Katherine Harris on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(0 points on Social scale) | Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Opposes topic 1 YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(10 points on Economic scale) | NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(0 points on Social scale) | Non-Christian legislators legislate sin, like gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Teach family values in public schools
(0 points on Social scale) | Separation of church and state is a lie: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 |
Opposes
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(7 points on Economic scale) | Add Rx drug plan to Medicare: Favors topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Opposes topic 5 YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Opposes topic 5 YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Opposes topic 5 YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(7 points on Economic scale) | Preserve social security trust fund: Opposes topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(10 points on Social scale) | $2000 for individual Educational Savings Accounts: Favors topic 7 Vouchers for students in failing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Neutral on
topic 8:Death Penalty
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(10 points on Social scale) | Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(10 points on Economic scale) | Supports Fair Tax: 23% sales tax to replace income tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Income tax requires 5 billion hours for annual compliance: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 60% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(7 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(10 points on Economic scale) | Worked to get Free Trade Area of the Americas office in FL: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13 YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Opposes topic 13 YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(10 points on Social scale) | YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:More spending on armed forces
(0 points on Economic scale) | Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15 |
Opposes
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(7 points on Economic scale) | YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Replace US troops with UN in Iraq
(10 points on Economic scale) | YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(10 points on Economic scale) | Drilling ANWR is like a postage stamp on a football field: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Prevent Orimulsion use; no offshore drilling near FL: Favors topic 18 Rated 15% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Neutral on
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |