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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+2 points on Social scale)	Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals: Favors topic 1 Supported funding contraception and UN family planning: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Get minorities into home ownership & global marketplace: Favors topic 2 Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice: Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks: Favors topic 2 Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2 Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention: Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+2 points on Social scale)	Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 8 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs: Favors topic 5 MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare: Favors topic 5 Make health care a right, not a privilege: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supported funding women's health needs: Neutral on topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Changing Social Security disproportionately affects women: Opposes topic 6 Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care: Neutral on topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Teacher development grants to improve math & science classes: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	End harsher sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine: Opposes topic 19 Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person: Favors topic 11 Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality: Favors topic 11 Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty: Neutral on topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights: Neutral on topic 13
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11: Favors topic 15 Recognize women veterans; assist military families: Neutral on topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus: Strongly Favors topic 17