| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Michael Bennet: Stimulus bill avoided Depression; now we need infrastructure.
Mark Kirk: Obama has brought $43,000 debt to every American.
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Civil Rights
Ken Buck: Being gay is a choice, but birth has an influence.
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Corporations
Alexi Giannoulias: TARP needs more oversight & bank accountability.
Alexi Giannoulias: Main Street needs increased access to capital lending.
Mark Kirk: Small business Bill of Rights: 10-point pro-growth agenda.
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Crime
Ken Buck: 2006: Declined to prosecute "buyer's remorse" date-rape case.
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Government Reform
Ken Buck: Not, repeat not, for repealing the 17th Amendment.
Mark Kirk: Support a line item veto; cut spending across the board.
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Health Care
Alexi Giannoulias: Reform it and fix it: negotiate drug rates for Medicare.
Mark Kirk: Repeal Obamacare, then offer a better alternative.
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Homeland Security
Mark Kirk: No F-25 engine; no joint forces command.
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Principles & Values
Ken Buck: Tea Party is based on frustration, not racism.
Alexi Giannoulias: Aware his Broadway Bank lent to criminals, but not extent.
Mark Kirk: Takes responsibility for carelessness about military record.
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Social Security
Alexi Giannoulias: Increase taxable wage base instead of raising retirement age.
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Tax Reform
Ken Buck: Extend Bush tax cuts & cut spending to pay for it.
Mark Kirk: Ending Bush tax cuts may cause double-dip recession.
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War & Peace
Ken Buck: No deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Michael Bennet: Commit to bring home troops from Afghanistan in July 2011.
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