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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (7 points on Social scale)	Opposes partial-birth abortion, but agreed with veto on ban: Neutral on topic 1 Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Advocated for Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Medicare Rx plan;more breast cancer research: Favors topic 5 Supports Patient Bill of Rights: Favors topic 5 Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage: Favors topic 5 NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Save Social Security & strengthen Medicare: Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (2 points on Social scale)	YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale)	Advocated for gun control with sportsmen’s rights: Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	Targeted tax cuts to working families: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Opposes topic 11 YES on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Opposes topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (2 points on Economic scale)	YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13 NO on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (7 points on Social scale)	YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (0 points on Economic scale)	YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior: Opposes topic 18 YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)