 On social issues , Booker supports abortion rights , affirmative action , and same @-@ sex marriage . He supports ending the War on Drugs . On economic issues , he supports long @-@ term deficit reduction efforts to ensure economic prosperity , Cap and Trade taxation to combat climate change , and increased funding for education . Booker is a supporter of the DREAM Act and the Patriot Act , stating the abolition of the latter would be " a little irresponsible " , although he does support some reform of it . 
