Survey of 2010 Senate campaign websites


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Abortion     Steve Pearce: 100% pro-life; stand up for life.     Curtis Coleman: Supports umbilical stem cell research, but not embryonic.     Jim Bender: Let states decide; no federal funding.     Joe Miller: Unequivocally pro-life from moment of conception.     Joe Miller: No destruction of living human embryos for medical research.     Joe DioGuardi: All life is precious; abortion is an unfortunate symptom.     Richard Blumenthal: Fight to protect a woman's right to choose.     Bernard DeCastro: Man is made in image of God; so sanctity of all human life.     Ken Buck: Oppose federal funding & protect the unborn.     Elaine Marshall: Protect reproductive choice.     Eric Wargotz: Respect God and preserve Life.     Linda McMahon: Pro-choice but with limited federal funding.     Roxanne Conlin: Support women's right to reproductive freedom.     Mike Lee: Return to states the power to protect unborn human life.     Rand Paul: Life begins at conception.     Sharron Angle: All human life is precious.     Ron Johnson: Pro-life & pro-family.     Peter Konetchy: No moral right to kill unborn babies in the womb.     Marco Rubio: No right to privacy, that resulted in the Roe v. Wade.     Marco Rubio: Require ultrasounds before performing abortions.     Alexi Giannoulias: Protect Roe v. Wade; fund prevention and contraception.     Jane Norton: Pro-life and oppose all federal funding of abortion.     Joe Sestak: Right to choose is part of securing future for women.     Lee Fisher: Committed to upholding the rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade.     Pat Toomey: Pro-life; encourage adoption over abortion.     Rob Portman: Ban Partial Birth Abortion & Overseas Abortion funding.     Trey Grayson: Supports a Human Life Amendment.     Jennifer Brunner: Support a woman's right to choose.     Alan Khazei: Right to safe & legal abortion is indispensable.     Alan Khazei: Champion stem cell research for its great promise.     Martha Coakley: Steadfast champion of Roe v. Wade.     Michael Capuano: Strongly supports a woman's right to choose.     Stephen Pagliuca: Pro-choice including federal funding.     Martha Coakley: Streamline approval process for stem cell research.

Budget & Economy     Jack Orchulli: Enforce the constitutional spending CAP backed by facts.     Len Britton: Eliminate earmarks and set balanced-budget targets.     Jim Huffman: Flawed premise: government cannot be source of growth.     Cam Cavasso: Transition to currency backed by intrinsic value.     Eric Wargotz: For balanced budget amendment; against bailouts.     Joe DioGuardi: 1992: Wrote a book warning of fiscal responsibility.     Joe DioGuardi: Strong advocate of "Paygo".     Roxanne Conlin: Hold Grassley accountable for Wall Street greed.     Scott McAdams: Never print more money to fund big bank bailouts.     Mike Lee: A balanced budget amendment is essential.     Mike Lee: Constitutional amendment for balanced budget.     Rand Paul: No federal bailouts of private industry.     Ron Johnson: Washington went on $13T spending spree; now adding $3T more.     Bob Smith: I oppose bailouts for private industry.     Cal Cunningham: Recession resulted from risky investment behavior.     Nancy Turbak Berry: People-friendly economic development.     Eric Deaton: Supports Balanced Budget and a strong U.S. dollar.     Tom Alciere: Adopt the gold standard, & metric system for monetary policy.     Tom Alciere: Against all un-Constitutional federal spending.     Tom Alciere: Against FDIC bank deposit insurance.     Marco Rubio: Support balanced budget amendment and line-item veto.     Alexi Giannoulias: Bush-Cheney policies bailed out banks & created crisis.     Jack Conway: IRS bailouts reward banks for poor business practices.     Jane Norton: Economic recovery depends on lower taxes & balanced budget.     Jim Bender: $11.4 trillion debt is unsustainable and reckless.     Joe L. Kennedy: Audit the FED, and perhaps end it for mishandling funds.     Joe L. Kennedy: Answer to majority of problems is free-market economy.     Joe Sestak: State revenue has declined due to lower employment.     Kendrick Meek: $800B stimulus helps, while 95% get tax cuts.     Lee Fisher: Reduce deficit with pay-as-you-go budget rules.     Mark Kirk: Create bipartisan oversight panel for stimulus trillion.     Rob Simmons: Oppose reckless spending & higher taxes of failed "stimulus".     Robin Carnahan: Heart of our economy is Main Street--not Wall Street.     Trey Grayson: Bush Administration not responsible for wasteful 'stimulus'.     Jennifer Brunner: Oversight of stimulus funding & caps on credit card fees.     Alan Khazei: End recession by creating jobs and consumer spending.     Martha Coakley: Increase safe, affordable housing; end predatory lending.     Stephen Pagliuca: Transparency & accountability in regulating financial system.     Stephen Pagliuca: Create jobs via robust economic growth.     Michael Bennet: Transparency on paying for tax cuts and spending programs.

Civil Rights     Steve Pearce: Stand up for traditional marriage.     Curtis Coleman: Marriage is the union of one man and one woman.     Rodney Glassman: Protect against age, race, & gender discrimination.     Rodney Glassman: Women veterans earn $10K less than male vets.     Jim Bender: Marriage is between a man and a woman.     Lisa Johnston: Embracing diversity strengthens us as a nation.     Richard Blumenthal: Support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.     Bernard DeCastro: The Bible is clear: marriage is one man & one woman.     New Testament: OpEd: Bible is clear: marriage is one man & one woman.     Mark Myles: Government should never deny anyone their fundamental rights.     Elaine Marshall: End Defense of Marriage Act and sexual discrimination.     Elaine Marshall: Enacting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.     Lee Fisher: Same rights regardless of sexual orientation.     Roxanne Conlin: 1970s: Discrimination on basis of pregnancy made illegal.     Roxanne Conlin: Pass Paycheck Fairness Act to close gender pay gap.     Roxanne Conlin: Supports marriage equality for same-sex couples.     Scott McAdams: No outside interest should impedes who we love.     Ron Johnson: Marriage is between one man and one woman.     Alexi Giannoulias: Repeal DOMA; make all civil marriages equal.     Alexi Giannoulias: Narrow the pay disparity for women.     Jane Norton: Define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.     Joe L. Kennedy: Let each religion determine rules of same sex marriage.     Joe Sestak: Equal LGBT rights.     Joe Sestak: Create new contract opportunities for MWOB small businesses.     Lee Fisher: Equal Pay for Equal Work: fair pay for women.     Pat Toomey: Protect the institution of marriage.     Jennifer Brunner: Marriage equality for same sex and transgendered couples.     Alan Khazei: Repeal DOMA; work for LGBT right to marry.     Alan Khazei: $5M/year to support women- and minority-owned businesses.     Martha Coakley: Repeal DOMA: full rights for same-sex couples.     Martha Coakley: End discrimination on basis of race, gender, and disability.     Michael Capuano: Funding to help women who are raped as a weapon of war.     Stephen Pagliuca: Overturn DOMA, and support marriage equality.

Corporations     Len Britton: Obama stimulus wasn't designed for small business.     Linda McMahon: Reduce the corporate tax rate.     Rodney Glassman: Tax Wall Street bonuses like we tax regular income.     Jack Conway: Shut down offshore tax shelters; stop shipping jobs overseas.     Lisa Johnston: Ensure that U.S. corporations pay U.S. taxes.     Ken Buck: It's bad when the government owns car companies.     Sam Granato: Laws should support small business, not just look good.     Tracy Potter: Voted for corporate income tax relief.     Richard Blumenthal: End bonuses for companies that owe taxpayer bailout money.     Bob Smith: Picking industry winners is unconstitutional & immoral.     Rodney Glassman: It's wrong that half of corporations pay NO income taxes.     Marco Rubio: Eliminate taxes on capital gains; lower corporate tax rates.     Alexi Giannoulias: Rein in financial institutions & stimulate small businesses.     Carly Fiorina: Focus on supporting small family-owned businesses.     Jim Bender: Extensive experience building businesses in private sector.     Kelly Ayotte: Understands the importance of small businesses.     Kendrick Meek: Washington favored Wall Street over Main Street for too long.     Pat Toomey: Cut tax on capital gains and cut corporate tax rate.     Rob Simmons: Fight job-killing burden of high taxes and red-tape.     Martha Coakley: Don't take business for granted; both small and large.

Crime     Jack Conway: Created a Cybercrimes Unit, to crack down on child porn.     Jim Bender: Some crimes deserve the death penalty.     Joe Miller: Opposes federal hate crime legislation.     Richard Blumenthal: Crack down on sexual predators; end domestic violence.     Linda McMahon: Supports capital punishment.     Alvin Greene: Make sure the punishment fits the crime.     Charlie Crist: Stop Turning Out Prisoners: serve at least 85% of sentence.     Kelly Ayotte: Tough-on-crime prosecutor.     Kelly Ayotte: Prosecuted first N.H. capital murder cases in over 60 years.     Lee Fisher: Created Ohio's first DNA database.     Alan Khazei: Strongly opposes the death penalty as ineffective & wrong.     Michael Capuano: Opposes the death penalty.     Scott Brown: Leader in reforming the state's sex offender laws.     Martha Coakley: Criminal defense lawyer before switching to prosecution.     Martha Coakley: As Middlesex DA, passionate advocate for public safety.

Drugs     Joe L. Kennedy: Let states determine marijuana laws.     Lee Fisher: Rid our streets of violence and illegal drugs.     Lee Fisher: Created the award-winning Operation Crackdown program.     Kelly Ayotte: Enforce our drug laws.

Education     Peter Konetchy: Teach students that our rights are God-given.     Peter Konetchy: Replace federal intervention with local controls & vouchers.     Jay Townsend: Force public schools to compete with private schools.     Jim Bender: Increase school choice through vouchers and home-schooling.     Christine O`Donnell: Pledge of Allegiance should include "Under God".     Lisa Johnston: K-12 education must be a top priority.     Richard Blumenthal: More resources for teaching as a profession.     Bernard DeCastro: Put God and patriotism back in our public schools.     Bernard DeCastro: Dismantle the NEA and give parents the right to choose.     Alexander Snitker: Something similar to vouchers as an interim solution.     Mark Myles: Our country was built on the notion of public education.     Tom Sullivan: Smaller classrooms and increased funding.     Tom Sullivan: I firmly believe in a separation between church and state.     Cam Cavasso: Remove the monopoly of public education.     Chris Coons: Every student deserves a quality public education.     Elaine Marshall: Sound public education starts with fair teacher pay.     Joe DioGuardi: Rethink our funding formulas for schools.     Linda McMahon: Supports competition, charters, and teacher review.     Roxanne Conlin: Invest in education: fund K-12 & retain teachers.     Scott McAdams: One-size-fits-all policies have no place in rural schools.     Alvin Greene: More Parental Involvement and Better Facilities.     Mike Lee: No federal role in education.     Rand Paul: Support homeschooling and parental responsibility.     Sharron Angle: Decisions are best made by local teachers & parents.     Ron Johnson: One-size-fits-all approach doesn't fit Wisconsin.     Cal Cunningham: Every student is entitled to the resources they need.     Mullins McLeod: Improve public education by cutting class size & reforms.     Nancy Turbak Berry: Invest in early development; enhance public education.     Andrew Romanoff: Public-private partnerships for education, R&D, and science.     Andrew Romanoff: Our workforce & our democracy depend on free public schools.     Rodney Glassman: Reward great teachers who will make a difference.     Alexi Giannoulias: Invest in early childhood education.     Charlie Crist: As Commissioner of Educ., implemented school accountability.     Charlie Crist: Father served on the Pinellas County School Board.     Joe L. Kennedy: The "No Child Left Behind" program should be left behind.     Joe L. Kennedy: Eliminate the Federal Department of Education.     Joe Sestak: Improve our nation's schools and make college accessible.     Lee Fisher: Where you grow up should not determine where you end up.     Mark Kirk: Improve public education with local Education Advisory Board.     Jennifer Brunner: Mainstream public education for kids with disabilities.     Alan Khazei: Make public education the civil rights issue of 21st century.     Alan Khazei: Double the federal charter school investment.     Martha Coakley: Supports well-funded public education system.     Martha Coakley: Concerned about financial impact of charter schools.     Alan Khazei: ServiceNation: volunteers for improving education& mentoring.     Stephen Pagliuca: Healthy mix of private, charter, and public schools.     Stephen Pagliuca: Reward performance and aptitude in teachers.     Stephen Pagliuca: Universal pre-kindergarten, regardless of parents' income.

Energy & Oil     Peter Konetchy: I believe in natural Climate Change, not caused by humans.     Curtis Coleman: Use every American energy source to end external dependency.     Curtis Coleman: Cap-and-trade is a massive tax on energy consumption.     Len Britton: Wean off fossil fuels; start new nuclear plants.     Linda McMahon: More nuclear power; more domestic oil.     Jim Bender: Diversify: nuclear, wind, solar, geothermal, and clean coal.     Joe Miller: Science supporting manmade climate change is inconclusive.     Lisa Johnston: Encourage emerging green technology.     Richard Blumenthal: America must win race for Green Energy.     Bernard DeCastro: New sources of nuclear power, domestic gas and oil.     Bernard DeCastro: Cap & Trade is a rip-off from the far left.     Scott McAdams: Develop resources using highest environmental standards.     Ken Buck: Continue our traditional sources of energy.     Jay Townsend: Cap-and-trade bill makes a bad situation worse.     Jim Huffman: Cap & Trade scheme would produce ruinous uncertainty.     Mark Myles: Expand offshore drilling and natural gas in the short-term.     Tom Sullivan: Develop biodiesel, wind, solar, nuclear and geothermal.     Chris Coons: Buildup of carbon dioxide is unsustainable.     Chris Coons: Oil drilling poses an environmental risk.     Elaine Marshall: Reduce carbon emissions & invest in wind & solar.     Eric Wargotz: Invest in wind, solar, clean coal, nuclear energy, oil & gas.     Joe DioGuardi: Support alternatives such as wind, solar, & nuclear.     Kelly Ayotte: Responsibly expand domestic gas and oil.     Linda McMahon: Oppose cap-and-trade; support offshore drilling.     Roxanne Conlin: Invest in homegrown alternatives to foreign oil.     Roxanne Conlin: Focus on the sun, the wind, and biomass.     William Barnes: Big Oil prevents development of alternative energy.     Alvin Greene: Implement Alternative Forms of Energy.     Dino Rossi: Polluters pay for environmental degradation.     Mike Lee: Drill ANWR; lease shale oil lands; develop clean coal.     Rand Paul: Energy crisis stems from too much government intervention.     Sharron Angle: Build our vast domestic coal and natural gas resources.     Sharron Angle: Ending offshore drilling due to BP is an over-reaction.     Ron Johnson: Increase domestic oil, clean coal, natural gas, & nuclear.     Bob Smith: Cap-and-trade has huge costs for utilities & taxpayers.     Cal Cunningham: Incentivize clean energy technologies.     Mullins McLeod: New Energy for SC: develop a green economy.     Andrew Romanoff: National goal of zero net energy use at federal facilities.     Rodney Glassman: Invest in clean renewable energy.     Marco Rubio: Cap-and-trade scheme destroys jobs.     Marco Rubio: Explore ANWR & outer continental shelf.     Alexi Giannoulias: Put price on global warming pollution to spur investment.     Carly Fiorina: Use every source, including nuclear and clean coal.     Jane Norton: Oppose cap-and-trade; support all-of-the-above.     Joe Sestak: Reduce greenhouse emissions & stop global warming.     Lee Fisher: 25% advanced and alternative energy by 2025.     Mark Kirk: Supports nuclear energy, Yucca Mountain, and new refineries.     Pat Toomey: Drill ANWR; drill offshore; drill Marcellus Shale.     Rob Portman: Expanding nuclear energy is a safe and practical.     Rob Portman: Cap-and-trade energy tax will force plants to close.     Robin Carnahan: Opportunity for clean, homegrown, affordable energy.     Robin Carnahan: Free ourselves from unhealthy dependence on foreign oil.     Roy Blunt: Cap-and-trade is a massive new tax, $1,761 annually each.     Trey Grayson: No cap and trade; it kills manufacturing jobs.     Jennifer Brunner: Commercialize clean energy for economic well-being.     Jennifer Brunner: Find energy sources that are abundant and low cost.     Alan Khazei: Invest in renewable energy like solar, wind, and biofuels.     Alan Khazei: Implement cap-and-trade to reverse climate change.     Jack Conway: Opposes cap-&-trade bill; it costs miners $1800 a year.     Martha Coakley: National cap-and-trade market-based CO2 reduction.     Stephen Pagliuca: Invest in clean, renewable energy.     Stephen Pagliuca: Support Cape Wind as America's first offshore wind farm.

Environment     Chris Coons: Protect the environment by becoming environmental stewards.     Joe Manchin III: Post Mine Land Use bill: restoration plan after mining.     Mike Lee: Utah suffers from federal control of 70% of Utah land.     Jim Huffman: Feds own 50% of Oregon and they keep it locked up.     Mark Myles: Companies like BP spoiling environment pay all cleanup costs.     Richard Blumenthal: Fought unfair utility rates & environmental wrongdoing.     Rodney Glassman: PhD in Arid Land Resource Sciences.     Rodney Glassman: Require new commercial development to harvest rainwater.     Kelly Ayotte: Served as student Editor of Environmental Law Journal.     Mark Kirk: Upgrade river & rail systems to expand agricultural exports.     Robin Carnahan: Provide stability and predictability to family farmers.     Jennifer Brunner: Help renew Ohio's cities to reach their full potential.     Martha Coakley: Clean up & redevelop contaminated brownfields.

Families & Children     Cam Cavasso: Stand up for traditions upon which America was built.     Sharron Angle: Worked on Constitutional Protection of Marriage Act.     Rodney Glassman: Raised $1M for children's charitable foundation.     Eric Deaton: Promote Family Values and Preserve the American Lifestyle.     Tom Alciere: No gay adoption; you can't make a baby that way.     Alexi Giannoulias: Strongly supports the Paid Parental Leave Act.     Jim Bender: Nothing is more important than family.     Lee Fisher: Wrote Ohio's Missing Children law & Clearinghouse.     Martha Coakley: Victim-centered prosecution of crimes against children.

Foreign Policy     Chris Coons: Strengthen international partnerships; responsibly exit Iraq.     Bernard DeCastro: Non-interventionist foreign policy, plus Monroe Doctrine.     Alexander Snitker: Bring all the troops home.     Mike Lee: Shared interest in defending Israel's security.     Alexi Giannoulias: Remain unwavering partner with Israel in shared struggle.     Alexi Giannoulias: Reunify Cyprus; bring religious freedom to Istanbul.     Joe L. Kennedy: Intervening in foreign affairs has damaged our reputation.     Kendrick Meek: Democratic change in Cuba, but allow visits until then.     Lee Fisher: Deploy all tools: diplomacy, strength, intel, & military.     Jennifer Brunner: Sustainable Israel-Palestinian two-state solution.

Free Trade     Jay Townsend: Capitalism and free market lift people out of poverty.     Linda McMahon: Implement Colombia, Panama, and Korea Free Trade Agreements.     Jim Huffman: Oregon should compete in thriving global economy.     Richard Blumenthal: Protect "Made in the USA" and "Made in Connecticut".     Marco Rubio: Continue reducing barriers to free and fair trade.     Mark Myles: Restore jobs here instead of outsourcing them overseas.     Chris Coons: Link fair trade with national security.     Elaine Marshall: End trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA that send jobs overseas.     Roxanne Conlin: Stop helping big corporations ship jobs overseas.     Scott McAdams: Wrong-headed policies have shipped American jobs overseas.     Alexi Giannoulias: Eliminate $200B in tax loopholes that ship jobs overseas.     Lee Fisher: Make sure trade agreements export Ohio goods, not Ohio jobs.     Mark Kirk: Develop ability to export goods to foreign markets.     Jennifer Brunner: Flawed trade policies have distorted benefits.     Jennifer Brunner: NAFTA and CAFTA have resulted in huge trade deficits.

Government Reform     Steve Pearce: Member of WasteWatchers: tax-&-spend is not the answer.     Len Britton: I intend to serve no more than two terms, not a lifetime.     Carly Fiorina: Abolish earmarks; limit federal salaries.     Jim Huffman: People lost confidence in Congress due to backroom deals.     Lisa Johnston: Fight special interests by plain-language laws on Internet.     Bernard DeCastro: Repeal 17th Amendment; empower state legislatures.     Alexander Snitker: Reconsider 17th Amendment and direct election of Senators.     Eric Wargotz: Fewer laws, greater liberty: support term limits.     Kelly Ayotte: End earmarks; post donations online.     Mike Lee: Reduce government bureaucracy to improve economy.     Mike Lee: Limit congressional terms to 12 years.     Rand Paul: Lobbyists' sole goal is to rip you off.     Sharron Angle: Close loopholes in campaign finance system.     Richard Blumenthal: I have never walked away from a fight against the public.     Richard Blumenthal: I have never walked away from a fight against the public.     Nancy Turbak Berry: Responsive, responsible government: people ahead of politics.     Tom Alciere: Supports the Doctrine of Enumerated Powers.     Tom Alciere: Shut down numerous cabinet departments.     Alexi Giannoulias: Public election financing reduces special interest influence.     Alexi Giannoulias: Wasteful programs go hand-in-hand with campaign contributors.     Jane Norton: Opposes earmarking in $787 billion "stimulus" plan.     Jane Norton: Only strict constructionists as federal judges.     Jim Bender: We don't need more career politicians; impose term limits.     Mark Kirk: End pay-to-play: no contributions from earmark recipients.     Rob Simmons: Public trust means no public office for private gain.     Alan Khazei: Organized successful "Save AmeriCorps" coalition.     Michael Capuano: Authored bill establishing Office of Congressional Ethics.

Gun Control     Rand Paul: 2nd amendment is only as good as the fourth amendment.     Jim Bender: Right to bear arms is a basic Constitutional liberty.     Christine O`Donnell: Strong support of 2nd Amendment rights.     Joe DioGuardi: Second Amendment protects an individual right.     Lisa Johnston: Guarantee both 1st and 2nd amendment rights.     Bernard DeCastro: I believe in the Second Amendment.     Charles Melancon: Hunting in Louisiana isn't just a sport--it's a way of life.     Ken Buck: No federal database of gun owners.     Alexander Snitker: Second Amendment is self-evident.     Tom Sullivan: Supports right to own a gun.     Eric Wargotz: Ardent supporter of second amendment; lifetime member of NRA.     Kelly Ayotte: Passionate supporter of individual right to bear arms.     Linda McMahon: Fully supports Second Amendment rights.     Mike Lee: Individual right to bear arms.     Rand Paul: Supports 2nd amendment; vote against restricting handguns.     Sharron Angle: Individual constitutionally protected right to bear arms.     Scott McAdams: Strongly supports Second Amendment.     Ron Johnson: Protect the Constitution's 2nd Amendment.     Peter Konetchy: Criminals prey on weak; they flee when we brandish a gun.     Bob Smith: I fought the gun grabbers in Congress for 18 years.     Marco Rubio: 2nd Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy.     Jane Norton: Strong supporter of the Second Amendment.     Joe L. Kennedy: Rather than banning guns, encourage gun education.     Pat Toomey: Proud supporter of the Second Amendment.     Rob Portman: Avid outdoorsman and lifelong hunter.     Trey Grayson: Strong supporter of the Second Amendment.     Jennifer Brunner: Second Amendment rights except for criminals and juveniles.     Alan Khazei: Ban assault weapons; strengthen background checks.

Health Care     Jack Orchulli: No billions for public option; keep skin in the game.     Peter Konetchy: The federal health care bill must be repealed!     Len Britton: Start over with a free-market focus.     Linda McMahon: Malpractice reform is the right approach.     Linda McMahon: Obamacare is the wrong approach.     Jack Conway: Repeal sweetheart deals due to pharma lobbying.     Jim Bender: Repeal ObamaCare; it limits choices by consumers.     Joe Miller: Repeal ObamaCare; it's unconstitutional and won't work.     Lisa Johnston: Guaranteed high quality care for all health conditions.     Richard Blumenthal: New health law is a start but does not do enough.     Bernard DeCastro: No public option; no government control.     Ken Buck: Government-run system infringes freedom & rations care.     Sam Granato: Obamacare is a start, but we still have a long way to go.     Jay Townsend: Schumer Plan skyrockets premiums; loses jobs; raises taxes.     Jay Townsend: Free and unfettered competition over European model.     Jim Huffman: No quasi-government takeover of the health care industry.     Jim Huffman: Tort reform; cross-state competition; catastrophic coverage.     Mark Myles: Provide free preventative care.     Mark Myles: End discrimination based on pre-existing conditions.     Tom Sullivan: Stop the worst abuses of the insurance industry.     Cam Cavasso: Incentivize a healthier nation.     Chris Coons: Longstanding need to fix health care system.     Elaine Marshall: End lifetime caps & exorbitant co-pays.     Eric Wargotz: Competition and flexibility will reduce cost.     Joe DioGuardi: Reduce government involvement in healthcare.     Kelly Ayotte: Reforms should lower costs and improve quality.     Roxanne Conlin: Reward quality of care, not quantity.     Roxanne Conlin: Moral imperative to prevent 45,000 deaths from lack of care.     Dino Rossi: Replace Pelosi-Reid healthcare with cheaper choices.     Mike Lee: Defund and repeal Obamacare.     Rand Paul: Replace over-regulation with free market principles.     Sharron Angle: Replace Obamacare mandates with tort reform & client pools.     Ron Johnson: Repeal ObamaCare; use market-based solutions.     Richard Blumenthal: Led the fight against tobacco companies' deceptive marketing.     Cal Cunningham: Reform is essential to our competitiveness & to our families.     Mullins McLeod: Drug re-importation will lower the cost of medicine.     Andrew Romanoff: Guaranteed coverage via single-payer model.     Rodney Glassman: Fix system so everyone who wants insurance can afford it.     Alexi Giannoulias: Supports quality, affordable health care for all.     Carly Fiorina: Start with medical malpractice reform & more competition.     Jane Norton: Competition is key to lower costs and increased access.     Joe L. Kennedy: Personal Medical Savings Accounts & free-market alternatives.     Joe Sestak: Shift away from fee-for-service programs.     Lee Fisher: Health care reform is both a moral and economic imperative.     Lee Fisher: Lower cost; ensure choice; expand coverage; no taxes.     Mark Kirk: Cut waste & fraud; don't raise taxes; don't cut Medicare.     Michael Bennet: Committee membership: Health, Education, Labor & Pensions.     Pat Toomey: Give choices and power to patients.     Rob Portman: Small business owners are fearful of current health debate.     Rob Simmons: No bureaucrats between patients and doctors.     Robin Carnahan: Access to quality, affordable health care for all.     Robin Carnahan: Stop denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.     Roy Blunt: Interstate competition among insurers; no denial of coverage.     Trey Grayson: No government-run insurance; no public option.     Jennifer Brunner: Everyone needs access to health care, not just wealthy.     Jack Conway: Require insurance companies to cover mammograms at age 40.     Alan Khazei: Health care is both a moral issue and an economic issue.     Martha Coakley: Expand coverage; improve quality; reduce costs.     Michael Capuano: Strong supporter of a public health insurance option.     Stephen Pagliuca: Every citizen should have access to quality health insurance.     Stephen Pagliuca: Computerized records for healthcare payment system.

Homeland Security     Len Britton: US has the greatest military in the world; give them more.     Carly Fiorina: Keep Gitmo; don't try foreign terrorists in civilian court.     Jay Townsend: Expand armed forces to ease burden in Afghanistan and Iraq.     Linda McMahon: Opposed to trying terrorists in civilian court.     Rand Paul: Warrantless searches overstep Constitutional powers.     Jim Bender: We must have strongest defensive capabilities in the world.     Christine O`Donnell: Don't grant terrorists precious Constitutional rights.     Joe DioGuardi: Focus on intelligence instead of war.     Lisa Johnston: We should never hastily initiate military conflict.     Richard Blumenthal: Military tribunals are appropriate for accused terrorists.     Roxanne Conlin: Opposes 30,000 troop surge in Afghanistan.     Bernard DeCastro: I believe in a strong military to keep US free.     Tracy Potter: Bring troops home from 120 countries around the globe.     Ken Buck: Fight for a strong national defense.     Alexander Snitker: Non-interventionism in military and in foreign aid.     Jay Townsend: Replace military retreat with robust defense spending.     Jim Huffman: No taxpayer-funded lawyers for captured terrorists.     Mark Myles: Strong national defense with global partners abroad.     Chris Coons: Link security with development and human rights.     Elaine Marshall: Focus on Pakistan and Al Qaeda, not Afghanistan.     Elaine Marshall: Repeal outdated "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.     Eric Wargotz: Ensure America has the best military in the world.     Joe DioGuardi: Enhance healthcare and retirement benefits for veterans.     Linda McMahon: We need a strong national defense second to none.     Dino Rossi: Make military finest in the world.     Mike Lee: Continue to develop cutting-edge weaponry.     Rand Paul: Treat armed service members like heroes.     Ron Johnson: Patriot Act is a necessary tool for law enforcement.     Richard Blumenthal: Deeply committed to a strong national defense.     Cal Cunningham: Focus on soft power: moral, economic, diplomatic & cultural.     Rodney Glassman: Give veterans the best health care, disability, & pensions.     Alexi Giannoulias: Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.     Kelly Ayotte: Husband is an Iraq war veteran.     Kendrick Meek: No US contracts with companies linked to Darfur genocide.     Lee Fisher: If you serve your country, your country must serve you.     Mark Kirk: Don't bring terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the US.     Pat Toomey: Our country must have the strongest defense in the world.     Rob Simmons: Served in U.S. Army and the CIA.     Rob Simmons: Strengthen our national security both at home and abroad.     Robin Carnahan: Strong national security policy that strengthens military.     Roy Blunt: Support strongly the work of defense industry & armed forces.     Trey Grayson: Primary duty of federal government is national defense.     Jennifer Brunner: Comprehensive services for veterans, including mental health.     Alan Khazei: End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.     Alan Khazei: Full, mandatory funding for Department of Veterans Affairs.     Jack Conway: Improve health care and services for rural veterans.     Martha Coakley: Help veterans receive the benefits they deserve.     Michael Capuano: Opposed PATRIOT Act to support civil liberties.     Scott Brown: Culture of patriotism; vigorous homeland defense.     Scott Brown: Member of Massachusetts National Guard JAG Corps.     Michael Bennet: Increase military size & strength for new types of conflict.

Immigration     Rodney Glassman: Hire more border patrol; more border technology.     Jim Bender: America should secure her borders tight and solid.     Joe Miller: Opposes federal hate crime legislation.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Create a real path to earned citizenship.     Roxanne Conlin: No amnesty; secure the southern border.     Bernard DeCastro: Federal government has refused to enforce immigration laws.     Bernard DeCastro: Effective immigration maintains Borders, Language & Culture.     Ken Buck: Secure the border and say no to amnesty.     Mark Myles: People desiring citizenship pay a fee & earn citizenship.     Eric Wargotz: No amnesty; no rewards; more enforcement.     Joe DioGuardi: Enforce current immigration laws via employers & borders.     Kelly Ayotte: Stop the dangerous flow of illegal immigrants.     Linda McMahon: Immigration laws--like all laws--must be enforced.     Dino Rossi: No amnesty; finish a tall border fence.     Mike Lee: No guest workers; no amnesty.     Mike Lee: Secure the southern border with infrastructure investment.     Rand Paul: No amnesty; respect the law.     Sharron Angle: Secure our borders & enforce the law.     Ron Johnson: Secure the borders first; no blanket amnesty later.     Peter Konetchy: Immigrants must learn English; have sponsors; & be talented.     Bob Smith: Amnesty is unfair; deny opportunities for illegals.     Marco Rubio: Oppose amnesty in any reform.     Alexi Giannoulias: Comprehensive reform with responsible path to citizenship.     Alexi Giannoulias: Don't punish immigrant kids; DREAM Act yes; REAL ID no.     Jane Norton: Secure our borders; no amnesty.     Joe L. Kennedy: Tolerate illegal aliens as long as they contribute.     Kendrick Meek: Temporary Protected Status for Haitians living in the US.     Mark Kirk: Upgrade our nation's border security.     Pat Toomey: Oppose amnesty; respect the rule of law.     Trey Grayson: Finish the 700-mile fence on our southern border.     Alan Khazei: Immigration critical to our future; ok to earn citizenship.     Michael Bennet: Our borders not secure; create a path to citizenship.

Jobs     Len Britton: Borrowing program for small business to hire more.     Linda McMahon: People create jobs, not governments.     Lisa Johnston: Clean energy technology will create jobs.     Tom Sullivan: Job growth increases revenue without taxes.     Elaine Marshall: 15% refundable tax credit for new hires.     Linda McMahon: Opposed to Card Check legislation.     Roxanne Conlin: Small business tax credits to create jobs.     William Barnes: Must take action when unemployment rate exceeds 10%.     Alvin Greene: Let's Get South Carolina Back to Work!     Richard Blumenthal: Fight for job creation and aid to small businesses.     Mullins McLeod: A Plan for Change: Jobs Matter Most.     Eric Deaton: Job loss affects citizens more than any federal politicians.     Marco Rubio: Oppose card check & Employee Free Choice Act.     Alexi Giannoulias: Invest in clean energy jobs which cannot be outsourced.     Alexi Giannoulias: Evaluate workers on their abilities, not their identities.     Jim Bender: Member of three labor unions.     Joe Sestak: Ensure that women are provided fair wages.     Kendrick Meek: Supports minimum wage, organizing unions, and R&D.     Lee Fisher: Enforce collective bargaining and prevailing wage laws.     Pat Toomey: Government cannot create jobs, except by cutting taxes.     Rob Portman: Toured 16 Ohio manufacturing plants to ask about economy.     Rob Portman: Great concern about card-check legislation.     Roy Blunt: So-called "stimulus" has not delivered jobs.     Jennifer Brunner: Jobs are my number one issue.     Jennifer Brunner: Secret ballot vote on union collective bargaining.     Alan Khazei: Jobs Creation Tax Credit: 15% back for new jobs.     Martha Coakley: Keep historic industries like fishing in Massachusetts.     Stephen Pagliuca: Job creation will be my number one priority.

Principles & Values     Steve Pearce: Protect our right to prayer & faith.     Len Britton: Ninth-generation Vermont businessman.     Scott McAdams: No outside interest should impede where we pray.     Eric Wargotz: Traditional American Values & respect God.     Alvin Greene: BA from USC; USAF veteran for 13 years.     Rand Paul: A career doctor, not a career politician.     Mike Thurmond: Desperate need for fundamental change in Washington.     Richard Blumenthal: I hear your anger, frustration and real hurt.     Bob Smith: Our Constitution is under siege from all quarters.     Mullins McLeod: A Plan for Change: New Covenant with people of SC.     Rodney Glassman: Serves on Tucson City Council and as JAG in USAF.     Eric Deaton: I have felt unrepresented for too many years.     Charlie Crist: Humble roots led to values of lower taxes & less government.     Jim Bender: Led fundraising for a new church in Nashua.     Jim Bender: Graduate of Lowell Tech and Harvard.     Joe L. Kennedy: Too many candidates get elected for being not the other guy.     Kelly Ayotte: Married with two children.     Michael Bennet: Pragmatism and independent thinking at national level.     Roy Blunt: Checks and balances destroyed by liberal one-party control.     Rudy Garcia: Born, raised, and worked in Arizona.     Rudy Garcia: Recalled entire Bell Gardens City Council then became Mayor.     Alan Khazei: Co-founder of City Year and Be the Change.     Alan Khazei: Heritage is Italian and Iranian; raised in Boston and NH.     Michael Capuano: Heritage is Italian and Irish; born & raised in Somerville.     Michael Capuano: Served as mayor of Somerville; led MA Mayors' Association.     Stephen Pagliuca: Government role in advancing economic and social justice.     Scott Brown: Previously Wrentham Selectman, and State Rep.     Scott Brown: Graduate of Wakefield High, Tufts, and BC Law.

Social Security     Rodney Glassman: No risky scheme to benefit Wall Street with retirement funds.     Jack Conway: Oppose any effort to privatize.     Joe Sestak: Co-sponsored the Social Security Fairness Act.     Joe Sestak: Oppose privatization; would have lost income in recession.     Lisa Johnston: We must protect Social Security.     Richard Blumenthal: Protecting Medicare and Social Security from cutbacks.     Tracy Potter: Equalize payroll taxes by removing $106,800 cap.     Alexander Snitker: Optional individual ownership of retirement funds.     Mark Myles: Honor our commitment to provide for the elderly.     Elaine Marshall: Stand firm against risky privatization schemes.     Roxanne Conlin: Defend Social Security instead of privatizing it.     Mike Lee: $50 trillion in unfunded entitlements is unsustainable.     Sharron Angle: Redeem promised IOUs with a lockbox & personal accounts.     Lee Fisher: Strengthen, preserve and protect Social Security.     Robin Carnahan: Protect the benefits seniors have earned.     Martha Coakley: Safety net of Social Security is more important than eve.     Michael Bennet: Preserve the integrity of entitlement programs.     Michael Bennet: Strongly opposes privatizing or reducing benefits.

Tax Reform     Jack Orchulli: End over-spending by self-serving career politicians.     Linda McMahon: Hold top rates to 35% and keep capital gains rate down.     Jack Conway: Every child born owes $38,000 of national debt.     Richard Blumenthal: Extend Bush tax cuts only for people earning under $250K.     Bernard DeCastro: Repeal 16th Amendment; adopt a FairTax.     Ken Buck: Endless spending in Congress means higher taxes.     Alexander Snitker: FairTax: simple, fair, understandable, & encourages growth.     Jay Townsend: Don't allow Bush tax cuts to expire.     Cam Cavasso: For Fair Tax and Taxpayer Protection Pledge.     Elaine Marshall: One-time $1,200 income tax credit for earners under $100,000.     Eric Wargotz: Flat Tax: Make taxes simple, transparent and pro-growth.     Dino Rossi: Lower taxes promote economic growth.     Mike Lee: Supports the FairTax and the flat tax.     Rand Paul: Lower taxes encourage spending, saving, and investing.     Sharron Angle: Consistent vote against unnecessary tax increases.     Tracy Potter: Sponsored $138M income tax relief bill.     Mike Thurmond: Reward achievement and entrepreneurship.     Mullins McLeod: Lower the tax burden on SC families.     Eric Deaton: Support the FairTax; oppose complicated tax systems.     Marco Rubio: Simplify our tax code; reduce the tax burden.     Alexi Giannoulias: Extend $8000 homebuyer credit; one-year payroll tax holiday.     Carly Fiorina: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new or increased taxes.     Jim Bender: Simplify the tax code and other government regulations.     Lee Fisher: Let tax cuts on wealthy expire, to pay for health reform.     Mark Kirk: Tax increase is surest way to turn recession into depression.     Trey Grayson: Make recent tax cuts permanent.     Peter Konetchy: Replace IRS with excise tax and tax on states, not people.     Michael Bennet: Target tax cuts to struggling middle class families.

Technology     William Barnes: Replace the internal combustion engine.     Mullins McLeod: South Carolina is a state of innovation.     Mullins McLeod: Poor roads slow industrial development and tourism.     Tom Alciere: Adopt the metric system.     Carly Fiorina: Post federal budgets on Internet for public comment.     Charlie Crist: Toughened penalties for identity theft and Internet spam.     Jim Bender: Helped start a personal computers peripherals business.     Stephen Pagliuca: Invest in life sciences and green technology.

War & Peace     Len Britton: No clear mission and strategy in Afghanistan; so depart.     Chris Coons: Responsibly end the war in Iraq.     Marco Rubio: 2007 troop surge was the right thing to do.     Jim Bender: No arbitrary deadline for leaving Afghanistan and Iraq.     Joe DioGuardi: Afghanistan was a war of choice.     Lisa Johnston: We have spent gigantic amounts of US taxpayer money in Iraq.     Richard Blumenthal: Withdraw US combat troops from Iraq.     Jim Huffman: War on terror is a real conflict against a toxic ideology.     Elaine Marshall: Bogged down in two wars that drain resources.     Joe DioGuardi: Iraq was a mistake; develop intelligence instead of war.     Linda McMahon: Bring home troops from Afghanistan in victory, not defeat.     Roxanne Conlin: Oppose addition of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.     Dino Rossi: Ensure victory against jihadists including in Iraq.     Mike Lee: Militarily pressure Iran to abandon nuclear weapons ambition.     Mike Lee: Stay in Afghanistan until all targets are neutralized.     Sharron Angle: Staunch supporter of strong sanctions against rogue nations.     John Hoeven: Empower commanders to decide when we're done in Afghanistan.     Bob Smith: No unconditional withdrawal from engagement in Afghanistan.     Alexi Giannoulias: Stand firmly and unequivocally against Iranian aggression.     Alexi Giannoulias: Expel al Qaeda from Afghanistan, then end commitment.     Alexi Giannoulias: Withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2010.     Joe L. Kennedy: Afghanistan: we cannot end a war by escalating it.     Joe L. Kennedy: Always opposed invasion and occupation of Iraq.     Joe Sestak: Ensure stability as we draw down our forces in Iraq.     Kendrick Meek: Consistent advocate of drawdown in Iraq; focus on al-Qaeda.     Kendrick Meek: Supporter of US aid to Israel, both in peace & conflict.     Lee Fisher: Responsibly end the war in Iraq; train Afghan troops & exit.     Lee Fisher: Stop Iran & North Korea from developing or acquiring nukes.     Mark Kirk: Win the Global War on Terror.     Mark Kirk: Stop Iran's nuclear & ballistic missile programs.     Robin Carnahan: Stand up to Iran and North Korea.     Jennifer Brunner: Targeted sanctions against Iran's developing nuclear weapons.     Alan Khazei: Strongly opposed Iraq War & Bush doctrine of preventive.     Martha Coakley: End the war in Iraq by 2011.     Michael Capuano: Consistent and outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq.     Stephen Pagliuca: Vocal critic of going into Iraq.     Stephen Pagliuca: Draw down our forces in Afghanistan.

Welfare & Poverty     Peter Konetchy: Voluntary charity from family & church, not government.     Andrew Romanoff: Use the EITC to reward work and reduce poverty.     Joe L. Kennedy: Replace welfare system with private charities.     Alan Khazei: City Year modeled as domestic Peace Corps.     Alan Khazei: Crafted Serve America Act: community and faith-based service.     Michael Capuano: Preserve and expand affordable housing opportunities.

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