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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 Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Opposes topic 1 YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 28% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2 NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 |
Neutral on
topic 8:Death Penalty
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Increase penalties for child sexual slavery: Strongly Favors topic 9 YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society: Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Safety is an issue for reimporting drugs: Opposes topic 5 Allow small businesses to group together for health plans: Opposes topic 5 Tax deduction for those who purchase their own insurance: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health: Opposes topic 5 NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids: Strongly 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 YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Opposes topic 5 NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Opposes topic 5 NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| We must improve the rates of return on Trust Fund: Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Set aside 6.4M acres in New Mexico for solar panels: Strongly Favors topic 18 More domestic oil production & more nuclear power: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Nuclear energy is cheap, clean and ready now: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Establish a solar energy program on federal lands: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on tax incentives for renewable energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on investing in homegrown biofuel: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC: Favors topic 18 NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated -20 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Neutral on
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Abolish IRS--replace income tax with national sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 61% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income: Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Supports path to legalization for illegal immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 83% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+2 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 YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Opposes topic 13 YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization: Favors topic 13 YES on promoting free trade with Peru: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors 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 NO on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16 YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(-5 points on Social scale)
| NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations: Strongly Opposes topic 14 NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance: Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:US out of Iraq
(-5 points on Social scale)
| If Iraq falls, so will other moderate regimes in the region: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq: Opposes topic 17 |