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Melissa Hart on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supported funding contraception and UN family planning: Favors topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on Unknown roll call for 2001-89: Opposes topic 1 YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Opposes topic 1 YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 |
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Neutral on
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses: Favors topic 2 Supports ERA and comparable work pay rules for women: Favors topic 2 NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Let schools display the words "God Bless America": Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Supports requiring schools to allow prayer: Favors topic 4 Rated 92% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 |
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Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supported funding women's health needs: Neutral on topic 5 NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Opposes topic 5 YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Opposes topic 5 YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Opposes topic 5 YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
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Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives: Favors topic 6 Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care: Neutral on topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable: Favors topic 7 Tax deductions for private scholarships to public schools: Favors topic 7 Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-3 points on Social scale) | Supports grants for brownfields remediation: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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Neutral on
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(0 points on Social scale) | No TV, R-rated movies, or coffeepots in prison cells: Strongly Favors topic 9 Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 9 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 9 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 63% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts: Favors topic 11 Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty: Neutral on topic 11 YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-3 points on Social scale) | English immersion over bilingual education: Opposes topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 39% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13 YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Opposes topic 13 YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale) | YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Strongly Favors topic 14 YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Favors topic 14 YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Favors topic 14 |
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Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism: Favors topic 15 Rated 22% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military: Opposes topic 15 Recognize women veterans; assist military families: Neutral on topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15 |
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Opposes
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(-3 points on Social scale) | YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Favors topic 16 NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Opposes topic 16 YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale) | YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
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Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Repeal the gas tax: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale) | YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
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Neutral on
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Melissa Hart is a Hard-Core Conservative
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