Cal Dooley on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Favors topic 1 NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1 NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all: Neutral on topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses: Favors topic 2 NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(+5 points on Social scale) | More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Favors topic 3 NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Opposes
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(+2 points on Social scale) | Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 7% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Opposes topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4 |
Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(-3 points on Social scale) | Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 8 NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(+2 points on Social scale) | Rated 50% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation: Neutral on topic 9 YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology: Opposes topic 10 Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Opposes
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care: Favors topic 5 Rated 62% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues: Neutral on topic 5 YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Favors topic 5 NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Opposes topic 5 YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Opposes topic 5 YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Opposes topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Create Retirement Savings Accounts: Favors topic 6 Rated 25% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice: Opposes topic 7 Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Firmly opposed to Bush’s voucher proposal: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Rated 83% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7 |
Favors
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 Rated 55% by the LCV, indicating a mixed record on environment: Neutral on topic 18 YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(+5 points on Social scale) | NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Neutral on
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Economic scale) | Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs: Favors topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
Favors
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 33% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Build a rule-based global trading system: Favors topic 13 End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire : Strongly Favors topic 13 Free & fair trade is key to economic growth : Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 67% by CATO, indicating a pro-free trade voting record: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13 YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Opposes topic 13 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(-3 points on Social scale) | Rated 56% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues: Neutral on topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on deploying SDI: Favors topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-3 points on Economic scale) | YES on banning soft money and issue ads: Favors topic 16 NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Opposes topic 16 YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Favors topic 16 |
Neutral on
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes
topic 17:US out of Iraq & Afghanistan
(-3 points on Social scale) | Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence: Favors topic 17 YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |