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Bill Huizenga on VoteMatch | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Passion for the unborn, beginning at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 I consider myself pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Encourage adoption of children in foster care: Opposes topic 1 Sponsored prohibiting abortion information at school health centers: Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Sponsored bill to protect infant survivors of abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Rated  Voted NO on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Strongly Opposes topic 2  Rated Keep deadline for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rated Voted against combating Islamophobia: Opposes topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2  | 
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Opposes
 topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
 (-3 points on Social scale)  | Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3  Rated Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism: Strongly Favors topic 3 Respect faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Designate first weekend in May as Ten Commandments Weekend: Strongly Favors topic 4 | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Repeal Obamacare; institute market reforms: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Opposes public option for health insurance: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 6:Privatize Social Security
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Make reforms soon, including personal retirement accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6 Supports privatizing Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Parental Rights Amendment: freedom to educate: Strongly Favors topic 7 A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind: Favors topic 7 Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7  | 
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Favors
 topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
 (-3 points on Social scale)  | Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8  Sponsored no permits for legal pesticide runoff into lakes & streams: Strongly Favors topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Favors topic 8 Require reporting lead in drinking water to the public: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8 Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8 Loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska: Strongly Favors topic 8  | 
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Neutral on
 topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
 (0 points on Social scale)  | First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9  Rated 54% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 Rated Keep existing rules for police accountability: Favors topic 9  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Interstate right-to-carry needed for an armed citizenry: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting gun purchase & possession: Strongly Favors topic 10 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Recognize heritage of hunting & shooting on federal lands: Favors topic 10 Rated Voted NO on background check for every firearm sale: Favors topic 10 Rated Voted NO on background checks for private transfers: Opposes topic 10  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Flat tax to simplify system & stop draining our spirit: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the death tax, immediately and with no expiration: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Death Tax is a pernicious double tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Reduce corporate tax rates from 35% to 21% to create jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 11  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Seal our border; then create a guest worker program: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated Allow immigration bans from non-cooperating countries: Opposes topic 12  | 
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Favors
 topic 13:Support & expand free trade
 (+2 points on Economic scale)  | Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13  Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13  | 
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Favors
 topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
 (+2 points on Economic scale)  | Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14  Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14 Cut World Bank funding to enforce against terrorism: Favors topic 14 Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Favors topic 14  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 15:Expand the military
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15  $515B for military plus $89B off sequester for wars: Favors topic 15  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 16:Make voter registration easier
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Rated  No holiday on election day; no same-day registration: Strongly Opposes topic 16  Overturn presidential election due to pandemic voting rules: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Rated Oppose expanding voter registration and voter access: Opposes topic 16  | 
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Opposes
 topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
 (-3 points on Social scale)  | Supports a continued presence in Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17  Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Rated Voted NO on net neutrality: don't regulate the internet: Favors topic 17 Rated Voted NO on removing US forces from Yemen: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Rated President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17 Rated 2002 AUMF against Iraq should apply to ISIS: Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 18:Prioritize green energy
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | No to the job killing "Cap and Trade" legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Opposes regulations to reduce climate change: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated Voted NO on assisting rural electric renewable energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19  Voted YES on combatting epidemic of synthetic drugs: Favors topic 19  | 
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Opposes
 topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
 (+2 points on Economic scale)  | Apply all remaining stimulus funds to budget deficit: Strongly Opposes topic 20  Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 Prioritize critical spending in case debt limit reached: Opposes topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 Rated Opposed $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Strongly Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20  | 
Bill Huizenga is a Hard-Core Conservative
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