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Abortion
Alan Keyes: Pro-choice stance is the slaveholder’s position.
Anne Stava-Murray: Progressive and pregnant prochoice champion.
Anne Stava-Murray: OpEd: Supports expanded abortion rights.
Barack Obama: Moral accusations from pro-lifers are counterproductive.
Doug Truax: Calls himself "very pro-life" & supports limiting abortion.
Jim Oberweis: Abortion procedure should be outlawed.
Kathy Salvi: Takes traditional party positions, opposes abortion.
Mark Curran: Opposed partial-birth abortion.
Mark Curran: Pro-life, only allow abortion to save life of mother.
Mark Curran: IL Right to Life Action: rated most prolife in Senate race.
Mark Kirk: Fund Planned Parenthood for non-abortion health services.
Peggy Hubbard: As unwed mother refused abortion after hearing heartbeat.
Richard Durbin: Abortion is a private decision.
Richard Durbin: IL Right to Life Action: rated "4" for pro-abortion.
Sharon Hansen: Life begins at conception, but listen to constituents.
Steven Sauerberg: I'm pro-baby, pro-mother and pro-family.
Steven Sauerberg: Born Alive Infant Protection Act is basic humanity.
Steven Sauerberg: Provide women with an alternatives to abortion.
Kathy Salvi: Let states decide abortion rights.
Tammy Duckworth: Majority support a woman's right to make her own decisions.
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Budget & Economy
Kathy Salvi: Grow the economy through a small, limited government.
Mark Curran: Would support and lead on Balanced Budget Amendment.
Mark Curran: Balanced budget via combo of increased revenue & budget cuts.
Richard Durbin: Doing nothing in economic crisis abdicates responsibility.
Sharon Hansen: Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity.
Steven Sauerberg: Opposes $700 billion rescue plan.
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Civil Rights
Alan Keyes: Gay marriage invalid because gay couples cannot reproduce.
Barack Obama: Gays should not face discrimination but should not marry.
Doug Truax: Uphold one-man, one-woman definition, but let states decide.
Mark Curran: The wrong people moved in, and changed Lake County.
Peggy Hubbard: White liberals are the most, gullible, asinine people.
Sharon Hansen: Government shouldn't redefine marriage.
Steven Sauerberg: Hired Log Cabin Republicans as press secretary.
Tammy Duckworth: Calls for Justice Dept investigation into gay hate crime.
Juliana Stratton: Will continue to stand up and fight for LGBTQ+ Illinoisans.
Raja Krishnamoorthi: Opposed ending LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline.
Robin Kelly: The issue with our country is not its diversity.
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Corporations
Jim Oberweis: Corporations go overseas when taxes & governments bully them.
Mark Curran: Cut red tape and regulations for private business.
Mark Curran: Oversight of government agencies hostile to business.
Mark Curran: Cut red tape and regulations for private business.
Richard Durbin: Patriot employers: reward companies that supply U.S. jobs.
Sharon Hansen: Lower corporate tax rates prevent companies going overseas.
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Crime
Alan Keyes: Enforcement should target criminals, not social conditions.
Alan Keyes: No conflict between pro life and pro death penalty stances.
Alan Keyes: Sentencing gang members to death sends strong social message.
Barack Obama: Restrict police entry rules, to protect our civil liberties.
Barack Obama: Passed 150 laws to toughen penalties for violent crime.
Barack Obama: Death penalty should be enforced fairly and with caution.
Barack Obama: Death penalty should not discriminate by gang membership.
Kathy Salvi: I will always stand with the police and the rule of law.
Mark Curran: Black Lives Matter addresses police racist conduct.
Mark Kirk: Provide after-school basketball to reduce youth violence.
Mark Kirk: Deportation to fight rising street gang population.
Peggy Hubbard: Don't demonize police officers serving in high-crime areas.
Juliana Stratton: A strictly punitive criminal justice system is not working.
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Drugs
Anne Stava-Murray: End marijuana probation; allow regulation and taxation.
Doug Truax: Medical marijuana is a state issue.
Jim Oberweis: Who am I to say patients shouldn't use medical marijuana?
Mark Curran: Key to solving opioid epidemic is border security.
Mark Curran: Training and Narcan will help responders deal with overdoses.
Mark Curran: Training and Narcan will help responders deal with overdoses.
Mark Kirk: No need to increase veterans' access to medical marijuana.
Mark Kirk: Crack down on drug cartels trafficking of illegal weapons.
Mark Kirk: Decriminalize and/or legalize marijuana.
Richard Durbin: The plague of methamphetamine abuse is growing.
Tammy Duckworth: Protect state marijuana laws from federal interference.
Juliana Stratton: Chairs board reinvesting state revenues from marijuana sales.
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Education
Alan Keyes: Parents, not schools, should be responsible for sex ed.
Anne Stava-Murray: Shift cost of education away from property tax.
Barack Obama: Sex education needed to help children discuss molestation.
Kathy Salvi: Parents are the primary educators of their children.
Mark Curran: There is no student loan crisis: against "free college".
Mark Curran: Need localized approach to education and parental choice.
Mark Curran: Need localized approach to education and parental choice.
Peggy Hubbard: College isn't for everyone, real problem is inflated costs.
Richard Durbin: Create refundable tax credit for teachers in Title I schools.
Juliana Stratton: Education cuts will impact lowest income communities.
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Energy & Oil
Kathy Salvi: Increase our production of all types of energy.
Mark Curran: Opposes "far-left radical environmental agenda".
Mark Curran: Not convinced climate change is current threat to humankind.
Mark Curran: Yes to cleaner fuel but some climate ideas are alarmist.
Mark Curran: Yes to cleaner fuel but some climate ideas are alarmist.
Mark Kirk: Climate change is real, but no carbon tax.
Peggy Hubbard: Don't believe lies of the left on human-made climate change.
Richard Durbin: Energy tax to fund infrastructure investment.
Richard Durbin: Empower the EPA to regulate greenhouse emissions.
Sharon Hansen: No subsidies for wind and solar.
Tammy Duckworth: Human activity is the major factor driving climate change.
Kathy Salvi: More natural gas to relieve reliance on foreign energy.
Juliana Stratton: Ensure access to benefits of our growing clean energy sector.
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Environment
Mark Curran: Corporate polluters should be prosecuted and sent to prison.
Mark Curran: Use EPA to prosecute corporate polluters.
Mark Curran: Use EPA to prosecute corporate polluters.
Richard Durbin: Drives a Ford hybrid that gets 30 mpg.
Richard Durbin: Renovate our entire drinking water infrastructure.
Steven Sauerberg: Drives a Lexus that gets 23 mpg.
Tammy Duckworth: Every American has a right to clean air, water, and land.
Juliana Stratton: Trump's EPA cutting regulations on PFAS a slap in the face.
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Families & Children
Richard Durbin: Safe, affordable child care available to more families.
Tammy Duckworth: Airports should all have 'lactation rooms' for breastfeeding.
Juliana Stratton: Balanced state budget making it easier for families.
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Foreign Policy
Doug Truax: End Obama's "lead from behind" approach to foreign policy.
Jim Oberweis: To understand China, read the 5-year plans.
Jim Oberweis: Obama's results are ok, but too often he does nothing.
Kathy Salvi: Congress needs to reassert its authority on foreign policy.
Mark Curran: Some Islamic nations not ripe for democracy.
Napoleon Harris: Shift focus of foreign aid from Mideast back to the Americas.
Richard Durbin: Ukraine should ally with European Union, not former Soviets.
Raja Krishnamoorthi: Bombing Iran may have accelerated their going nuclear.
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Free Trade
Jim Oberweis: Challenge in China is lack of clarity on taxes.
Jim Oberweis: Invest in Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, India, and China.
Mark Curran: Tariffs may be necessary; subsidize farmers if required.
Tammy Duckworth: Yes to Ex-im bank; Yes to fast-track.
Juliana Stratton: Trump's Tax on Working Families will harm hardworking people.
Raja Krishnamoorthi: Tariffs are a hidden tax on families and small businesses.
Robin Kelly: Against tariffs; trade should be fair and equitable.
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Government Reform
Alan Keyes: Reinstate that state legislatures elect US Senators.
Andrea Zopp: Voter ID laws are intended to limit the Black vote.
Anne Stava-Murray: Favor legislative term limits.
Anne Stava-Murray: End gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Barack Obama: Electing US Senators empowers people: keep 17th Amendment.
Doug Truax: Political class fails to put interests of taxpayers first.
Kathy Salvi: Does not claim Biden won through election fraud.
Mark Curran: Supports term limits for Congress.
Peggy Hubbard: I will oppose the job-killing big government policies.
Peggy Hubbard: For term limits, keeping the filibuster, voter I.D.
Sharon Hansen: Photo ID for voting.
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Gun Control
Alan Keyes: Gun control mentality means crooks have all the guns.
Anne Stava-Murray: We can reduce number of gun-related suicides.
Barack Obama: Bush erred in failing to renew assault weapons ban.
Kathy Salvi: Favors some gun reform, but supports the NRA.
Mark Curran: Focus on mental health & video games, not guns.
Mark Curran: Absent amendment, many proposed laws unconstitutional.
Mark Kirk: Both major-party Senate candidates support gun restrictions.
Peggy Hubbard: Guns save lives; I will defend our Second Amendment rights.
Peggy Hubbard: 2nd amendment about single mother defending herself & family.
Richard Durbin: Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety for gun-sense majority.
Sharon Hansen: Don't bow down to money instead of our rights.
Sharon Hansen: Opposes more gun restrictions.
Kathy Salvi: Implement laws on the books before any new laws.
Tammy Duckworth: Ban assault rifles and high-capacity magazines.
Juliana Stratton: We must enact common sense gun laws, stricter policies.
Robin Kelly: Hold gun dealers accountable for sales to straw purchasers.
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Health Care
Doug Truax: AdWatch: ObamaCare does more harm to middle class than good.
Jim Oberweis: Not a fan of ObamaCare, but it helps healthcare businesses.
Jim Oberweis: Repeal and replace ObamaCare; not just repeal.
Jim Oberweis: Parent policy until age 26 good; pre-existing coverage good.
Mark Curran: Study ACA to see what's working before deciding to repeal.
Mark Curran: Preventative medicine approach, with free market principles.
Mark Kirk: For 2013 shutdown over ObamaCare, but then for compromise.
Peggy Hubbard: Return market forces to patient-doctor relationship.
Peggy Hubbard: I am not in favor of socialized healthcare.
Richard Durbin: AdWatch: Targeted by RNC robocalls for support of ObamaCare.
Richard Durbin: Large-scale expansion of taxpayer-subsidized coverage.
Richard Durbin: Defend & expand ObamaCare and Medicaid.
Sharon Hansen: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility.
Steven Sauerberg: Vouchers to make health care portable and less job-dependent.
Juliana Stratton: Trump, Republicans stripping away health care from millions.
Raja Krishnamoorthi: Medicaid is too important a program to cut in the budget.
Robin Kelly: Vaccines are safe, effective, and the best medicine .
Robin Kelly: Trump's policies will lead to deaths of LGBTQ people.
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Homeland Security
Adam Kinzinger: Republicanism means stronger defense and smaller government.
Doug Truax: Ok to interrogate jihadists using any means necessary.
Jim Oberweis: Supports funding cuts for the military.
Mark Curran: Proper funding & resources to fight terror.
Peggy Hubbard: Ensure every veteran in America is cared for properly.
Richard Durbin: $48M to protect US Embassies around the world.
Richard Durbin: Benghazi was a tragedy, but not a cover-up.
Richard Durbin: Veterans angry over accusations that Guantanamo like gulag.
Sharon Hansen: Superior nuclear arsenal is unnecessary.
Steven Sauerberg: Apologized for saying Guantanamo is like gulag.
Juliana Stratton: Opposed threat to cut over 400 jobs at Rock Island Arsenal.
Raja Krishnamoorthi: One focus must be redoubling investments in our submarines.
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Immigration
Doug Truax: First secure the border, then no comprehensive reform.
Jim Oberweis: Visas for illegal immigrants, but no path to citizenship.
Kathy Salvi: Secure border from drugs, terrorists, dangerous criminals.
Mark Curran: Backed bipartisan legislation with path for citizenship.
Mark Curran: Deporting working people with families is absolutely wrong.
Mark Curran: When rights of one are in jeopardy, rights of all are.
Mark Curran: Supports Trump on funding for border/ICE agents, border wall.
Mark Curran: For border wall; but path to citizenship for DREAMers.
Mark Kirk: First secure the border; then path to citizenship.
Peggy Hubbard: Securing our border first step to ensure national security.
Peggy Hubbard: Illegal immigration threatens our security, economic health.
Peggy Hubbard: Support ending chain migration and the visa lottery program.
Richard Durbin: Our border with Mexico is strongest it's been in 40 years.
Richard Durbin: Immigration reform bill makes America safer.
Richard Durbin: Reform will increase coordination & reduce terrorism.
Richard Durbin: Extend partner immigration rights to gay couples.
Sharon Hansen: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry.
Juliana Stratton: Not going to tolerate people being snatched off the streets.
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Jobs
Jim Oberweis: Minimum wage of $10 (and less for those under age 24).
Richard Durbin: Raise minimum wage to $10.10 & same pay regardless of gender.
Sharon Hansen: No minimum wage; & no set pay based on gender.
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Principles & Values
Adam Kinzinger: Protesting Electoral College is "scam"; accept Trump losing.
Alan Keyes: Great principles at stake: marriage & innocent life.
Barack Obama: Seek common ground, not a moral crusade.
Doug Truax: The Great Experiment known as America shines brightly.
Jim Oberweis: Milk Dud: poured dairy fortune into 5 failed campaigns.
Mark Curran: Bless us with four more years of Donald Trump.
Mark Curran: Curtailing individual religious freedoms, I find abhorrent.
Peggy Hubbard: Put the American people and our freedoms first.
Peggy Hubbard: Prioritize America's interests above the rest of the world.
Peggy Hubbard: Our country was built the mantra "One nation under GOD".
Richard Durbin: Bipartisan dialogue instead of gridlock.
Sharon Hansen: Judeo-Christian values established our government framework.
Steven Sauerberg: Put $1.3M of his own money into campaign.
Tammy Duckworth: I answer the call when asked to serve my country.
Juliana Stratton: Juneteenth means always honor that legacy; more to be done.
Raja Krishnamoorthi: Read from the Bhagavad-Gita at bipartisan interfaith service.
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Social Security
Anne Stava-Murray: Our state pension debt is underfunded.
Mark Curran: Local pensions invest the majority of money in the market.
Mark Curran: Face hard truth to properly fund benefit programs.
Peggy Hubbard: Program has grown too large and will become insolvent.
Richard Durbin: Simpson-Bowles got it right. put everything on the table.
Juliana Stratton: Standing up for Social Security is in our own best interest.
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Tax Reform
Mark Curran: Simplify tax code; against tax breaks for large corporations.
Richard Durbin: Close tax loopholes and gain $1.2T from the wealthy.
Juliana Stratton: Supported amendment to make graduated state income tax.
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Technology
Jim Oberweis: Protect intellectual property rights, including lawsuits.
Peggy Hubbard: Address cyber threats with large-scale network security.
Richard Durbin: Fund science to protect food supply, cure disease, and more.
Tammy Duckworth: Longer-term government funding for infrastructure needs.
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War & Peace
Alan Keyes: Iraq War reduced probability of attack from Saddam to zero.
Alan Keyes: Naive to think Saddam has no connections to Al Qaeda.
Andrea Zopp: Supports the Iran nuclear deal.
Barack Obama: Iraq War has made US less safe from terrorism.
Barack Obama: Saddam has no connections to Al Qaeda nor to 9/11.
Jim Oberweis: Stay the course; gradual withdrawal from the Iraq war.
Mark Curran: Sanctions & possible bombing, to stop spread of nuclear arms.
Mark Kirk: Ground troops against ISIS only with long-term exit strategy.
Richard Durbin: Engage China to de-escalate North Korean nukes.
Richard Durbin: We can' afford $10B to $15B a month in Iraq.
Steven Sauerberg: Critical to keep U.S. troops in Iraq to help Iraqis.
Susan Rice: Small U.S. military presence in Syria fought ISIS threat.
Tammy Duckworth: Iran is our enemy, but nuclear deal prevents Iranian nukes.
Robin Kelly: Trump's decision to bomb Iran will not lead to peace.
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Welfare & Poverty
Jim Oberweis: Tepid welfare reform is the best we can get right now.
Mark Curran: Access to food is a right and Congress must safeguard it.
Mark Curran: Access to food is a right and Congress must safeguard it.
Peggy Hubbard: Refused to live on welfare, free of government dependency.
Peggy Hubbard: Help forgotten communities escape the government plantation.
Richard Durbin: Educate farmers about federal programs that can help them.
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