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Rob Bishop MyOcracy topics and responses
		Civil RightsBan abortions except in limited cases	- 	01/04/2013: No family planning assistance that includes abortion
	
 - 	05/05/2011: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
	
 - 	01/07/2011: Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood
	
 - 	07/29/2010: Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans
	
 - 	04/27/2005: Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
	
 - 	02/26/2004: Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
	
 - 	10/02/2003: Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life
Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only	 - 	01/09/2014: State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage
	
 - 	09/19/2013: Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech
	
 - 	04/02/2009: Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
	
 - 	11/13/2007: Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
	
 - 	12/31/2006: by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance
	
 - 	07/18/2006: Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
	
 - 	09/30/2004: Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
Support for gun rights	 - 	10/12/2011: Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases
	
 - 	01/25/2011: Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad
	
 - 	05/18/2010: Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message
	
 - 	04/30/2009: Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition
	
 - 	10/20/2005: Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
	
 - 	04/09/2003: Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
Abortion rights: Ban all abortions	 - 	01/03/2013: Life and human rights begin at fertilization or cloning
	
 - 	12/01/2011: Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection
	
 - 	05/04/2011: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
	
 - 	01/07/2011: Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization
	
 - 	04/21/2009: Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers
	
 - 	02/04/2009: Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment
  		Economic IssuesTaxes for wealthier tax payers: Less	- 	01/05/2011: Permanently repeal the estate tax
	
 - 	12/31/2006: by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation
	
 - 	12/08/2005: Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment	 - 	01/05/2011: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution
	
 - 	01/06/2009: Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override
Reduce taxes for all tax payers	 - 	01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
	
 - 	08/12/2010: Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes
Implement a flat tax	 - 	01/06/2009: Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax
	
 - 	09/23/2004: Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification
Taxes for large corporations: Decrease	 - 	05/11/2010: No European-style VAT (value-added tax)
Reduce taxes for small businesses	 - 	12/31/2003: by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record
Implement national sales tax instead of income-based tax code	 - 	01/05/2011: Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax
  		Education IssuesSupport school vouchers	- 	03/30/2011: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program
Support privatization of mass education	 - 	12/31/2003: by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes
Reduce federal government involvement with public education	 - 	02/11/2014: Denounce the Common Core State Standards
  		Environmental IssuesSupport off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources	- 	05/12/2011: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
	
 - 	03/03/2011: Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants
	
 - 	01/18/2007: Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions	 - 	11/02/2010: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
	
 - 	06/26/2009: Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
	
 - 	01/09/2009: Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules
Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions	 - 	05/12/2009: List GHG emissions cost on electric bills
Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry	 - 	02/12/2008: Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy
Increase tax incentives for solar energy development and use	 - 	04/15/2008: Establish a solar energy program on federal lands
Reduce or remove environmental regulations that address oil refinement	 - 	09/29/2005: Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
  		Healthcare IssuesReduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers	- 	04/15/2011: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
	
 - 	01/05/2011: Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law
	
 - 	07/04/2010: Repeal any federal health care takeover
	
 - 	01/23/2008: Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
	
 - 	10/25/2007: Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
	
 - 	12/31/2003: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record
Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance	 - 	01/05/2011: Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law
  		ImmigrationIncrease border security between U.S. and Mexico	- 	09/14/2006: Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
	
 - 	06/06/2006: Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project
Oppose in-state tuition at public universities and colleges for undocumented students	 - 	05/20/2004: Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment
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