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Abortion     Amy McGrath: 100% pro-choice; it is a woman's right to choose.     Bill Frist: Supports stem-cell research after initially opposing it.

Budget & Economy     Xi Jinping: Less than 3% of world economy in 1977, more than 17% in 2020.     Rick Perry: Regulate Wall Street, but Dodd-Frank kills community banks.

Civil Rights     Deval Patrick: Reparations for slavery without reconciliation won't satisfy.     Amy McGrath: Agrees with Supreme Court upholding same sex marriage.

Corporations     Bill de Blasio: Amazon exemplifies abuse of corporate power by leaving NYC.     Mike Bloomberg: Business have big cash reserves & need no tax cuts.     Mike Bloomberg: Reduce 35% corporate tax by eliminating loopholes.     Rick Perry: Lowering corporate tax rate 10% increase wages by 10%.

Crime     Vladimir Putin: Opposition leader sentenced to notorious penal camp.

Education     Mike Bloomberg: Help public schools with deductibility of local taxes.     Jeb Bush: Restore schools via standards for teachers instead of tenure.

Energy & Oil     Rex Tillerson: Climate change real; with us now & forever more.     Rex Tillerson: Carbon tax best way to transition from fossil fuels.     Claudia Tenney: Applauded decision to leave the Paris climate agreement.     Scott Taylor: Applauded decision to leave the Paris climate agreement.     Ben Carson: EPA must work with business; warming or cooling not relevant.

Families & Children     Marty Walsh: Pushed for six weeks paid parental leave for city workers.     Bill Frist: Damaged reputation by misdiagnosing Terri Schiavo by video.

Foreign Policy     Mike Bloomberg: US should lead during global emergency; Trump has not.

Free Trade     Donald Trump: FactCheck: NAFTA reduced U.S. jobs by 1%, not 30% or 50%.     Rob Portman: Negotiated fast-track under Bush; but slowing it under Obama.     Ron Wyden: Key supporter of fast-track trade-promotion authority.

Gun Control     Rick Perry: Taking away guns is knee-jerk reaction to gun tragedies.

Health Care     Mike Bloomberg: Individual mandate makes insurance affordable for all.

Homeland Security     Xi Jinping: Supports party's goal of building a strong military.     Lindsey Graham: Restore defense cuts made automatically by sequestration.     Barack Obama: Reduce defense spending 1% in 2013; add 2% per year after.

Immigration     Donald Trump: One year in: only 200 feet of prototype order wall built.     Mitt Romney: Poverty level of aspiring immigrant's nation is irrelevant.

Principles & Values     Cedric Richmond: Goal is connections regardless of political affiliation.     Rick Perry: Studied as veterinarian; organic chemistry made him a pilot.     Alexi Giannoulias: Fallout from the April failure of his family's Broadway Bank.     Mark Kirk: Forced to apologize for exaggerating his biography.     Samuel Alito: Conflict-of-interest recusals only apply to�initial service�.

Social Security     Xi Jinping: Improve public services and pensions for older citizens.     Kamala Harris: Trump deficits will endanger Social Security.     Mike Bloomberg: Don't kick the can down the road with retirement funding.     Mitt Romney: Favors private accounts; prepared to be entirely bold.     Rudy Giuliani: Supports adding private accounts for Social Security.

Tax Reform     Beto O`Rourke: Wealth tax would generate revenue for 'common benefit'.     Mike Bloomberg: Tax cuts paying for themselves defies reality.     Mike Bloomberg: GOP tax bill is an economically indefensible blunder.     Bill Frist: Pushed compromise: reduce Estate Tax & raise minimum wage.

Technology     Mike Bloomberg: Raising deficits constrains federal infrastructure spending.

War & Peace     Donald Trump: Countries hosting US troops should pay for them.     Mike Bloomberg: False arguments justify increase in military spending.

Welfare & Poverty     Mike Bloomberg: Expand the earned income tax credit to raise real wages.

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