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Abortion     Dan Sullivan: Exception for abortion to protect life of mother.     Joe Miller: Don't talk about exceptions; talk about life.     Mead Treadwell: Exception for abortion for rape, incest & maternal health.     John MacGovern: Don't require churches to provide birth control to staff.     Buddy Roemer: Tight limits on abortion are unconstitutionally restrictive.     James Webb: Supports Roe v. Wade and abortion rights.

Budget & Economy     Donald Trump: The Fed should refinance debt to reduce interest payments.     Tom Foley: Tax credits are spending; oppose $400M job expansion credits.     Jeff Bell: Fed's zero interest rate policy extends Great Recession.     John MacGovern: Budget deficit is a moral issue as well as economic issue.

Civil Rights     Mead Treadwell: Allow transgendered to correct gender on driver's license.     Annise Parker: First openly lesbian mayor of a major American city:.     Carly Fiorina: Proud conservative vote for Proposition 8.     James Webb: Opposes constitutional ban of gay marriage.

Corporations     Al Franken: Oppo AdWatch: Franken limits free speech issue advocacy.     Bill Cassidy: Opposed Obama stimulus; supported Bush's bank bailout.

Drugs     Hillary Clinton: Medical marijuana maybe ok; states decide recreational use.

Education     Ben Carson: Private schooling better than Common Core public schooling.     Neel Kashkari: Side with poor kids, not union bosses.     Robert Reich: $10,000 vouchers for poor kids in private & charter schools.

Energy & Oil     Kay Hagan: Advocate for Keystone XL pipeline.     Cory Booker: Has never taken a public position on a carbon tax.     Josh Mandel: Aggressive and responsible exploration of Ohio's Utica shale.     Buddy Roemer: Railed against ethanol subsidies in Iowa.     Steven Chu: Coal is my worst nightmare.     Steven Chu: Nuclear waste issues are still not fully resolved.     James Webb: Support alternative sources instead of drilling ANWR.     Al Gore: UN report confirms global warming; Gore revives the issue.

Environment     Greg Orman: Rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.     Matt Bevin: I don't support cockfighting, but don't criminalize it.     Rex Rammell: Raised elk for antler velvet and for hunter’s trophies.

Families & Children     Tom Cotton: Domestic violence victim funding pushes ideological agenda.

Foreign Policy     Hillary Clinton: ISIL is more advanced and well-funded than al Qaeda.     Hillary Clinton: Political restraint against Iran's Ahmadinejad was a mistake.     Hillary Clinton: 2011: we abandoned Egypt's Mubarak too readily.     Hillary Clinton: 2012: Take a harder line with Russia's Putin.     Andrew Cuomo: Follow Congressional process in Syrian intervention.     Mitt Romney: Support Arab Spring gov't & individuals who share our values.

Free Trade     Kamala Harris: TPP doesn't offer sufficient worker protections.     Loretta Sanchez: Opposes TPP; joined union protests against it.     Andrew Cuomo: Start-Up NY: expand foreign trade to boost upstate economies.     Carly Fiorina: Change rules about outsourcing; current climate forces it.

Government Reform     Donald Trump: Reject the elite election system; infuse popular will.     Hillary Clinton: Expand executive action on immigration, guns, & corporations.     Ted Cruz: Obama dishonors Constitution by bypassing Congress.     Ted Cruz: Obama's executive orders is open door for future lawlessness.     Tim Pawlenty: Eliminate the Post Office.     Buddy Roemer: Won Governor & House seat with voluntary contribution limit.     Al Gore: Regulatory style: smaller & smarter govt, but stronger regs.     George W. Bush: Regulatory style: like Reagan, get government out of the way.

Gun Control     Kate Brown: Require more background checks on gun sales.     Hillary Clinton: Rein in idea that anybody can have a gun anywhere, anytime.     Hillary Clinton: 2000: advocate for national gun registry; 2008: backed off.

Health Care     Ted Cruz: Obama changed ObamaCare mandate deadline by a blog post.     Ted Cruz: Obama asked companies to disobey ObamaCare rules for a year.

Homeland Security     Donald Trump: F-35 program out-of-control; cut billions in military costs.     James Webb: Quit Reagan administration protesting cuts to Navy budget.     George W. Bush: Post-Cold War: remove weapons & high-alert; build SDI.     George W. Bush: Russia: jointly reduce missiles; but no joint SDI.

Immigration     James Webb: Allow illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

Jobs     Scott Walker: Wisconsin is open for business, via right-to-work law.     Ted Cruz: Raising minimum wage by executive fiat opposes rule of law.

Principles & Values     Greg Orman: I've tried both parties and didn't like either.     Jeff Bell: 1982: ran for Senate; speechwriter for Ronald Reagan.     Jeff Bell: Wife wept upon hearing he would run for Senate.     Cory Gardner: Giving up Energy Committee seat to run for Senate.     Buddy Roemer: Placed third in 1991 re-election bid.     Buddy Roemer: Publicly described himself as "a church-going Methodist boy".     Joe DioGuardi: Gillibrand had a 2-year tryout; now give me a 2-year tryout.     Rex Rammell: Running against Risch for killing his elk herd.     Mike Gravel: Video “Fire” is metaphor for gathering & using experience.     Mike Gravel: Video “Rock” is metaphor for causing changes in society.

Tax Reform     Gary Johnson: 23% national sales tax while eliminating the IRS.     Tim Pawlenty: Just two tax brackets: 10% below $100K; then 25% above that.     Fred Thompson: Tax cuts stimulate the economy.     Dan Quayle: Radical tax change eventually; cut taxes in interim.     Dan Quayle: Eliminate most tax preferences; preserve “core incentives”.

War & Peace     Rand Paul: Hillary's War: Ousting Gadhafi in Libya gave rise to ISIS.     Rand Paul: Supporting rebels in Syrian Civil War gave rise to ISIS.     Hillary Clinton: Don't demand complete moratorium on Israeli settlement.     Hillary Clinton: 2012: We helped Syrian rebels, but we should have done more.     Liz Cheney: ISIS: Rarely has a president been so wrong.     Mitt Romney: Not conquest, but promoting human rights & free markets.     Mitt Romney: No daylight between the United States and Israel.     John Kasich: Russian mediation with Milosevic instead of a ground war.     John Kasich: Should have used economic tools with rest of world.

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