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===Political positions=== Capps has been described as a "solid liberal". In ''[[The Washingtonian (magazine)|The Washingtonian]]'' magazine's 2006 "Best and Worst of Congress" poll of congressional staffers, Capps was named the nicest member of Congress.<ref name="NJ Bio">{{cite web |title=Rep. Lois Capps (D) |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/lois-capps-ca/ |work=Almanac |publisher=National Journal |access-date=July 3, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Capps voted for the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012]] as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to detain American citizens and others without trial indefinitely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/ndaa-bill-how-did-your-congress-member-vote-384362|title=NDAA Bill: How Did Your Congress Member Vote?|website=[[International Business Times]]|date=December 16, 2011|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref> ;Health care Capps supported the Obama administration's economic stimulus and the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]].<ref name="nyt2010">{{cite web |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/california/23 | title = California 23rd District Profile | access-date = October 29, 2010 | date = October 29, 2010 |work = The New York Times}}</ref> She was strongly critical of the [[Stupak–Pitts Amendment]] to the latter, which placed limits on taxpayer-funding of abortions (except in the cases of rape, incest, or threat to the mother's life). Capps had earlier sponsored the [[Capps Amendment]], which was defeated and replaced by the [[Stupak Amendment]]. Capps introduced the [[National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013]] which would, if enacted, authorize the [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] to support, fund, and coordinate data from research on rare pediatric diseases. ;Foreign policy In 2012, she was the only member of the House to vote "no" on Resolution 556 to condemn the government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of [[Youcef Nadarkhani]] of the charge of apostasy. The resolution passed 417–1 with 15 non-votes.<ref name="House Resolution 556">{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll094.xml#NV | title = House Resolution 556 | access-date = March 1, 2012 | date = March 1, 2012 | work = clerk.house.gov}}</ref> Her spokeswoman later said that Capps strongly supported the resolution, but cast the no vote by mistake.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/house_condemns_iran_for_impris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308102608/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/house_condemns_iran_for_impris.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 8, 2012 | title = House condemns Iran for imprisonment of Christian minister |access-date = March 2, 2012 | date = March 2, 2012 | work = New Orleans Times-Picayune}}</ref> ;Environmental policy In 2004, the House passed her legislation prohibiting "comprehensive inventory of oil and gas resources beneath the outer continental shelf." She was also a vocal opponent of drilling for oil in the [[Los Padres National Forest]] and offshore drilling off the coast of California.<ref name="NJ Bio"/>
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