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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad science: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Appoint strict constructionist judges: Opposes topic 1 Has never been pro-choice despite 1994 news reports: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial birth abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions: Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 2 NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Favors topic 2 NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (0 points on Social scale)	YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation: Opposes topic 3 NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	YES on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors: Opposes topic 4
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	NO on medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on Medicare means-testing: Opposes topic 5 YES on limiting self-employment health deduction: Opposes topic 5 NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare: Opposes topic 5 YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Social Security & Medicare are generational wealth transfers: Favors topic 6 YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Favors topic 6 YES on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Favors topic 6 YES on allowing personal retirement accounts: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	YES on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on education savings accounts: Favors topic 7 YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on Educational Savings Accounts: Favors topic 7 NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Favors topic 7 NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	Impose truth in sentencing for violent crime: Strongly Favors topic 9 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 9 NO on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Allowing concealed carry could have limited VA Tech massacre: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows: Favors topic 10 NO on background checks at gun shows: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Progressive tax redistributes wealth without helping economy: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax cuts stimulate the economy: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Favors topic 11 YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the 'marriage penalty': Favors topic 11 YES on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts: Favors topic 11 NO on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Favors topic 11 NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes amnesty in any form: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Nation loses sovereignty if it cannot secure its own borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	Market does more for freedom & prosperity than planners: Strongly Favors topic 13 Protectionist trade policies are defensive & defeatist: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority: Favors topic 13 YES on permanent normal trade relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on expanding trade to the third world: Favors topic 13 NO on removing common goods from national security export rules: Opposes topic 13 YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Favors topic 13 YES on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale)	Europe mothballs its fleet, when all should build military: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Favors topic 15 YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Favors topic 15 YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on allowing another round of military base closures: Opposes topic 15 YES on military pay raise of 4.8%: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (2 points on Economic scale)	YES on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance: Favors topic 16 YES on banning campaign donations from unions & corporations: Favors topic 16 YES on banning "soft money" contributions and restricting issue ads: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (7 points on Economic scale)	I would do essentially what the president's doing in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Take any chance to not get run out of Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Internationalizing war effort will not win the war: Strongly Opposes topic 17 President must decide on war based on unclear evidence: Opposes topic 17 Prophets of doom are wrong--we can't cut-and-run: Opposes topic 17 Goal of Iraqi enemies is to demoralize us: Opposes topic 17 NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech: Favors topic 17 NO on $17.9 billion to IMF: Opposes topic 17 YES on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: Opposes topic 17 NO on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe: Strongly Favors topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (7 points on Economic scale)	Solar system is warming, not earth: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Favors topic 18 YES on defunding renewable and solar energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on ending discussion of CAFE fuel efficiency standards: Favors topic 18 YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling: Opposes topic 18 YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior: Opposes topic 18 YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (2 points on Social scale)	YES on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Favors topic 19 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 19 YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses: Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	YES on welfare overhaul: Favors topic 20 YES on allowing state welfare waivers: Favors topic 20 NO on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Favors topic 20 YES on welfare block grants: Favors topic 20