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Bob Casey on SenateMatch |
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Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-3 points on Social scale) | Ban abortion after 20 weeks; but fund Planned Parenthood: Opposes topic 1 Plan B morning-after pill is contraception, not abortion: Favors topic 1 Roe v. Wade Should Be Overturned: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Right to Privacy means contraception, not unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No embryonic stem cell research; adult research ok: Opposes topic 1 Exceptions to save life of mother, rape & incest: Favors topic 1 Opposes public funding of abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports state funding of contraceptive services: Favors topic 1 Opposes Woman’s Right to Abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes Tax-Funded Abortion: Opposes topic 1 Supports Legal Protection for Human Life from Conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes Cloning of Human Embryos for Experimentation: Opposes topic 1 Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports parental notification for abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect infant survivors of abortion: Opposes topic 1 YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP: Opposes topic 1 NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1 NO on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions: Favors topic 1 YES on restricting UN funding for population control policies: Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Right ongoing wrongs in college admissions: Strongly Favors topic 2 Committed to Affirmative Action and diverse workforce: Strongly Favors topic 2 Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination: Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2 |
Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+2 points on Social scale) | Evolved over time to support gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 No constitutional ban on gay marriage; civil unions ok: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports Defense of Marriage Act, but not Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Allow gay couples to adopt & share employment benefits: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Increased Penalties for Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes: Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: 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 Opposes a DOMA amendment: Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-3 points on Social scale) | Intelligent Design in religion class, not science class: Opposes topic 4 Supports teaching “abstinence plus” in schools: Favors topic 4 Posting Ten Commandments in government buildings ok: Strongly Favors topic 4 Allow churches to register as childcare providers: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Defend ObamaCare instead of single-payer: Opposes topic 5 Medicare Part D program is fundamentally flawed: Favors topic 5 Fill the “doughnut hole” of missing Medicare Rx costs: Favors topic 5 Fight to Expand Health Care Coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Use tobacco settlement for healthcare for unemployed: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports suing HMOs, but opposes damage caps: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand the National Health Service Corps: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand health services for women veterans: Favors topic 5 NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium: Favors topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5 YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Favors topic 5 YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Favors topic 5 YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: 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) | Stop these crazy proposals to put benefits in stock market: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Privatization drains money from guaranteed benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6 The crisis is privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes Social Security privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 96% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 NO on establishing reserve funds & pre-funding for Social Security: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Fight for more funding for public education: Opposes topic 7 Opposes school vouchers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Professional development grants for elementary principals: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Fund brownfield and Superfund cleanups: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8 NO on prohibiting eminent domain for use as parks or grazing land: Opposes topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | Mandatory reporting of the pure evil of child abuse: Favors topic 9 Death penalty is appropriate for heinous crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Keep the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program: Opposes topic 9 Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 7% by the NAPO, indicating a police-the-police stance: Strongly Opposes topic 9 YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program: Opposes topic 9 |
Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Expanded background checks; ban on bump stocks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Strong supporter of the second amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes Increased Regulation on Firearm Ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 Ban large-capacity ammunition: Opposes topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on prohibiting foreign & UN aid that restricts US gun ownership: Favors 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) | Change estate tax to save $730B over 10 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 Repeal tax cut on top 1% of earners: Strongly Favors topic 11 Can’t justify $5B in tax cuts when schools are suffering: Favors topic 11 Supports increasing tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Opposes eliminating the inheritance tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset: Favors topic 11 NO on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Comprehensive reform, including DREAMers staying: Strongly Favors topic 12 Support sanctuary cities like Philadelphia: Strongly Favors topic 12 Stricter employment rules and enforce the borders: Opposes topic 12 Opposes declaring Official English: Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 YES on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities": Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program: Neutral topic 12 NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on comprehensive immigration reform: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Go after "trade cheaters" to protect PA jobs: Opposes topic 13 Opposes CAFTA and other unfair trade laws: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Unfair to make US workers compete with weak foreign laws: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Tariffs against countries undervaluing their currency: Opposes topic 13 Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13 NO on promoting free trade with Peru: Opposes topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14 YES on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls: Opposes topic 14 YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
No opinion on
topic 15:Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale) | Ensure that veterans’ health care receives proper funding: Favors topic 15 More G.I. benefits for college, retirement, and disability: Favors topic 15 Bring our troops home as soon as possible: Opposes topic 15 Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months: Opposes topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale) | Protect voting rights; no voter-ID: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require more public lobbyist financial disclosure: Favors topic 16 Attack the source of corrupt “pay-to-play” culture: Favors topic 16 Lobbyist money ok if it has no impact on your vote: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Political fundraising cheats people from time with candidate: Favors topic 16 Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Supports Obama's Iran nuclear treaty: Favors topic 17 Iraq: No deadline, no timeline, but replace Rumsfeld: Opposes topic 17 Would have voted for Iraq War, but based on false evidence: Favors topic 17 Disagrees with timeline & pulling troops out: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Ask tough questions about colossal intelligence failure: Favors topic 17 Finish the job in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Fund and supply the Syrian rebels: 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 YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on redeploying non-essential US troops out of Iraq in 9 months: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Regulate greenhouse gases; join Paris Climate Accord: Strongly Favors topic 18 Reduce emissions & dependence on foreign oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Favors topic 18 Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Strongly Favors topic 18 $5 billion in tax credits for alternative energy projects: Favors topic 18 Designate sensitive ANWR area as protected wilderness: Favors topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning: Favors topic 18 YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on addressing CO2 emissions without considering India & China: Favors topic 18 YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly 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 |
Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | No legalization of drugs in any way: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Criminalize imports of opioid precursors: Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | A Minimum Wage Increase is Long Overdue: Strongly Favors topic 20 Rated 86% by UFCW, indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record: Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million: Strongly 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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