Ro Khanna on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	All women should have access to birth control and abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports abortion rights, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports abortion rights, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports pro-choice legislation: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make it easier to file equal-pay lawsuits: Strongly Favors topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Combat international and domestic Islamophobia: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Ensure full equality for LGBTQ Americans: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage, according to Faith2Action: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage, according to PVS rating: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	ACA is a good start; improve ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing Obamacare, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing Obamacare, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing the 2010 affordable care act: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Protect the retirement age; apply COLA increases: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Scrap the cap: same rate for earnings over $250K: Favors topic 6 Opposes personal retirement accounts, rated by Faith2Action: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes personal retirement accounts, according to PVS rating: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes diverting some FICA into personal accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	More funding for K-12, pre-K, STEM & STEAM: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Supports Common Core, according to Faith2Action: Opposes topic 7 Supports Common Core, according to PVS rating: Opposes topic 7 Supports states adopting federal education standards: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Promote open space and sustainable agriculture: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices: Opposes topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Support alternatives to prison; oppose capital punishment: Strongly Opposes topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Asked Biden Administration to abolish federal death penalty: Opposes topic 9 Sponsored stricter rules for police accountability: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports gun-control legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Flexibility on R&D taxes & startup businesses: Opposes topic 11 Close loopholes that allow companies to avoid paying taxes: Favors topic 11 Rewrite antiquated tax code that stacks the deck: Favors topic 11 Our tax policy benefits the top 1% of Americans: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports tax increases to balance the budget: Favors topic 11 Opposes lowering taxes to promote economic growth: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Give DREAMers a pathway to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes deportation of illlegals, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 12 Opposes deportation of illlegals, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 12 Opposes requiring illegals to return to country of origin: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Trade agreements fair to U.S. workers & environment: Opposes topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	Rated Maintain World Bank funding as part of multilateralism: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Sponsored bill to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Expand support for service members & their family members: Favors topic 15 Control the ballooning of the Defense budget: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Push back on Citizens United with online campaign disclosure: Strongly Favors topic 16 I never accept contributions from lobbyists or PACs: Favors topic 16 Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	Led bipartisan War Powers resolution against Yemen war: Strongly Favors topic 17 Opposes American intervention in Mideast beyond air support: Favors topic 17 Sponsored bill to remove US forces from Yemen: Strongly Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Repeal 2002 Military Force Authorization against Iraq: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Environmental threat means opportunities for green energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Expand tax credits for solar power & plug-in hybrids: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes Keystone XL, according to Faith2Action: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulating CO2, according to Faith2Action: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes Keystone XL, according to PVS rating: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulating CO2, according to PVS rating: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes building the Keystone XL pipeline: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports federally developing renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulation of greenhouse gas emission: Strongly Favors topic 18 Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Favors topic 18 Rated Voted NO on assisting rural electric renewable energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Opposes jail sentences for non-violent drug offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Entrepreneurial Nation: programs to grow businesses: Favors topic 20 Supports stimulus spending, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 20 Supports stimulus spending, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 20 Supports federal spending to promote economic growth: Strongly Favors topic 20 Rated Voted NO on $900 billion COVID relief package: Strongly Opposes topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20

Ro Khanna is a Hard-Core Liberal
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