| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Heather Wilson: Strongly in favor of a balanced-budget amendment.
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Civil Rights
Hector Balderas: Same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue.
Martin Heinrich: Supports marriage equality; opposes DOMA.
Heather Wilson: Don't criminalize teasing gays in school; it's free speech.
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Energy & Oil
Heather Wilson: Stop pursuing green dreams on energy.
Martin Heinrich: Develop NM solar and wind, not coal and oil.
Martin Heinrich: Supports cap-and-trade; it causes no big energy costs.
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Homeland Security
Hector Balderas: Reduce some defense spending by drawing down wars.
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Immigration
Heather Wilson: Permanent solution instead of DREAM Act.
Martin Heinrich: Step up border enforcement; but also DREAM Act.
Martin Heinrich: Arizona anti-immigrant law is racial profiling.
Martin Heinrich: Arizona anti-immigrant law is racial profiling.
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Jobs
Heather Wilson: Sequestration would cut 20,000 jobs at N.M. national labs.
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Technology
Martin Heinrich: Invest in infrastructure and tech transfer.
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Welfare & Poverty
Hector Balderas: Raised on food stamps by struggling single mother.
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