Jack Quinn on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1 YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2 |
Opposes
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(-3 points on Social scale) | More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(-5 points on Social scale) | Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 84% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 |
Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(-3 points on Social scale) | Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 8 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 8 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors 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 |
Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(-3 points on Social scale) | Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Favors topic 9 More prison cells; more truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors 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 |
Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Rated D+ by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Favors 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) | Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 Rated 22% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Opposes 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 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives: Favors topic 6 NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors 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 |
Favors
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable: Favors topic 7 Rated 33% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7 |
Neutral on
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(0 points on Economic scale) | Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Rated 10% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(-5 points on Social scale) | YES on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Increase the earned income tax credit: Opposes topic 20 Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Opposes
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Rated 54% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+2 points on Social scale) | English immersion over bilingual education: Opposes topic 12 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 |
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Maintain anti-dumping restrictions against foreign importers: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 27% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Opposes 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) | Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism: Favors topic 15 Rated 33% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues: Neutral on topic 15 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military: Opposes 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 YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Favors 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) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:US out of Iraq & Afghanistan
(-5 points on Social scale) | YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |