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Murphy Foster on VoteMatch



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Abortion is a woman's right
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Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(2 points on Economic scale)
Favors: Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment.
No opinion
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
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No opinion
Teach moral standards In Public Schools
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No opinion
More Federal Funding for Health Coverage
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No opinion
Privatize Social Security
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Favors: Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding.
Opposes: Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare.
Favors
Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers
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Favors: Proposes expanding to 45 charter schools
No opinion
Death Penalty
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No opinion
Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws
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Neutral: Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs.
No opinion
Absolute right to gun ownership
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No opinion
Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower
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Neutral: No national sales tax or VAT.
No opinion
Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
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Neutral: Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal.
Neutral: Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation.
No opinion
Support & Expand Free Trade
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No opinion
Link Human Rights to trade with China
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No opinion
More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel
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No opinion
Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars")
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No opinion
Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others
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Neutral: Include states in anti-terrorism planning.
Opposes
Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming
(7 points on Economic scale)
Neutral: Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically.
Opposes: Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries.
Favors
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(2 points on Personal scale)
Favors: More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War.
Favors
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(2 points on Personal scale)
Favors: Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants.

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