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Abortion
Mark Neumann: God-given rights begin at conception.
Tommy Thompson: God-given rights begin at conception.
John Schiess: Parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
John Schiess: No state funding of embryonic nor adult stem cell research.
Tommy Thompson: Ban partial birth abortions.
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Budget & Economy
Tommy Thompson: Balanced budget is first priority.
Tommy Thompson: Tax-and-spend policies are out of the mainstream.
Mark Neumann: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.
Tommy Thompson: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.
Scott Walker: Growth agenda: ease tax burden & regulatory burden.
Scott Walker: Eliminating collective bargaining created $154M surplus.
Tom Barrett: Put Madison on a diet: trim budget without raising taxes.
John Schiess: Get rid of federal reserve system.
Mark Neumann: Balance the budget by eliminating Obamacare.
Scott Walker: Wisconsin's once strong economy is in need of repair.
Ron Johnson: $184B stimulus drove the country deeper into debt.
Tommy Thompson: Vetoed 255 spending bills totalling $43M.
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Civil Rights
John Schiess: No affirmative action in college admissions nor state hiring.
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Corporations
Scott Walker: 300 rule changes from Small Business Regulatory Review.
Scott Walker: 300 rule changes from Small Business Regulatory Review.
Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.
Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.
Scott Walker: Expand relocation & economic development tax credits.
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Crime
Mark Neumann: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.
Tommy Thompson: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.
Tom Barrett: My police department arrests felons instead of hiring them.
Tommy Thompson: Zero tolerance approach to crime.
Tommy Thompson: Truth in Sentencing, no exceptions.
Tommy Thompson: Life means life, no possibility of parole.
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Drugs
Tommy Thompson: More resources to target meth production.
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Education
Scott Walker: UW FlexOption: family-friendly flexible degree program.
Scott Walker: UW FlexOption: family-friendly flexible degree program.
Mark Neumann: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.
Tommy Thompson: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.
John Schiess: Vouchers for public, private or religious schools.
John Schiess: Supports moment of silence in public schools.
Tommy Thompson: End Social Promotion; establish standards instead.
Tommy Thompson: Created the nation’s first private school choice program.
Tommy Thompson: Instituted $5,100 vouchers for religious schools.
Tommy Thompson: Instituted statewide Charter School system.
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Energy & Oil
Tammy Baldwin: Government should get out of subsidies to big oil.
Mark Neumann: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.
Mark Neumann: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.
Tommy Thompson: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.
Tommy Thompson: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.
John Schiess: Increase production of traditional domestic energy sources.
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Environment
Scott Walker: Streamline process for safe and environmentally sound mining.
Scott Walker: Streamline process for safe and environmentally sound mining.
Tommy Thompson: Prevent invasive Asian Carp in Great Lakes.
Mark Neumann: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.
Tommy Thompson: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.
Tommy Thompson: Funded $170M in “conservation easement” land purchases.
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Families & Children
Mark Neumann: Traditional family is most important thing for USA now.
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Foreign Policy
Mark Neumann: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.
Tommy Thompson: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.
John Schiess: Get rid of the communist United Nations.
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Free Trade
Scott Walker: Global opportunity: Get WI products out to the world.
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Government Reform
Tommy Thompson: I've never been a lobbyist.
Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.
Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.
Mark Neumann: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.
Tommy Thompson: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.
Mark Neumann: Clean Up Washington: 12-year term limit for Congress.
Scott Walker: End tax on HSAs; reduce frivolous lawsuits.
Ron Johnson: Third-party issue ad donors should be disclosed.
John Schiess: No spending nor contribution limits on political campaigns.
George W. Bush: We believe in people; they believe in government.
Winona LaDuke: Business funding of politics leads to political favors.
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Gun Control
John Schiess: No background checks; yes concealed carry.
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Health Care
Mark Neumann: Repeal ObamaCare.
Tommy Thompson: Repeal ObamaCare.
Ron Johnson: ObamaCare will cost the average family $2,100.
Russell Feingold: Healthcare reform is a good compromise.
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Homeland Security
Mark Neumann: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.
Mark Neumann: Try terrorist suspects in military court.
Tommy Thompson: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.
Tommy Thompson: Try terrorist suspects in military court.
John Schiess: Wisconsin should not participate in REAL ID program.
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Immigration
Mark Neumann: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.
Mark Neumann: Make English the official language.
Tommy Thompson: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.
Tommy Thompson: Make English the official language.
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Jobs
Scott Walker: Hypothetically, make WI a right-to-work state.
Tom Barrett: Restore state's collective bargaining; I respect unions.
Scott Walker: Create 250,000 jobs via special legislative session.
Russell Feingold: $184B stimulus created jobs, especially highway construction.
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Local Issues
Scott Walker: Reopen Travel Wisconsin welcome centers.
Scott Walker: Reopen Travel Wisconsin welcome centers.
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Principles & Values
Tammy Baldwin: I fight for us; my opponent fights for the big and powerful.
Mark Neumann: A conservative believes in faith, family and country.
Mark Neumann: Conservatives believe in faith, family and country.
Tommy Thompson: Declines debates because opponents "want to shoot at me".
Jim Doyle: Priorities: close deficit, improve schools and jobs.
Scott Walker: 19 Walker associates involved in "John Doe" scandal.
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Social Security
Scott Walker: Increase public employee pension payments to 5%.
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Tax Reform
Tammy Baldwin: Get rid of loopholes for outsourcing and capital gains.
Tommy Thompson: Limit federal revenue to 18.5% of GDP; and 15% flat tax form.
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Technology
Scott Walker: Spend $810M on roads instead of high-speed rail.
Tom Barrett: Build high-speed rail from Milwaukee to Madison.
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War & Peace
Tammy Baldwin: End the Afghan war & end nation-building.
Tommy Thompson: Helped build a hospital in Afghanistan for women & children.
Mark Neumann: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.
Tommy Thompson: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.
Mark Neumann: Mideast stability so gasoline prices don't go even higher.
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Welfare & Poverty
Tommy Thompson: Replace Welfare with the Tools to Succeed.
Tommy Thompson: Early leader in welfare reform.
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