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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(10 points on Social scale) | Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1 Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Favors topic 1 NO on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1 NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: 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 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(10 points on Social scale) | More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Opposes
topic 4:Permit prayer in public schools
(7 points on Social scale) | Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 16% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4 YES on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration: Favors topic 4 NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Opposes topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(0 points on Economic scale) | Better and immediate funding for Medicare & Medicaid: Favors topic 5 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 and setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5 NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5 |
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Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(2 points on Economic scale) | Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
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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 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(0 points on Social scale) | 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 habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8 |
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Neutral on
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Social scale) | Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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Opposes
topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(2 points on Economic scale) | Rated 25% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax: Favors topic 11 NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 12:Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(10 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly 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 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(10 points on Economic scale) | Rated 50% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 YES on implementing the US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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Neutral on
topic 14:Link human rights to trade with China
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Neutral on
topic 15:More spending on armed forces
(5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 78% 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 |
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Neutral on
topic 16:Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 17:Seek UN approval for military action
(2 points on Economic scale) | NO on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Favors topic 17 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 18:Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(0 points on Economic scale) | Balance fossil fuels and viable renewable energy: Favors topic 18 Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: Favors topic 18 Rated 100% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(10 points on Social scale) | NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(10 points on Social scale) | NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
