| VoteMatch Responses
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| Supports Abortion is a woman's right | Abortion: Let women decide with their doctor and their God |
| Strongly Supports Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Civil Rights: Work to End Racial Profiling Civil Rights: Help minority- and women-owned businesses compete Civil Rights: Help minority- and women-owned businesses compete Civil Rights: Affirmative action: mend it, don’t end it Civil Rights: Affirmative action: mend it, don’t end it |
| Strongly Supports Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws | Civil Rights: End Discrimination Against People With AIDS Civil Rights: First President to appoint open gays Civil Rights: First President to appoint open gays Health Care: Focus National Efforts on an AIDS Vaccine Health Care: Focus National Efforts on an AIDS Vaccine Civil Rights: Include sexual orientation in Hate Crimes |
| Opposes Organized Prayer In Public Schools | Education: Need not leave religion at the schoolhouse door Education: Private student prayer OK; but no official school prayer |
| Strongly Supports More Federal Funding for Health Coverage | Health Care: Do more for health insurance Health Care: Do more for health insurance |
| Opposes Privatize Social Security | Social Security: Safeguard retirement plans and minimize risk |
| Opposes Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers | School Choice: Expand public school choice and public charter schools School Choice: Expand public school choice and public charter schools School Choice: Reward best public schools; redesign failing ones |
| Supports Death Penalty | Crime: Death penalty for 60 violent crimes |
| Supports Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws | Crime: Crime has dropped, but US is still not safe enough Crime: Three Strikes and You’re Out for violent criminals Crime: More police, punishment, & prevention Crime: More police, punishment, & prevention Families & Children: Get tough on youth violence and gangs |
| Strongly Opposes Absolute right to gun ownership | Gun Control: Background checks have prevented 179,000 illegal gun sales Gun Control: Support Brady Bill, oppose assault weapons |
| Opposes Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower | Budget & Economy: Cut the deficit to lower interest rates Budget & Economy: Cut the deficit to lower interest rates Tax Reform: Target tax cuts on IRAs, education, & families Tax Reform: Across-the-board tax cuts are irresponsible |
| Supports Immigration helps our economy-encourage it | Immigration: Reduce immigration backlog while maintaining quality Immigration: Opposed Official English; strengthen bilingual education Immigration: Opposed Official English; strengthen bilingual education Immigration: Strict enforcement against illegal immigration Immigration: We are richer for the energy & ideas of immigrants Immigration: We are richer for the energy & ideas of immigrants |
| Strongly Supports Support & Expand Free Trade | Free Trade: On balance, trade creates jobs Free Trade: Support NAFTA & GATT: build bridges, not walls |
| Opposes Link Human Rights to trade with China | China: Spur reforms via PNTR and China in WTO China: Spur reforms via PNTR and China in WTO China: Fair trade will liberalize China China: Fair trade will liberalize China China: Engage China but take a firm line China: Engage China but take a firm line |
| Opposes More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel | Defense: Decrease force size but increase quality Foreign Policy: Strategy: strength, peace, and open trade |
| Supports Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") | Defense: Finally, not a single Russian nuke is aimed at US Defense: Build a sensible missile defense, not “Star Wars” Defense: Build a sensible missile defense, not “Star Wars” |
| Strongly Supports Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others | Free Trade: US must not disentangle itself from the world War & Peace: Support Wye River Accords & other peace talks War & Peace: Combat terrorism; contain Iraq; develop oil War & Peace: Kosovo: led NATO alliance to end ethnic cleansing Foreign Policy: Engagement over escapism and isolation Foreign Policy: Engagement over escapism and isolation Foreign Policy: Support forces of reform in Russia Foreign Policy: Support forces of reform in Russia |
| Strongly Supports Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming | Environment: Climate change: more biomass, more efficiency Environment: False choice between economy and environment Environment: Need binding treaties on global warming Environment: Much left to do on clean air, water, & environment |
| Supports Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Drugs: $195M National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Drugs: $195M National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Drugs: Drug strategy to reduce both supply and demand |
| Supports Allow churches to provide welfare services | Welfare & Poverty: End welfare as we know it Welfare & Poverty: End welfare as we know it Welfare & Poverty: Address Homelessness via federal, state, & county govt Welfare & Poverty: Address Homelessness via federal, state, & county govt Welfare & Poverty: Welfare-to-work, instead of welfare as a way of life Welfare & Poverty: Welfare-to-work, instead of welfare as a way of life Welfare & Poverty: Welfare reform includes states, communities, & businesses Welfare & Poverty: Welfare reform includes states, communities, & businesses |