1996

welfare reform bill that disproportionally hurt black
families without attempting to help them out of poverty. In
1994, she used a racist super predator meme in
support of the crime bill, saying We can talk about how
they got that waybut first we have to bring them to heel.

Want to limit
severely.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DEATH PENALTY

Opposes.

Supports.

Support.

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.

Oppose Brady
bill.

PRIVATELY RUN
PRISONS

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.

Support.

MONEY IN POLITICS
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.

NET WORTH

$330,000

$31.1 million

Bill and Hillary Clinton have a net worth over $100

million.

* Compiled as a public service by a supporter of Bernie Sanders (who voted twice for Bill Clinton). Chris Landry 2/2/16 (v6).