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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(0 points on Social scale) | YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1 |
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Opposes
topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(7 points on Economic scale) | YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2 |
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Opposes
topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(2 points on Social scale) | YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3 |
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Favors
topic 4:Permit prayer in public schools
(2 points on Social scale) | Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 YES on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration: Favors topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(0 points on Economic scale) | Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5 NO on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare: Favors topic 5 |
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Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(7 points on Economic scale) | Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives: Favors topic 6 NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(10 points on Social scale) | Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable: Favors topic 7 YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7 |
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Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(2 points on Social scale) | Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(0 points on Social scale) | YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.: Favors topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Social scale) | NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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Favors
topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(7 points on Economic scale) | Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Favors topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 YES on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"): Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Favors topic 11 YES on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax: Favors topic 11 |
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Neutral on
topic 12:Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(5 points on Economic scale) | English immersion over bilingual education: Opposes topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(10 points on Economic scale) | End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire : Strongly Favors topic 13 Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Link human rights to trade with China
(10 points on Social scale) | YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
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Opposes
topic 15:More spending on armed forces
(7 points on Economic scale) | Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism: Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military: Opposes topic 15 NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Opposes topic 15 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 16:Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(10 points on Economic scale) | YES on deploying SDI: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
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Favors
topic 17:Seek UN approval for military action
(2 points on Economic scale) | Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Opposes topic 17 YES on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Opposes topic 17 YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Favors topic 17 YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Favors topic 17 YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Opposes topic 17 |
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Favors
topic 18:Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(2 points on Economic scale) | Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup: Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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Neutral on
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(5 points on Social scale) | YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19 NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Social scale) | Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
