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Abortion     Emilia Sykes: Opposed abortion ban if fetal heartbeat detected.     Eric Schmitt: Reinstate rule banning abortion referrals with federal funds.     Joe Biden: Restore federal Title X family planning program.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Codify Roe v. Wade; repeal Hyde Amendment.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Would look to remove the Hyde Amendment.     Matt Dolan: Opposed abortion ban if fetal heartbeat detected.     Mike DeWine: Enacted abortion ban if fetal heartbeat detected.     Mike Parson: Signs bill criminalizing abortion after eight weeks.     Susan Rice: Disagrees with son: she's pro-choice, he's pro-life.

Budget & Economy     Barack Obama: Take China “to the mat” about currency manipulation.     Danielle Allen: East-west rail clearly important; definitely a high priority.     Gary Chambers: Has been an advocate for Biden's Build Back Better plan.     Ralph Nader: Top priorities: Infrastructure; poverty; preventive health.

Civil Rights     Bernie Sanders: Supports reparations, but targeted to distressed communities.     Chris Pappas: State of the Union: protest transgender military service ban.     Curt Clawson: Promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.     Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, record number of women in Congress.     Geoff Diehl: Supports gay GOP candidate criticized by committee member.     Howard Dean: The Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional.     Howard Dean: Referendum votes should not apply to civil rights.     Kirsten Gillibrand: State of the Union: protest transgender military service ban.     Maura Healey: We put an equity lens on everything that we do.     Maura Healey: Was lead counsel challenging Defense of Marriage Act.     Maura Healey: The first openly gay state attorney general in U.S. history.     Pete Buttigieg: Douglass Plan: tackle racial inequality with funding & laws.     Pete Buttigieg: Racial inequality compounds, which is why it is persistent.     Pete Buttigieg: White America needs to face roots of systemic racism.     Ralph Nader: Get rid of gay discrimination fully, not halfway.     Kamala Harris: Reparations raise a public health issue.

Corporations     Amy Klobuchar: Update law, but treat tech companies on case by case basis.     Amy Klobuchar: Put burden of proof on competitiveness on companies.     Cory Booker: Don't condemn high tech business; regulate them.     Hillary Clinton: Bush defanged the Consumer Product Safety Commission.     Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, Bush shrunk CPSC; but it shrank before Bush.     John Edwards: Trade policy caters to interests of big corporate America.     John Edwards: Corporate interests have taken over democracy.

Crime     Cedric Richmond: Reach out to conservatives & formerly incarcerated people.     Cory Booker: Legalize marijuana; restore ex-con voting rights.     Cory Booker: Ended "three strike penalty"; more reform is needed.     Joe Gale: Appalling to criticize insurrection but not other protests.     Kamala Harris: Not tough nor soft crime: must be smart on crime.     Pete Buttigieg: Supports constitutional ban on death penalty.     Ralph Nader: Some executed by death penalty were innocent.     Kamala Harris: No on capital punishment, but justice for murderers.

Education     Aaron Bean: Restrict teaching sexual orientation/gender identity.     Annette Taddeo: Don't restrict teaching sexual orientation/gender identity.     Barry Moore: Allow tax credits for parents for private schools.     Chris Dodd: Education is the heart of who we are.     Eric Schmitt: No evidence of increased threats towards school officials.     Hunter Hill: Advocate for education accounts including private schools.     John Rogers: No tax credits for parents for private schools.     Kirsten Gillibrand: College tuition in exchange for public service.     Maura Healey: Pandemic requires additional support for public schools.     Robert Bentley: Allow tax credits for parents for private schools.     Ron DeSantis: Restrict teaching sexual orientation/gender identity.     Sonia Chang-Diaz: Young people shouldn't have to carry decades of student debt.     Vivian Davis Figures: No tax credits for parents for private schools.

Energy & Oil     Barack Obama: Aggressively address accelerating climate change.     Beto O`Rourke: Invest in fighting climate change as JFK did with "moonshot".     Beto O`Rourke: Climate change a true existential threat.     Bob Massie: Transform the state completely by pursuing renewable energy.     Charlie Baker: Next-generation roadmap for climate policy.     Curt Clawson: Keystone XL pipeline must be completed.     Donald Trump: Represent Pittsburgh, not Paris: Coal over climate agreement.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check:US became #1 producer of natural gas in 2009.     Harry Reid: BP and oil companies need regulation.     Jay Inslee: America ready to be inspired to pursue clean energy.     Joe Biden: FactCheck: Oil did not jump $18/bbl due to Iran Resolution.     Joe Biden: Convened "climate world summit"; cut US emissions in half.     Joe Biden: FactCheck:US rejoined world in GHG reduction, not vice-versa.     Maura Healey: Will harness all the levers in combating the climate crisis.     Sonia Chang-Diaz: Next-generation roadmap for climate policy.     Spencer Cox: There's very clear evidence of climate change.     Steve Bullock: Promotes wind and solar power and clean coal for Montana.

Environment     Barack Obama: WOTUS 2015: expansive definition of protected waterways.     Charles Booker: Marginalized communities harmed by pollution must be heard.     Chris Dodd: Country-of-origin & ingredient labeling for food imports.     Donald Trump: WOTUS 2018: limited definition of protected waterways.     Hillary Clinton: Better track kids' products for exposures to toxic materials.     Tom Tiffany: Badge of honor to be attacked by environmentalists.

Families & Children     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: State of the Union: protest ignoring sexual assaults.     Kevin Stitt: Vaccination should be between a parent & their pediatrician.     Jim Abeler: Don't protect gender affirming care for minors in Minnesota.     Kelly Morrison: Protect gender affirming care for minors in Minnesota.     Tim Walz: Protect gender affirming care for minors in Minnesota.     Tina Liebling: Protect gender affirming care for minors in Minnesota.

Foreign Policy     Chris Dodd: Gold medal to Tibetan Dalai Lama sends strong message.     Donald Trump: 2012: Get tough on Pakistan; 2016: lavish praise on Pakistan.     Elizabeth Warren: Alliances make us stronger & better able to face China.     Hillary Clinton: China respects us if we call them on human rights breaches.     Hillary Clinton: Deeply involved with Bill Clinton's foreign policy team.     Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Chinese did black out Hillary, but DID invite her.     Hillary Clinton: Operate from a position of strength, but not confrontation.     Joe Biden: Hold China accountable; it's capitulation, not competition.     Mike Gravel: With policy of "beggar thy neighbor," we all become beggars.

Free Trade     Donald Trump: Fact-Check: Union support for USMCA was mixed.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check:USMCA mostly a cosmetic refreshing of NAFTA.     Elizabeth Warren: We need to do trading deals differently & help workers.     Elizabeth Warren: We need allies to stand up to China on trade issues.     Joe Biden: Toughest choice: rationalizing competition & trade policy.     Suzanne Crouch: Led delegation to promote Indiana agriculture to Mexico.

Government Reform     Amy Coney Barrett: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Brett Kavanaugh: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Clarence Thomas: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Danielle Allen: Democracy is about working, deciding, acting together.     Democratic Party: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Elena Kagan: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Howard Dean: Kerry stands up against PAC and lobbyist money.     Howard Dean: Need instant runoff voting to avoid threats like Nader.     Howard Dean: Voting "none of the above" avoids real world choices.     Jack Reed: Nuclear option: Allow confirmation of Obama's appointees.     Jay Inslee: Filibuster is preventing climate change legislation.     Joe Biden: Biden administration officially backs statehood for DC.     John Roberts: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Mark Brnovich: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Mitch McConnell: Trump practically, morally responsible for riots.     Neil Gorsuch: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Pete Buttigieg: Amendments among "most elegant features" of Constitution.     Ralph Nader: Justices need sense of justice & sense of history.     Ralph Nader: The two parties are proxies for corporate government.     Ralph Nader: Taking away votes from Democrats gains leverage.     Ralph Nader: Advocate to allow people to vote "no confidence".     Samuel Alito: AZ mail-in restrictions don't violate Voting Rights Act.     Sharron Angle: In state legislature, sole No vote called "41 to Angle".     Sonia Sotomayor: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Stephen Breyer: AZ mail-in restrictions violate Voting Rights Act.     Ted Budd: Falsely claimed bill would allow minors to vote.     Tom Steyer: Looking for old fashioned values, character and transparency.

Gun Control     Bob Stefanowski: No more gun controls; gun owners have been persecuted.     Sharice Davids: Gun violence a public health crisis.

Health Care     Bernie Sanders: Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans.     Cory Booker: Reduce Medicare eligibility to 55 from current age of 65.     Curt Clawson: Lift the economic shackles of ObamaCare.     Danielle Allen: COVID: Mandatory vaccinations for elderly, prison workers.     David Shulkin: The VA is just as good or better than private health care.     Donald Trump: Executive order requiring healthcare price transparency.     Harry Reid: ObamaCare improved healthcare and also improved economy.     Howard Dean: Medicare was put in place without a single Republican vote.     Nan Whaley: Build infrastructure to distribute millions of vaccines.     Sharron Angle: We're a country of choice; don't force people into insurance.

Homeland Security     Barack Obama: Restore habeas corpus to reach Muslims abroad.     Howard Dean: Switch funding from Star Wars to human intelligence.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Public service for young people would change country's heart.     Lloyd Austin: Democracy demands competent civilian control of military.     JD Vance: Don't fight for abstractions; fight for people's homes.

Immigration     Alejandro Mayorkas: Border is varied; monolithic answer like wall isn't needed.     Barack Obama: Illegals shouldn’t work; but should have path to citizenship.     Barack Obama: Don’t deputize Americans to turn in illegal immigrants.     Barack Obama: OK to provide government services in Spanish.     Beto O`Rourke: Treat asylum seekers with respect; repair home countries.     Chris Dodd: Hold employers accountable for knowingly hiring illegals.     Dennis Kucinich: No vigilantism & no sending illegals home willy-nilly.     Dennis Kucinich: Encourage the American people to reach out; learn languages.     Donald Trump: FactCheck: border mayors claim towns are secure & safe.     Hillary Clinton: English unifies us; teach ESL but support other languages.     Jeff Merkley: State of the Union: protest child separation at border.     Joe Biden: FactCheck: 67% of illegal aliens speak Spanish; not 40%.     Joe Biden: H1-B visas only for jobs Americans can't do.     Joe Biden: Promised 125,000 refugees; but accepted fewer than Trump.     John Edwards: Loss of middle-class jobs drives down wages, not immigrants.     John Edwards: No short-term solution; need comprehensive reform.     John Edwards: H1-B visas only for jobs Americans can't do.     Julian Castro: Don't separate kids and families; don't jail asylum seekers.     Julian Castro: Current "merit" system says only certain people have merit.     Kamala Harris: Due process & right to counsel, for asylum seekers.     Larry Hogan: Reject Trump policy of separating families at the border.     Marsha Blackburn: State of the Union: protest undocumented immigrants licenses.     Maura Healey: Fought Muslim travel ban & family separation at border.     Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Withdraw troops from Mexican border: there's no emergency.     Michelle Nunn: Un-American travel ban hurts refugees & US standing in world.     Mike Gravel: We're making a mountain out of a mole hill on immigration.     Susana Martinez: Deploy National Guard troops on Mexican border.     Tim Burchett: State of the Union: protest undocumented immigrants licenses.

Jobs     Donald Trump: Fact-check: African-American unemployment lowest in history.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check: Job creation has increased, but at lower rate.     Geoff Diehl: COVID: State should have furloughed non-essential employees.     John Edwards: Trade policy should look out for manufacturing jobs.     Sharron Angle: No, I don't think the unemployed are spoiled.

Principles & Values     Dennis Kucinich: I’ve been right all along on Iraq, Iran, & healthcare.     Don Blankenship: I'm Trumpier than Trump, despite Trump opposition.     Geoff Diehl: 2020 election not stolen, supports investigation of riot.     Harry Reid: Son of a miner; mother took in wash from brothels.     Howard Dean: Taking votes away from Kerry doesn't change the Party.     Jerry Nadler: 1998: We're lowering the standard of impeachment.     John Hickenlooper: Socialist policies will not appeal to Americans.     Lindsey Graham: 1998: High crimes don't even have to be a crime.     Lloyd Austin: Orders stand-down to address extremism within armed forces.     Maura Healey: A proud progressive but not interested in labels.     Maura Healey: Briefly played pro basketball, went on to law school.     Ralph Nader: Don't know right-wing groups helping in my campaign.     Ralph Nader: Polls can be wrong; we're building beyond this election.     Sharron Angle: I live in middle-class Reno; Reid lives in DC's Ritz-Carlton.     Susan Rice: Against divisiveness; Americans sink or swim together.     Spencer Cox: I don't like to rank sins; I just do the best I can.     Matt Meyer: Lifts order blocking Muslim burial for humanitarian reasons.

Social Security     Harry Reid: What would have happened if Trust Fund were in stock market?     Sharron Angle: Personalize Social Security; not privatize.

Tax Reform     Danielle Allen: Better targeted investment than two-month sales tax holiday.     Dino Rossi: Repealing Bush tax cut is biggest tax increase in US history.     Elizabeth Warren: Businesses should recognize how US helped them succeed.     Patty Murray: Bush tax cut for top 2% costs us $2 trillion.

Technology     Amy Klobuchar: Tax tech giants when they sell access to personal data.     Andrew Yang: Tax tech giants to share in gains from growth.     Elizabeth Warren: Amazon is a monopolist; limit their monopoly profits.     Elizabeth Warren: Amazon benefitted greatly, but put only a little back.     Hillary Clinton: WikiLeaks tears at fabric of government.

War & Peace     Barack Obama: OpEd: Withdrew from Iraq for political reasons.     Beto O`Rourke: Deal with conflicts diplomatically or fight wars for years.     Donald Trump: Fact-Check: Trump has sent more troops to MidEast.     Harry Reid: OpEd: saying Iraq war was lost emboldened our enemies.     James Mattis: U.S. should keep a small force in Iraq.     James Mattis: U.S. should keep a small force in Syria.     James Mattis: U.S. should keep a small force in Afghanistan.     Joe Biden: U.S. forces out of Iraq, by whatever path led there fastest.     Ralph Nader: Responsible six-month withdrawal from Iraq occupation.     Susan Rice: Small U.S. military presence in Syria fought ISIS threat.     JD Vance: I saw when I went to Iraq that I had been lied to.

Welfare & Poverty     Bernie Sanders: Sanders supports economic help for blacks, not reparations.     Howard Dean: Children and schools suffer under Bush policies.

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