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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	Abortion is a moral issue, not a political issue: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Both pro-life and pro-stem cell research: Neutral on topic 1 Promote and fund sexual abstinence programs: Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	Voluntary prayer at school football games is ok: Favors topic 4 Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Medicaid must be managed for fraud and abuse: Opposes topic 5 Use budget surplus to fund senior prescription drugs: Strongly Favors topic 5 Guarantee Rx drug for all seniors under Medicare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Providing insurance for children is a top priority: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fraud Control Unit for Medicare fraud: Neutral on topic 5 Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage: Favors topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5 YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Do not tax Social Security: Opposes topic 6 Strengthen Soc. Sec. system; trust fund in lockbox: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Keep our promises: no privatization, keep retirement age: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (7 points on Social scale)	Future depends on a better educated workforce: Neutral on topic 7 $1B more for education: Opposes topic 7 Rated 25% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	Implemented two strikes law for violent felons: Strongly Favors topic 9 Strengthen “Two Strikes” law with longer sentences: Strongly Favors topic 9 Minimum mandatory jail sentences for family violence: Favors topic 9 Enforce child support with criminal prosecution: Favors topic 9 Put drunk drivers behind bars on first offense: Favors topic 9 Two strikes and you’re gone: Life without parole: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	Ban hand guns for those under 18; ban guns at school: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Was a tax-cutting governor; will be a tax-cutting senator: Favors topic 11 Eliminate the marriage penalty: Favors topic 11 Abolish IRS--replace income tax with national sales tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 64% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 NO on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Favors topic 11 YES on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Favors topic 11 YES on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	The key to economic success is new markets & competition: Favors topic 13 Rated 64% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13 YES on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on establishing a free trade agreement between US & Singapore: Opposes topic 13 YES on establishing a free trade agreement between the US and Chile: Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale)	YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons: Opposes topic 14 YES on permanent normal trade relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale)	Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	More foreign languages courses and exchange students: Favors topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (7 points on Economic scale)	Electric vehicles for Olympic Park: Strongly Favors topic 18 Protection of 100,000 Georgia acres is great achievement: Favors topic 18 River Care 2000: protect 5,700 acres of habitat: Favors topic 18 Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly 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 NO on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	Supports DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education): Favors topic 19 Allow people harmed by drugs to sue drug dealers: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	Supports “charitable choice” via faith-based organizations: Strongly Favors topic 20 Supports welfare reform and welfare to work: Favors topic 20 Welfare has become a snare, not a safety net: Favors topic 20 End welfare entitlement; make it work-based: Favors topic 20