Rick Weiland on SenateMatch

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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Lifetime fighter for a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Prosecute discrimination in both public & private sectors: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Favors same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	No Constitutional Amendment for voluntary prayer in school: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Push for public option to expand ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Keep parts of ObamaCare that work, and add Medicare option: Favors topic 5 Fight to preserve our hard won access to health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Give Medicare recipients a choice of private insurance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Protect and expand instead of cut and destroy: Strongly Opposes topic 6 2002: Served as State Director of AARP: Strongly Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	2003: Introduced first green commercial construction code: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Increase recycling; decrease pollution; strengthen CWA: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Truth in sentencing: full sentence with no chance of parole: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Universal background checks for guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Lower taxes on poor; higher taxes on wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Immigration problem from profits from cheap immigrant labor: Strongly Favors topic 12 Border security and a path to citizenship at the same time: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Tariff to oppose trade barriers; trade based on human rights: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Decrease foreign aid; review US-UN relationship: Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	1997: Served as Regional Director of FEMA: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Congress should fight for people, not for big donors: Favors topic 16 Voluntarily limit campaign contributions to maximum of $100: Favors topic 16 We're hijacked by big money special interests: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	No U.S. military intervention in Syria: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	End subsidies to big oil companies, instead of gas tax: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes Keystone XL pipeline: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	More drug testing; more drug penalties: Strongly Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Raise the minimum wage; fight against special interests: Favors topic 20 Stop sweetheart deals for businesses 'too big to fail': Opposes topic 20 Stop sweetheart deals & government bailouts of big business: Opposes topic 20