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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	Support embryonic stem-cell research with restriction: Favors topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1 YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (2 points on Social scale)	YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 84% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration: Favors topic 4 YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare: Opposes topic 5 NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Opposes topic 5 YES on capping damages and setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Opposes topic 5 YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Save Social Security by decreasing government spending: Favors topic 6 Modernize Social Security to keep it sustainable: Opposes topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives: Favors topic 6 NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable: Favors topic 7 Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	Refer violent juveniles to the adult court system: Favors topic 9 Do not become complacent against crime: Favors topic 9 Rated 40% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation: Neutral on topic 9 YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.: Favors topic 9 YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (7 points on Social scale)	Rated A+ by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 59% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Favors topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 YES on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"): Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Favors topic 11 YES on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax: Favors topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	Control borders but don't forget immigrant heritage: Opposes topic 12 English immersion over bilingual education: Opposes topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 NO on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Opposes topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	Global economy beneficial to developing nations: Strongly Favors topic 13 Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 50% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing the US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13 YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale)	YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism: Favors topic 15 Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military: Opposes topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on deploying SDI: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	UN in need of reforms: terminate US payments to force them: Strongly Opposes topic 17 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Opposes topic 17 NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Favors topic 17 NO on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Opposes topic 17 NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Opposes topic 17 YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (7 points on Economic scale)	Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Fight against Methamphetamine is working: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20