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Steve Bullock on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Women should decide, not government: Strongly Favors topic 1 100 percent rating from NARAL: Strongly Favors topic 1 An abortion, even late-term, is a legal, personal decision: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep Title X funding for reproductive health services: Favors topic 1 Rejected that insurers have plans with and without abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Guarantee equal pay for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Address persistent wage gap between men and women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Close the wage gap for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Still work to be done to ensure gender pay equity: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale) | Prohibit discrimination based on gender identity: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage in Montana: Strongly Favors topic 3 We celebrate progress, but fight for equal rights continues: Strongly Favors topic 3 First MT governor to officiate same-sex wedding: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+2 points on Social scale) | No tax credits for religious schools: Opposes topic 4 No safe haven for neo-Nazi white nationalists: Favors topic 4 Vetoed "ministries" operating outside of insurance law: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Passed Medicaid expansion with bipartisan support: Favors topic 5 COVID: don't like masks but need to let science drive this: Favors topic 5 Medicaid expansion has kept rural hospitals open: Favors topic 5 Wal-Mart can negotiate drug prices, so should government: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare-for-All is wish-list economics: Opposes topic 5 We pay more for prescription drugs than anyplace in world: Favors topic 5 Medicare-for-All is wish-list economics: Opposes topic 5 Health care reform without disrupting the entire system: Strongly Favors topic 5 Build on ObamaCare but don't replace with single-payer: Favors topic 5 Medicaid expansion good for business & jobs: Strongly Favors topic 5 Got Medicaid expansion through a GOP-dominated legislature: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protect ObamaCare before pushing to expand further: Favors topic 5 Worked with legislature to expand Medicaid: Favors topic 5 Insure the working poor with federal dollars: Strongly Favors topic 5 Access Health Montana: increase coverage and access: Favors topic 5 |
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Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Tax cut would have benefitted high-income seniors: Opposes topic 6 Vetoed state tax exemption for Social Security income: Opposes topic 6 |
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Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Emergency education grants include technology infrastructure: Strongly Opposes topic 7 1-2-Free: High school dual enrollment to college: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Invest in publicly funded early childhood education: Strongly Favors topic 7 MT is dead last in investment in early childhood education: Opposes topic 7 |
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Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale) | Opposed Obama's halting coal mine leasing on Federal land: Strongly Favors topic 8 Expanded fishing rights regardless of streambed ownership: Favors topic 8 Cut red tape and cut business equipment tax: Favors topic 8 Passionate about protecting public land access for all: Strongly Opposes topic 8 MT economy depends on hunting & fishing; let's fund LWCF: Opposes topic 8 Tackle the threat of invasive species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
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Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Block police from receiving some military equipment: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Keep death penalty for circumstances like terrorism: Favors topic 9 Less money for prison and more for treatment: Opposes topic 9 Arrest and prosecute sex predators and scam artists: Favors topic 9 |
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No opinion on
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale) | Must address dark money to take on NRA: Opposes topic 10 Voluntary buyback, but locally, not federally: Favors topic 10 Firearm owners just want to keep their family safe: Favors topic 10 Firearm owners just want to keep their families safe: Favors topic 10 Ban assault weapons: Opposes topic 10 Supports background checks & semi-automatic ban: Favors topic 10 Background checks & age restrictions to reduce gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Believes in 2nd Amendment, but not guns in wrong hands: Opposes topic 10 Forever preserve access to public land for hunting & fishing: Favors topic 10 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Tech giants make billions and pay no taxes: Favors topic 11 Many people not benefitting from economy: Favors topic 11 Don't benefit the wealthy at the expense of middle class: Strongly Favors topic 11 $400 personal rebate instead of $100M property tax cut: Favors topic 11 |
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Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | Upgrading Air National Guard better use of money than wall: Favors topic 12 Immigration should not be used to rip country apart: Favors topic 12 Healthcare for immigrant means more border crossers: Opposes topic 12 Playing into Trumps hands, don't decriminalize: Favors topic 12 No wall; no open borders; need immigration reform: Opposes topic 12 There are bigger problems than illegal immigration: Favors topic 12 Refused to send National Guard troops to the southern border: Strongly Favors topic 12 Public DACA support, also tries private persuasion with GOP: Strongly Favors topic 12 No Guard troops to border without asking state governor: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Keep Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): Strongly Favors topic 12 Protect DREAMers instead of deporting them: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Farmers want trade, they don't want aid: Strongly Favors topic 13 Blunt instrument of tariffs hurt farmers: Favors topic 13 Don't use tariffs to pressure countries: Favors topic 13 Tariffs hurt farmers; let's work to open up markets: Strongly Favors topic 13 Trump has turned "America First" into "America Alone": Strongly Favors topic 13 Work with other nations to deal with China's practices: Favors topic 13 End reckless trade war with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 Reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank: Favors topic 13 Support long-term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Israel is a trusted partner & trusted friend: Favors topic 14 Block foreign influence on elections; end Cuba embargo: Opposes topic 14 Vetoed bill banning Shariah law; it's just anti-Muslim: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Don't let terrorists intimidate us to abandon our values: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Safety first; review protocols for Syrian refugees: Favors topic 14 |
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Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Initiative focusing on veterans' suicide prevention: Strongly Favors topic 15 Has "grave concerns" over use of military on protests: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Wrap-around services to reintegrate heroes to civilian life: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Defended state limit on corporate campaign donations: Strongly Favors topic 16 COVID-19: Gave counties option to switch to all-mail ballots: Strongly Favors topic 16 Elections should be decided by people, not corporations: Strongly Favors topic 16 Primary allows spending $667K instead of returning it: Opposes topic 16 Dark money makes our elections into auctions: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Keep first use of nuclear weapons on the table: Opposes topic 17 We need nuclear deterrence against North Korea and others: Opposes topic 17 We've been in Afghanistan for entire life of young recruits: Favors topic 17 |
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Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Climate change vs. jobs: that's a false choice: Favors topic 18 President's role is to set direction on climate change: Favors topic 18 Re-enter Paris climate agreement: Strongly Favors topic 18 Promotes wind and solar power and clean coal for Montana: Favors topic 18 Develop our resources for American energy independence: Opposes topic 18 |
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Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+2 points on Social scale) | Let the states decide on legalizing marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Strongly supports medical marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Confront the invisible epidemic of prescription drug abuse: Favors topic 19 Rated B- by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Hold big banks accountable for abusive practices: Strongly Favors topic 20 Veto any budget in the red: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Create jobs by investing in roads and bridges: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Steve Bullock is a Moderate Liberal
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