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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (2 points on Social scale)	YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 YES on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5 NO on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives: Favors topic 6 NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable: Favors topic 7 YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.: Favors topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Favors topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 YES on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"): Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Favors topic 11 YES on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax: Favors topic 11
Neutral on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	English immersion over bilingual education: Opposes topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire : Strongly Favors topic 13 Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale)	YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (7 points on Economic scale)	Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism: Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military: Opposes topic 15 NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on deploying SDI: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Opposes topic 17 YES on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Opposes topic 17 YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Favors topic 17 YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Favors topic 17 YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup: Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19 NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20