2012 Wisconsin Senate Debate

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Mark Neumann: God-given rights begin at conception.     Tommy Thompson: God-given rights begin at conception.

Budget & Economy     Tommy Thompson: Balanced budget is first priority.     Tommy Thompson: Tax-and-spend policies are out of the mainstream.     Mark Neumann: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.     Tommy Thompson: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.     John Schiess: Get rid of federal reserve system.     Mark Neumann: Balance the budget by eliminating Obamacare.

Corporations     Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.     Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.

Crime     Mark Neumann: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.     Tommy Thompson: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.

Education     Mark Neumann: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.     Tommy Thompson: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.

Energy & Oil     Tammy Baldwin: Government should get out of subsidies to big oil.     Mark Neumann: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.     Mark Neumann: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.     Tommy Thompson: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.     Tommy Thompson: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.

Environment     Tommy Thompson: Prevent invasive Asian Carp in Great Lakes.     Mark Neumann: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.     Tommy Thompson: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.

Families & Children     Mark Neumann: Traditional family is most important thing for USA now.

Foreign Policy     Mark Neumann: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.     Tommy Thompson: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.     John Schiess: Get rid of the communist United Nations.

Free Trade     Tammy Baldwin: FactCheck: Tried but failed to require US-made ship engines.

Government Reform     Tommy Thompson: I've never been a lobbyist.     Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.     Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.     Mark Neumann: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.     Tommy Thompson: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.     Mark Neumann: Clean Up Washington: 12-year term limit for Congress.

Health Care     Tammy Baldwin: Supports single payer, public option, and Medicare for all.     Mark Neumann: Repeal ObamaCare.     Tommy Thompson: Repeal ObamaCare.

Homeland Security     Mark Neumann: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.     Mark Neumann: Try terrorist suspects in military court.     Tommy Thompson: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.     Tommy Thompson: Try terrorist suspects in military court.

Immigration     Mark Neumann: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.     Mark Neumann: Make English the official language.     Tommy Thompson: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.     Tommy Thompson: Make English the official language.

Jobs     Tommy Thompson: FactCheck: Unemployment down while governor, but not 2.1%.

Principles & Values     Tammy Baldwin: I fight for us; my opponent fights for the big and powerful.     Tammy Baldwin: FactCheck: Only 3 bills out of 105 sponsorships became law.     Mark Neumann: A conservative believes in faith, family and country.     Mark Neumann: Conservatives believe in faith, family and country.     Tommy Thompson: Declines debates because opponents "want to shoot at me".

Tax Reform     Tammy Baldwin: Get rid of loopholes for outsourcing and capital gains.     Tommy Thompson: FactCheck: Tax cuts would save top 1% $87,000 each.     Tommy Thompson: Limit federal revenue to 18.5% of GDP; and 15% flat tax form.

War & Peace     Tammy Baldwin: End the Afghan war & end nation-building.     Tommy Thompson: Helped build a hospital in Afghanistan for women & children.     Mark Neumann: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.     Tommy Thompson: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.     Mark Neumann: Mideast stability so gasoline prices don't go even higher.

Welfare & Poverty     Tommy Thompson: Converted welfare into work-required benefit.

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