News coverage of `Blue Wave` 2018 House races in Pennsylvania


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Abortion     Madeline Dean: Supports women in their right to control their own bodies.     Dan Meuser: Legal protection for innocent human life at every stage.     Conor Lamb: Personally opposes abortion but will support it politically.

Budget & Economy     Dan Meuser: Economy should work for everyone, including middle class.     Lloyd Smucker: Supports balanced budget, tax cuts, and less regulation.

Civil Rights     Brian Fitzpatrick: Allow transgender people in the military.     Chrissy Houlahan: Inspired by 2017 Women's March to run for Congress.

Corporations     Fred Keller: Stop the brain drain: encourage new businesses.     Dan Meuser: Lower taxes and fewer burdensome regulations.     John Joyce: Tax relief for middle-class, not corporations & lobbyists.

Crime     Mary Gay Scanlon: Focus should be on rehabilitation not punishment.     Conor Lamb: Pursue and prosecute the criminals; aid the victims.

Drugs     John Joyce: Stop the flow of drugs over our southern border.     Dan Meuser: Don't legalize marijuana; decriminalize small amounts.     Susan Wild: Drug abuse is a medical, not criminal problem.     Dan Meuser: Address opioid supply; harm reduction; and recovery.     Conor Lamb: Urgent action to bring Rx painkillers & dealers to justice.     Guy Reschenthaler: Medical marijuana relieves veteran suffering from PTSD.

Education     Fred Keller: Passionate leader for public education.     Dan Meuser: Stop school property taxes; they're crushing people.     Chrissy Houlahan: Work to fund great public schools for our kids.     Madeleine Dean: Fight for universal pre-K & equitable public education.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Top priorities include public education.     Conor Lamb: Student loan system needs major revamping; allow refinancing.

Energy & Oil     Fred Keller: Don't tax natural gas industry to fund other energy business.     Dan Meuser: Comprehensive domestic energy policy.     Conor Lamb: Supports energy development; government shouldn't impede it.

Environment     Fred Keller: Champion for the agriculture industry & farming heritage.     Fred Keller: Support Waterway Conservancy; oppose tire burning facility.     Dan Meuser: Regulations cost residents; Meuser wants answers.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Strengthen EPA with more testing and enforcement.     Susan Wild: Supports EPA and making environmentalism bipartisan again.     Guy Reschenthaler: Supported Libre's Law: increased penalties for animal abuse.     Conor Lamb: Pro-environment but supports fracking.

Families & Children     Chrissy Houlahan: Voted for more resources for domestic violence victims.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Helping women around the world key to helping their kids.

Foreign Policy     Susan Wild: Important to build relationships with other countries.     Dan Meuser: I believe in conservatism and the `America First' agenda.

Free Trade     John Joyce: USMCA benefits Pennsylvania manufacturers and farmers.     Dan Meuser: Supports free trade in global economy but must be fair also.     Susan Wild: Hold China accountable; open mind about tariffs.     Conor Lamb: New tariffs on steel/aluminum will level the playing field.

Government Reform     Dan Meuser: For Congressional term limits and ban on earmarks.     Chrissy Houlahan: Simplify voter registration; extend early voting.     Chrissy Houlahan: Get big money out of our campaigns, plus more disclosure.     Conor Lamb: Right to vote is the foundation of our entire democracy.     Dan Meuser: Voter ID to ensure that one person only gets one vote.     John Joyce: Voter ID to fight 100,000 illegally registered voters.     Madeleine Dean: Voter ID laws limit who has access to the ballot box.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Expand voting rights; overturn barriers to access the ballot.     Susan Wild: Get dark money out of politics.     Susan Wild: Protect Social Security at all costs.     Susan Wild: National holiday for elections; automatic voter registration.

Gun Control     Mary Gay Scanlon: Guns are a public health issue: get guns off the street.     Dan Meuser: Lifetime NRA member; will fight for 2nd Amendment rights.     Dan Meuser: Fight to protect the rights of the unborn.     Madeleine Dean: Universal background checks & assault weapons ban.     Conor Lamb: Put the background check law into full effect.

Health Care     Lloyd Smucker: Repeal ObamaCare & return regulatory power to states.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Repair and expand Affordable Care Act to universal coverage.     Chrissy Houlahan: Increase access to quality, affordable healthcare.     Dan Meuser: Fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare.     John Joyce: Repeal ObamaCare, but no changes to Medicare.     Susan Wild: Establish a Medicare-for-All system.     Dan Meuser: Need affordable health care; allow competition across states.     Conor Lamb: Fix broken parts of ObamaCare, don't kill the entire package.     Lloyd Smucker: ObamaCare is a failure because insurance costs increased.

Homeland Security     Fred Keller: Passionate supporter for our nation's veterans.     Chrissy Houlahan: Respect for vets means Trump shows up on Veterans Day.     Guy Reschenthaler: Won 13 death penalty cases against terrorists in Iraq.     Dan Meuser: Veterans deserve a VA department that does not fail them.

Immigration     Chrissy Houlahan: Fix immigration and give DREAMers a path to citizenship.     Guy Reschenthaler: Ban sanctuary cities and stop illegal immigration.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Create pathway to citizenship for resident immigrants.     Dan Meuser: Ban immigration from countries identified as bad actors.     Dan Meuser: Build wall on southern border; stop illegals at all entries.     Conor Lamb: Census is too important to be affected by partisan politics.     Susan Wild: Census citizenship questions lead to under-counting.     Conor Lamb: Work with the illegal immigrants; get them out of the dark.

Jobs     Fred Keller: Apply local prevailing wage only for projects over $100,000.     Chrissy Houlahan: Women should receive equal pay for equal work.     Guy Reschenthaler: Encourages job creation by cutting regulations and red tape.     Conor Lamb: Unions secure benefits and get jobs done.     Conor Lamb: Fight for job training to prepare people for real jobs.

Principles & Values     John Joyce: Election choice is between freedom and socialism.     Tim Murphy: Girlfriend got divorced due to his extramarital affair.

Social Security     Chrissy Houlahan: Social Security is a critical part of US safety net.     Susan Wild: Protect and strengthen Social Security; no voucher schemes.     Dan Meuser: Protect Social Security for retired and near retirement.     Conor Lamb: Preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare.     John Joyce: Social Security and Medicare are promises made.     Conor Lamb: Fight all attempts to cut into social security benefits.

Tax Reform     Fred Keller: Continually fought tax increase proposals.     Guy Reschenthaler: Making the tax cuts permanent will benefit American workers.     Dan Meuser: Supports Trump's tax cuts & regulation cuts.     Conor Lamb: Opposes tax bill for throwing crumbs to the middle class.     Guy Reschenthaler: Voted yes to cut taxes for top 1%.

Technology     Chrissy Houlahan: We need to prioritize a big infrastructure bill.     Chrissy Houlahan: Full funding for the Census; don't politicize it.     Dan Meuser: Fully fund census to get a truly accurate count.     John Joyce: Census should count CITIZENS and ask about citizenship.     Madeleine Dean: Don't use census as a tool to scare immigrants.     Mary Gay Scanlon: Full funding of the Census & no additional questions.     Dan Meuser: A problem solver who supports the infrastructure bill.     Susan Wild: Create jobs with government investment in infrastructure.     Conor Lamb: We cannot put off infrastructure investment any longer.

War & Peace     Lloyd Smucker: Strong pro-Israel stance: supports US embassy in Jerusalem.     Dan Meuser: His foreign policy axiom is "speak softly--carry big stick".

Click for quotations from other sources by: Brian Fitzpatrick Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 8 Chrissy Houlahan Democrat U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 6 Conor Lamb Democratic Challenger Pennsylvania Dan Meuser Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 9 Fred Keller Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania-12 Guy Reschenthaler Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 14 John Joyce Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 13 Lloyd Smucker Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 11 Madeleine Dean Democrat U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 4 Madeline Dean Mary Gay Scanlon Democrat U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 5 Susan Wild Democrat U.S. Rep Pennsylvania- 7 Tim Murphy Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania-18