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Catherine Cortez Masto on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Endorsed by EMILY's List: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Introduces bill to encourage diversity on corporate boards: Strongly Favors topic 2 Pass real equal-pay-for-equal-work legislation: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+2 points on Social scale) | Marriage equality is a landmark, but more work to do: Strongly Favors topic 3 Following court rulings, dropped defense of gay marriage ban: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let Nevada ban same-sex marriage; it's will of the people: Opposes topic 3 States ban bigamy & incest, so why not same-sex marriage?: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
No opinion on
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Don't turn Medicare into a voucher program: Strongly Favors topic 5 As A.G., refused to join lawsuit against ObamaCare: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Privatizing subjects Nevada seniors to whims of stock market: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Opposes Education Savings Accounts and school choice: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Applauds EPA funding to protect Nevada's surface water: Favors topic 8 Supported by League of Conservation Voters: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Endorsed by Sierra Club for protecting Nevada's public lands: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices: Opposes topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Supports peer-to-peer counseling & privacy for law officers: Opposes topic 9 Established crime of sex trafficking of children and adults: Favors topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Universal background check are an essential first step: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Rated C by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights: Opposes topic 10 Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Lower tax burden & higher wages for the middle class: Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Joined on bill to reverse funding diverted for border wall: Favors topic 12 On asylum: compassion, justice, rule of law: Favors topic 12 Comprehensive reform with earned path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale) | Fight against reckless trade deals: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | Supports US-Iran nuclear treaty: Opposes topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Citizens United has been a disaster for our democracy: Strongly Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference: Favors topic 17 OpEd: Supported Iran nuclear deal as quid-pro-quo: Opposes topic 17 Declare war on ISIS; arm and train the Iraqi Kurds: Opposes topic 17 Declare war on ISIS before innocent lives are taken: Strongly Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Yucca Mountain is dead; fight so it continues to be: Strongly Favors topic 18 Fight making Yucca Mountain a high-level nuclear waste dump: Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+2 points on Social scale) | Legalize medical marijuana, and eventually recreational use: Strongly Opposes topic 19 I do not see a benefit in our state in legalizing marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Combat the use and distribution of methamphetamines: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Co-sponsored bill to protect small business from cyberattack: Strongly Favors topic 20 Prosecute fraudulent foreclosure rescue & loan modifications: Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 |
Catherine Cortez Masto is a Populist-Leaning Liberal
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NV Gubernatorial: Adam Laxalt Brian Sandoval Dan Schwartz Jared Fisher Steve Sisolak NV Senatorial: Bob Beers Danny Tarkanian Dean Heller Jacky Rosen Joe Heck Sharron Angle Left office as of Jan. 2019: AZ:Flake(R,retired) FL:Nelson(D,lost) IN:Donnelly(D,lost) MN:Franken(D,resigned) MO:McCaskill(D,lost) MS:Cochran(R,resigned) ND:Heitkamp(D,lost) NV:Heller(R,lost) TN:Corker(R,retired) UT:Hatch(R,retired) Took office as of Jan. 2019: AZ:McSally(R) FL:Scott(R) IN:Braun(R) MN:Smith(D,2018) MO:Hawley(R) MS:Hyde-Smith(R,2018) ND:Cramer(R) NV:Rosen(D) TN:Blackburn(R) UT:Romney(R) |
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