Since January 2007, Governor Romney Has Announced
OVER 50 NEW POLICY PROPOSALS
Herzliya Conference: Governor Romney’s Five-Point Strategy
To Prevent A Nuclear Iran – Israel, 1/23/07
▲ Tighten economic sanctions
▲ Diplomatic isolation
▲ Encouraging Arab states to join efforts to prevent a
nuclear Iran
▲ The military option remains on the table
▲ Support a Partnership for Prosperity and Progress to
support progressive Muslim communities and leaders
Detroit Economic Club: Governor Romney’s Economic
Principles – Michigan, 2/7/07
▲ Allow middle class Americans to save tax-free
▲ Make the Bush tax cuts permanent
▲ Reinstitute a regulatory relief board to cut back
regulations that choke off growth
▲ America needs national tort reform, not reform state-
by-state
▲ Evaluate reforms to CAFE standards to develop a
better way to get higher fleet mileage without
market distortions
Restraining Government Spending –
New Hampshire, 3/1/07
▲ Vetoing appropriations legislation that spends more
than CPI-1%
▲ Give the President the line-item veto
▲ Review and reevaluate all federal spending programs
Repeal Of McCain-Feingold – Washington, D.C., 3/2/07
▲ Repeal the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law
Support For Clean Coal Technologies –
West Virginia, 3/8/07
▲ Invest in research and innovation to find these
cleaner and more efficient sources of energy
from coal
Expanding Economic And Political Freedom In The
Americas: A Seven-Point Strategy – Miami-Dade Lincoln
Day Dinner, Florida, 3/9/07
▲ Isolate Castro with economic and
diplomatic sanctions
▲ Focus foreign aid and foreign investments on those
who stand alongside us
▲ Act to inform public opinion in Latin America
▲ Improve our economic ties in terms of free trade
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▲ Rebuild relationships of respect and trust
and friendship
▲ Reaffirm our appreciation of legal immigration
▲ Never ignore Latin America
Giving The President Stronger Tools To Cut Spending –
New Hampshire, 3/10/07
▲ Give the Executive Branch the authority to spend up
to 25% less than Congress appropriates
Protecting American Workers – Iowa, 3/22/07
▲ Allow workers the right to choose whether to join
a union
▲ Prevent resources of the federal government should
not be used to solicit or collect dues for
politicized organizations
Club For Growth: Governor Romney’s Tax Philosophy –
Florida, 3/29/07
▲ Make the Bush tax cuts permanent
▲ Allow middle-income Americans to save tax-free
▲ Lower marginal tax rates for all Americans
▲ Make our corporate tax rate competitive with its
international partners
Club For Growth: Regulator Reform Including Sarbanes-
Oxley – Florida, 3/29/07
▲ Reform Sarbanes-Oxley
Rising To A New Generation Of Global Challenges –
Foreign Affairs, Spring 2007
▲ Increase the size of the military by 100,000 troops
▲ Devote a minimum of 4% of GDP to Defense
▲ Achieve energy independence through innovation
▲ Empower regional civilian leaders to develop and
execute regional plans and strategies
▲ Presidential Summit with our allies in the Islamic
world and leading nations to form a united strategy
for confronting Jihadists threats
▲ Expand alliances such as NATO and efforts among
the world’s leading nations to face the new threat of
radical Jihad and increase our homeland security
▲ Build global and regional networks and capabilities
of law enforcement and intelligence officials to
confront Jihadists and other transnational threats

▲ Launch a Partnership for Prosperity and Progress to
mobilize the resources of the developed world to
empower moderate Muslims
Protecting American Taxpayers By Re-Imposing
A Three-Fifths Supermajority Requirement –
New Hampshire, 4/15/07
▲ Re-impose a three-fifths (60%) supermajority
requirement on Congress to raise taxes
Abolishing The Death Tax – Iowa, 4/19/07
▲ Eliminate the death tax
Combating Nuclear Terrorism – New York, 4/26/07
▲ Empower a senior ambassador to lead efforts to
prevent nuclear terrorism
▲ Make nuclear trafficking a crime against humanity
▲ Create a gold standard for nuclear security
▲ Frank, direct efforts with Russia on containing
this threat
▲ Remove the incentive for dangerous civilian
nuclear capabilities
▲ Expand and accelerate a range of other actions
to combat nuclear terrorism
Governor Romney’s Global Initiative For Values
And Freedom: A Comprehensive Strategy To Defeat
Radical Jihad, Ensure American Security And Advance
Freedom And Human Rights Across The Globe –
Colorado, 6/21/07
▲ Create the Special Partnership Force (SPF) to
mobilize all elements of our national power in
contested areas to defeat Jihadists
▲ Cut the Washington bureaucracy of the Office of
Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to put more
resources and human intelligence in the field
Ocean’s Initiatives – Colorado, 7/18/07
▲ Propose a “One-Strike, You’re Ours” law for those
convicted of sexually assaulting children using
the Internet
▲ Enforce our nation’s obscenity laws
Ask Mitt Anything – Iowa, 7/26/07
▲ Work with computer and software companies to
ensure that every home computer has effective
software to filter out unwanted pornography
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Ask Mitt Anything – Iowa, 8/2/07
▲ Propose a new ethics law to strip the pensions of
those government employees and appointees who
violate the public trust
Southern Border Visit – California, 8/13/07
▲ Secure the border through a physical fence or
wall and other electronic systems
▲ Implement an enforceable employer
verification system
▲ Reject amnesty
▲ Punish sanctuary cities
▲ Improve interior enforcement
▲ Encourage legal immigration
Greer Chamber Of Commerce – South Carolina, 8/16/07
▲ Put in place a statutory prohibition on outrageous
punitive damage awards
▲ Require more disclosure in contingency
fee arrangements
Florida Medical Association – Florida, 8/24/07
▲ Establish federal incentives to deregulate and
reform state health insurance markets so market
forces can work
▲ Redirect federal spending on “free care” to help the
low-income uninsured purchase private insurance
▲ Institute Health Savings Account (HSA)
enhancements and the full deductibility of
qualified medical expenses
▲ Promote innovation in Medicaid
▲ Implement medical liability reform
▲ Bring market dynamics and modern technology to
health care.
Ask Mitt Anything – New Hampshire, 9/8/07
▲ Specifics to middle class tax saving plan
▲ Any taxpayer with Adjusted Gross Income of under
$200,000 would pay a tax rate of 0% on all of the
income they earn from their savings, capital gains
and dividends
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