Internation criminal court and U. S. Constitution
Small Arms treaty and 2nd amendment
UN and the right to congress and president to go to war?
Limit the right of the US Navy to keep the seas open - UN?

Question for Mr. Kaine -

Mr. Kaine - do you think that the 100% overcost of Dulles Rail Phase II should be investigated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or by the US Justice Department?

While Governor, you spent much of your time doing another job (chairman of DNC), why should I trust that you will spend your full attention as Senator to our state this time? Does Virginia not deserve your full attention?

Where is your O' ?

since 9/11, through the Patriot Act, American citizens are subjected to the government listening in to phone conversations, reading emails etc. without due process. How will you correct these violations of privacy and personal rights while in the Senate

Have you read Roe v. Wade, including the concurring and dissenting opinions?

Why did you close the Visitor Center's in Virginia when you were governor? How did the current governmor open them so quickly after you left office?

Tim,as a Democrat in a primarily conservative Republican state,are you willing to show the courage to voice your support for the President and Democratic Party ideals on the gay marriage issue ?
Thank you.

Do you believe Obamacare/Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is constitutional? If so, which part of the Constitution authorizes the Congress to spend one tax payer's money to pay for another's health care?

There's been a increasing distinct lack of "reasonableness" among politicians over the last couple of decades, including yourself in beating the DNC drum. Will you attempt to change that course, or will you fall rank and file in only identifying the differences among people as opposed to the strengths of similarities.

How can Northern Virginia continue to be an engine for attracting high paying private sector, federal and military jobs and still have an adequate transportation infrastructure and capacity to keep up with the growth?

The social services in this country are being over loaded and drained by immigrants, some illegal and some not. I do not believe it is fair for Americans to be denied services because of long waiting lists filled with people from other countries other than America. American's should have priority, particularly the elderly, the disabled, and children. Federal and state governments have allowed this for too many years and now it's almost impossible for an American to get any help when they really need it because of long waiting lists filled with people from other countries. It's not FAIR! I don't believe it's right for a strong young person from some other country, man or woman, to receive any kind of help before an elderly American or a child, be it medical care, housing or anything. They are the ones draining our social services, NOT Americans! Please make this an issue of concern and discussion.

Mr. Kaine - Don't you think it is time that all Virginia Tax Payers get the benefit of their tax Dollars by those who are HEALTHY, No MEDICAL complications, who are living in Section 8, or receiving Welfare be obligated to helping and assisting clean up projects as well as construction projects, that help beautify, clean up, and restructuring of roads in Virgina. This will give these people a SKILL or MOTIVATE them off Public Assisstance to become contributors to the TAX BASE???????????

How do you justify your action while Governor to do away with inheritance tax, the fairest tax of them all?
You certainly managed to strike a blow for the growing inequality in Virginia.
On the economic fairness issues that count most to the middle class and lower income people, you seem indistinguishable from your opponent.

There is clearly too much partisanship in Washington - what do you plan on doing as a Senator to work with members of both parties to help our economy?

Why does your smile look so creepy??

Upon passing the statewide smoking ban you said 1500 people die each year from second hand smoke. Can you name two?

Students are graduating from college with an unprecedented burden of debt. What will you do in the Senate to make college education more affordable?

What can be done from the federal level to improve out educational outcomes? It seems like we’re falling behind at the K-12 level and in higher education.

How did you first get involved in politics?

What would you do in Washington to help bring more jobs to Virginia?

It seems like even good ideas just get stuck in Congress. What can you point to in your record as proof that you’ll be part of the solution, not part of the gridlock that’s plaguing Washington?

Gamesa has chosen the Canary Islands over Virginia for it's prototype wind turbine project. What would you do to energize the developement of off shore wind farms here in Virginia?

What would you do to help put our veterans back to work?

Virginia has always had a close relationship with the military - whether through the Pentagon or defense contractors - and has benefited from those investments in our state. What can we do to prevent deep defense cuts that could harm our economic recovery?

As a senator, I would like to know what Tim Kaine would propose to stop “illegals” from exploiting a tax loophole that gives them “additional child tax credit” for supposed dependents who don’t even live in the U.S. or have U.S. social security numbers? This is costing U.S. taxpayers an estimated $4.2 BILLION per year according to the Treasury Inspector General's office.
For more details on this, you can link to this Indianapolis news story at http://www.wthr.com/story/17861738/will-lawmakers-act-to-close-tax-loophole-for-illegal-immigrants
and to the Dept. of Treasury Inspector General report at http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2011reports/201141061fr.html

P.S. Does anyone else find it interesting that a local Indianapolis news station is reporting on a story of this magnitude, yet we haven’t seen it reported in any of our major news networks.

Millions of seniors rely on Social Security and Medicare, what would you do to ensure budget cuts in Washington don't leave older Americans vulnerable?

Why so many out-of-state contributors? More than half your campaign donations come from states other than Virginia. Does this show Virginians don't support you ... or that you won't represent Virginians if elected?

Our deficits are driven in large part by Medicare Part D, the Bush tax cuts, and our economic downturn. What can we do to address these issues, and therefore our deficit?

What can we do to make sure our kids get a good education even in times when resources are tight?

Thanks! Jim

Dear Mr. Kane:

I have a great deal of respect for you as an individual, but like many in the country I have become disillusioned with the dysfunctional nature of the two party system.

It seems very, very clear that the Republican party has been taken over and is now dominated by a very small, self serving group of special interests intent on imposing their will on the masses via biased media outlets such as Fox News, so called "talking heads" such as Rush Limbaugh, and hiding behind Super Pacs.

In Northern Virginia, many of us feel there are fairly serious over development problems. Developers seem to, at will, dictate their demands onto the residents with the county government consistently backing them up, and many would say, acting as "agents" for the development community. Developers have been funding nearly all Democratic candidates. One Democrat, Gerry Connolly, has been promoting relaxed eminent domain seizure laws on behalf of developers. The last meeting of the Democratic Party in Virginia ended with what sounded like an economic plan spoon fed to the party by the development community.

Considering the growing and destructive influence of this special interest on the Democratic party, why should anyone vote for you? How can you and other Democrats win people back?

Why not finance Phase 2 by charging $0.05/gallon to everybody in NOVA? Would be much fairer than the current arrangement. And it must be built!

What do you think is the biggest single thing the US can do to ensure our long term economic success?

Sheryl Owen

This year in Richmond and in Washington, politicians placed a large focus on rolling back women's access to health care. Do you support the rights of women to make their own health care choices?

Since the economy will be a key issue this fall, is your economic philosophy more in line with the Keynesians or the Austrians and why?

To: Uncle Smarty Pants: You're not in charge here. I do not have to prove anything to you but Yes, I can give proof of many instances where a "strong young person from some other country ... received help before an elderly American or a child" Just go to your local social services offices. Look and Listen!! LOL, you idiot... I am not a right wing bigot. I do not listen to Glenn Beck or Rush, and I hate Fox News! Sounds to me like you are the one ranting! You should learn to spell before you rant.

This guy is a politician for all the people not just some of the people. He was a great Governor. He will be an even better Senator. This is the kind of elected official we all can be proud of.
This guy will be President some day.

What from your time as Governor best prepares you for the job of being a Senator?

Uncle Smarty Pants...I am referring to law and policy but you just don't get it so just shut up! You shame the left wings!!

What do you believe was your greatest accomplishment and biggest failure while governor?

Is there anything our current governor is doing or did that you don't agree with? Anything you are impressed with?

why is the democratic party, and President say they were going to help home owner with mortgage problems? and that is a joke. I am a reason widow and had been try for 20 months to modified my mortgage with Bank of America. I have send paper work 13 time and had about 15 different customer rep. Why would i put another democratic in office, And i am Democratic. democratic party stop packing yourself on the back.. Start listening to people who put you in office

Mr. Kaine,

Do you believe in human-induced global climate change? If so, what will you do in the senate to address it?

A recent HBO series addressed the epidemic of obesity in the US, and suggested that enormous subsidies to the US corn & soybean industries are partly to blame. Do you support massive subsidies to US agriculture? What changes would you make to these subsidies, if any?

What principles will you follow in seeking to bring down the national debt? How much do you think we should reduce our deficit and how?

None of these questions will be addressed with an honest answer. Tim Kaine is a joke and just another DNC professional politician.

What are your views on: tax reform, campaign finance reform, public employee unions and their pay/pensions, immigration reform, getting rid of the testing madness and the dumbing down of our schools, the link between autism and vaccines, getting high-fructose corn syrup out of processed foods, & changing 401(k) rules to enable people to save for retirement without having to play the stock market & keep their money in their local area to spur business investment.

Mr. Kaine,

What are you going to do about all the illegals in our country whose kids are overcrowding our schools and we the tax payers are paying for. Our schools are no longer one building but a building and a trailer park in the back. Homes in our neighborhood have three and four families in one house which causes our home values to decline. How are you going to fix this problem.

Judy Heffner - The majority of new jobs are created by small businesses but many are still unable to get loans to grow or start. What can we do to increase capital for more small businesses to start up?

Governor Kaine, if elected Senator, will you agree to stop these stupid diversionary issues like "the war on women" that your party perpetuates? A real war on women is happening in the Middle East and other parts of this world where women do not have the right to work, drive, own property or are sexually trafficked. Please pledge to deal with the REAL issues, including protections of women's health, without this ridiculous rhetoric adopted by the Democratic party. Good luck in your race.

The article from today's ask Kaine session can be viewed here: http://reston.patch.com/articles/tim-kaine