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from 2010 CT Senate Debates (number of quotes indicated):
- Linda McMahon (15)
- Richard Blumenthal (16)
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Corporations
Linda McMahon: Businesses need regulatory certainty to risk hiring workers.
Richard Blumenthal: Defend small businesses against wrongdoing, & defend record.
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Drugs
Linda McMahon: 1989: WWE exonerated unanimously of steroid doctor misdeeds.
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Energy & Oil
Linda McMahon: Cap-and-trade is an energy tax.
Richard Blumenthal: Cap-and-trade OK; fuel cells & clean energy better.
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Families & Children
Richard Blumenthal: McMahon's WWE is adult entertainment marketed to children.
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Foreign Policy
Linda McMahon: Sustainable 2-state solution in Israel; no settlement freeze.
Richard Blumenthal: 2-state solution in Israel after Palestine stops terrorism.
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Health Care
Linda McMahon: ObamaCare will increase costs; repeal it.
Richard Blumenthal: ObamaCare is a start to national reform.
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Homeland Security
Richard Blumenthal: Apologizes again for having said he served in Vietnam.
Linda McMahon: Terrorists only need to succeed once; we must succeed always.
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Immigration
Linda McMahon: More merit-based system for green card & citizenship.
Linda McMahon: No amnesty; enforce immigration laws.
Richard Blumenthal: Enact comprehensive solution; piecemeal approach fails.
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Jobs
Linda McMahon: Minimum wage increases harm small businesses.
Richard Blumenthal: More job training and more R&D tax credits.
Linda McMahon: WWE has created 20 jobs annually for 28 years.
Richard Blumenthal: Contractors without health insurance aren't good jobs.
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Principles & Values
Linda McMahon: Blumenthal insults millions of WWE viewers by dismissing WWE.
Richard Blumenthal: Seven of McMahon's WWE wrestlers have died this year.
Richard Blumenthal: I have spent my life helping people build their futures.
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Tax Reform
Linda McMahon: Economy is fragile; don't raise taxes in a recession.
Linda McMahon: Don't raise taxes on anyone, including middle class.
Richard Blumenthal: Nation's wealthiest don't need extension of Bush tax breaks.
Richard Blumenthal: Don't hold middle-income tax cut hostage to wealthiest 2%.
Linda McMahon: Make Bush tax cuts permanent or CT loses 8.500 jobs.
Richard Blumenthal: Extending Bush tax cuts for wealthiest 2% is wrong.
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Technology
Richard Blumenthal: Engage private sector to gather intel for homeland security.
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War & Peace
Linda McMahon: Support sanctions on Iran; keep all options on table.
Richard Blumenthal: Strengthen sanctions on Iran, adding an arms embargo.
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