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Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Investigate deportation of Japanese during WWII: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Sponsored supporting No Name-Calling Week in schools: Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Sex Ed including both abstinence and contraception: Opposes topic 4 Grants for faith-based groups to teach English: Strongly Favors topic 4 Sponsored supporting the contributions of Catholic schools: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored 10/10 Loan Forgiveness: cancel college loans after 10 years: Opposes topic 7 Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Sponsored enforcing against illegal ocean fishing: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Sponsored stricter rules for police accountability: Strongly Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Allow more visas for STEM college graduates: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	$25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20

Gregorio Sablan is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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