Paul Broun in 2014 GA Senate debate
On Abortion:
Human life begins at conception
Question topic: Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Broun: Strongly Agree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Budget & Economy:
Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity
Question topic: Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Broun: Strongly Agree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Civil Rights:
Government shouldn't redefine marriage
Question topic: Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Broun: Strongly Agree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Education:
Oppose nationwide Common Core standards
Question topic: What in the nature of mankind caused America's Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Broun: As witnessed firsthand from the English Monarchy, our Founding Fathers recognized the danger of one person holding too much power, and so they established
3 different branches of government and a system of checks and balances to protect our nation from any potential abuse of power.
This system was devised to prevent corruption within the government and to ensure our individual liberties and freedoms would not be lost.
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Energy & Oil:
No subsidies for wind and solar
Question topic: Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Broun: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Government Reform:
Photo ID for voting
Question topic: People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Broun: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Gun Control:
Opposes more gun restrictions
Question topic: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Broun: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Health Care:
Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility
Question topic: It is the government's responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.Broun: Strongly Disagree
Question topic: The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) should be repealed by Congress.
Broun: Strongly Agree
Question topic: Briefly list political or legislative issues of most concern to you.
Broun: As a family physician for four decades, I know firsthand that ObamaCare fundamentally changes the American healthcare system as we know it.
As Georgia's next U.S. Senator, I will strongly advocate repealing ObamaCare in full and replacing it with patient-centered, market-based solutions, such as my Patient OPTION Act.
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Homeland Security:
Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal
Question topic: The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Broun: Strongly Agree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Immigration:
Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry
Question topic: Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Broun: Strongly Agree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Principles & Values:
Biblical morality is spiritual foundation of our nation
Question topic: Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.Broun: Strongly Disagree
Question topic: Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our
system of limited government.
Broun: Strongly Agree.
Question topic: Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Broun: I am an evangelical Christian who upholds the orthodox, cardinal doctrines of the faith. I believe in the eternal
existence of one, true, living, triune God. I believe that Jesus Christ, as the Son of God, was God manifested in human flesh and that He came to earth to be the Redeemer of the human race through His vicarious, atoning death on the Cross
as foretold in prophecy. I believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God. I believe that biblical morality and biblical principles are the spiritual foundation of our nation and that our Founders recognized their importance.
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
On Education:
Big Bang & evolution: "lies straight from the pit of hell"
The candidate causing the biggest headache [in the Republican primary] is Paul Broun, a four-term GOP congressman who opposes abortion without exception, thinks the Big Bang and evolution are "lies
straight from the pit of hell," (gravity waves be damned), and likened President Obama to Hitler and Karl Marx before he was even inaugurated.Broun, nicknamed "Dr. No" for his constant ideological votes against
House leadership, conceded to MSNBC that, "certainly all our Republicans are conservative to one degree or another."
Democrats are hoping Broun will stay competitive enough to push everyone to the right, but his candidacy could also have a
freeing effect: if his rivals assume that Broun has a lock on the most conservative primary voters, they might turn their attention to winning moderate Republicans, many of whom are concentrated in the Atlanta suburbs.
Source: MSNBC on 2014 Georgia Republican primary Senate race
Mar 26, 2014
On Principles & Values:
Lost campaigns in 1990, 1992 & 1996 before winning in 2006
If At First You Don't Succeed... The CQ Roll Call members database reveals that 18 members of the 113th Congress mounted multiple unsuccessful campaigns before finally winning a seat.AMONG TWO-TIME LOSERS:- Rep. Steve Stockman, R-TX, elected in
1994, lost primary in 1990, general election in 1992.
- Sen. Tom Udall, D-NM, elected to the House in 1998, lost primary in 1982, general election in 1988
THREE-TIME LOSERS:- Rep. Paul Broun, R-GA, elected in 2006, lost general election in
1990, primary in 1992, Senate primary in 1996
- Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-HI, elected in 2010, lost primary in 2006, special elections in 2003 and 2010
- Rep. Collin Peterson, D-MN, elected in 1990, lost primaries in 1982 and 1988, general elections in
1984 and 1986.
- Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-VT, elected to the House in 1990, lost general elections for the Senate in 1972 and 1974 and for the House in 1988.
- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-CA, elected in 2012, lost primaries in 1992, 1996 and 2006.
Source: Cong. Quarterly Rollcall mag. on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Mar 20, 2014
On Principles & Values:
Separation of church and state is a mistaken idea
Broun, in a speech from the House floor, mixed personal religious testimony with Christian-nation claims. Broun's remarks start with a core Christian Reconstructionist principle: that God ordained family, church and government and gave each a specific
area of authority. But, he says, because of "this mistaken idea that we're supposed to have a separation of church and state, the family and the church have abdicated a lot of its duties over to government." (Reconstructionists believe that God did not
authorize government to be involved, for example, in education or the reduction of poverty; that role is meant for family and church.)Broun calls the Bible "the basis of our nation," and says the fact that we aren't running society accordingly will
mean the death of our Republic. The founding fathers, he says, were "Bible-believing Christians" who believed that "every aspect of life should follow the dictates of God's inerrant word. That's what I believe in. That's what we should all believe in."
Source: Huffington Post AdWatch on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Dec 11, 2013
On Gun Control:
FactCheck: Guns cause more deaths than bats & hammers
State Sen. Bill Jackson said, "There's more murders with hammers last year than shotguns and pistols and AK-47s." Two days later, US Rep. Paul Broun said: "There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns." Is it true
In January, some pro-gun rights Facebook posts began to circulate: "According to the FBI, in 2011, 1,694 were murdered with knives, 726 with hands or feet, 496 with clubs or hammers, 323 with rifles of any type," it read. PolitiFact reviewed 2011 FBI
data on the types of weapons used to commit murders; the Facebook numbers nearly matched. So, using selective data, Sen. Jackson's claim is true: more people were killed with hammers than specific types of guns.
Broun's statement is not as specific as
Jackson's. FBI data shows that 6,220 Americans were murdered by handguns in 2011. That's more than 12 times the number of people killed with clubs or hammers. Broun's general use of "guns" by its nature includes handguns. That makes his statement way off
Source: PolitiFact FactCheck on 2014 Georgia Senate debate
Feb 13, 2013
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