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Tammy Duckworth on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Right to privacy to control women's own bodies: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes parental notification for abortions: Favors topic 1 Supports churches providing birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Constitutional right to terminate pregnancy for health: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Equal pay for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed by The Feminist Majority indicating a pro-women's rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2 |
Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+2 points on Social scale) | Push for total equality for the LGBT community: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes defining traditional marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 |
Neutral 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) | Roll up my sleeves to fix the problems with ObamaCare: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Oppose efforts to undermine Social Security: Opposes topic 6 by NCPSSM indicating a pro-Social Security stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Vouchers undermine long-term public school improvement: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015: Opposes topic 7 Rated No-strings-attached block grant will kill transparency: Opposes topic 7 Rated Oppose private and religious school voucher programs: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 83% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Require reporting lead in drinking water to the public: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | Rated 85% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 7% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restricting the Second Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Divide burden fairly; let Bush tax cuts expire for wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Opposes eliminating the inheritance tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Pathway to citizenship as well as DREAM Act: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated Voted to legalize DREAMer immigrants via military service: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Yes to Ex-im bank; Yes to fast-track: Strongly Favors topic 13 $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Neutral on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 15:Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale) | Endorsed by VoteVets.org; against wasteful defense spending: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Corporate political spending is not free speech: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 No separate contribution limits for party activities: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale) | Iran is our enemy, but nuclear deal prevents Iranian nukes: Favors topic 17 Iraq was a distraction from the real threat of terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Human activity is the major factor driving climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Support light rail and low-carbon modes of transportation: Favors topic 18 Voted YES on banning offshore oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale) | Protect state marijuana laws from federal interference: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly 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 NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Favors topic 20 |
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CA-34:Gomez(D; elected June 6) Newly-elected Democrats seated Jan.2017: AZ-1:O`Halleran(D) CA-17:Khanna(D) CA-20:Panetta(D) CA-24:Carbajal(D) CA-44:Barragan(D) CA-46:Correa(D) DE-0:Rochester(D) FL-5:Lawson(D) FL-7:Murphy(D) FL-9:Soto(D) FL-10:Demings(D) FL-13:Crist(D) HI-1:Hanabusa(D) IL-10:Schneider(D) IL-8:Krishnamoorthi(D) MD-4:Brown(D) MD-8:Raskin(D) NH-1:Shea-Porter(D) NJ-5:Gottheimer(D) NV-3:Rosen(D) NV-4:Kihuen(D) NY-3:Suozzi(D) NY-13:Espaillat(D) PA-2:Evans(D) TX-15:Gonzalez(D) VA-4:McEachin(D) WA-7:Jayapal(D) |
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KS-4:Estes(R; elected April 11) GA-6:Handel(R; elected June 20) MT-0:Gianforte(R; elected May 25) SC-5:Norman(R; elected June 20) Newly-elected Republicans seated Jan.2017: AZ-5:Biggs(R) FL-1:Gaetz(R) FL-2:Dunn(R) FL-18:Mast(R) FL-19:Rooney(R) FL-4:Rutherford(R) GA-3:Ferguson(R) IN-3:Banks(R) IN-9:Hollingsworth(R) KS-1:Marshall(R) KY-1:Comer(R) MI-1:Bergman(R) MI-10:Mitchell(R) MN-2:Lewis(R) NC-13:Budd(R) NE-2:Bacon(R) NY-19:Faso(R) NY-22:Tenney(R) PA-8:Fitzpatrick(R) TN-8:Kustoff(R) TX-19:Arrington(R) VA-2:Taylor(R) VA-5:Garrett(R) WI-8:Gallagher(R) WY-0:Cheney(R) |
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