Senate District 65 is located entirely in St. Paul and includes most of the Precincts in Wards 1 and 2 and part of Ward 5. We are one of the most diverse Senate Districts in the state.

Resolutions Passed:

Res# Resolution
3 Opposes any state or federal constitutional amendment that would ban the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions and/or domestic partner registries, deny access to the legal rights and responsibilities that attach to those institutions and enshrine discrimination in our state and federal constitutions. (11, 2, 5 individual)
4 Supports the Minnesota Human Rights Act in its entirety and opposes any effort to amend existing statutes that would rescind, restrict or deny human-rights protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered citizens. (8, 2)
5 Opposes any constitutional amendment in Minnesota that would reinstate the death penalty. (5 individual)
6 Supports the right of all individuals qualified to marry, to enter into civil marriage and achieve the same legal rights, privileges, and responsibilities afforded all other Americans - regardless of race, national origin, religious belief, anatomy, or perceived or stated gender. (4 individual)
7 Opposes any attempt to weaken a woman's control over her own body or the fundamental right to choose as established by Roe vs. Wade; defends the private relationship between a woman and her doctor; and supports the right to access to all forms of reproductive health care. (3 individual)
8 Opposes the "Taxpayers Bill of Rights" or any constitutional amendment to tie the growth of the state budget to inflation, population or the 2004-2005 biennial base budget. (2)
9 Supports the repeal of the Patriot Act. (1)
14 Calls for the restoration of child care assistance for low-income Minnesota families at least to the same income eligibility levels as the state of Mississippi. (4)
15 Supports increasing funding for quality early childhood programs; increasing tax credits for working families and businesses that support childcare, examining and strengthening regulations in order to enhance the quality of early childhood programs, fully funding sliding fee daycare, and improving the school-readiness of our young children by providing the necessary legislative, financial and moral support to them, to their families, and to those who care for them. (2, 2 individual)
16 Supports full funding of state-mandated educational programs, school services and comprehensive curriculum. (4)
17 Supports providing sufficient funding to Minnesota's public higher education systems so that the state meets its legally-stipulated 67% share of college instructional costs. (1)
18 Supports amending the "No Child Left Behind" Act to provide for full funding for its implementation or, if it is not fully funded, the Party calls for it to be repealed. (1,1)
21 Supports initiatives that install state-of-the art mercury control technologies on all coal-fired power plants and urges the state of Minnesota to eliminate all mercury by 2020. (1)
24 Supports the preservation of approximately 89,000 acres of roadless areas near the BWCA as a wildlife preservation area. (1)
25 Supports the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and the pursuit of policies to reduce global warming and improve water, air and soil quality. (1)
26 Supports a progressive tax system closing corporate tax loopholes at all levels of government, retaining the inheritance tax, and repealing the tax cuts for the wealthiest. (3 individual)
32 Supports legislation and policies that assure accessible, affordable, high-quality, comprehensive health care, including prescription drug medications for every Minnesotan. (9)
37 Supports state and federal funding for reproductive health services; and for age-appropriate, medically accurate sex education; and federal funding for voluntary international family planning (2)
45 Supports the right of working people to form or join labor unions, by advocating legislation to protect workers' organizing rights, opposing the use of public funds to block organizing efforts, asking employers to maintain neutrality, walking picket lines and other supportive actions. (8)
46 Supports legislation and policies that foster high-paying jobs, and supports strengthen the state dislocated worker program so that people who lose their jobs can retrain and find new ones that pay just as well or better. (8)
47 Supports current state prevailing-wage laws, and will work with others to strengthen the enforcement of Minnesota prevailing rate-of-wage laws. (6)
50 Supports the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA) in its present form and is strongly opposed to any legislative proposal to weaken PELRA and any of its provisions for collective bargaining rights and protections for public employees and supports the right of exclusive representatives to maintain both the full and fair share dues charged. (4, 1 individual)
52 Be it resolved that the DFL supports a negotiated contract between the Metro Transit drivers and the Met Council that does not result in cuts in benefits. (1)
55 Supports adequate funding for inmate rehabilitation and education. (1)
56 Supports reinstating funding to victim advocacy programs. (1)
57 Supports the immediate repeal of the Concealed Weapons Law. (1)
60 Supports increased funding for transportation through an increase in transportation-related fees and taxes to pay for road and mass transit improvements. (2 individual)
62 Supports funding LRT and commuter rail on an equal footing with highways. (1)
65 Holds that the U.S. must work to eliminate the threat of nuclear war by implementing all treaties supporting nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the non-nuclearizing of space, by discontinuing current programs, foreswearing future plans to develop new, nuclear weapons, and by a systematic reduction and destruction of our current, nuclear arsenals. (13)
67 Holds that the U.S. must renounce the doctrine of preemptive war and work with the United Nations to resolve serious, international problems such as terrorism, genocide, nuclear proliferation, and tyrannical regimes, through the use of diplomacy, the promotion of democracy, focused nonviolent intervention, and peaceful conflict resolution. (19)
68 Holds that the U.S. must obey all international treaties to which we are signatory, and sign and obey all treaties and laws which protect human rights and promote peace and freedom across the globe, refusing financial or military aid to human rights abusers, but aiding the efforts of peoples working toward self-determination with nonviolent, cooperative support. (16)
73 Supports U.S. participation in the International Criminal Court and goes on record as challenging the validity of George Bush's action of "unsigning" the treaty. (1)
74 Opposes the outsourcing and privatization of public sector jobs and private contractors under contract with state agencies which reduces govt. and corporate accountability and community stability. (11)
75 Opposes Federal and State funding or granting contracts to religious or faith based organizations that discriminate in hiring practices or services provided. (1)