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Daniel Vovak on SenateMatch

 



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Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
(7 points on Social scale)
Pro-choice in 1st trimester; pro-life in 2nd trimester: Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2:
Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(7 points on Economic scale)
Avoid regulating hiring practices: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3:
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(10 points on Social scale)
No regulation of marriage, not even gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4:
Teach family values in public schools
(2 points on Social scale)
Prayer is a First Amendment Right, even in schools: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
(2 points on Economic scale)
Merge national health care into one department: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(7 points on Economic scale)
Allow access to lifetime investment in Social Security: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
(10 points on Social scale)
Move to private control of schools instead of gov't control: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8:
Death Penalty
(0 points on Social scale)
Swift and immediate death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(0 points on Social scale)
One strike is plenty: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(10 points on Social scale)
Just read the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11:
Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(10 points on Economic scale)
Eliminate all taxes on your paychecks: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(0 points on Economic scale)
Our borders are bulging: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(7 points on Economic scale)
Favor trade, but not be blind to burden on manufacturing: Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(10 points on Social scale)
I do not support the Patriot Act, or any form of it: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15:
More spending on armed forces
(2 points on Economic scale)
Let Senate Intelligence Committee decide military spending: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(5 points on Economic scale)
Undecided on campaign finance reform: Neutral on topic 16
Opposes topic 17:
Replace US troops with UN in Iraq
(7 points on Economic scale)
US must decide troop presence, not UN: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(0 points on Economic scale)
Move towards ethanol-based fuel: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(7 points on Social scale)
Drug use is immoral, but marijuana ban is more immoral: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(2 points on Social scale)
Supports church welfare services on church-state grounds: Favors topic 20

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MD Gubernatorial:
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Robert Ehrlich
MD Senatorial:
Barbara Mikulski
Benjamin Cardin
Kevin Zeese
Kweisi Mfume
Michael Steele
Paul Sarbanes

2004 Presidential:
Pres.George W. Bush
V.P.Dick Cheney
Sen.John Kerry
Sen.John Edwards
Ralph Nader

2008 possibilities:
Sen.Hillary Clinton
Sen.John McCain
V.P.Al Gore

2006 Senate retirements:
Jon Corzine(D,NJ)
Mark Dayton(DFL,MN)
Bill Frist(R,TN)
Jim Jeffords(I,VT)
Paul Sarbanes(D,MD)

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(CA)Feinstein v.Mountjoy
(CT)Lieberman v.Lamont v.Schlesinger
(DE)Carper v.Ting
(FL)Nelson v.Harris
(HI)Akaka v.Thielen
(IN)Lugar v.Osborn
(MA)Kennedy v.Chase
(MD)Cardin v.Steele v.Zeese
(ME)Snowe v.Bright
(MI)Stabenow v.Bouchard
(MN)Kennedy v.Klobuchar
(MO)Talent v.McCaskill
(MS)Lott v.Fleming v.Bowlin
(MT)Burns v.Tester
(ND)Conrad v.Grotberg
(NE)Nelson v.Ricketts
(NJ)Menendez v.Kean
(NM)Bingaman v.McCulloch
(NV)Ensign v.Carter
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(TN)Ford v.Corker
(TX)Hutchison v.Radnofsky
(UT)Hatch v.Ashdown
(VA)Allen v.Webb
(VT)Sanders v.Tarrant
(WA)Cantwell v.McGavick v.Guthrie
(WI)Kohl v.Vogeler v.Redick
(WV)Byrd v.Raese
(WY)Thomas v.Groutage
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Campaign Finance
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Gay Issues
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Iraq/Mideast
Infrastructure
Jobs/Farming
Medicare/Rx
Principles
Social Security
Tax Reform
Technology
War/Peace
Welfare/Poverty