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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Most pro-life administration in history of the United States: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion isn't a human right; it takes a human life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Life begins at conception, with no exceptions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 I consider myself pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by Planned Parenthood, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Sponsored prohibiting abortion information at school health centers: Opposes topic 1 Life and human rights begin at fertilization or cloning: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale)	LGBTQ persons have every right that every other person has: Strongly Favors topic 3 Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3 State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism: Strongly Favors topic 3 Respect faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	God blessed US to stand for religious freedom: Strongly Favors topic 4 $110M per year to teach abstinence in public schools: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Opposes public option for health insurance: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports privatizing Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7 A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind: Favors topic 7 Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Favors topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 46% by the NAPO, indicating a police-the-police stance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Second Amendment builds communities & strong families: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Recognize heritage of hunting & shooting on federal lands: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the estate tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the death tax, immediately and with no expiration: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax and IRS with FairTax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Death Tax is a pernicious double tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Secure our borders; stop rewarding lawbreakers: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Opposes a pathway to citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Stop releasing low-risk illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	2009: free trade among nations; 2019: trade war with China: Opposes topic 13 Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	America First policy may not be popular, but it's worked: Strongly Favors topic 14 Chinese Communist Party co-opted World Health Organization: Strongly Favors topic 14 Benghazi was "worse, in some ways, than Watergate": Strongly Favors topic 14 Chinese Communist Party is the central threat of our times: Strongly Favors topic 14 Prevented G7 statement by insisting on using "Wuhan virus": Strongly Favors topic 14 No torture, including coercive methods like waterboarding: Opposes topic 14 Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 No transfers of Gitmo prisoners to US or abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 No transfers of Gitmo prisoners to US or abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 Let Israel decide on annexation of West Bank: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Withdraw from INF to counter Russia and China: Strongly Favors topic 15 Commit to strong national defense: Strongly Favors topic 15 Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15 $515B for military plus $89B off sequester for wars: Favors topic 15 Sponsored bill to base research grants on national interest: Strongly Favors topic 15 Keep detainees in Guantanamo, not Leavenworth: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Denies that Trump undercuts US support for free elections: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Russian hacking impact 2016 election & not the first time: Favors topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16 Constitutional amendment for Congressional term limits: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	North Korean policy deterred missile tests & nuclear weapons: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Against all odds got North Korean leadership to the table: Strongly Favors topic 17 Trump brokered Israel/UAE deal: one for the history books: Strongly Favors topic 17 America First; treat the world with some skepticism: Favors topic 17 Claims MIT snubbed him due to their China ties: Strongly Opposes topic 17 The Taliban has now made the break with terrorism: Favors topic 17 Dangerous agreements like Iran's made us less safe: Opposes topic 17 Killing Soleimani "took a bad guy off the battlefield": Strongly Opposes topic 17 No nuclear weapons for Iran; they must be a "normal nation": Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sanctions & withdrawal from deal will change Iran behavior: Opposes topic 17 Oppose Iran setting up Hezbollah targeting in Golan Heights: Opposes topic 17 Cease US joint military exercises with South Korea: Favors topic 17 OpEd: Supported Iraq war then & supports Iran war now: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Negotiate from strength to denuclearize North Korea: Opposes topic 17 Caution with history of deceit by North Korea: Opposes topic 17 I opposed Iran deal; I'll gather clear-eyed info about it: Opposes topic 17 More resolve and less time-limit in Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Supports a continued presence in Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Aid the Syrian opposition with training & equipment: Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	We won't make solar panels; Chinese panels will flood market: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Let wind energy production tax credit expire: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20

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