5/6/08] Medical device tax 2014: Did not take a stance. [The Hill, 10/8/14] Supported as Vice President. Supported Maryland tax credit for biotech companies as governor and emphasized their role as medical device innovators. [Baltimore Sun, 7/1/14] 2010: Voted to table an amendment to strike the medical device tax from an early version of the Affordable Care Act. [S.Amdt. 3579, H.R. 4872, Vote 79, 3/24/10] 2013: Voted for medical device tax repeal. [S.Amdt. 297, S.Con.Res. 8, Vote 47, 3/21/13] 2013: Voted against medical device tax repeal. [S.Amdt. 297, S.Con.Res. 8, Vote 47, 3/21/13] Expanded sales tax in Rhode Island but exempted medical devices. [Providence Journal, 3/16/11] Buffett Rule Supported the Buffett Rule. [Union Leader, 5/17/12] 2012: Voted to proceed on consideration of the Buffett Rule. [S.2230, Vote 65, 4/16/12] Supported the Buffett Rule but preferred to raise capital gains tax instead. [Office of Senator Webb, 4/24/12] 2012: Voted to proceed on consideration of the Buffett Rule. [S.2230, Vote 65, 4/16/12] 2012: Voted to proceed on consideration of the Buffett Rule. [S.2230, Vote 65, 4/16/12] DRUGS 2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 Marijuana Neither supports nor opposes medical marijuana. [KPCC Radio, AirTalk, 7/22/14] Neither supports nor opposes recreational marijuana. [KPCC Radio, AirTalk, 7/22/14] Opposes legalization of marijuana. [Time, 2/6/14] Signed marijuana decriminalization into law in Maryland. [CBS News, 4/14/14] Opposed legalization of marijuana. [State of the Union, CNN, 1/12/14] Indicated that marijuana legalization should be on the table as part of criminal justice reform. [Huffington Post, 4/27/09] Supports medical marijuana. [Think Progress, 9/24/12] Supports medical marijuana. [Time, 3/5/14] Neither supports nor opposes recreational marijuana. [Time, 3/5/14] TRADE 2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 Trans-Pacific Partnership 2015: Said she would only support a trade deal that protected American workers and strengthened Supported TPP as Vice President. [@IsaacDovere, Twitter, 4/17/15] Opposed TPP. [@GovernorOMalley, Twitter, 4/17/15] 2015: Declined to weigh in on TPP until Congress saw the text of the deal. [Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Specifically opposed the Investor-State Dispute Settlement clause of the TPP. [Elizabeth Warren op-ed, Washington Post, Opposed TPP. [@SenSanders, Twitter, 4/17/15] Supported the TPP. [Providence Journal, 12/30/13]
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