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Joe Kennedy on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale) | Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale) | Establish a Women's Bureau in Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Favors topic 2 NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2 |
Neutral on
topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale) | NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Opposes
topic 8: Death Penalty (+2 points on Social scale) | NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Opposes topic 8 |
Neutral on
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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 |
Neutral on
topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale) | NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Opposes
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-3 points on Economic scale) | Fully fund Head Start; Job Corps; and WIC food program: Opposes topic 20 |
Favors
topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale) | Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale) | YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale) | NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
Neutral on
topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale) | Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Neutral on
topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |