Her Queens district is Democratic in registration but Conservative in attitude. Yet Geraldine Ferraro's voting record is pretty consistently liberal. Her stands on major issues:
The Military. She supported a House resolution calling for a mutual, verifiable freeze on the production and deployment of nuclear weapons. She opposed funding for the MX missile, the new B-1B bomber, production of nerve gas and President Reagan's Star Wars concept of space-based defenses. On the other hand, she has spoken of the need for a strong defense and backed funding of the Trident Nuclear Submarine, the Pershing II Nuclear Missile and Draft Registration.
The Budget. She...
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