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Abortion     Paula Jean Swearengin: Pro-choice, including abortion alternatives.

Budget & Economy     Kathleen Sebelius: Erased $1.1 billion budget deficit without raising taxes.

Civil Rights     Justin Amash: Proposed amendment to curb warrantless surveillance.     Justin Amash: Real threat to marriage & religion is government, not gays.     Paula Jean Swearengin: Worrying about somebody's sexuality is just ridiculous.

Crime     Justin Amash: Introduced legislation to end federal death penalty.     Deval Patrick: Wrote letters to parole board for convicted rapist.     Deval Patrick: I don't need to be lectured about crime.

Education     Rahm Emanuel: Expanded graduation rate at city colleges from 7% to 14%.

Energy & Oil     Jay Inslee: Plan: $9 trillion investment, transition from coal.     Jay Inslee: Ready to support anyone who adopts his climate change plan.     Jay Inslee: Takes a more aggressive stance against fossil fuel companies.     Howie Hawkins: Claims to be the "original Green New Dealer".     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: OpEd: Green New Deal idea borrowed from Green Party.     Green Party: Reorganize society to accomplish Green New Deal.     Howie Hawkins: I'm the original Green New Dealer, since 2010.     Tom Steyer: AdWatch: Do even more with endless supply of wind and sun.     Tom Steyer: CPAC panel discussion: "What Tom Steyer Won't Tell You".     Justin Amash: Voted no on Keystone pipeline for favoring special interests.

Environment     Bill Flores: Attack EPA ozone standards and power plant caps.     Rahm Emanuel: Let every child have 10-minute walk to park or playground.     Rahm Emanuel: Gentrification can be done right, with active zooming laws.

Foreign Policy     Al Gore: Supports Malaysian opposition leader Ibrahim.

Government Reform     Bernie Sanders: Rotate judges on Supreme Court, like term limits.     Andrew Yang: Change Electoral College by proportional allocation of votes.     Andrew Yang: Congress should lower Federal voting age to 16.     Andrew Yang: Electoral College: allocate state votes proportionally.     Andrew Yang: Lower voting age to 16 in federal elections.     Rahm Emanuel: My position on term limits is called elections.     Kirsten Gillibrand: As U.S. rep held dozens of office hours at grocery stores.

Health Care     Rahm Emanuel: I was charged to produce ObamaCare; and it happened.     Anthony Kennedy: ObamaCare should be justified by other Constitutional powers.

Homeland Security     Justin Amash: Wants to close Guantanamo prison.

Principles & Values     Marcia Fudge: Stop limiting black cabinet members to HUD or Labor.     Justin Amash: Partisanship undercutting our constitutional basis.     Pete Buttigieg: Tension between capitalism and democracy America's challenge.     Rahm Emanuel: Politicians are usually gray; I am not.     Rahm Emanuel: Washington is not broken; the GOP is broken.     George Allen: Conservative alternative to McCain in presidential jockeying.

Social Security     Robert Reich: Open the lockbox & throw away key: Better reforms needed.

Tax Reform     JD Vance: Tax "social justice" nonprofits, pay down their endowments.

War & Peace     Rahm Emanuel: Israel/Palestine framework deal easier than a final deal.     Tulsi Gabbard: Policy allowing women in combat roles long overdue.     Al Gore: Supported continuing 1998 air strikes in Iraq.     Al Gore: Supported Bush’s 1991 bombing of Iraq.

Welfare & Poverty     Marcia Fudge: Fought cuts to food stamp program.     Marcia Fudge: Public housing should be a stopping point, not a lifetime.     Rahm Emanuel: Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

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