Ed Case on SenateMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1 NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (10 points on Social scale)	Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Opposes topic 4 NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Favors topic 5 NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5 NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5 NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Oppose Social Security privatization, lockbox the trust fund: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 80% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Neutral on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	Bush tax cuts unaffordable; targeted middle-class cuts ok: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 29% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (10 points on Economic scale)	Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Opposes topic 13 NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Favors topic 13 NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (7 points on Social scale)	Supported Patriot Act to provide law enforcement tools: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 14 NO on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (7 points on Economic scale)	Oppose a timetable of troops withdrawal from Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Favors topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)