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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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban abortion after 20 weeks; de-fund Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Legal protection for innocent human life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Opposes federal abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund: Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Opposes gay marriage; let states decide: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Military shouldn't have gay rights imposed: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports banning homosexuals in the military: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Sponsored supporting the contributions of Catholic schools: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Cross-state insurance; develop wellness programs: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Protected volunteer firefighters from ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Opposes government-run healthcare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Explore privatization of Social Security: Favors topic 6 Supports safety net of Social Security and Medicare: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes privatizing Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 7% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Empower parents to choose kids' education environment: Strongly Favors topic 7 A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind: Favors topic 7 Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Energy regulations cost jobs: Strongly Favors topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 Limit EPA oversight to allow mining over fishing: Strongly Favors topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Favors topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports capital punishment for certain crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Death penalty for killing police officers: Favors topic 9 Rated 85% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	No background checks; but limit bump stocks: Favors topic 10 Individual right to keep, own, and use firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes all gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restrictions on the right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Recognize heritage of hunting & shooting on federal lands: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Congress is addicted to spending: Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Death Tax is a pernicious double tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Zero-tolerance policy; stop DACA in its tracks: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Avoiding immigrant family separation is amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Crack down on fraudulent immigration documents: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Make visa overstay a felony: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Endorsed by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No birthright citizenship unless one parent is an American: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Use tariffs as leverage to get better trade deals: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Sponsored sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Sponsored imposing import fee on countries with undervalued currency: Opposes topic 13 Rated 75% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15
Neutral on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Withdraw from Obama's Iran nuclear treaty: Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't regulate greenhouse gases; we're in a cooling trend: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Use coal, nuclear, natural gas; consider alternatives: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws: Opposes topic 19 Rated C- by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Recovery is found in private business, not big government: Strongly Opposes topic 20 For debt limit & balanced budget amendment to help economy: Opposes topic 20 Ban roadway signs indicating Recovery Act funding: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 Prioritize critical spending in case debt limit reached: Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20