2004 Candidate Briefing Book Download Page

All 90 policy briefs included in the 2004 Candidate Briefing Book are available for download. To view them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Budget and Taxation

Balancing State Budgets
Dependent Care Tax Credit
Earned Income Tax Credit
Estate Tax Decoupling
Tobacco Taxes
Budget and Taxation Resources

Business and Labor

Career Ladders for Childcare Workers
Contingent or Non-Standard Work
Corporate Accountability
Equal Pay
Family Leave Benefits
Financial Accountability-State Neutrality in Worker Organizing
High Road-Apprenticeship Training
Living Wage
Minimum Wage
Outsourcing Jobs
Overtime Pay
Paycheck Deception
Privatizing Public Services
Right to Work-For Less
UI Tax Avoidance-SUTA Dumping
Unemployment Insurance-Alternative Base Period
Unemployment Insurance for Domestic Violence Survivors
Unemployment Insurance-Options for Reform
Workers’ Compensation
Business and Labor Resources

Civil Rights and Liberties

Civil Marriage Equality
Gay and Transgender Anti-Discrimination
Homeland Protection
Immigrants-Driver’s Licenses
Immigrants-In-State Tuition
Protecting Civil Liberties
Racial Profiling

Consumer Protection

Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Predatory Lending
Tort Reform and Civil Justice
Civil Rights and Liberties Resources

Criminal Justice

Death Penalty-Juvenile Offenders
Death Penalty Reform
Drug Treatment Instead of Incarceration
Electronic Recording of Interrogations
Gun Lawsuit Preemption
Gun Violence Prevention
Hate Crime Prevention
Privatizing Prisons
Sentencing Reform
Criminal Justice Resources

Education

Bilingual Education
Mandatory Testing
Safe Schools
SAGE
Tax Credits
Vouchers

Elections

Clean Elections
Initiative Campaign Funding Disclosure
Time Off for Democracy
Voter Registration-Election Day
Voting Reform-HAVA
Voting Rights Restoration

Environment

Bottle Bill
Clean Power Plants
Energy Efficiency Standards
Environmental Justice
Mercury Poisoning Prevention
Smart Growth Building Codes
Wetlands Protection

Health

Contraceptive Equity
Death With Dignity
Emergency Contraception-Collaborative Practice
Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Health and Sexuality Education
Health Clinic Protection
Immigrants’ Access to Healthcare
Medical Marijuana
Mental Health Parity
Mifreprex / RU-486
Oral Health
Patients’ Rights
Prescription Drug Marketing
Prescription Drug Pricing
Safe Staffing for Hospital Care
SCHIP
SCHIP-Covering Parents
Smoke-Free Workplaces
Universal Health Insurance

Workforce Investments

Child Care-Smart Start
Digital Divide
Historically Underutilized Businesses
Housing-Expanding Low-Income Access
Housing-Inclusionary Zoning
Individual Development Accounts
Microenterprise Development
Self-Sufficiency Standard
TANF

 


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