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Michael Bennet on Abortion
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OR background on Abortion.
- Classify contraception as preventive care & no moral issue. (Oct 2016)
- Voted NO on restricting UN funding for population control policies. (Mar 2009)
- Supports both federal abortion funding & judicial activism. (Aug 2010)
- Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. (Mar 2017)
- Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (Jan 2015)
- Supports public funding for abortion services. (Nov 2016)
- Keep federal funding for family planning clinics. (Mar 2017)
- Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion. (Feb 2020)
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Michael Bennet on Budget & Economy
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OR background on Budget & Economy.
- Real problems if we don't address income inequality. (Jun 2019)
- Stimulus bill avoided Depression; now we need infrastructure. (Oct 2010)
- Stimulus bill limited because recession worse than expected. (Oct 2010)
- Use paid back bank bailout funds to reduce the deficit. (Aug 2010)
- Transparency on paying for tax cuts and spending programs. (Jul 2009)
- Served two years as Denver Mayor's Chief of Staff. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
- Voted YES on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (May 2009)
- Voted YES on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package. (Feb 2009)
- Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package. (Dec 2020)
- More enforcement of mortgage fraud and TARP fraud. (May 2009)
- $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief. (Mar 2021)
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Michael Bennet on Civil Rights
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OR background on Civil Rights.
- Opposition to homosexuality is an outdated views of society. (Sep 2010)
- Voted YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. (Feb 2013)
- ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays. (Jun 2009)
- Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools. (Mar 2011)
- Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender. (Feb 2013)
- Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools. (Jun 2013)
- Let states recognize same sex marriage. (Jan 2015)
- Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. (Jan 2009)
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Michael Bennet on Corporations
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OR background on Corporations.
- $300B lending fund for small business; plus $12B tax cut. (Aug 2010)
- Restructured $3 billion in corporate debt at Anschutz. (Jan 2009)
- Rated 71% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record. (May 2012)
- Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth. (Mar 2018)
- Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs. (Dec 2017)
- Restrict corporate use of consumer mandatory arbitration. (Aug 2016)
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Michael Bennet on Crime
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OR background on Crime.
- Community policing frees police to focus on violent crimes. (Jul 2022)
- Sponsor of bipartisan First Step reform bill. (May 2019)
- First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration. (Dec 2018)
- Easier access to rape kits, and more rape kit analysis. (Nov 2009)
- Rated 64% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues. (Dec 2014)
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Michael Bennet on Drugs
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OR background on Drugs.
- Supports medical and recreational marijuana. (Jul 2019)
- Marijuana Justice Act: decriminalize pot & expunge records. (May 2019)
- Sponsored bill to end Federal ban on marijuana. (May 2019)
- Let states experiment with marijuana; address racial issues. (Jan 2018)
- Sponsored bill for TV ads to prevent teenage meth use. (Apr 2010)
- Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Nov 2016)
- Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses. (Jul 2015)
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Michael Bennet on Education
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OR background on Education.
- 2016: Interviewed for Education Secretary in Obama's Cabinet. (Jun 2019)
- Halted years of budgetary cuts in the Denver Public Schools. (Jan 2009)
- Oversaw investing $18 million in Denver schools & classrooms. (Jan 2009)
- Opposes less federal or more local control of education. (Sep 2010)
- Professional development grants for elementary principals. (Jul 2010)
- Sponsored bill discounting combat pay from free school lunch. (Mar 2009)
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Michael Bennet on Energy & Oil
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OR background on Energy & Oil.
- Endorsed by LCV to tackle the climate crisis. (Jun 2021)
- US is only government officially questioning climate change. (Jun 2019)
- Transition to renewable energy in a ways that create jobs. (Jun 2019)
- Build Keystone pipeline, or oil will be transported by rail. (Jun 2019)
- Climate change is major issue; but not Green New Deal. (May 2019)
- Permanent tax incentives to spur renewable energy growth. (Aug 2010)
- Voted NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)
- Voted YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax. (Apr 2009)
- Voted YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade. (Apr 2009)
- Supports renewable energy tax credits. (Aug 2010)
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Michael Bennet on Environment
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- Fought for drought funding in Inflation Reduction Act. (Aug 2022)
- We passed Montreal Protocol and reversed ozone loss. (Jun 2019)
- $5 million to begin work on the Arkansas Valley Conduit. (Oct 2010)
- Voted YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. (May 2013)
- Voted YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Aug 2009)
- Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements. (Mar 2009)
- Endorsed Endorsed by LCV; supports conservation efforts. (Aug 2010)
- Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs. (Feb 2011)
- Rated 40% by HSLF, indicating a mixed voting record on animal welfare. (Jan 2012)
- Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska. (Mar 2017)
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Michael Bennet on Families & Children
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OR background on Families & Children.
- Kids belong in classrooms not cages. (Jul 2019)
- Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans. (Jul 2019)
- Expand the Child Tax Credit. (Jul 2019)
- More funding & services for victims of domestic violence. (Jan 2013)
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Michael Bennet on Foreign Policy
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OR background on Foreign Policy.
- Russian election interference is biggest geopolitical threat. (Jun 2019)
- Diplomatic tools to invest in stability before crisis. (Sep 2016)
- Rated +2 by AAI, indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
- Vigorous support for State of Israel against Hamas in Gaza. (Nov 2012)
- Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank. (Jan 2017)
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Michael Bennet on Free Trade
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OR background on Free Trade.
- Chinese trade practices unfair, but tariffs not the answer. (May 2019)
- Trump's tariffs have harmed farmers. (May 2019)
- Insist on access to post-mad-cow Japanese beef markets. (Mar 2010)
- Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties. (Apr 2014)
- Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank. (Oct 2015)
- Implement USMCA for improved North American trade. (Jan 2020)
- Rated 63% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade. (Dec 2012)
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Michael Bennet on Government Reform
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OR background on Government Reform.
- Endorsed as "leader in battle against Big Money in politics". (May 2021)
- Mandate paper ballots. (Jul 2019)
- Overcome structural corruption in voting rights. (Jun 2019)
- Change corruption in DC; restore relationships with allies. (Jun 2019)
- Citizens United has taken America down a dangerous road. (Jun 2019)
- Congress must investigate Russian election tampering. (May 2019)
- Federal review voting of discriminatory state voting changes. (Oct 2016)
- Constitutional amendment tooverturn Citizens United. (Sep 2016)
- Voted NO on Congressional pay raise. (Jul 2009)
- Voted YES on providing a US House seat for the District of Columbia. (Feb 2009)
- Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks. (May 2010)
- Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures. (Jul 2012)
- Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access. (Mar 2019)
- Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises. (Jan 2009)
- Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access. (Mar 2021)
- Remove President Trump from office for inciting insurrection. (Jan 2021)
- Sponsored bill for statehood for Washington D.C. (Jan 2021)
- Voted YES on two articles of impeachment against Trump. (Feb 2020)
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Michael Bennet on Gun Control
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OR background on Gun Control.
- Background checks work in Colorado, should work nationally. (Aug 2019)
- Support a ban on assault weapons. (Jul 2019)
- People support background checks, GOP Senate won't allow it. (Jun 2019)
- Colorado experience shows gun control can work. (Jun 2019)
- Voted YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets. (Apr 2013)
- Voted YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains. (Apr 2009)
- Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales. (May 2009)
- Opposes restrictions on the right to bear arms. (Aug 2010)
- Rated C+ by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights. (Aug 2010)
- Supports restrictions on right to bear arms. (Nov 2016)
- Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale. (Jan 2019)
- Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers. (Mar 2021)
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Michael Bennet on Health Care
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OR background on Health Care.
- Don't make employer-based health insurance illegal. (Jul 2019)
- Against higher taxes & banning employer-based insurance. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare for 35M; private insurance for the other 295M. (Jun 2019)
- Public option better than Medicare for All. (May 2019)
- Public option rather than Medicare-for-All. (May 2019)
- Prefers public option to Medicare for All. (Apr 2019)
- Make public plan optional; others can keep private insurance. (Feb 2019)
- Single payer would lead to massive tax increase. (Mar 2017)
- Help seniors on Medicare; speed up drug approval. (Sep 2016)
- I back fiscally sound measures, including Medicare cuts. (Oct 2010)
- $500B savings in Medicare is heart of health care reform. (Oct 2010)
- Committee membership: Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. (Dec 2009)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Supports government-run healthcare. (Aug 2010)
- Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Feb 2015)
- Opposes repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
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Michael Bennet on Homeland Security
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OR background on Homeland Security.
- $5T spent in Mideast could've fixed all our infrastructure. (Jul 2019)
- Boost the defense budget. (Jul 2019)
- Mixed history on transferring Gitmo prisoners to US prisons. (Oct 2015)
- No expansion option for 238,000-acre Trinidad training site. (Oct 2010)
- Increase military size & strength for new types of conflict. (Jul 2009)
- Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)
- Opposes banning homosexuals in the military. (Aug 2010)
- Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays. (Mar 2010)
- $515B for military plus $89B off sequester for wars. (Oct 2015)
- Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze. (Jan 2017)
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Michael Bennet on Immigration
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OR background on Immigration.
- Don't decriminalize border; it's Trump's nativist hostility. (Jul 2019)
- Family separation more like Holocaust than Statue of Liberty. (Jun 2019)
- Path to citizenship for DREAMers; oppose family separation. (May 2019)
- Trump is anti-immigrant; immigrants are a positive force. (Jan 2018)
- America is a unique place for refugees to succeed. (Jan 2018)
- Path to citizenship for millions living in the shadows. (Sep 2016)
- More National Guard troops on border; then amnesty. (Oct 2010)
- Sponsor and enthusiastic support of the DREAM Act. (Sep 2010)
- Our borders not secure; create a path to citizenship. (Jul 2009)
- Supports continued funding of sanctuary cities. (Sep 2010)
- Supports granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. (Sep 2010)
- Opposes full implementation of current border security laws. (Sep 2010)
- Terminate national emergency at the Southern border. (Mar 2019)
- Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps. (Sep 2019)
- Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban. (May 2021)
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Michael Bennet on Jobs
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OR background on Jobs.
- Hasn't supported a national $15 hourly minimum wage. (Nov 2019)
- Raise the federal minimum wage to $12/hour. (Jul 2019)
- Opposes Employee Free Choice Act & card-check. (Oct 2010)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2014)
- Sponsored bill for strengthening union organizing. (Feb 2021)
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Michael Bennet on Principles & Values
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OR background on Principles & Values.
- Moral obligation to beat Trump, but don't impeach. (Jul 2019)
- Jewish mother survived Holocaust in Warsaw Ghetto. (Jun 2019)
- Socialist policies are like giving candy to voters. (Jun 2019)
- Improvement with each generation now at risk. (Jun 2019)
- Government no longer plans for the next generation. (Jun 2019)
- Appointed for vacancy as "accidental Senator". (Jun 2019)
- Continue investigations; see if public supports impeachment. (May 2019)
- Born in India, to diplomat & Jewish Holocaust survivor. (May 2019)
- Family includes Mayflower descendants & Holocaust survivors. (Apr 2019)
- Most Democrats are not socialists and should say so. (Mar 2019)
- No particular religion nor congregation but believes in God. (Oct 2010)
- Raised in two different heritages, Jewish and Christian. (Oct 2010)
- Pragmatism and independent thinking at national level. (Dec 2009)
- Editor-in-Chief of The Yale Law Journal. (Jan 2009)
- Married with three school-age daughters. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on confirming of Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court. (Aug 2009)
- Question Trump on Emoluments clause. (May 2017)
- Certify 2020 Presidential election as fully & fairly counted. (Jan 2021)
- Create Commission to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol riots. (Jun 2021)
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Michael Bennet on Social Security
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OR background on Social Security.
- Eliminate income cap for payroll taxes. (Oct 2016)
- Optional personal retirement accounts ARE privatization. (Jul 2010)
- Preserve the integrity of entitlement programs. (Jul 2009)
- Strongly opposes privatizing or reducing benefits. (Jul 2009)
- Opposes private retirement accounts. (Aug 2010)
- Rated 90% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance. (Jan 2013)
- Endorsed Endorsed by NCPSSM for protecting Social Security and Medicare. (Jun 2022)
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Michael Bennet on Tax Reform
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OR background on Tax Reform.
- Reverse Trump tax cuts; restore expanded child tax credit. (May 2022)
- Obama-Biden sequester made Bush tax cuts permanent. (Jun 2019)
- Tax cuts for families; sponsored American Family Act. (May 2019)
- Cut taxes $12B on small businesses. (Oct 2010)
- Open to compromise on temporarily extending Bush tax cuts. (Sep 2010)
- Target tax cuts to struggling middle class families. (Jul 2009)
- Supports more federal taxes & keeping marriage penalty. (Aug 2010)
- Supports increasing income tax rates. (Nov 2016)
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Michael Bennet on Technology
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OR background on Technology.
- Boost transportation infrastructure spending. (Jul 2019)
- Voted YES on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. (May 2013)
- Withdrew support for policing websites for copyright. (May 2011)
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Michael Bennet on War & Peace
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OR background on War & Peace.
- Keep the troops deployed abroad. (Jul 2019)
- AdWatch: Supports Iranian nuclear deal. (Sep 2015)
- Commit to bring home troops from Afghanistan in July 2011. (Oct 2010)
- Afghan exit after al-Qaida groups destroyed in Pakistan. (Oct 2010)
- Opposes timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. (Sep 2010)
- Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment. (May 2012)
- Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection. (Mar 2014)
- No military force against Iran without Congress approval. (Feb 2020)
- Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program. (Apr 2009)
- Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq. (Jul 2021)
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topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
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| Classify contraception as preventive care & no moral issue: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports both federal abortion funding & judicial activism: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public funding for abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 NO on restricting UN funding for population control policies: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
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| More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP: Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
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| Opposition to homosexuality is an outdated views of society: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Opposes banning homosexuals in the military: Strongly Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 |
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topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
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topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Against higher taxes & banning employer-based insurance: Favors topic 5 Medicare for 35M; private insurance for the other 295M: Favors topic 5 Public option better than Medicare for All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Public option rather than Medicare-for-All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Prefers public option to Medicare for All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Make public plan optional; others can keep private insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Single payer would lead to massive tax increase: Opposes topic 5 Help seniors on Medicare; speed up drug approval: Favors topic 5 $500B savings in Medicare is heart of health care reform: Favors topic 5 Supports government-run healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5 YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Favors topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Eliminate income cap for payroll taxes: Favors topic 6 Optional personal retirement accounts ARE privatization: Opposes topic 6 Preserve the integrity of entitlement programs: Opposes topic 6 Strongly opposes privatizing or reducing benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes private retirement accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 90% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Endorsed Endorsed by NCPSSM for protecting Social Security and Medicare: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Opposes less federal or more local control of education: Opposes topic 7 Professional development grants for elementary principals: Opposes topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale)
| We passed Montreal Protocol and reversed ozone loss: Opposes topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Endorsed Endorsed by LCV; supports conservation efforts: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Community policing frees police to focus on violent crimes: Opposes topic 9 Sponsor of bipartisan First Step reform bill: Opposes topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Rated 64% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Background checks work in Colorado, should work nationally: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Support a ban on assault weapons: Favors topic 10 People support background checks, GOP Senate won't allow it: Opposes topic 10 Colorado experience shows gun control can work: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales: Opposes topic 10 Opposes restrictions on the right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated C+ by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights: Opposes topic 10 Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: Opposes topic 10 Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale: Strongly Favors topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Reverse Trump tax cuts; restore expanded child tax credit: Strongly Favors topic 11 Obama-Biden sequester made Bush tax cuts permanent: Favors topic 11 Tax cuts for families; sponsored American Family Act: Favors topic 11 Transparency on paying for tax cuts and spending programs: Favors topic 11 Target tax cuts to struggling middle class families: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports more federal taxes & keeping marriage penalty: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing income tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Kids belong in classrooms not cages: Strongly Favors topic 12 Don't decriminalize border; it's Trump's nativist hostility: Opposes topic 12 Family separation more like Holocaust than Statue of Liberty: Favors topic 12 Path to citizenship for DREAMers; oppose family separation: Favors topic 12 Trump is anti-immigrant; immigrants are a positive force: Favors topic 12 Path to citizenship for millions living in the shadows: Strongly Favors topic 12 Our borders not secure; create a path to citizenship: Favors topic 12 Supports continued funding of sanctuary cities: Strongly Favors topic 12 Supports granting amnesty to illegal immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes full implementation of current border security laws: Strongly Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Chinese trade practices unfair, but tariffs not the answer: Favors topic 13 Trump's tariffs have harmed farmers: Favors topic 13 Insist on access to post-mad-cow Japanese beef markets: Favors topic 13 Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 63% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13 |
Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Change corruption in DC; restore relationships with allies: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Most Democrats are not socialists and should say so: Favors topic 14 America is a unique place for refugees to succeed: No opin. on topic 14 Diplomatic tools to invest in stability before crisis: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| $5T spent in Mideast could've fixed all our infrastructure: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Boost the defense budget: Strongly Favors topic 15 Increase military size & strength for new types of conflict: Strongly Favors topic 15 $515B for military plus $89B off sequester for wars: Favors topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Endorsed as "leader in battle against Big Money in politics": Strongly Favors topic 16 Mandate paper ballots: Favors topic 16 Overcome structural corruption in voting rights: Strongly Favors topic 16 Citizens United has taken America down a dangerous road: Strongly Favors topic 16 Federal review voting of discriminatory state voting changes: Favors topic 16 Constitutional amendment tooverturn Citizens United: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Keep the troops deployed abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Commit to bring home troops from Afghanistan in July 2011: Strongly Favors topic 17 Afghan exit after al-Qaida groups destroyed in Pakistan: Opposes topic 17 Opposes timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Endorsed by LCV to tackle the climate crisis: Strongly Favors topic 18 Transition to renewable energy in a ways that create jobs: Favors topic 18 Build Keystone pipeline, or oil will be transported by rail: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Climate change is major issue; but not Green New Deal: Favors topic 18 Permanent tax incentives to spur renewable energy growth: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports renewable energy tax credits: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade: Opposes topic 18 YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax: Opposes topic 18 YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Supports medical and recreational marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Marijuana Justice Act: decriminalize pot & expunge records: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Sponsored bill to end Federal ban on marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Let states experiment with marijuana; address racial issues: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Sponsored bill for TV ads to prevent teenage meth use: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Fought for drought funding in Inflation Reduction Act: Strongly Favors topic 20 Real problems if we don't address income inequality: Strongly Favors topic 20 Everybody should have a share in our prosperity: Favors topic 20 Stimulus bill avoided Depression; now we need infrastructure: Strongly Favors topic 20 Stimulus bill limited because recession worse than expected: Opposes topic 20 Open to compromise on temporarily extending Bush tax cuts: Opposes topic 20 $300B lending fund for small business; plus $12B tax cut: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Rated 71% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record: Neutral on topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 YES on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package: Strongly Favors topic 20 YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
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