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Tom Osborne on VoteMatch |
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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 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1 YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: 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 |
Opposes
topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale) | Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks: Favors 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) | 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 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale) | Let schools display the words "God Bless America": Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Supports requiring schools to allow prayer: Favors topic 4 Rated 92% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: 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 |
Opposes
topic 8: Death Penalty (+2 points on Social scale) | Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 8 |
Neutral on
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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 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 |
Opposes
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale) | Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Favors 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 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 10% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
Neutral on
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale) | Rated 42% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education: Neutral on topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: 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 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale) | NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+5 points on Economic scale) | YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale) | Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 59% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social 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 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) | Rated 56% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 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 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 22% 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 |
Favors
topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale) | YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Favors topic 16 YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Favors topic 16 YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale) | 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 |
Opposes
topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-3 points on Social scale) | Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |