| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
End pork-barrel spending.
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Corporations
Close corporate tax loopholes; keep R&D tax credits.
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Drugs
Treat kids’ substance abuse as a mental health issue.
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Education
Accountability should enhance and support, not to punish.
More college via Pell Grants, & G.I. Bill.
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Energy & Oil
Release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Environment
Increase flexibility in the Conservation Reserve Program.
Develop a long-term water strategy.
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Families & Children
Support healthy childbearing & treat post-partum depression.
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Foreign Policy
Stop genocide in Darfur.
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Free Trade
Promote fair trade, not free trade.
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Gun Control
Second Amendment is part of our rural way of life.
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Health Care
Parity for mental health; coverage for dental health.
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Homeland Security
Refocus war on terror on Afghan-Pakistan border.
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Immigration
Build border fence; increase border patrol.
No amnesty for lawbreakers.
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Jobs
Fight discrimination in the workplace.
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Social Security
Strengthen, not privatize, Social Security.
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Tax Reform
Keep middle-class out of AMT, estate tax, and capital gains.
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Technology
Invest in roadway infrastructure to help farm productivity.
Broadband computer access in rural schools.
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War & Peace
Draw down US troops, but no timetables.
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Welfare & Poverty
Stop predatory lending; close mortgage loopholes.
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