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Bill Foster on VoteMatch

 



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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Based on these stances:
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Neutral on topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
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Neutral on topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities
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Neutral on topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
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Neutral on topic 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools
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Neutral on topic 8:
Death Penalty
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Neutral on topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
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Neutral on topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
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Favors topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
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Health care crisis is fundamentally an affordability crisis: Favors topic 5
Neutral on topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
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Neutral on topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
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Strongly Favors topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
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Global warming is our most serious environmental challenge: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
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Neutral on topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
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Opposes topic 11:
Make taxes more progressive
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YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
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Immigrants will come as long as there are jobs offered: Opposes topic 12
Neutral on topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
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Neutral on topic 15:
Expand the armed forces
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Neutral on topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
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Strongly Favors topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
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YES on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations: Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17:
US out of Iraq
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End our involvement in the war in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq: Favors topic 17

Other candidates' VoteMatch: Bill Foster on the issues:
IL Gubernatorial:
Rod Blagojevich
IL Senatorial:
Barack Obama
Larry Stafford
Richard Durbin

Democratic retirements
& special elections:

D,AL-5:Cramer
D,CA-12:Lantos
D,CO-2:Udall
D,IN-7:Carson
D,NY-21:McNulty
D,ME-1:Allen
D,MD-4:Wynn
D,NM-3:Udall
D,OR-5:Hooley

Republican special elections:
R,IL-14:Hastert
R,LA-1:Jindal
R,LA-6:Baker
R,MS-1:Wicker
R,OH-5:Gillmor
Republican retirements:
R,AL-2:Everett
R,AZ-1:Renzi
R,CA-4:Doolittle
R,CA-52:Hunter
R,CO-6:Tancredo
R,FL-15:Weldon
R,IL-11:Weller
R,IL-18:LaHood
R,KY-2:Lewis
R,LA-4:McCrery
R,MD-1:Gilchrest
R,MN-3:Ramstad
R,MO-9:Hulshof
R,MS-3:Pickering
R,NJ-3:Saxton
R,NJ-7:Ferguson
R,NM-1:Wilson
R,NM-2:Pearce
R,NY-13:Fossella
R,NY-25:Walsh
R,NY-26:Reynolds
R,OH-7:Hobson
R,OH-15:Pryce
R,OH-16:Regula
R,PA-5:Peterson
R,VA-11:Davis
R,WY-0:Cubin
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Jobs
Principles
Social Security
Tax Reform
Technology
War/Peace
Welfare/Poverty

Page last updated: Jul 06, 2008