Gregg Harper on VoteMatch

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Neutral on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale)	Advocate “one nation, under God”; preserve Christian values: Strongly Favors topic 4
Neutral on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Work to protect our 2nd Amendment rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale)	Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Explore personal retirement accounts and other options: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on $40B for green public schools: Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: 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 enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Opposes topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention: Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Oppose all tax increases: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Enforce the laws; secure our borders, now: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated A- by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Neutral on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	Support missile defense to fight War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-3 points on Social scale)	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