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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Survey of 2021-2022 Senate campaign websites
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Abortion
Billy Long: For Supreme Court nominees who support ending abortions.
Jake Bequette: Opposed to taxpayer and federal funding of abortion.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Pass federal law pre-empting state efforts to limit access.
Gary Black: Life begins at conception, period.
JD Vance: Eliminating abortion makes society pro-child, pro-family.
Jo Rae Perkins: Why kill an innocent baby due to act of a criminal.
Matt Dolan: Will fight to uphold the Hyde Amendment, protect the unborn.
Jane Timken: I am deeply and strongly pro-life.
Tim Shepard: Allow citizens to make choices over their own bodies.
Valerie McCray: Protect a woman's right to body autonomy.
Jessica Taylor: I will fight the extreme left's culture of death.
Jason Beebe: Mother had me at 14; really do believe in right to life.
Janice McGeachin: Pro-life; worked on informed consent & ultrasound laws.
Morgan Harper: Can't allow them to take away fundamental right to choose.
Kerry McQuisten: We must ALWAYS fight for the right to life.
Jeff Jackson: Stands against the politicization of abortion access.
Jim Lamon: I will support our unalienable Right to Life.
Katie Britt: 100% pro-life, every life is a sacred gift from God.
Lucas Kunce: Fully committed to reproductive freedom for all.
Mark McCloskey: 100% Pro-Life, end radical late-term abortion laws.
Vicky Hartzler: Leading efforts in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.
Scott Sifton: Fought efforts to deny choice to rape and incest victims.
John Hoeven: Supports Hyde amendment; no tax dollars for abortion.
James Lankford: Assure pro-life taxpayers not forced to pay for abortions.
Michael Crapo: Limited to rape, incest, mother's life in imminent danger.
Bernie Moreno: All human life is precious.
Jim Carlin: Life begins at conception; oppose taxpayer funded abortions.
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Budget & Economy
Lily Zhou: Decrease national debt to run healthy economy.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Run our federal budget like we run our home budgets.
Billy Long: Put an end to the out of control spending sprees.
Jake Bequette: Advocate for less government spending, a balanced budget.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Find new forms of revenue; support national rent control.
Gary Black: Federal government shouldn't pay people to stay home.
JD Vance: It's time to get inflation under control.
Matt Dolan: Ballooning national debt is a national security threat.
Matt Dolan: Support targeted infrastructure, not bloated wishlists.
Craig Snyder: We believe in democratic capitalism, not socialism.
Jason Beebe: Give business incentives to grow economy, not higher taxes.
Jason Beebe: Very simple, we spend too much money.
Rett Newton: Raise the minimum wage, reinvest in infrastructure.
Janice McGeachin: Ready to wean ourselves off the federal teat.
Tiffany Smiley: Lift people up rather than spend billions on failed programs.
Jeff Jackson: Supports a robust federal COVID relief package.
Katie Britt: Support Constitutional amendment for balanced federal budget.
Mark McCloskey: Balance the budget in 5 years by cutting 1% across the board.
Vicky Hartzler: Co-sponsored Balanced Budget Amendment, Line-Item Veto.
James Bradley: Use tax incentives to stimulate small businesses.
John Hoeven: Improve and expand roads, bridges, airports, rail systems.
John Hoeven: Government doesn't create jobs, economic growth; people do.
James Lankford: The debt problem is a spending problem not a tax problem.
Everett Stern: End notion that only job of business is to maximize profit.
Michael Crapo: Eliminate unnecessary and wasteful government spending.
Mike Gibbons: We need to get our economy back on track.
Lucas Kunce: We can create a Marshall Plan for the Midwest.
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Civil Rights
Brandaun Dean: Has been a champion for LGBTQ equality.
Alex Padilla: Authored state law against from genetic discrimination.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Civil rights laws protect everyone, not just minorities.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Rights for LGBTQ+ community does not interfere with religion.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Reparations required to address foundation of racism.
Craig Snyder: Americans should be judged by character, not race/identity.
Tim Shepard: Is LGBTQ and married to love of his life.
Tim Shepard: Make schools & jobs safe and accommodating for minorities.
Rett Newton: All of us are equal and deserve the same rights and freedoms.
Janice McGeachin: Defends traditional marriage as defined in our constitution.
Morgan Harper: Close the wealth gap with systemic reparations.
Morgan Harper: We must end discrimination against LGBTQ people.
Jeff Jackson: For examining health and wealth disparities of Black women.
Jeff Jackson: Enact LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections in law now.
Lucas Kunce: Must address systemic racism across our state and country.
Lucas Kunce: Pass Equality Act; ban conversion therapy.
Mandela Barnes: Chaired the legislature's Black and Latino Caucus.
Allen Glines: Forbid discrimination against LGBTQIA+ individuals.
Scott Sifton: 40 hour filibuster of proposal against marriage equality.
Michael Crapo: Safeguard traditional marriage; let states define.
Michael Crapo: Flag is enduring symbol of nation's great history.
Bernie Moreno: The Speech Police must be stopped.
Malcolm Kenyatta: Everyone has the right to love whomever they choose.
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Corporations
Haneefah Khaaliq: Make it impossible for corporations to pay zero federal tax.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Crack down on companies who don't prevent human trafficking.
JD Vance: Stop favoring multinationals; tax exporting jobs.
Jane Timken: Fewer regulations on business that stunt innovation.
Tim Shepard: Break up companies that are "too big to fail".
Jessica Taylor: Let's end sweetheart deals for woke companies.
Janice McGeachin: Remove occupational licensing mandates & other regulations.
Lucas Kunce: Break up Big Ag; bar foreign ownership of Missouri farmland.
James Lankford: Our corporate tax rates are some of the highest in the world.
Everett Stern: Businesses shouldn't have to violate their religious beliefs.
Bernie Moreno: Big corporations are becoming as bad as big government.
Lucas Kunce: Monopolies keep us divided because together we have power.
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Crime
Marjorie K. Eastman: Law enforcement stretched fighting rise in violent crime.
Tammy Duckworth: A strong advocate for comprehensive sentencing reform.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Return to goal of rehabilitation, rather than tough on crime.
Gary Black: Defund the police is dumb, we need to RE-FUND the police.
Matt Dolan: Unapologetically BACK THE BLUE; won't defund the police.
Tim Shepard: We must end the school to prison pipeline.
Valerie McCray: Prisons are the mental health hospitals for the poor.
Rett Newton: Our policing and criminal justice systems are broken.
Janice McGeachin: Family hires former convicts within their businesses.
Tiffany Smiley: Defunding the police undercuts foundation of lawful society.
Kerry McQuisten: I'm against defunding our police.
Jeff Jackson: Criminal justice reform: reduce use of mandatory minimum.
Katie Britt: Make our police the best trained and equipped in the world.
Mark McCloskey: Reduce the crime wave spreading across our state and country.
Allen Glines: Reported illegal gambling sites and had them shut down.
Allen Glines: Ban private prisons, cash bail, and civil forfeiture.
Allen Glines: Increased penalties for facilities, persons for elder abuse.
Blake Masters: A society that permits mass lawlessness is doomed.
John Hoeven: Prioritized improving public safety in tribal communities.
Patrick Leahy: Worked to reverse some of mandatory minimum sentences.
Everett Stern: Calls to defund the police is open invitation for anarchy.
Bernie Moreno: We need to restore respect for law and order in this country.
Malcolm Kenyatta: Must address systemic issue of mass incarceration.
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Drugs
Brandaun Dean: Enacted decriminalization of recreational marijuana use.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Legalize marijuana; remove it as Schedule 1 drug.
JD Vance: Tackle drug epidemic, eliminate drugs coming into community.
Matt Dolan: Will fight to bolster opioid recovery and treatment programs.
Tim Shepard: Legalizing marijuana lets us focus on more serious issues.
Lucas Kunce: Legalize cannabis nationwide; end the Opioid Epidemic.
Allen Glines: Phase out penalties for marijuana at the federal level.
Vicky Hartzler: Allow Border Patrol to target drones smuggling drugs.
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Education
Lily Zhou: Give parents more choices, merit-based tenure for teachers.
Brandaun Dean: Got school officials replaced over ethics, performance.
Carla Sands: Introduce competition to how we fund education.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Time to add civic literacy to our educational curriculum.
Raphael Warnock: Supports robust Pre-K, invest in schools and teachers.
Raphael Warnock: College not for everyone; provide vocational training.
Alex Padilla: Voted to better protect student athletes.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Fully fund public schools; let school choice be an option.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Reform student loan repayment process, extend time to repay.
Gary Black: Critical Race Theory is pure propaganda; must halt it.
Gary Black: Children thrive when local control remains intact.
JD Vance: No money for critical race theory & radical gender ideology.
John Hoeven: Ensure accountability coupled with local flexibility.
Matt Dolan: Keep education costs low, champion school choice.
Matt Dolan: Ban Critical Race Theory; support academic freedom.
Jane Timken: Invest in worker training, expand skilled trades in schools.
Jane Timken: Expand education opportunity through school choice.
Tim Shepard: We need major investment to increase education specialists.
Tim Shepard: Increase support, opportunities for vocational training.
Janice McGeachin: Children should not be taught to hate America nor each other.
Janice McGeachin: Supports internships, apprenticeship training, trade schools.
Morgan Harper: Every child should be enrolled in early learning.
Tiffany Smiley: Empower families to choose best education for their children.
Kerry McQuisten: I would like to see a refocus on "old school" school.
Kerry McQuisten: Against implementing Critical Race Theory in the classroom.
Jeff Jackson: Increase early childhood education funding.
Jim Lamon: I will sponsor a nationwide Right to School Choice.
Katie Britt: Supports voluntary pre-K program, school choice.
Lucas Kunce: Relief from student loans; invest in Pre-K, K-12, HBCUs.
Mark McCloskey: Critical race theory is one of America's biggest threats.
Allen Glines: Gradually lower tuition, allow student loan forgiveness.
Blake Masters: Support school choice in all its forms.
Vicky Hartzler: Introduced Police Officers Protecting Children Act.
Carla Sands: Opposes woke culture, censorship, and critical race theory.
James Bradley: Pro school choice including charters schools, homeschooling.
Scott Sifton: Fought for improved teacher pay and district facilities.
John Hoeven: Accountability in education coupled with local flexibility.
James Lankford: God gives parents responsibility to equip children for life.
Everett Stern: Parents and families have first responsibility for education.
Everett Stern: More funding for vocational training, community colleges.
Eric Schmitt: Defended coach-led prayer in high school as voluntary.
Sarah Godlewski: Boosted funding for books and tech in school libraries.
Jim Carlin: Too many children being indoctrinated to hate America.
Malcolm Kenyatta: Our children deserve a school system that is equitable.
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Energy & Oil
Carla Sands: Base energy policy on open markets and competition.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Capitalize on renewable energy, creating jobs.
Alex Padilla: For expanding clean-tech manufacturing and solar power.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Invest in clean and renewable energy & green products.
Matt Dolan: All-of-the-above instead of Green New Deal.
Craig Snyder: Climate change is real, requires amelioration not regulation.
Jane Timken: Continued exploration, development of oil and gas resources.
Tim Shepard: Incentivize development and growth of green economy.
Valerie McCray: Renew energy sources with clean and sustainable options.
Jason Beebe: Include green energy and nuclear in energy policy.
Rett Newton: Fight to accelerate our transition to clean renewable energy.
Morgan Harper: Need massive investments, political will for Green New Deal.
Kerry McQuisten: Doesn't agree that wildfires are result of climate crisis.
Jeff Jackson: Accelerate transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Jim Lamon: Against Green New Deal, for natural gas and solar.
Katie Britt: Fight Green New Deal; restart Keystone XL; drill in Gulf.
Mandela Barnes: Chairs Governor's Task Force on Climate Change.
Allen Glines: Support Green New Deal, but no harm to economy.
Mark Brnovich: We've got to prioritize energy independence.
Blake Masters: We need diverse energy, from fossil fuels to nuclear.
James Bradley: Short term oil exploration; alternative energy incentives.
John Hoeven: Working to advance states-first, all-of-the-above approach.
John Hoeven: For Keystone pipeline; repeal EPA costly power plant rules.
James Lankford: Promise of green energy is for the distant future.
Everett Stern: Changing technology is opportunity to replace infrastructure.
Eric Schmitt: Sued over cancelling pipeline, setting greenhouse gases cost.
Sarah Godlewski: Ended Republican state gag order on climate change.
Bernie Moreno: Unleash American energy sources.
Jim Carlin: Farmers deserve to profit from wind, biomass, solar panels.
Malcolm Kenyatta: Renewable energy will be a step forward for our economy.
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Environment
Haneefah Khaaliq: Strengthen Endangered Species Act, phase out zoos.
Gary Black: I've protected our farmers from crushing regulations.
Kerry McQuisten: Family lived off the grid and worked the land.
Tom Udall: A founder of bipartisan International Conservation Caucus.
Allen Glines: Ban puppy mills; make animal cruelty a felony.
Blake Masters: Man is called to fill the earth and subdue it.
Scott Sifton: Law practice focuses on environmental cleanup litigation.
Patrick Leahy: Opposed drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
James Lankford: Rural restrictions shows arrogance from city dwellers.
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Families & Children
Haneefah Khaaliq: Full support of automatic paid family and medical leave.
JD Vance: Reinvigorate American families; tax code penalizes marriage.
Katie Britt: Help kids: families, school prayer, after-school programs.
Lucas Kunce: Will push for paid family, medical and sick leave.
Allen Glines: Worked to build awareness of missing children's cases.
Allen Glines: Protect domestic violence victims; punish abusers.
Allen Glines: For paid maternity leave up to 16 weeks.
Scott Sifton: Parents' bankruptcy led to working to protect families.
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Foreign Policy
Marjorie K. Eastman: US must hold China accountable at every turn.
Raphael Warnock: Use diplomacy as first resort; speak out against tyrants.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Limit arms sales and transfers to foreign countries.
Gary Black: We must check China's influence everywhere on the globe.
Gary Black: America has been humiliated on the world stage.
Matt Dolan: Hold China accountable; stand up to China's aggression.
Jane Timken: China is the greatest foreign threat facing the US.
Jane Timken: I am proud to stand with the Israeli nation.
Katie Britt: I believe an attack on Israel is an attack on America.
Mark Brnovich: The interests of the United States must come first.
Blake Masters: Tough on China, don't try to export democracy.
Vicky Hartzler: Criticism led to being sanctioned by Chinese Communist Party.
James Bradley: Bolster Israel; cut off funds to terrorists.
Eric Schmitt: First AG to sue China for "unleashing the coronavirus".
Bernie Moreno: China unleashed coronavirus, socialist/fascist ideology.
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Free Trade
Carla Sands: While ambassador, US exports to Denmark rose over 20%.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Global trade reduces international conflict and war.
JD Vance: Trump scrapped terrible trade deals, and he was right.
Matt Dolan: Trade deals must protect workers, American innovation.
Tim Shepard: Protectionism limits economic opportunities at home.
Tiffany Smiley: We need stronger trade policies like USMCA that are fair.
Jim Lamon: Level the playing field, no goods from cheap slave labor.
Katie Britt: Alabama must have seat at the table & benefit directly.
Lucas Kunce: Trade pacts for family farms, not global commodity traders.
Blake Masters: Need trade policies prioritizing American workers & industry.
JD Vance: U.S. companies struggle with unfair competition from China.
James Bradley: Negotiate trade agreements that put America first.
Jim Risch: Supported bill pushing back against China's trade practices.
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Government Reform
Lily Zhou: Knows firsthand how regulations stifle economic growth.
Carla Sands: Heavy-handed regulations will affect state's energy future.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Will fight for voter ID, American voting machines, audits.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Eliminate oppressive regulations on small businesses.
Billy Long: Require voter photo ID, end ballot harvesting.
Billy Long: Let farmers work without unnecessary government regulations.
Jake Bequette: Supports a constitutional amendment for term limits.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Require legislators to read bills before voting on them.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Supports Electoral College & interstate vote compacts.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Against spending limits in campaign finance law.
Gary Black: Make elections secure; no erosion of voter ID laws.
JD Vance: It's time to end the COVID-era changes to our elections.
Matt Dolan: Get government out of the way of leading job creators.
Matt Dolan: H2Ohio: $300M for four co-sponsored clean water bills.
Matt Dolan: I strongly support Voter ID and upholding accurate rolls.
Jane Timken: I believe our rights are God-given, not government-given.
Tim Shepard: In order to restore democracy, we all must be represented.
Tim Shepard: We need to fix our campaign finance system.
Jessica Taylor: Support term limits, get rid of career politicians.
Rett Newton: Restore and strengthen protections of the Voting Rights Act.
Janice McGeachin: Support election integrity that protect our republic.
Morgan Harper: Supports voting reform & DC statehood.
Tiffany Smiley: Opposes election reform bill; supports voter ID.
Jeff Jackson: End gerrymandering; start automatic voter registration.
Jim Lamon: Excessive regulations stifles American innovation.
Katie Britt: Unabashedly against packing the Supreme Court.
Katie Britt: Will work to uphold election integrity, fight voter fraud.
Mark McCloskey: Let states require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Tom Udall: Introduced amendment to reverse Citizens United.
Tom Udall: Fought for filibuster reform: favors the talking filibuster.
Allen Glines: Protect voting rights; expand vote by mail options.
Allen Glines: End Citizens United, reform Federal Elections Commission.
Allen Glines: Rollback any change made to USPS during Trump.
Mark Brnovich: We must be able to trust that our votes count.
Mark Brnovich: Implement a lighter regulatory touch on business.
James Bradley: Pro voter ID to eliminate documented rampant fraud.
Patrick Leahy: Citizens United decision strikes at core of our democracy.
James Lankford: Introduced Prevent Government Shutdowns Act.
Michael Crapo: Excessive government regulation is an unnecessary drain.
Eric Schmitt: Glaring illegal actions involving our sacred elections.
Eric Schmitt: Signed U.S. Term Limits pledge to amend Constitution.
Sarah Godlewski: Saved job of State Treasurer, got elected to it.
Bernie Moreno: America is last best hope, fight like hell to protect this.
Josh Mandel: Will co-sponsor and vote for U.S. Term Limits Amendment.
Jerry Moran: For the People Act one of the worst bills I've seen.
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Gun Control
Jane Timken: I own guns; I'll fight for your right to do the same.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Keep guns out of hands of criminals; preserve 2nd Amendment.
Billy Long: I will work tirelessly to defend your 2nd Amendment rights.
Jake Bequette: All Americans are entitled to safely own firearms.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Proud gun owner but have to deal with gun violence.
Gary Black: The Second Amendment is the ultimate firewall.
JD Vance: I will fight the gun grabbers punishing law-abiding citizens.
Matt Dolan: Liberals will stop at nothing to grab our guns.
Jessica Taylor: Hold the line against radical gun-grabbing politicians.
Jason Beebe: I very much support our right to bear arms.
Janice McGeachin: A+ rating from NRA; fight encroachments on 2nd amendment.
Morgan Harper: End epidemic of gun violence in our country, stand up to NRA.
Kerry McQuisten: Second Amendment protects us from a tyrannical government.
Jeff Jackson: For universal background checks, ban bump stocks.
Katie Britt: I believe Alabamians have a God-given right to bear arms.
Mark McCloskey: Invoked 2nd Amendment to defend themselves against "mob".
Allen Glines: Ban assault weapons, pass universal background checks.
Blake Masters: Strengthen and expand gun rights.
JD Vance: Grandmother gave tough love, discipline; owned 19 handguns.
James Bradley: Citizens have moral, Constitutional right to self-protect.
James Lankford: Uphold Constitution and our Second Amendment rights.
Everett Stern: Keep guns away from criminals, in law-abiding citizen hands.
Michael Crapo: I oppose all efforts to weaken the Second Amendment.
Bernie Moreno: Protect 2nd Amendment and the entire Constitution.
Jim Carlin: Will never back down in fight to preserve Second Amendment.
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Health Care
Brandaun Dean: Personally intervened to save employee health insurance.
Haneefah Khaaliq: For public option, private insurance for those who choose.
JD Vance: COVID: against vax passports, mask mandates.
Matt Dolan: Obamacare has become a tool of partisan grift.
Tim Shepard: We should guarantee healthcare for every American.
Valerie McCray: Medicare for all, better for all.
Rett Newton: Strengthen Affordable Care Act, expand Medicaid.
Janice McGeachin: Support your right to try non-traditional health remedies.
Janice McGeachin: Defending state means rejecting enhanced federal Medicaid.
Morgan Harper: Healthcare a human right; extend Medicare to every citizen.
Morgan Harper: Defeat COVID with universal vaccinations.
Kerry McQuisten: I am vehemently against vaccine passports.
Jeff Jackson: Sponsored and supported multiple bills to expand Medicaid.
Katie Britt: Expand telehealth options and mental health resources.
Katie Britt: We must repeal and replace ObamaCare.
Lucas Kunce: Health care is a human right, we need universal system.
Tom Udall: Protect Medicare & Medicaid to preserve retirement security.
Abby Finkenauer: As state rep fought for high-quality healthcare for all.
Allen Glines: Support Affordable Care Act; develop universal healthcare.
Allen Glines: Streamline process for accommodations for disabilities.
Tom Nelson: We need real leaders who will take COVID seriously.
James Bradley: Remove excess red tape; price controls on Big Pharma.
James Bradley: Opposes taxpayer funding for transgender minors.
John Hoeven: For patient-centered health care with choice & competition.
Michael Crapo: Oppose Obamacare; government-run health care not the answer.
Eric Schmitt: Son on autism spectrum; took on insurance companies to cover.
Jim Carlin: Allow seniors to deduct cost of prescription and OTC drugs.
Malcolm Kenyatta: Healthcare is not a privilege but a right.
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Homeland Security
Marjorie K. Eastman: 10 years of military service included two combat deployments.
Jake Bequette: Serving in Army was bigger privilege than being in NFL.
Raphael Warnock: Ensure our military remains the strongest in the world.
Tammy Duckworth: Support troops; root out waste in Defense Department.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Support Patriot Act while protecting civil liberties.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Repurpose nuclear weapons to be used against meteors.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Support boosted funding to modernize military.
Gary Black: Protect, strengthen Georgia 13 military installations.
JD Vance: Stop using America's military as social justice side project.
Matt Dolan: Set aside political correctness to keep America safe.
Valerie McCray: Has evaluated thousands of military suffering from PTSD.
Jessica Taylor: Alabama plays a critical role in the defense of our nation.
Jason Beebe: Reagan said peace through strength: still true today.
Tiffany Smiley: Don't burden veteran families with an uncertain future.
Jim Lamon: Congress should stay out of micro-managing the military.
Katie Britt: Defend and grow military, defense, and VA.
Lucas Kunce: Expand services to veterans including mental health.
Tom Udall: Co-wrote 21st Century G.I. Bill to help returning veterans.
Allen Glines: Seek to end homelessness among veterans.
Blake Masters: Ensure our military is world's most lethal fighting force.
Vicky Hartzler: Peace is best kept through strength.
Vicky Hartzler: Saving F-15 and F-18 fighter jets created jobs in Missouri.
James Bradley: Strive to guarantee healthcare and housing for all veterans.
James Bradley: Protect American citizens from threats known or unknown.
John Hoeven: Provide military with best equipment, facilities, support.
James Lankford: National security government's number one priority.
Everett Stern: Corruption of government is a National Security threat.
Michael Crapo: Strong advocate for Idaho's Air Force Base & National Guard.
Lucas Kunce: Money spent on Iraq & Afghanistan should've been spent here.
Jim Carlin: We must maintain military superiority over China.
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Immigration
Carla Sands: Build the wall; don't admit unaccompanied alien children.
Marjorie K. Eastman: National security not possible without border security.
Billy Long: Secure our border, finish the wall, end sanctuary cities.
Jake Bequette: We must stand against illegal entry into our country.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Forgiven Stranger Act: citizenship for coming out of hiding.
Gary Black: Secure the border; build the wall; support zero amnesty.
JD Vance: Oppose amnesty; build the wall; double border agents.
Jo Rae Perkins: Let courts decide if illegally entering country is a felony.
Matt Dolan: I will never support amnesty, fight to secure the border.
Jane Timken: Protect our border; finish the wall; end amnesty.
Jessica Taylor: I will put my full force of will into building Trump's wall.
Jason Beebe: Without a border, we are not a country.
Rett Newton: Address border crisis, ensure a path to citizenship.
Tiffany Smiley: Stop the surge of illegal immigrants and secure our border.
Katie Britt: Stop the siege at the border, build the wall.
Mark Brnovich: Oppose open borders; support law enforcement.
Blake Masters: Not clear we need a million new legal immigrants every year.
Everett Stern: Create work visa program that respects the rule of law.
Bernie Moreno: Illegal immigrants haven't earned honor of citizenship.
Jane Timken: Oppose open borders, amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Jim Carlin: Secure borders before discussing eligibility for citizenship.
Josh Mandel: We need a fighter who will fight to build the wall.
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Jobs
Marjorie K. Eastman: Expand childcare and maternity leave so women able to work.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Prevent discrimination in hiring, by race and gender.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Support unions in fight against automation.
Haneefah Khaaliq: I am beyond minimum wage, I am for livable wages.
Jo Rae Perkins: I am not a fan of forced union membership.
Tim Shepard: Accountability for sexism, sexual harassment in workplace.
Tim Shepard: Make minimum wage, a living wage.
Tim Shepard: Support stronger union and labor regulations.
Valerie McCray: Shouldn't take 12 years to get a minimum wage increase.
Morgan Harper: Begin a massive new wave of unionization across the country.
Jeff Jackson: Build the middle class through increasing the minimum wage.
Lucas Kunce: Pro-union, raise minimum wage to $15/hour.
Tom Udall: Supports the Paycheck Fairness Act: equal pay for equal work.
Val Arkoosh: As county chair, raised local minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Allen Glines: Find best course to raise minimum wage to $15.
Tom Nelson: Joined with United Steelworkers to save shuttered paper mill.
Malcolm Kenyatta: Champion of equal-pay; $15 Now movement.
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Principles & Values
Lily Zhou: Legally immigrated from China; became entrepreneur.
Lily Zhou: Restore people's faith in American Dream and our democracy.
Brandaun Dean: Elected youngest mayor in Alabama at age 24.
Carla Sands: Third generation to practice chiropractic in Pennsylvania.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Her biggest battle was her son surviving infant cancer.
Marjorie K. Eastman: We need leaders to defend our nation and our values.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Principles before politics; country before party.
Billy Long: I have fought to implement the America First Agenda.
Tammy Duckworth: American values are one of our greatest strengths.
Gary Black: Against cancel culture: censorship of conservatives.
JD Vance: US most prosperous nation, our leaders let it decline.
Josh Mandel: Protect the Judeo-Christian bedrock of America.
Matt Dolan: America is the exceptional nation with sacred values.
Matt Dolan: Few understand the threat of cancel culture more than me.
Craig Snyder: We know that America is a shining city on a hill.
Craig Snyder: We can take back our country from the extremists.
Jane Timken: I refuse to let the loud minority stifle the silent majority.
Tim Shepard: Work from the bottom up, instead of top-down.
Tim Shepard: We will continue to fight the virus and we will pray.
Jessica Taylor: Will serve in Senate by God, Grace & Grit.
Jason Beebe: My country needs a patriot in Washington DC.
Rett Newton: We need leaders to put service over self, country over party.
Janice McGeachin: Inspired by Trump, joins him in "Draining the Swamp".
Janice McGeachin: God has created each of us in His image.
Morgan Harper: This campaign is about giving power back to communities.
Kerry McQuisten: Turned city into a "Common Sense Sanctuary".
Kerry McQuisten: America is the shining light on the hill, fight to save her.
Jeff Jackson: Enlisted after the attacks of September 11th.
Jim Lamon: An industry leader in pursuing "Made in America" policy.
Jim Lamon: Will donate salary; refuse pension; limit to two terms.
Katie Britt: Will always put the interests of Alabamians first.
Katie Britt: A proud Christian, faith and family at the heart of her life.
Katie Britt: For every overseas decision: how does it impact Alabama?
Mark McCloskey: Fight cancel culture and preserve our American values.
Mark McCloskey: Traditional values make the USA the greatest nation on earth.
Abby Finkenauer: Family taught her never think you're better than anyone else.
Val Arkoosh: Determined to level the playing field for working families.
Mandela Barnes: Parents valued working hard, fighting for opportunity.
Allen Glines: Condemn white supremacy & far right nationalism.
Mark Brnovich: Immigrant parents fled Communist Yugoslavia.
Mark Brnovich: Freedom is what makes us Americans, makes us special.
Blake Masters: Runs program paying people to quit college & start companies.
Vicky Hartzler: Work hard, trust in God, help your neighbors in need.
Vicky Hartzler: ?Chairs the House Values Action Team.
Vicky Hartzler: Liberals have thrown us into crisis with socialist ideas.
Carla Sands: Announcement video highlighted abiding Christian faith.
Jeff Bartos: COVID: Provided forgivable loans to small businesses.
JD Vance: Leaders conspire to make life harder for normal Americans.
John Hoeven: Chairs Indian Affairs; worked to empower tribal sovereignty.
James Lankford: A conservative committed to God, Family and the Constitution.
James Lankford: The hope of the earth is not government, but God.
Everett Stern: Founded Tactical Rabbit, private intelligence agency.
Everett Stern: I am a passionate believer in the First Amendment.
Eric Schmitt: Taken a blow torch to protect the America First Agenda.
Eric Schmitt: Take the radical left's cancel culture movement head-on.
Bernie Moreno: Stop socialism, cancel culture, & corruption.
Mike Gibbons: Running to help people achieve their American Dreams.
Mike Gibbons: We need to stand up to cancel culture.
Josh Mandel: We exercise freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Josh Mandel: It's time we remind everyone of God's importance.
Jim Carlin: Most important issue: preserving freedom for next generation.
Theresa Greenfield: As scrappy farm kid, pick yourself up when knocked down.
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Social Security
Haneefah Khaaliq: Maintain Social Security but explore new options.
Morgan Harper: Expand & improve Social Security Disability Insurance & SSI.
Lucas Kunce: Strengthen Social Security, fight back against privatization.
Allen Glines: Ensure solvency of Social Security & Medicare.
James Bradley: Increase funding for programs and care for the elderly.
James Lankford: Social Security Disability: nest of fraud & little oversight.
Jim Carlin: Increase Cost-of-Living Adjustment to reflect rising prices.
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Tax Reform
Jake Bequette: Cut taxes and create jobs to grow our economy.
Gary Black: Make Trump tax cuts permanent; cut taxes further.
Matt Dolan: Decreased top income tax bracket by nearly 47%.
Jane Timken: I will proudly repeal trillions in proposed tax hikes.
Tim Shepard: Those at the top need to pay their fair share.
Valerie McCray: Balanced budget means we must all pay our fair share.
Janice McGeachin: I have consistently fought against raising your tax burden.
Jim Lamon: I will oppose any new or higher tax on Americans.
Katie Britt: Slash burdensome regulations, support lower taxes.
Katie Britt: Repeal the Death Tax, a grave threat to family farms.
Everett Stern: Large companies should pay taxes like smaller businesses.
Michael Crapo: We cannot tax our way to prosperity; simplify tax code.
Eric Schmitt: Authored two of the largest tax cuts in state history.
Bernie Moreno: People should keep more of their hard-earned money.
Jim Carlin: Tax relief for middle class, not Wall Street.
Jim Carlin: Abolish the death tax on family farms.
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Technology
Haneefah Khaaliq: Expand rural broadband and the space program.
JD Vance: We need to break up the big tech companies.
Morgan Harper: Testified before Congress on the unchecked power of Big Tech.
Katie Britt: Censoring conservatives on social media is un-American.
Katie Britt: Expand affordable broadband service to all Alabamians.
Mark McCloskey: Break up big tech for censoring of conservative Americans.
Allen Glines: Reinstate net neutrality; expand broadband access.
Allen Glines: Prosecute entities conducting phone scams.
Vicky Hartzler: Expand rural access to high-speed broadband.
James Bradley: Phase out Federal transit program; repeal Davis-Bacon.
James Bradley: Protect individual sovereignty and capitalism of content.
Patrick Leahy: First senator with a blog; second to have internet homepage.
Patrick Leahy: Inducted into FOIA "Hall of Fame" for defending law.
Eric Schmitt: Launched massive antitrust probe to stop Big Tech abuses.
Jim Carlin: Time to break up Big Tech & protect personal privacy.
Jim Carlin: Vital that farmers have access to 5G technology.
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War & Peace
Marjorie K. Eastman: Disastrous exit from Afghanistan due to career politicians.
Haneefah Khaaliq: Strengthen Congressional oversight over declaring war.
JD Vance: Only global elites profit from endless nation-building wars.
Craig Snyder: De facto surrender in Afghanistan a stain on US legacy.
Jim Lamon: Refocus military mission on China, our predominate adversary.
Mark McCloskey: Will fight against China from day 1 in the US Senate.
Patrick Leahy: Wrote first law banning export of anti-personnel landmines.
Everett Stern: Don't get into wars not in interest of US and allies.
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Welfare & Poverty
Haneefah Khaaliq: Ensure that those who truly need food stamps can get them.
Allen Glines: Ban payday loans; incentivize affordable housing.
James Bradley: Funds for working families for affordable housing.
Jim Carlin: Goal of welfare system should be keeping families together.
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The above quotations are from Survey of 2021-2022 Senate campaign websites.
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