National Public Radio election coverage: 2000-2009 races


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Abortion     Eric Schmitt: Reinstate rule banning abortion referrals with federal funds.     Mike Parson: Signs bill criminalizing abortion after eight weeks.     Susan Rice: Disagrees with son: she's pro-choice, he's pro-life.

Budget & Economy     Danielle Allen: East-west rail clearly important; definitely a high priority.     Gary Chambers: Has been an advocate for Biden's Build Back Better plan.

Civil Rights     Chris Pappas: State of the Union: protest transgender military service ban.     Curt Clawson: Promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.     Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, record number of women in Congress.     Geoff Diehl: Supports gay GOP candidate criticized by committee member.     Kirsten Gillibrand: State of the Union: protest transgender military service ban.     Maura Healey: We put an equity lens on everything that we do.     Maura Healey: Was lead counsel challenging Defense of Marriage Act.     Maura Healey: The first openly gay state attorney general in U.S. history.

Crime     Joe Gale: Appalling to criticize insurrection but not other protests.

Education     Eric Schmitt: No evidence of increased threats towards school officials.     Hunter Hill: Advocate for education accounts including private schools.     Maura Healey: Pandemic requires additional support for public schools.     Sonia Chang-Diaz: Young people shouldn't have to carry decades of student debt.     Barry Moore: Allow tax credits for parents for private schools.     John Rogers: No tax credits for parents for private schools.     Robert Bentley: Allow tax credits for parents for private schools.     Vivian Davis Figures: No tax credits for parents for private schools.

Energy & Oil     Bob Massie: Transform the state completely by pursuing renewable energy.     Curt Clawson: Keystone XL pipeline must be completed.     Donald Trump: Represent Pittsburgh, not Paris: Coal over climate agreement.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check:US became #1 producer of natural gas in 2009.     Harry Reid: BP and oil companies need regulation.     Maura Healey: Will harness all the levers in combating the climate crisis.     Spencer Cox: There's very clear evidence of climate change.     Steve Bullock: Promotes wind and solar power and clean coal for Montana.

Environment     Barack Obama: WOTUS 2015: expansive definition of protected waterways.     Charles Booker: Marginalized communities harmed by pollution must be heard.     Donald Trump: WOTUS 2018: limited definition of protected waterways.

Families & Children     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: State of the Union: protest ignoring sexual assaults.     Kevin Stitt: Vaccination should be between a parent & their pediatrician.

Foreign Policy     Raul Garcia: Born in Cuba; passion for service from authoritarian regime.

Free Trade     Donald Trump: Fact-Check: Union support for USMCA was mixed.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check:USMCA mostly a cosmetic refreshing of NAFTA.     Suzanne Crouch: Led delegation to promote Indiana agriculture to Mexico.

Government Reform     Amy Coney Barrett: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Brett Kavanaugh: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Clarence Thomas: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Danielle Allen: Democracy is about working, deciding, acting together.     Democratic Party: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Elena Kagan: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Jack Reed: Nuclear option: Allow confirmation of Obama's appointees.     John Roberts: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Mark Brnovich: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Neil Gorsuch: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Samuel Alito: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Sharron Angle: In state legislature, sole No vote called "41 to Angle".     Sonia Sotomayor: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Stephen Breyer: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Ted Budd: Falsely claimed bill would allow minors to vote.     Tom Steyer: Looking for old fashioned values, character and transparency.

Gun Control     Bob Stefanowski: No more gun controls; gun owners have been persecuted.     Sharice Davids: Gun violence a public health crisis.

Health Care     Bernie Sanders: Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans.     Curt Clawson: Lift the economic shackles of ObamaCare.     Danielle Allen: COVID: Mandatory vaccinations for elderly, prison workers.     David Shulkin: The VA is just as good or better than private health care.     Donald Trump: Executive order requiring healthcare price transparency.     Harry Reid: ObamaCare improved healthcare and also improved economy.     Nan Whaley: Build infrastructure to distribute millions of vaccines.     Sharron Angle: We're a country of choice; don't force people into insurance.

Homeland Security     JD Vance: Don't fight for abstractions; fight for people's homes.

Immigration     Donald Trump: FactCheck: border mayors claim towns are secure & safe.     Jeff Merkley: State of the Union: protest child separation at border.     Larry Hogan: Reject Trump policy of separating families at the border.     Marsha Blackburn: State of the Union: protest undocumented immigrants licenses.     Maura Healey: Fought Muslim travel ban & family separation at border.     Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Withdraw troops from Mexican border: there's no emergency.     Michelle Nunn: Un-American travel ban hurts refugees & US standing in world.     Susana Martinez: Deploy National Guard troops on Mexican border.     Tim Burchett: State of the Union: protest undocumented immigrants licenses.

Jobs     Donald Trump: Fact-check: African-American unemployment lowest in history.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check: Job creation has increased, but at lower rate.     Geoff Diehl: COVID: State should have furloughed non-essential employees.     Sharron Angle: No, I don't think the unemployed are spoiled.

Principles & Values     Don Blankenship: I'm Trumpier than Trump, despite Trump opposition.     Geoff Diehl: 2020 election not stolen, supports investigation of riot.     Harry Reid: Son of a miner; mother took in wash from brothels.     Maura Healey: A proud progressive but not interested in labels.     Maura Healey: Briefly played pro basketball, went on to law school.     Sharron Angle: I live in middle-class Reno; Reid lives in DC's Ritz-Carlton.     Spencer Cox: I don't like to rank sins; I just do the best I can.     Matt Meyer: Lifts order blocking Muslim burial for humanitarian reasons.     Raul Garcia: Ran for Governor in 2020 & 2024;then switched to Senate race.     Susan Rice: Against divisiveness; Americans sink or swim together.

Social Security     Harry Reid: What would have happened if Trust Fund were in stock market?     Sharron Angle: Personalize Social Security; not privatize.

Tax Reform     Danielle Allen: Better targeted investment than two-month sales tax holiday.     Dino Rossi: Repealing Bush tax cut is biggest tax increase in US history.     Patty Murray: Bush tax cut for top 2% costs us $2 trillion.

Technology     Amy Klobuchar: Tax tech giants when they sell access to personal data.     Andrew Yang: Tax tech giants to share in gains from growth.     Elizabeth Warren: Amazon is a monopolist; limit their monopoly profits.

War & Peace     Barack Obama: OpEd: Withdrew from Iraq for political reasons.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check: Trump has sent more troops to MidEast.     Harry Reid: OpEd: saying Iraq war was lost emboldened our enemies.     James Mattis: U.S. should keep a small force in Iraq.     Joe Biden: U.S. forces out of Iraq, by whatever path led there fastest.     Susan Rice: Small U.S. military presence in Syria fought ISIS threat.     JD Vance: I saw when I went to Iraq that I had been lied to.     James Mattis: U.S. should keep a small force in Syria.     James Mattis: U.S. should keep a small force in Afghanistan.

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