Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from 2010 IN Senate Debates (number of quotes indicated):
- Brad Ellsworth (9)
- Daniel Coats (12)
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
Abortion
Brad Ellsworth: Taxpayer money ok for abortions.
|
Budget & Economy
Brad Ellsworth: Stimulus legislation prevented going into a depression.
Brad Ellsworth: Voted for bailout, health care law and stimulus bill.
Daniel Coats: Commitment to no new spending unless offset & paid for.
|
Energy & Oil
Brad Ellsworth: Cap-and-trade would put Hoosiers out of work.
Brad Ellsworth: Supports nuclear, solar, & clean coal, but not cap-&-trade.
Daniel Coats: Accused of benefiting as lobbyist from pushing cap-and-trade.
Daniel Coats: Don't pick winners & losers in biofuel; pick nuclear instead.
|
Free Trade
Brad Ellsworth: NAFTA has cost Indiana jobs.
Daniel Coats: Trade barriers would hurt Indiana.
|
Gun Control
Daniel Coats: 1991: voted for Brady Bill & background checks.
|
Immigration
Daniel Coats: Voted for amnesty 26 years ago; against a dozen times since.
|
Principles & Values
Daniel Coats: YouTube video: "Don't tell Hoosiers I'm a Tar Heel".
Daniel Coats: There's a lot of enthusiasm for change in Washington.
Daniel Coats: Accused of lobbying for whatever issue paid the most money.
Daniel Coats: Accepted lobbying job after adjournment but still in Senate.
Brad Ellsworth: Coats negotiated lobbying job while still a Senator.
|
Social Security
Brad Ellsworth: Don't raise the retirement age; put people to work instead.
Daniel Coats: Save Social Security from itself; increase age & more.
|
Tax Reform
Brad Ellsworth: Take away some of the hundreds of tax breaks & exemptions.
Daniel Coats: Open to the FairTax, but no VAT.
|
