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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban abortion; ban public funds for Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 DOJ should investigate manufacturer of abortion pill: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion: Opposes topic 1 Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: 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 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 CC:Appoint strict Constitutionalist judges: Opposes topic 1 CC:De-fund Planned Parenthood: Opposes topic 1 CC:Parental notification for abortions by minors: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion: Opposes topic 1 Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Women push boundaries for those coming behind them: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2 DEI has been co-opted by the radical Left: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rated 25% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	Let people of faith withhold services to gay couples: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Urged NCAA to ban transgender athletes from women's sports: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3 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
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Grateful for the work done by Christian media leaders: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Health savings accounts instead of ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: 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 Repeal healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Strengthen Social Security by rooting out waste & fraud: Opposes topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 3% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports vouchers for private schools: Favors topic 7 Marxist Critical Race Theory is about indoctrination: Strongly Favors topic 7 Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 Constitutionally guarantee parent's right to educate kids: Strongly Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: 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
Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-3 points on Social scale)	Cut budget of Environmental Protection Administration: Strongly Favors topic 8 Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 Celebrate the recovery of the bald eagle: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 Establish an International Conservation Strategy: Strongly Opposes topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Favors topic 8 Voted NO on requiring limited GMO labeling: Favors topic 8 Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8 Loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska: Strongly Favors topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Make it illegal to dox federal law enforcement officials: Strongly Favors topic 9 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
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Get background checks working, but no other gun regulations: Favors topic 10 Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message: Favors topic 10 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Require video recording of every firearm test by ATF: Favors topic 10 Unrestricted right to bear arms, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Support President Trump's tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 71% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal the estate tax: Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Reduce corporate tax rates from 35% to 21% to create jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 11 CC:Make federal income tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 CC:Elimination the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	No amnesty for DREAMers; it makes illegal immigration surge: Strongly Opposes topic 12 State of the Union: protest undocumented immigrants licenses: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Completely appropriate for local police to work with ICE: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated 100% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Government services in English only: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated A by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Supports border infrastructure, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Support national emergency at the Southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Declare English as the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Trump's tariifs are a bad deal for Tennesseans: Favors topic 13 Doesn't believe tariffs will lead to price increases: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Sponsored sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 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 Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	This country is the greatest place on the planet: Strongly Favors topic 14 Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14 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 Sponsored bill to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale)	Supported military spending bills in Congress: Favors topic 15 Make sure our enemies fear us: Strongly Favors topic 15 Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 Free postage for soldiers serving abroad: Favors topic 15 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 Award research grants based on national interest: Favors topic 15 CC:Secure the grid against terrorism: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Stand against Big Tech aiding Chinese Communist Party: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran nuke deal puts future security in jeopardy: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Counter Iran's growing presence in Latin America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Aid the Syrian opposition with training & equipment: Opposes topic 17 CC:Keep alliance with Israel: Opposes topic 17 Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Climate change isn't settled; withdraw from Paris Accord: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Sponsored bill barring greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Repeal weatherization assistance for low-income persons: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Repeal requirements for compact fluorescent bulbs: Favors topic 18 Sponsored bill prohibiting EPA regulation of greenhouse gas: No opin. on topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Let wind energy production tax credit expire: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Don't loosen federal regulations marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19 Stiffer penalties for deceptively trafficking in fentanyl: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated D+ by NORM: rescheduling cannabis is irresponsible: Strongly Favors topic 19 Opposed rescheduling marijuana as less dangerous: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated -20 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated 0% by NORML, indicating an anti-legalization stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Sponsored bill for combatting epidemic of synthetic drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Across-the-board federal spending cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Ban roadway signs indicating Recovery Act funding: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 CC:Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Opposes topic 20 Voted NO on $900 billion COVID relief package: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Opposed $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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