Michael Steele on Abortion

• Support stem cell research that involves no embryonic cells. (Oct 2006)
• See embryonic stem cells as lives. (Oct 2006)
• Set up adoptions for unwanted embryos. (Oct 2006)
• Roe v. Wade should remain in place. (Oct 2006)
• More funding for adult stem-cell research, but not embryonic. (Oct 2006)
• Supports Bush's veto of embryonic stem cell research. (Aug 2006)
• Support stem cell research that does not destroy embryos. (Aug 2006)
• Pro-life Republicanism is mainstream of America. (Apr 2006)
• Pro-life, but we have to live with 33 years of reality. (Mar 2006)

Michael Steele on Budget & Economy

• Deficit spending mortgages our great grandchildren's future. (Aug 2006)

Michael Steele on Civil Rights

• Support affirmative action and its improvements. (Oct 2006)
• Affirmative action programs still necessary to close divides. (Aug 2006)
• Marriage is a covenant between a man, a woman and God only. (May 2006)
• We're still discovering affirmative action in corporations. (Apr 2006)
• Led commitment to $70M in grants to minority-owned business. (Apr 2006)
• Affirms marriage is between one man and one woman. (Jan 2006)
• Move struggle to right to own the diner, not just sit in it. (Oct 2005)

Michael Steele on Corporations

• Expand minority-owned business opportunities. (May 2006)

Michael Steele on Crime

• More focus on victims of violent crime. (Oct 2006)
• Mandatory sentencing guidelines for child sex offenders. (Oct 2006)
• Combat the proliferation of gangs. (May 2006)
• Personally opposed to the death penalty. (Mar 2006)
• Use anti-terrorism tools on criminals in our neighborhoods. (Oct 2005)

Michael Steele on Drugs

• More enforcement against Drug Trafficking. (Oct 2006)

Michael Steele on Education

• Oppose the No Child Left Behind Act. (Oct 2006)
• Standardized tests keep teachers from educating students. (Aug 2006)
• Reinstate college-level grant and loan programs. (Aug 2006)
• Don't trap poor kids in failing schools. (Oct 2005)

Michael Steele on Energy & Oil

• Moratorium on gas taxes until price stabilizes. (Aug 2006)
• Create and sustain real energy independence. (Aug 2006)
• Solar and renewables are the energy sources for the future. (May 2006)
• More biomass, more hybrids, more fuel efficiency. (May 2006)

Michael Steele on Environment

• Revitalize the Chesapeake; focus on open space preservation. (May 2006)

Michael Steele on Families & Children

Michael Steele on Foreign Policy

Michael Steele on Free Trade

• Led trade mission to Ghana and South Africa. (Oct 2006)

Michael Steele on Government Reform

• I have to take money in small increments, in current system. (Oct 2006)
• Declines to sign Voters First Pledge for campaign reform. (Sep 2006)

Michael Steele on Gun Control

• No ban on guns; focus on enforcement instead. (Oct 2006)

Michael Steele on Health Care

• Let businesses avoid burdensome and ineffective system. (Aug 2006)
• Extend sign up period for the Medicare Rx Drug plan. (Aug 2006)
• I don't need government dictating socialized medicine. (Apr 2006)
• Spend more on care and less on bureaucracy. (Oct 2005)

Michael Steele on Homeland Security

• Rumsfeld wouldn't be my secretary of defense. (Oct 2006)
• Terrorism's tentacles penetrate within US and abroad. (Aug 2006)
• Supports secret biodefense research at Fort Detrick. (Aug 2006)
• More spending on biodefense. (Aug 2006)

Michael Steele on Immigration

• Opposes amnesty for undocumented workers. (Aug 2006)
• Secure our borders immediately; meaningful reform later. (Aug 2006)

Michael Steele on Jobs

Michael Steele on Principles & Values

• Proud to be a Republican and not running away from the party. (Oct 2006)
• Campaigns are about the man, not just about the issues. (Oct 2006)
• For Cardin to call himself a change agent is laughable. (Oct 2006)
• Cardin was hand-selected by Rep. Steny Hoyer. (Oct 2006)
• Knew difference between having dollars & having values. (Oct 2005)
• Independent-minded bridge between two parties. (Oct 2005)
• Empower people, instead of empowering government. (Oct 2005)
• Studied for priesthood and briefly took vows at a monastery. (Feb 2005)
• Suffered thrown Oreos during Lt. Gov. race. (Feb 2005)

Michael Steele on Social Security

• Flexibility for some ownership over retirement choices. (Oct 2006)

Michael Steele on Tax Reform

• Make tax relief permanent and repeal the death tax. (Aug 2006)
• Create legacy wealth for future generations. (May 2006)

Michael Steele on War & Peace

• We need a clear strategy, and to pressure Iraq gov't. (Oct 2006)
• Iraq war worth it, to establish beachhead of democracy. (Oct 2006)
• Would still vote for the Iraq war even there were no weapons. (Oct 2006)
• Withdrawal is on the table if Iraqis want a civil war. (Oct 2006)
• Make sure we leave behind in Iraq is an ally. (Oct 2006)
• Yes, I would have authorized the use of force in Iraq. (Oct 2006)
• Israel has the right to defend itself against Hezbollah. (Aug 2006)
• No timetable for Iraq; don't second-guess the president. (Aug 2006)
• No cut and run strategy in Iraq. (Aug 2006)
• Precipitous withdrawal from Iraq is dangerous. (Apr 2006)

Michael Steele on Welfare & Poverty

• Facilitated faith-based institutions to tap into resources. (Feb 2005)
• Government should have limited control over welfare & family. (Feb 2005)