Colleen Hanabusa on SenateMatch | |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Opposes prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1 I consider myself pro-choice: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly 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 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale) | Opposes Amendment to prevent same sex marriage: Strongly 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 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Grants for faith-based groups to teach English: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | We finally joined the rest of the industrialized world: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | NO on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Neutral on
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(0 points on Social scale) | Genetically modified foods aren't unhealthy: Favors topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Allow longer than 10 years to rebuild depleted fisheries: Favors topic 8 Sponsored enforcing against illegal ocean fishing: Opposes topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | Rated 85% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 7% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Opposes flat-rate federal tax; supports increased tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Supports a pathway to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Allow more visas for STEM college graduates: Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports 1920 Jones Act: only US ships HI to West Coast: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Sponsored imposing import fee on countries with undervalued currency: Opposes topic 13 Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13 |
Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-3 points on Economic scale) | NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden should stand trial in US: Opposes topic 14 Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15:Expand the military
(+5 points on Social scale) | Spending on wars reduces resources at home: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Reduce the salary of Members of Congress: Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Iraq can be self-sufficient; Afghanistan cannot yet: Favors topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Defund US military presence in Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Use HI's solar, wind, wave, and other sustainable assets: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 NO on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+2 points on Social scale) | States should determine marijuana legality: Opposes topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: Favors topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Favors topic 20 |