| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Lisa Murkowski: Against “regionalization” of federal funding.
Tony Knowles: Consolidate funding now distributed to Alaska’s 230 tribes.
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Civil Rights
Tony Knowles: Marriage definition should be by states, not US Constitution.
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Corporations
Lisa Murkowski: Exxon would not benefit from a $6.5 billion tax break at all.
Tony Knowles: Demand Exxon pay $4 billion in punitive damages to fishermen.
Lisa Murkowski: Want to have the Exxon Valdez issue behind us.
Tony Knowles: Exxon must pay fishermen who were harmed by their spill.
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Crime
Lisa Murkowski: Limit liability by capping non-economic damages.
Tony Knowles: Reform the system while protect everyone’s right in court.
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Drugs
Lisa Murkowski: Legalizing recreational marijuana is public health risk.
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Education
Lisa Murkowski: Support NCLB but need room to adapt NCLB to local needs.
Tony Knowles: No Child Left Behind made our education dream a nightmare.
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Energy & Oil
Mark Begich: Short term: $2.5B for LIHEAP; 70M bbl from strategic reserve.
Mark Begich: Long term: develop ANWR; build renewable energy plants.
Lisa Murkowski: Need a president who will sign ANWR.
Tony Knowles: Support drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Lisa Murkowski: Get ANWR with a Republican-led majority.
Tony Knowles: Seek ANWR through a bill that sets tougher mileage standards.
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Environment
Lisa Murkowski: Pay a fee if one’s actions place other users in harm’s way.
Tony Knowles: Appropriate to levy reasonable fees to upkeep public lands.
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Government Reform
Lisa Murkowski: Alaska loses with a Senator who caucuses with the Democrats.
Tony Knowles: A one-party strategy for America doesn’t work.
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Gun Control
Lisa Murkowski: Oppose reauthorizing the federal assault weapons ban.
Tony Knowles: Oppose reauthorizing the federal assault weapons ban.
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Health Care
Bill Walker: Bipartisan compromise on healthcare.
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Homeland Security
Lisa Murkowski: A missile defense system that protects all 50 states.
Lisa Murkowski: Alaska is served well by the Alaska Fire Service.
Tony Knowles: Support a national missile defense system.
Tony Knowles: Fairbanksans were not satisfied with the Alaska Fire Service.
Tony Knowles: Supports Powell Doctrine & pre-emptive military action.
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Principles & Values
Joe Miller: OpEd: Murkowski should be challenged by a real conservative.
Dan Sullivan: Involved in Alaska state politics since 1990.
Mead Treadwell: Involved in Alaska state politics since 1978.
Jim Sykes: Qualified candidates for Senate deserve to be heard equally.
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Tax Reform
Lisa Murkowski: Got over $700 million of tax credits for a gas pipeline.
Lisa Murkowski: The $143 billion corporate tax bill is a “jobs” bill.
Tony Knowles: Oppose the $143 billion corporate tax bill as a tax giveaway.
Tony Knowles: Offer a tax credit for the industry to build a gas pipeline.
Lisa Murkowski: Federal tax cuts are a means to spur economic growth.
Tony Knowles: Support permanent tax cuts for most wage earners.
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War & Peace
Scott Kohlhaas: The Bush doctrine makes a draft is very, very likely.
Lisa Murkowski: A democratic Iraq will be a role model for the Middle East.
Tony Knowles: Could have assaulted on Al-Qaida and bin Laden on full-scale.
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Welfare & Poverty
Lisa Murkowski: Opposed the federal overtime laws.
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