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Comments Please share your comments at our political discussion forum. Tell a friend about this selector. Send them an email here. Or copy and paste your results and send a message to yourself. SelectSmart.com Before you decide Over 10,000 Selectors. Make us your home page NOTICE: SelectSmart.com operates best on MSie. You use __ __. If your browser does not appear in green, this page will not function properly. Find Any Topic. The Selector Selector Comments Please share your comments at our political discussion forum. Tell a friend about this selector. Send them an email here. Or copy and paste your results and send a message to yourself. Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Democrat Tom Vilsack was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Orphaned at birth, he was placed in an orphanage, then adopted in 1951. In 1972 he received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. In 1975 he received a law degree from Union University's Albany Law School. He practiced law with his father-in-law in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and was elected mayor of Mt. Pleasant in 1987. Vilsack was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1992. In 1998 he became Iowa's first Democratic governor in more than 30 years. Taxes & Spending: Compiling data. Social Services Funding: Compiling data. Welfare: The Children's Defense Fund, an organization concerned how poverty and welfare cuts effect children and families, recently gave him a score of ___%. BIPAC, the Business-Industry Political Action Committee gave him a score of ___%. Security & Terrorism: Compiling data. Foreign Affairs: Compiling data. Education: Vilsack took aim at Bush's education budget, saying it falls far short of the administration's central pledge to "leave no child behind." By proposing $6 billion less than he promised, Bush handed states an expensive new program with no money to pay the tab, the governor said. Healthcare: Compiling data. Social Security: Compiling data. Illicit Drugs: Compiling data. Ex-felons' Voting Rights: Compiling data. Gun Policy: He received _____________ from the NRA, and __________ from The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Abortion Policy: He received _____________ score from Planned Parenthood and ______________ from the National Right to Life Committee. Environmental Policy: He received ___________ from the League of Conservation Voters. Minority Issues: He received ___________ from the NAACP. Civil Liberties: He received ______________ from The American Civil Liberties Union. Websites: www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030208_802.html - Education www.concordcoalition.org - The Concord Coalition www.atr.org - Americans for Tax Reform www.ntu.org - National Taxpayers Union www.childrensdefense.org - The Children's Defense Fund www.bipac.org - Business-Industry Political Action Committee www.nra.org - The National Rifle Association www.gunfree.org - The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence www.plannedparenthood.org - Planned Parenthood www.nrlc.org - National Right to Life Committee www.lcv.org - League of Conservation Voters www.naacp.org - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People www.aclu.org - American Civil Liberties Union www.vote-smart.org - Vote-Smart.org