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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Ben Cline: Life begins at conception.
Carol Miller: Life begins at conception; never allow abortion.
Chip Roy: Life begins at conception; don't fund Planned Parenthood.
Dan Crenshaw: Life begins at conception; don't fund Planned Parenthood.
Dan Meuser: Protect life from conception, except for rape & incest.
Greg Steube: Life begins at conception; exception only for maternal life.
Jim Baird: Protect life at conception; only exception is maternal life.
John Rose: Life begins at conception; don't fund Planned Parenthood.
Kevin Hern: Life begins at conception; abortion only for maternal life.
Mark E. Green: Protect unborn except when maternal life at risk.
Mark Harris: Life begins at conception; no exceptions on taking life.
Michael Waltz: Life begins at conception; only exception is maternal life.
Pete Stauber: Life begins at conception.
Ron Wright: Life begins at conception; never allow abortion.
Ross Spano: Life begins at conception; exception only for maternal life.
Russ Fulcher: Life begins at conception; adoption instead of abortion.
Steve Watkins: Protect life from conception, except for rape & incest.
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Budget & Economy
Carol Miller: Pass a balanced budget amendment to U.S. Constitution.
Chip Roy: Balance budget; cut spending; simplify taxes.
Dan Crenshaw: Balanced budget; flatter taxes; less burdensome regulations.
Dan Meuser: Pass a balanced budget; then cut taxes & regulations.
Greg Steube: Pass a balanced budget; then promote free market.
Jim Baird: Pass balanced budget; cut red tape; reduce regulations.
Kevin Hern: Pass a balanced budget; then cut spending.
Mark E. Green: Pass a balanced budget then get out of the way.
Mark Harris: Pass a balanced budget; ensure competition to drive growth.
Michael Waltz: Pass a balanced budget; focus on limited government.
Ron Wright: Pass a balanced budget then get out of the way.
Ross Spano: Pass a balanced budget, then low taxes & low regulations.
Russ Fulcher: Pass a balanced budget; then ensure open market.
Steve Watkins: Pass a balanced budget; preserve capitalism & free market.
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Corporations
Dan Meuser: Built a business; understand unique challenges of owners.
Kevin Hern: I am a job creator; I employ over 700 Oklahomans.
Mark E. Green: Big government kills small businesses.
Mark Harris: Continue to lower corporate tax rates.
Russ Fulcher: Simpler, lower taxes for small businesses.
Steve Watkins: Encourage corporations to keep jobs within our nation.
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Crime
Carol Miller: Supports the death penalty.
Chip Roy: Supports the death penalty.
Dan Crenshaw: Supports the death penalty.
Dan Meuser: Supports the death penalty.
Greg Steube: Supports the death penalty.
Jim Baird: Supports the death penalty.
Kevin Hern: Supports the death penalty.
Mark E. Green: Supports the death penalty.
Mark Harris: Supports the death penalty.
Michael Waltz: Supports the death penalty.
Ron Wright: Supports the death penalty.
Ross Spano: Supports the death penalty.
Russ Fulcher: Supports the death penalty.
Steve Watkins: Supports the death penalty.
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Education
Carol Miller: No tuition-free public college.
Chip Roy: No tuition-free public college.
Dan Crenshaw: No tuition-free public college.
Dan Meuser: No tuition-free public college.
Greg Steube: No tuition-free public college.
Jim Baird: No tuition-free public college.
Kevin Hern: No tuition-free public college.
Mark E. Green: No tuition-free public college.
Mark Harris: No tuition-free public college.
Michael Waltz: No tuition-free public college.
Ron Wright: No tuition-free public college.
Ross Spano: No tuition-free public college.
Russ Fulcher: No tuition-free public college.
Steve Watkins: No tuition-free public college.
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Energy & Oil
Chip Roy: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Dan Crenshaw: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Dan Meuser: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Greg Steube: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Jim Baird: Additional regulations needed to prevent climate change.
Kevin Hern: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Mark E. Green: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Mark Harris: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Michael Waltz: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Ron Wright: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Ross Spano: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Russ Fulcher: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
Steve Watkins: Regulating climate change is not a government responsibility.
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Families & Children
Ben Cline: Let businesses & groups act on their beliefs about marriage.
Carol Miller: Let businesses & groups act on their beliefs about marriage.
Chip Roy: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Dan Crenshaw: Let businesses act on their beliefs of marriage.
Dan Meuser: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Greg Steube: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Jim Baird: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Kevin Hern: Marriages are sacrament between one man and one woman.
Mark E. Green: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Mark Harris: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Michael Waltz: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Ron Wright: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Ross Spano: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Russ Fulcher: Marriages are one-man-one-woman; so are bathrooms.
Steve Watkins: Marriage is one-man-one-woman; let businesses act on that.
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Foreign Policy
Carol Miller: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Chip Roy: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Dan Crenshaw: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Dan Meuser: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Greg Steube: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Jim Baird: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Kevin Hern: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Mark E. Green: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Mark Harris: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Michael Waltz: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Ron Wright: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Ross Spano: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Russ Fulcher: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
Steve Watkins: Protect our sovereignty from the United Nations.
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Government Reform
Jim Baird: End the political class' grip on power in Washington.
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Gun Control
Carol Miller: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Chip Roy: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Dan Meuser: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Greg Steube: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Jim Baird: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
John Rose: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Kevin Hern: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Mark E. Green: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Mark Harris: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Michael Waltz: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Ron Wright: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Ross Spano: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Russ Fulcher: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
Steve Watkins: More restrictive gun control doesn't protect public safety.
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Health Care
Chip Roy: Health insurance via free market plus Medicaid block grants.
Dan Crenshaw: More HSAs and cross-state insurance, not government.
Dan Meuser: Affordable insurance via competition & HSAs.
Greg Steube: Health insurance via free market, not via government.
Jim Baird: Repeal ObamaCare & replace with free market driven system.
Kevin Hern: We must repeal ObamaCare; more HSAs and elf-insurance.
Mark E. Green: Repeal ObamaCare; put back free market principles.
Mark Harris: Market-based and patient driven reform.
Mark Harris: Health insurance is not a government responsibility.
Michael Waltz: Health insurance is not a government responsibility.
Michael Waltz: Health insurance is not a government responsibility.
Ron Wright: Health insurance across state lines, not from Washington.
Ross Spano: Insurance across state lines & via business associations.
Russ Fulcher: Health insurance is not a government responsibility.
Steve Watkins: Health insurance via true free-market approach.
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Homeland Security
Carol Miller: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Chip Roy: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Dan Crenshaw: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Dan Meuser: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Greg Steube: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Jim Baird: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Kevin Hern: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Mark E. Green: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Mark Harris: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Michael Waltz: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Ron Wright: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Ross Spano: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Russ Fulcher: Peace maintained via a strong military.
Steve Watkins: Peace maintained via a strong military.
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Immigration
Ben Cline: Build the border wall.
Carol Miller: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Chip Roy: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Dan Crenshaw: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Dan Meuser: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Greg Steube: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Jim Baird: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
John Rose: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Kevin Hern: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Mark E. Green: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Mark Harris: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Michael Waltz: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Ron Wright: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Ross Spano: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Russ Fulcher: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
Steve Watkins: Build the border wall, not sanctuary cities.
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Jobs
Chip Roy: Eliminating regulations (like livable income) creates jobs.
Dan Crenshaw: Removing regulations (like livable income) creates jobs.
Dan Meuser: Reducing regulations (like livable income) creates jobs.
Greg Steube: Livable income is not a government responsibility.
Jim Baird: Livable income no; free market yes.
Kevin Hern: No livable income; remove incentives of unemployment.
Mark E. Green: Rolling back regulations (like livable income) creates jobs.
Mark Harris: Job creators reduce unemployment, not "Livable income".
Michael Waltz: De-regulating reduces unemployment, not "Livable income".
Ron Wright: Livable income is not a government responsibility.
Ron Wright: Removing regulations (like livable income) creates jobs.
Ross Spano: Low taxes reduce unemployment, not "livable income".
Russ Fulcher: Robust growth reduces unemployment, not "livable income".
Steve Watkins: Livable income is not a government responsibility.
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Principles & Values
Carol Miller: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Chip Roy: Staff to Sen. Ted Cruz; advisor to Gov. Rick Perry.
Chip Roy: Government by Judeo-Christian values, not Sharia.
Dan Crenshaw: God saved me from death; I saw the power of prayer.
Dan Crenshaw: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Dan Meuser: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Dan Meuser: Absolute power corrupts absolutely; moral lives under God.
Greg Steube: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Jim Baird: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
John Rose: Religious liberty is at risk, but no Sharia in the U.S.
Kevin Hern: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Mark E. Green: I am a Christian and seek to honor God in all I do.
Mark E. Green: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Mark Harris: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Michael Waltz: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Ron Wright: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Ross Spano: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Russ Fulcher: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
Steve Watkins: Our limited government established by Judeo-Christian values.
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Social Security
Chip Roy: Allow investing Soc.Sec. taxes in private savings accounts.
Dan Crenshaw: Allow investing Soc.Sec. taxes in outside savings accounts.
Dan Meuser: No changes currently; look at reforms moving forward.
Greg Steube: Privatize Social Security for future generations.
Jim Baird: Prioritize funding to protect future generations.
Kevin Hern: Look at ways to privatize.
Mark E. Green: Reform Soc.Sec. for future generations.
Mark Harris: Reverse death spiral with complete overhaul.
Michael Waltz: Raise retirement age; adjust benefit formula.
Ron Wright: Raise retirement age; reduce benefit structure.
Ross Spano: Self-directed, defined contribution retirement plan.
Russ Fulcher: People should not have to rely strictly on Social Security.
Steve Watkins: Develop changes that are sustainable for future.
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Tax Reform
Chip Roy: Tax return on a postcard, with lower overall rates.
Dan Crenshaw: Decrease, flatten, simplify: GOP tax cuts was a great start.
Dan Meuser: Make tax system flatter, fairer and simpler.
Greg Steube: Lower taxes on businesses; flat tax to replace tax code.
Jim Baird: Simple and fair taxes are a big win for the economy.
Kevin Hern: Repeal 16th Amendment; strategically move to Flat Tax system.
Mark E. Green: Make GOP tax cuts permanent: the Laffer Curve is true.
Michael Waltz: Supports FairTax.
Ron Wright: Simplify taxes, with lower rates, or FairTax.
Ross Spano: I believe in a fair, flat, consumption tax.
Steve Watkins: Make Trump tax cuts permanent.
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Technology
Mark E. Green: Science has no morality; we need universal moral code.
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War & Peace
Carol Miller: Help defend Israel from attack by its enemies.
Chip Roy: Respond with full force of US military to terrorism.
Dan Crenshaw: Meet our foes on the battlefield; help defend Israel.
Dan Meuser: Help defend Israel; strengthen our military & intel.
Greg Steube: Help defend Israel; sanctions against terrorist states.
Jim Baird: Help Israel and allies fight terrorism.
Kevin Hern: Help defend Israel; support Trump's travel ban.
Mark E. Green: Defend Israel & allies from radical Islamic terrorism.
Mark Harris: Help defend Israel; the enemy is Islamic Terrorism.
Michael Waltz: Help defend Israel; undermine ideology of radical Islam.
Ron Wright: Help defend Israel & allies from terrorism & radical Islam.
Ross Spano: Help defend Israel; eliminate radical Islamic terrorists.
Russ Fulcher: Help defend Israel; fight the terrorists overseas.
Steve Watkins: Help defend Israel; eradicate radical Islamic terror.
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Welfare & Poverty
Kevin Hern: Stop incentivizing dependency on government welfare.
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