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Abortion
Pat Quinn: Support Roe v. Wade; oppose Parental Notice law.
Alexi Giannoulias: Protect Roe v. Wade; fund prevention and contraception.
Dick Durbin: Abortion is a private decision.
Steven Sauerberg: Provide women with an alternatives to abortion.
Steven Sauerberg: I’m pro-baby, pro-mother and pro-family.
Steven Sauerberg: Born Alive Infant Protection Act is basic humanity.
Alan Keyes: Pro-choice stance is the slaveholder’s position.
Barack Obama: Moral accusations from pro-lifers are counterproductive.
Alan Keyes: Running because of Obama’s extreme pro-abortion votes.
Alan Keyes: Running because of Obama’s extreme pro-abortion votes.
Barack Obama: Protect a woman’s right to choose.
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Budget & Economy
Pat Quinn: Restrain spending by $220B by Budgeting For Results.
Alexi Giannoulias: Bush-Cheney policies bailed out banks & created crisis.
Dick Durbin: Doing nothing in economic crisis abdicates responsibility.
Steven Sauerberg: Opposes $700 billion rescue plan.
Barack Obama: Bush’s economic policies are not working.
Barack Obama: Supports federal programs to protect rural economy.
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Civil Rights
Pat Quinn: Marriage equality is coming to Illinois.
Pat Quinn: Make IL the leading employer of people with disabilities.
Pat Quinn: Same rights for same-sex couples as heterosexual couples.
Alexi Giannoulias: Repeal DOMA; make all civil marriages equal.
Alexi Giannoulias: Narrow the pay disparity for women.
Steven Sauerberg: Hired Log Cabin Republicans as press secretary.
Alan Keyes: Gay marriage invalid because gay couples cannot reproduce.
Barack Obama: Gays should not face discrimination but should not marry.
Barack Obama: Defend freedom and equality under law.
Rodney Davis: No affirmative action.
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Corporations
Pat Quinn: Advantage Illinois: microloans to MWOB minority firms.
Alexi Giannoulias: Rein in financial institutions & stimulate small businesses.
Alan Keyes: Protect workers’ pensions when companies declare bankruptcy.
Barack Obama: Tax incentives for corporate responsibility.
Barack Obama: Close tax loopholes for US companies relocating abroad.
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Crime
Pat Quinn: Alternative sentencing for low-level non-violent offenders.
Pat Quinn: Sold unused state prison to federal prison agency.
Alan Keyes: Enforcement should target criminals, not social conditions.
Alan Keyes: No conflict between pro life and pro death penalty stances.
Alan Keyes: Sentencing gang members to death sends strong social message.
Barack Obama: Passed 150 laws to toughen penalties for violent crime.
Barack Obama: Restrict police entry rules, to protect our civil liberties.
Barack Obama: Death penalty should be enforced fairly and with caution.
Barack Obama: Death penalty should not discriminate by gang membership.
Rodney Davis: Expand death penalty; limit aappeals.
Rodney Davis: Mandatory life sentences for third-time felons.
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Drugs
Rodney Davis: Strengthen penalties associated with drug-related crimes.
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Education
Pat Quinn: Consolidate from 868 school districts to save $100M.
Pat Quinn: Race to the Top: Invest in elementary & secondary education.
Alexi Giannoulias: Invest in early childhood education.
Alan Keyes: Parents, not schools, should be responsible for sex ed.
Barack Obama: Sex education needed to help children discuss molestation.
Barack Obama: Sponsored legislations that recruit and reward good teachers.
Barack Obama: Address the growing achievement gap between students.
Barack Obama: Will add 25,000 teachers in high-need areas.
Rodney Davis: Vouchers for public, private, and religious schools.
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Energy & Oil
Bill Enyart: Support the coal mining industry.
Bill Enyart: Support the coal mining industry.
Pat Quinn: $400M for IL as center of Midwestern high-speed rail network.
Pat Quinn: Invest in both clean coal and wind power.
Alexi Giannoulias: Put price on global warming pollution to spur investment.
Barack Obama: Sponsored legislations that improve energy efficiency.
Barack Obama: 20% nation’s power supply from renewable sources by 2020.
Barack Obama: Invest in alternative energy sources.
Barack Obama: Increase CAFE to 40 mpg.
Barack Obama: Tradable credits for renewable energy.
Barack Obama: Renewable Fuels Standard: require ethanol in fuel supply.
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Environment
Pat Quinn: Leave no child inside.
Dick Durbin: Drives a Ford hybrid that gets 30 mpg.
Steven Sauerberg: Drives a Lexus that gets 23 mpg.
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Families & Children
Alexi Giannoulias: Strongly supports the Paid Parental Leave Act.
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Foreign Policy
Alexi Giannoulias: Remain unwavering partner with Israel in shared struggle.
Alexi Giannoulias: Reunify Cyprus; bring religious freedom to Istanbul.
Alan Keyes: Work with indigenous elements in Iran.
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Free Trade
Pat Quinn: Exports support 500,000 jobs in IL; double that in 5 years.
Alexi Giannoulias: Eliminate $200B in tax loopholes that ship jobs overseas.
Barack Obama: Fair trade should have tangible benefits for US.
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Government Reform
Pat Quinn: Online voter registration and no party in primary voting.
Pat Quinn: Enact power of petition to recall a corrupt governor.
Pat Quinn: Limits on campaign contributions and much more disclosure.
Alexi Giannoulias: Public election financing reduces special interest influence.
Alexi Giannoulias: Wasteful programs go hand-in-hand with campaign contributors.
Alan Keyes: Reinstate that state legislatures elect US Senators.
Barack Obama: Electing US Senators empowers people: keep 17th Amendment.
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Gun Control
Pat Quinn: Comprehensive plan for gun safety & violence prevention.
Alan Keyes: Gun control mentality means crooks have all the guns.
Barack Obama: Bush erred in failing to renew assault weapons ban.
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Health Care
Pat Quinn: Comprehensive Medicaid reform: save taxpayers $550M.
Pat Quinn: Independent review of denial of care by insurance companies.
Pat Quinn: Allow women of color & low-income access to mammograms.
Alexi Giannoulias: Supports quality, affordable health care for all.
Dick Durbin: Large-scale expansion of taxpayer-subsidized coverage.
Steven Sauerberg: Vouchers to make health care portable and less job-dependent.
Alan Keyes: Give people generic drugs information to save their money.
Alan Keyes: People should take care of their own health.
Barack Obama: Allowing seniors to bulk purchase will save taxpayers’ money.
Barack Obama: Crises happen in our lives and healthcare is necessary.
Barack Obama: Believes health care is a right, not a privilege for the few.
Barack Obama: Will expand health coverage & allow meds to be re-imported.
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Homeland Security
Pat Quinn: Let military medics to obtain LPN licenses.
Pat Quinn: Supports the Illinois Military Family Relief Trust Fund.
Alexi Giannoulias: Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Dick Durbin: Veterans angry over accusations that Guantanamo like gulag.
Steven Sauerberg: Apologized for saying Guantanamo is like gulag.
Alan Keyes: Send a clear message to the entire terror network.
Alan Keyes: Take preemptive action only if a probable threat exists.
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Immigration
Alexi Giannoulias: Comprehensive reform with responsible path to citizenship.
Alexi Giannoulias: Don't punish immigrant kids; DREAM Act yes; REAL ID no.
Cynthia McKinney: Illegal immigration shouldn’t be a labor policy.
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Jobs
Pat Quinn: Reformed burdensome worker compensation system.
Pat Quinn: Illinois Jobs Now! and Employer Training Investment Program.
Pat Quinn: I want to be the "Building Governor".
Alexi Giannoulias: Invest in clean energy jobs which cannot be outsourced.
Alexi Giannoulias: Evaluate workers on their abilities, not their identities.
Barack Obama: Overrode federal overtime rules and raised the minimum wage.
Barack Obama: Fund Trade Adjustment Assistance for service workers too.
Barack Obama: Tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs.
Barack Obama: Obama will strengthen unions and workers’ rights.
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Principles & Values
Steven Sauerberg: Put $1.3M of his own money into campaign.
Alan Keyes: Great principles at stake: marriage & innocent life.
Barack Obama: Seek common ground, not a moral crusade.
Alan Keyes: Jesus Christ would not vote for Obama.
Alan Keyes: Family and home important, but Obama needs opponent.
Alan Keyes: Family and home important, but Obama needs opponent.
Alan Keyes: Obama is likable but his liberalism needs opposition.
Alan Keyes: Obama is likable but his liberalism needs opposition.
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Social Security
Pat Quinn: Balance budget by reforming our public pension systems.
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Tax Reform
Bill Enyart: No tax breaks for millionaires nor pledges against taxes.
Pat Quinn: Shift from property tax to taxing ability to pay.
Alexi Giannoulias: Extend $8000 homebuyer credit; one-year payroll tax holiday.
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Technology
Pat Quinn: Create next-generation jobs with "1871" digital hub.
Pat Quinn: Pay backlog of $280M for mass transit.
Pat Quinn: Ban texting while driving.
Alan Keyes: Transportation projects are top priorities in Illinois.
Barack Obama: Invest on transportation and clean coal technology projects.
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War & Peace
Alexi Giannoulias: Stand firmly and unequivocally against Iranian aggression.
Alexi Giannoulias: Expel al Qaeda from Afghanistan, then end commitment.
Alexi Giannoulias: Withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2010.
Dick Durbin: We can’ afford $10B to $15B a month in Iraq.
Steven Sauerberg: Critical to keep U.S. troops in Iraq to help Iraqis.
Alan Keyes: Iraq War reduced probability of attack from Saddam to zero.
Alan Keyes: Naive to think Saddam has no connections to Al Qaeda.
Barack Obama: Iraq War has made US less safe from terrorism.
Barack Obama: Saddam has no connections to Al Qaeda nor to 9/11.
Alan Keyes: Troops should stay in Iraq until they get the job done.
Alan Keyes: Preemptive strike in Iraq is a right decision.
Alan Keyes: There is no distinction between Afghanistan and Iraq.
Alan Keyes: Bush didn’t have the wisdom of hindsight in the Iraqi War.
Barack Obama: Terrorists are in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iran.
Barack Obama: Invading Iraq was a bad strategic blunder.
Barack Obama: We must make sure that Iraq is stable having gone in there.
Barack Obama: Advance the training speed and get the reconstruction moving.
Barack Obama: Democratizing Iraq will be more difficult than Afghanistan.
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Welfare & Poverty
Pat Quinn: Hardest Hit program: Keep 6,550 families in their homes.
Pat Quinn: Maintain human services even during the Great Recession.
Rodney Davis: Advocate privately funded assistance to people in need.
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