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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	No new embryonic stem cell lines, but existing research ok: Opposes topic 1 Don’t let judges decide on partial birth abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Partial-birth abortion is a barbaric practice: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	No affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Define marriage as between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Nebraska values include traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4 Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Giving all taxpayers federal coverage would cost $480B: Opposes topic 5 Opposes a single-payer government run program: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Use tobacco settlement for biomedical research: Favors topic 5 $6M increase in funding for mental health: Favors topic 5 More federal funding for rural health services: Favors topic 5 Establishment of Office of Health Care Fraud Prevention: Opposes topic 5 Reforms should slow the long-term growth of health costs: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Honor our commitment on Social Security: Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Rated 6% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes “No Child Left Behind”--leave it to states: Opposes topic 7 More teacher bonuses and incentives, locally decided: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (+2 points on Social scale)	More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 State primacy over water quantity & quality issues: Favors topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports death penalty for federal crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Juvenile justice package: more funding; more coordination: Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Zero tolerance for violence against government employees: Neutral on topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	I support the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	As governor I opposed higher taxes; will do same in Senate: Strongly Opposes topic 11 $60M in property tax relief over next two years: Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions: Neutral on topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Keep reduction of capital gains tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Secure the border, provide no amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure our borders; no amnesty; verifiable job enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Open up new markets for agricultural & beef exports: Strongly Favors topic 13 Sponsored bill for post-mad-cow access to Japan beef markets: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Negotiating with rogue nations squanders American prestige: Favors topic 15 Expand missile defense; & pre-emptive military strike policy: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	No surrender and retreat in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes Warner-Lieberman Climate Security Act: Opposes topic 18 Expand domestic oil production; reduce refinery regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship: Neutral on topic 18 Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions: Neutral on topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade: Opposes topic 18 YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 States should make drug policy, not feds: Neutral on topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Growing the economy will balance the budget over time: Opposes topic 20 Rated 29% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record: Neutral on topic 20 NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package: Strongly Opposes topic 20 NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20