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Abortion
Austin Petersen: Against abortion, but would limit government role.
Billy Long: For Supreme Court nominees who support ending abortions.
Claire McCaskill: Fund Planned Parenthood; protect abortion providers.
Dave Schatz: The Missouri Way made it most pro-life state in the nation.
Eric Greitens: Called for public prayer supporting anti-abortion centers.
Eric Greitens: Overturn law making St. Louis into "abortion sanctuary city".
Eric Schmitt: Reinstate rule banning abortion referrals with federal funds.
Eric Schmitt: Appealed abortion decision, asks to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Jason Kander: Endorsed by NARAL for perfect pro-choice voting records.
Jason Kander: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.
John Brunner: Pledges support to overthrow of Roe v. Wade.
Josh Hawley: Roe v. Wade was most unjust decision in U.S. history.
Josh Hawley: Roe v. Wade was one of the most unjust decisions.
Mike Kehoe: Most innocent person you can protect is in the womb.
Mike Kehoe: Missouri has moved the needle in protecting life.
Sarah Steelman: Life begins at conception; consider Constitutional Amendment.
Scott Sifton: Fought efforts to deny choice to rape and incest victims.
Todd Akin: Life begins at conception; support Constitutional Amendment.
Todd Akin: Resisted stepping aside after "legitimate rape" comment.
Tony Monetti: Pro-life, but support healthcare & adoption.
Vicky Hartzler: Leading efforts in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.
Lucas Kunce: Get rid of the filibuster and codify Roe v. Wade.
Josh Hawley: Unclear on how IVF mandate would occur.
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Budget & Economy
Billy Long: Put an end to the out of control spending sprees.
Dave Schatz: Balance the federal budget, get inflation under control.
Dave Schatz: Infrastructure one of the most critical things to invest in.
Jason Kander: Supports federal spending to promote economic growth.
Josh Hawley: Reduced budget via staff reduction and exposing fraud.
Lucas Kunce: We can create a Marshall Plan for the Midwest.
Lucas Kunce: Abandon the notion that the market is an untouchable force.
Lucas Kunce: Acknowledge policy role in market successes.
Robin Carnahan: TARP financial bailout let banks run wild.
Robin Carnahan: 2008 bank bailout helped Wall Street, not ordinary people.
Robin Carnahan: 2008 bank bailout helped Wall Street, not ordinary people.
Roy Blunt: TARP was a plan that worked.
Roy Blunt: Bailout ok; stimulus package a huge mistake.
Roy Blunt: Bailout ok; stimulus package a huge mistake.
Roy Blunt: Weak economy has left far too many Missourians behind.
Scott Sifton: Economic growth requires investments in infrastructure.
Vicky Hartzler: Co-sponsored Balanced Budget Amendment, Line-Item Veto.
Karla May: Served on House Budget Committee and at National Conference .
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Civil Rights
Claire McCaskill: Women shouldn't get paid less simply because they're women.
Claire McCaskill: FactCheck: Akin's female staff are not paid as much as men.
Dave Schatz: LGBTQ nondiscrimination not at forefront of issues.
Dave Schatz: ERA really about abortion; Jesus would oppose it.
Eric Greitens: Stood with cops; restored law and order; defeated Antifa.
Eric Schmitt: 1964 Civil Rights law doesn't protect LGBT people.
Jason Kander: SCOTUS has spoken: support gay marriage nationwide.
Jason Kander: Protect GLBT employees under nondiscrimination policy.
Mark McClosky: Sued to enforce unmarried couple rule against gay couple.
Scott Sifton: 40 hour filibuster of proposal against marriage equality.
Todd Akin: Women's pay should be left to discretion of employers.
Todd Akin: No policy to pay female staff less than men (but he does).
Vicky Hartzler: Opposed transgender soldiers service & Equality Act.
Vicky Hartzler: Supported clerk refusing to issue same sex marriage licenses.
Trudy Busch Valentine: All have right to live with authentic sexual orientation .
Eric Schmitt: Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action.
Karla May: Chair of the State Senate Minority Caucus.
Josh Hawley: Urged NCAA to ban transgender athletes from women's sports.
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Corporations
Claire McCaskill: Amend banking rules in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Claire McCaskill: Supports Net Neutrality: equal access to all users.
Jason Kander: Close tax loopholes for companies that send jobs overseas.
John Brunner: Served as CEO of personal care products manufacturer.
Josh Hawley: Went after big mortgage companies for improper loans.
Josh Hawley: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.
Lucas Kunce: Monopolies keep us divided because together we have power.
Lucas Kunce: We need to break the oppressive corporate monopoly structure.
Lucas Kunce: Corporate self-interest gave China control of supply chain.
Lucas Kunce: I worked to upend the domination of corporate monopolies.
Lucas Kunce: Trillions on corporate tax cuts and they pay $0.
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Crime
Eric Greitens: OpEd: most pro-police governor in the country.
Eric Greitens: The defund-the-police movement has led to rising violence.
Eric Schmitt: Launched Cold Case Unit, testing backlog of rape kits.
Jason Kander: End school-to-prison pipeline.
Josh Hawley: Apply consumer protection laws to pursue human traffickers.
Josh Hawley: Use anti-riot laws on crowds protesting police shootings.
Mark McClosky: Pardoned by Governor Mike Parson; praised by Trump.
Mike Kehoe: Against policies that raise taxes, defund police departments.
Roy Blunt: Riot: Trump touched hot stove, unlikely to touch it again.
Tony Monetti: Stronger emphasis on policing.
Lucas Kunce: Failure to invest in our communities increases crime.
Josh Hawley: Hire more police; increase penalties.
Lucas Kunce: We need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act .
Eric Schmitt: Pretty clear Trump will view January 6 cases individually.
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Drugs
Claire McCaskill: Supports medical marijuana & alternative drug sentencing.
Jason Kander: Supports medical marijuana.
Josh Hawley: Charges opioid manufacturers with deception.
Josh Hawley: Supports medical marijuana.
Roy Blunt: Don't decriminalize marijuana federally, but let states try.
Vicky Hartzler: Allow Border Patrol to target drones smuggling drugs.
Trudy Busch Valentine: Supports legal pot in MO; opposes it nationwide.
Josh Hawley: Rated C- by NORML: marijuana is a gateway drug.
Karla May: Rated A+ by NORML: legalize marijuana & hemp .
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Education
Claire McCaskill: Increase student financial aid, like Pell Grants.
Eric Schmitt: Defended coach-led prayer in high school as voluntary.
Eric Schmitt: No evidence of increased threats towards school officials.
Josh Hawley: Excluding religious school choice amounts to discrimination.
Josh Hawley: Give religious schools state educational resources.
Josh Hawley: Universities provide worthless degrees and waste billions.
Lucas Kunce: Universities rely on full-paying Chinese STEM students.
Mike Kehoe: Bar schools reopening more than 14 days before Labor Day.
Mike Kehoe: Fund higher education as long as they're producing.
Mike Kehoe: Arts not a cure-all, but can give young people alternatives.
Sarah Steelman: More competition in college loans; end federal monopoly.
Scott Sifton: Fought for improved teacher pay and district facilities.
Todd Akin: Federal government should be out of the student loan market.
Tony Monetti: Public schools that fail our kids do not deserve our support.
Vicky Hartzler: Introduced Police Officers Protecting Children Act.
Roy Blunt: Student loan forgiveness is monumentally unfair.
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Energy & Oil
Claire McCaskill: Subsidize alternative energy, but build Keystone Pipeline.
Eric Schmitt: Sued over cancelling pipeline, setting greenhouse gases cost.
Jason Kander: Climate change is a real consequence of human activity.
Josh Hawley: Clean Power Plan hurts economy by raising energy prices.
Josh Hawley: Dismantle Obama-era network of energy regulations.
Josh Hawley: Oppose the job-killing climate agenda.
Lucas Kunce: We can build the energy of the future in the Heartland.
Lucas Kunce: Ditch all fossil fuels the same way we ditched whale oil.
Lucas Kunce: Impact of climate change taxes the military.
Josh Hawley: AdWatch: Don't ban gas and diesel trucks.
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Environment
Claire McCaskill: Limit EPA farm regulations, but no EPA cuts.
Eric Greitens: Cut $500,000 in funding for state rail service from Amtrak.
Eric Schmitt: Opposes EPA move to increase emissions standards.
Eric Schmitt: Condemns EPA rule as "federal government land grab".
Jason Kander: Protect our state's air & water for future generations.
Josh Hawley: Fought Obama EPA overreach.
Robin Carnahan: Brother's $107M wind project created 1000s of jobs statewide.
Robin Carnahan: Brother's $107M wind project created 1000s of jobs statewide.
Scott Sifton: Law practice focuses on environmental cleanup litigation.
Lucas Kunce: Corporations destroy our land and poison our people.
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Families & Children
Claire McCaskill: Women were exploited in 2000 BC, not just from 1960s.
Claire McCaskill: Supports gay marriage.
Eric Greitens: Greitens was never "exonerated" of sexual misconduct.
Josh Hawley: 1960s sexual revolution destroys our families.
Josh Hawley: Supports biblical truth about husband & wife, man & woman.
Scott Sifton: Parents' bankruptcy led to working to protect families.
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Foreign Policy
Dave Schatz: Putin a bully; deserves a bloody nose for Ukraine invasion.
Eric Schmitt: First AG to sue China for "unleashing the coronavirus".
Jason Kander: Supports Iranian nuclear deal.
Roy Blunt: Friends no longer trust us; our enemies aren't afraid of us.
Vicky Hartzler: Criticism led to being sanctioned by Chinese Communist Party.
Trudy Busch Valentine: Disallow farmland ownership by Communist China.
Eric Schmitt: Time to get back to our core national interests.
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Free Trade
Claire McCaskill: Opposes Trump's tariffs on China.
Dave Schatz: Demand fair trade deals putting American first.
Jason Kander: Trans-Pacific Partnership should not be fast-tracked.
Jason Kander: Let farmers sell to Cuba: a billion dollar industry.
Josh Hawley: China systematically abuses the global trade system.
Josh Hawley: Supports Trump's tariffs on China, but what about farmers?
Josh Hawley: Calls for abolishing the World Trade Organization.
Lucas Kunce: Reliance on Chinese manufacturing is dangerous.
Lucas Kunce: Transfer costs of offshoring to China to corporations.
Roy Blunt: Lifting tariffs is a move in the right direction.
Roy Blunt: Supports presidential Trade Promotion Authority.
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Government Reform
Billy Long: Require voter photo ID, end ballot harvesting.
Billy Long: Let farmers work without unnecessary government regulations.
Claire McCaskill: Limits on corporate campaign donations; full disclosure.
Claire McCaskill: Opposes voter ID requirements.
Dave Schatz: The United States has a president, not a king.
Eric Schmitt: Glaring illegal actions involving our sacred elections.
Eric Schmitt: Signed U.S. Term Limits pledge to amend Constitution.
Jason Kander: OpEd AdWatch: "Pandering Panda" caters to lobbyists.
Jason Kander: FactCheck: Has more MO donors & less PAC money than opponent.
Josh Hawley: Work for campaign ethics reform, starting with Missouri.
Josh Hawley: Supported by Citizens United PAC for Attorney General.
Josh Hawley: Defended strict Missouri voter ID requirements.
Robin Carnahan: Pledges to not seek earmarks if elected.
Roy Blunt: Ban earmark requests, but only for this year.
Roy Blunt: Carnahan's $107M wind energy project created only 16 jobs.
Roy Blunt: Took $200K from lobbyists for 2010; tops among House members.
Roy Blunt: Took $200K from lobbyists for 2010; tops among House members.
Scott Sifton: We raise our hands for voting rights, not insurrection.
Todd Akin: Denounces intrusive government regulations and ObamaCare.
Todd Akin: Get rid of Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce.
Todd Akin: Reversing 17th Amendment gives power back o the states.
Tony Monetti: Cut spending, waste, needless regulation.
Tony Monetti: Term limits for senators.
Tony Monetti: Preserve separation of church and state.
Josh Hawley: Supported Jan. 6 protestors & decertifying 2020 election.
Lucas Kunce: The 2020 election was fair & honest.
Lucas Kunce: Expand voting access and voter registration.
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Gun Control
Billy Long: I will work tirelessly to defend your 2nd Amendment rights.
Claire McCaskill: Supports background checks and assault rifle ban.
Dave Schatz: The Missouri Way: protect our Second Amendment rights.
Eric Schmitt: Opposed charging couple brandishing guns at BLM protestors.
Jason Kander: Support 2nd amendment rights AND background checks.
Josh Hawley: Stronger gun control background checks; ban bump stocks.
Josh Hawley: Supports background checks but not assault rifle ban.
Tony Monetti: Gun ownership is a guaranteed right.
Lucas Kunce: Raise the age limit to purchase a gun from 18 to 21.
Josh Hawley: Oppose undermining the Second Amendment's protections.
Lucas Kunce: Support red flag laws and background checks.
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Health Care
Billy Long: Notion of mandates straight out of the communist handbook.
Claire McCaskill: Protect coverage of pre-existing conditions.
Dave Schatz: Not in favor of funding Medicaid expansion.
Eric Greitens: ObamaCare has been a disaster in Missouri.
Eric Schmitt: Son on autism spectrum; took on insurance companies to cover.
Josh Hawley: Ran for Attorney-General on anti-ObamaCare platform.
Josh Hawley: Get rid of ObamaCare, but cover pre-existing conditions.
Josh Hawley: ObamaCare was never constitutional.
Josh Hawley: ObamaCare has raised premiums by 145%.
Josh Hawley: Cover pre-existing conditions by mandate, without ObamaCare.
Robin Carnahan: To repeal ObamaCare, repeal Congress plan first.
Robin Carnahan: Repeal Congress' healthcare if you want to repeal ObamaCare.
Roy Blunt: Missourians know ObamaCare won't work.
Roy Blunt: Limit health costs by limiting medical malpractice liability.
Roy Blunt: Medical liability reform would reduce cost of health care.
Roy Blunt: Reduce costs & improve care, but repeal ObamaCare.
Sarah Steelman: End intrusive regulations; repeal ObamaCare.
Tony Monetti: Replace ObamaCare with free market.
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Homeland Security
Dave Schatz: Have the strongest, best-equipped, and most agile military.
Jason Kander: The U.S. can't tolerate cowardly acts of terrorism.
Josh Hawley: Provide veterans with free legal help.
Lucas Kunce: Money spent on Iraq & Afghanistan should've been spent here.
Lucas Kunce: Focused on impact of consolidation on national security.
Roy Blunt: Amended defense bill for company donating $20,000.
Roy Blunt: FactCheck: Did not disclose student deferment from Vietnam.
Tony Monetti: Invest in training & equipment.
Vicky Hartzler: Peace is best kept through strength.
Vicky Hartzler: Saving F-15 and F-18 fighter jets created jobs in Missouri.
Vicky Hartzler: Chinese military threat is real, Biden cuts defense budget.
Vicky Hartzler: Defense budget should invest in future capabilities.
Karla May: Continue military assistance for Ukraine to repel Russia.
Lucas Kunce: Monopolists control the defense industry.
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Immigration
Billy Long: Secure our border, finish the wall, end sanctuary cities.
Claire McCaskill: Opposes border wall; also opposes path to citizenship.
Jason Kander: Agree with Obama immigration plan, but not executive action.
John Brunner: Citizenship for veterans; but not for college grads.
Josh Hawley: Immigration laws need overhaul but not via executive order.
Josh Hawley: Amnesty is not the answer; supports border wall.
Lucas Kunce: Attracting educated immigrants transfers wealth to US.
Roy Blunt: Clear delineation of a border, and enforcement.
Sarah Steelman: Take away all the incentives that are attracting illegals.
Todd Akin: Illegal immigrants receiving benefits is unacceptable.
Lucas Kunce: Fund more border patrol; end catch and release.
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Jobs
Claire McCaskill: Opposed MO ballot initiative on Right to Work.
Claire McCaskill: Increase minimum wage to $12 by 2023.
Josh Hawley: Support Right to Work: make union dues optional.
Josh Hawley: Minimum wage increase may result in lost jobs.
Scott Sifton: Eliminate workplace discrimination, raise the minimum wage.
Lucas Kunce: Corrupt pols attack workers with "Right-to-Work" schemes.
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Principles & Values
Billy Long: I have fought to implement the America First Agenda.
Billy Long: Biden and Harris should resign.
Billy Long: I'm not a politician; I'm a congressman.
Billy Long: Voted against removing Confederate statues from Capitol.
Dave Schatz: Values of honesty, integrity, hard work were instilled in me.
Dave Schatz: Trust Americans to run their lives & God to direct our steps.
Eric Greitens: AdWatch: Join MAGA and let's go RINO hunting!
Eric Schmitt: Taken a blow torch to protect the America First Agenda.
Eric Schmitt: Take the radical left's cancel culture movement head-on.
Josh Hawley: Conservative principles are the backbone of our country.
Josh Hawley: Fight the false gospel of 'anything goes'.
Josh Hawley: Under investigation for mixing public funds with campaign.
Josh Hawley: Represented Hobby Lobby for businesses religious freedom.
Mike Kehoe: I'm a true Missourian who's never lived anywhere else.
Robin Carnahan: Rep. Blunt is an insider Congressman.
Roy Blunt: Married a lobbyist for tobacco giant Phillip Morris.
Sarah Steelman: Elected officials are trustees of the people.
Scott Sifton: Supported impeachment of then-governor Eric Greitens.
Scott Sifton: Promote truth and equality; trust science.
Scott Sifton: Championed strong ethics rules for legislators.
Todd Akin: Experienced conservative voice in Congress.
Todd Akin: I'm no career politician; I left a safe district.
Vicky Hartzler: Work hard, trust in God, help your neighbors in need.
Vicky Hartzler: ?Chairs the House Values Action Team.
Vicky Hartzler: Liberals have thrown us into crisis with socialist ideas.
Vicky Hartzler: Voted against certifying Biden's Electoral College victory.
Vicky Hartzler: Voted for Trump efforts over 95% of the time.
Vicky Hartzler: Benefitted from farm subsidies she voted for.
Vicky Hartzler: Voted against removing Confederate statues from Capitol.
Eric Schmitt: No-show at first Senate debate.
Eric Schmitt: Filed lawsuit to overturn 2020 election.
Lucas Kunce: Never forget the community you signed up to serve.
Karla May: Youth minister at Grow 2 Go Christian Center.
Karla May: Represents 4th State Senatorial District since 2019.
Josh Hawley: America is Christian; I advocate Christian nationalism.
Lucas Kunce: Christian nationalism is about control, taking away freedom.
Lucas Kunce: 2022: Won four counties in Senate primary.
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Social Security
Claire McCaskill: Opposes privatization of Social Security and VA.
Robin Carnahan: Accuses opponent of voting to privatize.
Scott Sifton: Protect the social safety net which matters to everyone.
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Tax Reform
Claire McCaskill: Ad-Watch: Supports middle-class tax cuts, not all tax cuts.
Eric Schmitt: Authored two of the largest tax cuts in state history.
Josh Hawley: Keep deductions for local taxes & 401(k) contributions.
Josh Hawley: Ad-Watch: tax plan gives 25%, not 83%, to richest 1%.
Mark McClosky: Owe nearly $25,000 in St. Louis property taxes.
Roy Blunt: Roll back the top tax rates and capital gains.
Josh Hawley: End tax on tips; tariffs on China ok.
Lucas Kunce: Tax cuts for everyone earning less than $400,000.
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Technology
Claire McCaskill: Supports federal infrastructure investment.
Claire McCaskill: Restore rule requiring Net Neutrality.
Eric Schmitt: Launched massive antitrust probe to stop Big Tech abuses.
Josh Hawley: Facebook is anti-competitive, should be broken up.
Lucas Kunce: Tech giants structurally unable to defend American interests.
Roy Blunt: Americans have been too willing to share their personal data.
Tony Monetti: Investment in infrastructure means jobs.
Vicky Hartzler: Expand rural access to high-speed broadband.
Josh Hawley: Opposed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Lucas Kunce: Adopt industrial policy to decarbonize transportation sector.
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War & Peace
Claire McCaskill: Supported treaty limiting Iran nuclear capability.
Eric Greitens: Jewish education inspired him to serve in Bosnia.
Jason Kander: Iraq War was a huge strategic error, and I said so then.
Jason Kander: Engage ISIS, including ground troops as a last resort.
Josh Hawley: Withdraw from Iran nuclear treaty.
Lucas Kunce: Intervene for self-defense, and then we need to leave.
Robin Carnahan: No date for Afghan withdrawal, but no open-ended commitment.
Roy Blunt: Huge mistake to announce date for Afghan withdrawal.
Roy Blunt: Iran deal lets the nuclear genie out of the bottle.
Lucas Kunce: Negotiated for fewer arms, less chance of conflict.
Karla May: United States needs to back allies like Israel.
Josh Hawley: Under many threats from radical Islam & N Korea.
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Welfare & Poverty
Karla May: St. Louis Philanthropic Organization: involved for 25 years.
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