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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | Defund Planned Parenthood: they harvest organs of the unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Reinforce Mexico City policy: defund overseas abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Protect the sanctity of life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Federal crime to harm fetus during an assault: Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Protect infant survivors of abortion: 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 Unknown roll call for 2001-89: Opposes topic 1 YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Opposes topic 1 YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime: Opposes topic 1 NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives: Opposes topic 1 YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions: Opposes topic 1 NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1 YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on restricting UN funding for population control policies: Opposes topic 1 |
Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Supported removal of battle flag following shooting: Favors topic 2 Rated 11% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | Supreme Court decided gay marriage; it's the law of the land: Favors topic 3 Respect Supreme Court decision & fight for religious liberty: Neutral on topic 3 Support the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on banning gay adoptions in DC: Opposes topic 3 YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Before the 60s, we were able to say a prayer in school: Strongly Favors topic 4 Sex education about abstinence, not contraception: Favors topic 4 Support traditional families & right to pray: Strongly Favors topic 4 Fund welfare via religious & community-based NPOs: Strongly Favors topic 4 Let schools display the words "God Bless America": Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Supports requiring schools to allow prayer: Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 Sponsored $110M per year to teach abstinence in public schools: Favors topic 4 Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Opposes topic 4 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration: Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale) | ObamaCare takes money from some & gives free care to others: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Opposed ObamaCare from day one: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Let ObamaCare show itself as a continuing debacle: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Rated 12% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals: Opposes topic 5 Establishment of Office of Health Care Fraud Prevention: Opposes topic 5 YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Opposes topic 5 YES on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium: Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5 NO on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics: Opposes topic 5 YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D: Opposes topic 5 NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000: Opposes topic 5 NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Opposes topic 5 NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Opposes topic 5 NO on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 NO on regulating tobacco as a drug: Opposes topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale) | I don't want a lecture about Soc.Sec,; I want to save it: Opposes topic 6 Half of seniors would be in poverty without Soc.Sec. check: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Create personal retirement accounts within Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 20% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 9% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: 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 YES on establishing reserve funds & pre-funding for Social Security: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale) | States were bribed & coerced into adopting Common Core: Favors topic 7 I made homeschool graduates eligible for military service: Strongly Favors topic 7 States were bribed and coerced into adopting Common Core: Favors topic 7 Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 Sponsored denouncing the Common Core State Standards: 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 NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies: Favors topic 7 |
Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-3 points on Social scale) | Manage forest underbrush better, to avoid raging wildfires: Opposes topic 8 Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 Allow longer than 10 years to rebuild depleted fisheries: Favors topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8 YES on prohibiting eminent domain for use as parks or grazing land: Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale) | Capital punishment for child rapists: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Facilitate recovering crime victim restitution fees: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 55% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 9 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 9 NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 9 YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9 NO on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Reciprocity across state lines for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow firearms in National Parks: Strongly Favors topic 10 Apply concealed carry permit to all other states where legal: Strongly Favors topic 10 Dangerousness, not mental incompetence, limits gun rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting foreign & UN aid that restricts US gun ownership: Favors topic 10 YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Increase revenues to reduce national debt: Strongly Favors topic 11 Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 81% by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer's Friend" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Member of the Congressional Flat Tax Caucus: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset: Opposes topic 11 YES on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut: Opposes topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on permanently repealing the `death tax`: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | Change asylum law to not apply to illegal border crossers: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No northern border wall, yet there's no illegal Canadians: Opposes topic 12 DACA recipients came here at age; this is their home: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Sanctuary cities are symptom of a broken system: Favors topic 12 If we declare war on Islamic faith, we're all going to lose: Strongly Favors topic 12 Increase legal immigration because we need workers: Favors topic 12 Those who stay will have to learn our language: Opposes topic 12 We can't deport 11M illegals, but we can start: Opposes topic 12 Legal status for undocumented workers: Strongly Favors topic 12 LEGISLATIVE path to citizenship, NOT via executive action: Favors topic 12 Need comprehensive reform, not partial executive action: Opposes topic 12 Driving out 11 million illegals impractical; fix the system: Favors topic 12 Streamline and quicken deportations: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure border now in place with comprehensive immigration: Favors topic 12 New amnesty is tough and ends incoming illegals: Strongly Favors topic 12 Sponsored comprehensive immigration reform, without amnesty: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 27% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated Support national emergency at the Southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Declared English the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12 NO on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities": Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on establishing a Guest Worker program: Favors topic 12 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 NO on eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program: Neutral topic 12 YES on declaring English as the official language of the US government: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on comprehensive immigration reform: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | China has more to lose in trade war than US: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Protect the American steel industry from Chinese dumping: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Make currency manipulation a key issue in trade negotiations: Opposes topic 13 NAFTA drained away textile trade from Upstate SC: Opposes topic 13 Rated 17% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Free trade with post-Orange Revolution Ukraine: Favors topic 13 Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 88% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on establishing free trade between US & Singapore: Opposes topic 13 NO on establishing free trade between the US and Chile: Opposes topic 13 NO on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 YES on free trade agreement with Oman: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on promoting free trade with Peru: Favors topic 13 |
Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel: Strongly Favors topic 14 More vetting from failed stats ok, but no Muslim ban: Opposes topic 14 Educating kids damages radical Islam more than any bomb: Strongly Opposes topic 14 State Department budget means "soft power" abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Russia's Putin is disrupting democracy everywhere: Opposes topic 14 Let China choose: clenched fist or open hand: Favors topic 14 Without American leadership the world disintegrates rapidly: Strongly Favors topic 14 America is the glue that holds the free world together: Strongly Favors topic 14 Prohibit torture of terrorists in US custody: Opposes topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14 No transfers of Gitmo prisoners to US or abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Strongly Favors topic 14 NO on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls: Favors topic 14 NO on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees: Strongly Favors topic 14 NO on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods: Strongly Favors topic 14 YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale) | Problems in V.A. are real; threats to homeland are real: Strongly Favors topic 15 America is already great; make America strong again: Strongly Favors topic 15 Give military leaders anything they need: Strongly Favors topic 15 Restore defense cuts made automatically by sequestration: Strongly Favors topic 15 Fill Guantanamo with more terrorists instead of closing it: Favors topic 15 More budget & more than 440,000 troops against North Korea: Strongly Favors topic 15 Cuts to military systems will leave us with a hollow force: Strongly Favors topic 15 Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 Sponsored bill for Iraq budget to be part of defense budget: Opposes topic 15 Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11: Favors topic 15 Set minimum spending on defense at 4% of GDP: Strongly Favors topic 15 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on deploying SDI: Favors topic 15 NO on requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding: Favors topic 15 NO on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months: Favors topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale) | Constitutional amendment to limit spending by super PACs: Favors topic 16 Increase campaign contribution limits; but no foreigners: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16 Restrict campaign donations from foreigners or 3rd parties: Favors topic 16 YES on banning soft money and issue ads: Favors topic 16 NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Opposes topic 16 YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Favors topic 16 YES on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale) | Hearings on Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria: Opposes topic 17 Keep 2,000 US troops in Syria so ISIS won't come back: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran nuke deal allows a bomb after 15 years: Opposes topic 17 Destroy Assad's air force; create safe zones in Syria: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Keep US troops in Syria so ISIS and Iran can't come back: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Damage from war with North Korea would be worth it: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arming Ukrainians against Russia will make things better: Favors topic 17 Putin hates democracy and hates coalitions of democracies: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Destroy Iran's nuclear program, & also its air force & navy: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Congress will not approve Iran nuclear deal: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions against Putin; arm & train the Ukrainians: Opposes topic 17 Create a democratic noose around Putin's Russia: Opposes topic 17 Destroy radical Islam like Reagan destroyed the Evil Empire: Strongly Favors topic 17 Israel: stay as long as needed in Gaza to deal with Hamas: Opposes topic 17 Slow Afghan withdrawal, with 15,000 US troops left behind: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Ok to hold off Iranian sanctions but only while negotiating: Favors topic 17 Support the Syrian rebels against Assad & Iran: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Getting Syria wrong leads to Iranian nukes & war with Israel: Strongly Favors topic 17 Get involved in Syria to protect against al Qaeda and Iran: Strongly Opposes topic 17 10,000 US troops in Iraq; 10,000 in Syria; plus 90,000 Arabs: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Winning in Iraq is more important than safety: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Returning from Iraq prematurely was a mistake: Strongly Opposes topic 17 U.S. ground troops to fight ISIL in Syria and Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 We should have left 10,000 US troops in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 More intervention in Iraq avoids an American city in flames: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Form army--90% them, 10% us--to destroy Caliphate: Strongly Opposes topic 17 American troops should partner with regional army: Opposes topic 17 If France invokes Article V, NATO should declare war on ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Need substantial boots on the ground against ISIL: Strongly Opposes topic 17 If we don't destroy ISIL soon, they're coming here: Strongly Opposes topic 17 I have a plan to fight ISIL: ground forces in Syria & Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat ISIL: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Russia will back down if US provokes it in deposing Assad: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm Ukraine; sanction Russia; more NATO troops to region: Opposes topic 17 Obama "screams loudly & carries no stick," in Russia & Syria: Opposes topic 17 Military commitment of regional troops in Syria is necessary: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Regional, not US, army would keep stability in Syria: Favors topic 17 Form regional coalition to enforce no-fly zone in Syria: Strongly Opposes topic 17 2012: Arm the Syrian rebels & fight Assad's air force: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Intervention in Syria to degrade Assad's chemical weapons: Strongly Favors topic 17 Syria: Assad must go, and small arms won't do it: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sponsored prevention, not containment, for Iranian nukes: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17 No nuclear deal with Iran without Congressional input: Opposes topic 17 Rated President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17 Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on redeploying non-essential US troops out of Iraq in 9 months: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | I'm no scientist, but 90% of them say climate change is real: Strongly Favors topic 18 Combat climate change without harming the economy: Favors topic 18 Climate change is real, but don't make a religion of it: Opposes topic 18 Green diesel regulations cost $367 per truck per year: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Open the Outer Continental Shelf for oil & gas leasing: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Gas tax holiday for the summer: Opposes 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 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Opposes topic 18 NO on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%): Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Opposes topic 18 NO on factoring global warming into federal project planning: Opposes topic 18 NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on addressing CO2 emissions without considering India & China: Opposes topic 18 NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade: Opposes topic 18 YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale) | Enhance interdiction by criminalizing unflagged submarines: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated B- by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes 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 |
Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Rated 14% by UFCW, indicating a pro-management voting record: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 NO on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million: Strongly Opposes topic 20 NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package: Strongly Opposes topic 20 YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
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