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Budget & Economy     Ilhan Omar: Congress should be embarrassed by small COVID relief.     Robert Reich: Trickle-down economics is bald-faced lie to protect the rich.

Civil Rights     Pete Buttigieg: Calls for redistricting reform; questions Electoral College.

Corporations     Robert Reich: Almost all post-Recession gains have gone to the top 1%.

Crime     Ajamu Baraka: Worked to abolish death penalty as human rights activist.     Ajamu Baraka: Abolition follows examining death penalty in a moral context.

Energy & Oil     Bill Weld: Climate change is real, must be addressed.     Jay Inslee: We are last generation that can do something about climate.

Families & Children     Katie Porter: Challenges CEO: provide way for families to make ends meet.

Foreign Policy     Pete Buttigieg: Supports Israel; situation more complex than seen in media.

Government Reform     Pete Buttigieg: Open to expanding judiciary in reaction to GOP actions.

Gun Control     Bernie Sanders: Ok to sue gun manufacturers if they sell for misuse.     Hillary Clinton: 2008: Fondly recalled being taught to shoot by grandfather.

Health Care     Bernie Sanders: Wrong to give company exclusive rights to drug treatment.     Robert Reich: Single-payer healthcare system is inevitable.

Homeland Security     Howard Dean: Redirect military spending rather than reduce defense budget.     Howard Dean: Missile defense programs only within ABM Treaty compliance.

Immigration     Marty Walsh: Opposed Trump order on defunding sanctuary cities.

Jobs     JD Vance: Opposed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

Principles & Values     Bernie Sanders: Progressives deserve important seats in Biden administration.     Jill Stein: Hillary supports Wall Street, war and the Walmart economy.     John Bolton: OpEd: Wrote book instead of testimony at impeachment hearing.     Mike Pence: Freedom, not socialism, made America great.     Paula Jean Swearengin: When we unite for justice, we can accomplish our goals.

Social Security     Beto O`Rourke: 2012: raise retirement age; apply means-testing.

Tax Reform     Robert Reich: Taxing the rich does not slow the economy.

War & Peace     Ajamu Baraka: Killing Saddam & Kaddafi were arrogant white supremacism .     Donald Trump: Canceled missile strike on Iran for drone shoot-down.     John Bolton: Supported missile strike on Iran for drone shoot-down.

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