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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban abortion with exceptions for rape, incest, or threat: Opposes topic 1 Focus on things that Downs' kids CAN do: Opposes topic 1 Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion: Opposes topic 1 Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 CC:De-fund Planned Parenthood: Opposes topic 1 CC:Parental notification for abortions by minors: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Sponsored bill to protect infant survivors of abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment: Opposes topic 1 Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Rated 19% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rated Keep deadline for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rated Voted against combating Islamophobia: Opposes topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism: Strongly Favors topic 3 CC:Sexual preference is not a protected right: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Recognize Christianity's importance to western civilization: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 5 Provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE: Favors topic 5 NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health: Opposes topic 5 YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids: Strongly Favors topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Opposes topic 5 YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Favors topic 5 YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: Favors topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Never vote to cut Social Security benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 12% by ARA, indicating a mixed record on senior issues: Neutral on topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind: Favors topic 7 Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 CC:Vouchers for private schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on $40B for green public schools: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Restrict funding for EPA's water quality standards: Strongly Favors topic 8 Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8 NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: Favors topic 8
Neutral on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	Rated 69% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 Rated Keep existing rules for police accountability: Favors topic 9 YES on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society: Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports bump stock ban & some background checks: Opposes topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message: Favors topic 10 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Unrestricted right to bear arms, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated Voted NO on background check for every firearm sale: Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated Voted NO on background checks for private transfers: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax cuts make companies invest in America again: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal the estate tax: Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Death Tax is a pernicious double tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 CC:Make federal income tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 CC:Elimination the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Supported path to citizenship for DACA recipients: Favors topic 12 Rated 92% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Declare English as the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 Rated Allow immigration bans from non-cooperating countries: Opposes topic 12 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes tariffs: Favors topic 13 Rated 75% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization: Favors topic 13 NO on promoting free trade with Peru: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14 NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations: Favors topic 14 NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Partially privatize Veterans Affairs: Opposes topic 15 CC:Secure the grid against terrorism: Favors topic 15 YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Stricter voter restrictions, including photo IDs: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Rated No holiday on election day; no same-day registration: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 Rated Oppose expanding voter registration and voter access: Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 CC:Keep alliance with Israel: Opposes topic 17 Rated President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 Rated 2002 AUMF against Iraq should apply to ISIS: Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17 NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	A number of variables drive the Earth's cooling & warming: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Establish a solar energy program on federal lands: Strongly Favors topic 18 Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on tax incentives for renewable energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on investing in homegrown biofuel: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets: Opposes topic 18 NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Marijuana contributes to drug addiction & abuse: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Develop counterdrug strategy for federal open lands: Favors topic 19 Harsher sentencing for "pill mill" operators: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated 25% by NORML, indicating an anti-legalization stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated F by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs: Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Cut spending; balance budget; stop burdensome regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 CC:Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Opposes topic 20 Rated Opposed $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Strongly Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20 NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy: Strongly Opposes topic 20 YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Favors topic 20

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers is a Hard-Core Conservative
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