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Bill Barrett on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale) | YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: 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) | YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale) | Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale) | 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 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale) | YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Opposes
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale) | YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Opposes topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale) | Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: 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 |
Opposes
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale) | NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale) | NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale) | YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale) | Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 |
Opposes
topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+2 points on Economic scale) | Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 |
Neutral on
topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Social scale) | Declared English the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) | YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Favors
topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale) | No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on deploying SDI: 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 |
Neutral on
topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |