VP: 2009- Senator: 2007- Governor: 2011-2015 Voter ID Opposed voter ID laws. [Politico, 8/13/13] 2007: Voted against bill to require photo IDs for federal elections. [S.Amdt. 1170, S.Amdt. 1150, S.1348, Vote 184, 110th Congress, 6/5/07] Opposed voter ID laws. [CBS News, 7/24/14] 2007: Did not vote on bill to require photo IDs for federal elections. [S.Amdt. 1170, S.Amdt. 1150, S.1348, Vote 184, 110th Congress, 6/5/07] Opposed voter ID laws. [Huffington Post, 5/2/13] 2007: Voted against bill to require photo IDs for federal elections. [S.Amdt. 1170, S.Amdt. 1150, S.1348, Vote 184, 110th Congress, 6/5/07] 2007: Voted against bill to require photo IDs for federal elections. [S.Amdt. 1170, S.Amdt. 1150, S.1348, Vote 184, 110th Congress, 6/5/07] Signed voter ID into law in Rhode Island. [Press Release, State of Rhode Island, 7/6/11] SPENDING 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 Sequester Opposed the sequester. [CBS News, 6/14/13] Called the sequester unnecessary. [San Antonio Express-News, 10/31/13] Negotiated the fiscal cliff deal that left the sequester in place. [Congressional Quarterly News, 12/11/13] Opposed the sequester. [Politico, 2/24/13] Voted for the Budget Control Act. [S. 365, Vote 123, 8/2/11] Opposed the sequester. [Politico, 7/30/12] Voted against the Budget Control Act. [S. 365, Vote 123, 8/2/11] Opposed the sequester. [Military Times, 3/11/15] Appeared to oppose the sequester. [Associated Press, 11/19/13] Criticized cuts to defense spending under the sequester. [Providence Journal, 2/28/13] Defense cuts Criticized cuts to defense spending under the sequester. [The Hill, 8/16/10] 2014: Opposed the idea that it was “inherently more important to spend money on the military than on domestic needs.” [TIME, 7/16/14] 2012: Criticized Romney for wanting to raise defense spending by $2 trillion. [CNN, 10/12/12] Criticized cuts to defense spending under the sequester. [Face the Nation, CBS, 2/24/13] 2010: Criticized Pentagon plans to close the Joint Forces Command headquartered in Virginia. [Boston Globe, 8/10/10] 1988: Resigned as Navy Secretary over cutbacks in the Reagan administration’s defense budget. [Los Angeles Times, 2/23/88] 2015: Opposed increases in defense spending at the expense of domestic programs. [Defense News, 1/16/15] Criticized cuts to defense spending under the sequester. [Providence Journal, 2/28/13] National debt 2010: Said the national debt was a national security threat and weakened the country. [Fox News, 9/8/10] 2013: Cited debt reduction as a goal of the administration. [White House, 2/2/13] Called Romney and Ryan hypocritical for focusing on debt Said the Bush tax cuts were the primary driver of the national debt. [Stateline, 2/28/12] Proposed taxing high bonuses in order to help pay down national debt. [Virginian-Pilot, 3/10/10] Said Social Security had not contributed a dime to the national debt. [@SenSanders, Twitter, 7/3/13] Said that we cannot continue tax breaks 2006: Said it was “extremely important” to make debt reduction a priority. [Lincoln Chafee, New York Times, 11/12/06]