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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion: Opposes topic 1
Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1
Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Life and human rights begin at fertilization or cloning: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Permanently protect life and conscience: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Sponsored bill to protect infant survivors of abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment: Opposes topic 1
Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers: Strongly Opposes topic 1
YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly 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
NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1 |
Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 17% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2
NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2
NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Support a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Rated Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism: Strongly Favors topic 3
Respect faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3
NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3 |
Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Recognize Christianity's importance to western civilization: Favors topic 4
Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4
NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5
Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient: Strongly Opposes topic 5
More choices and lower costs, without ObamaCare: Neutral on topic 5
Keep pre-existing conditions & 26-year-olds on parents plans: Favors topic 5
NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health: Opposes topic 5
NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids: Strongly Opposes topic 5
YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5
YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5
YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Opposes topic 5
NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Opposes topic 5
NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Opposes topic 5
NO on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: Opposes topic 5
NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5
NO on regulating tobacco as a drug: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Make retirement saving options voluntary, portable, & secure: Strongly Favors topic 6
Let employers to band together to offer 401(k)s: Favors topic 6
Rated 2% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| School choice: lifeline for kids trapped in failing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
Head Start does not deliver lasting results to at-risk kids: Favors topic 7
A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind: Favors topic 7
Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7
NO on $40B for green public schools: Favors topic 7 |
Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8
Sponsored no permits for legal pesticide runoff into lakes & streams: Strongly Favors topic 8
Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8
YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species: Strongly Favors topic 8
NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences: Favors topic 8
NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: Favors topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Rated 46% by the NAPO, indicating a police-the-police stance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
NO on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message: Favors topic 10
Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10
Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10
Require video recording of every firearm test by ATF: Favors topic 10
Rated Voted NO on background check for every firearm sale: Favors topic 10
Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10
YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11
Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Permanently repeal the estate tax: Opposes topic 11
Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Repeal the death tax, immediately and with no expiration: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Replace income tax and IRS with FairTax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Death Tax is a pernicious double tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Simplicity & fairness: 3 tax brackets with lower top rate: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11
NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 83% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12
End Birthright Citizenship; no more anchor babies: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Redefine "birthright citizenship" to exclude illegal aliens: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No birthright citizenship unless one parent is an American: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Stop releasing low-risk illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12
Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Opposes topic 12
NO on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Insist on access to post-mad-cow Japanese beef markets: Favors topic 13
Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13
YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization: Favors topic 13
YES on promoting free trade with Peru: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14
Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14
Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14
Restore American influence instead of "leading from behind": Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations: Favors topic 14
NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Favors topic 14
YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15
YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15
NO on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Opposes
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Rated No holiday on election day; no same-day registration: Strongly Opposes topic 16
YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16
YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17
Counter Iran's growing presence in Latin America: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Rated President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17
Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17
NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17
YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17
YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17
NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days: Strongly Opposes topic 17
NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Support drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18
Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Rated Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Federal collaboration for advanced nuclear technologies: Opposes topic 18
Treat energy as source of prosperity, not pollution source: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Include agricultural products in renewable fuels: Favors topic 18
NO on tax incentives for renewable energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18
YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18
YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: 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
NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on investing in homegrown biofuel: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC: Opposes topic 18
NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets: Opposes topic 18
NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Opposes topic 18
NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Rated 0% by NORML, indicating an anti-legalization stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strong
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Chris Bell
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MJ Hegar
Royce West
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Ted Cruz
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Special elections 2019-2020:
CA-25: Former Rep. Steve Knight (R, May 2020)
MD-7: Former Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D, April 2020)
NC-3: State Rep. Greg Murphy (R, Sept. 2019)
NC-9: State Sen. Dan Bishop (R, Sept. 2019)
NY-27: [Pending] (June 2020)
PA-12: State Rep. Fred Keller (R, May 2019)
WI-7: [Pending] (May 2020)
House members who left Congress during 2019-20:
CA-25: Katie Hill (D, scandal, Nov. 2019)
CA-50: Duncan D. Hunter (R, scandal, Jan. 2020)
MD-7: Elijah Cummings (D, deceased, Oct. 2019)
NY-27: Chris Collins (R, scandal, Oct. 2019)
NC-3: Walter Beaman Jones (R, deceased, Feb. 2019)
NC-11: Mark Meadows (R, appointed, Mar. 2020)
PA-12: Tom Marino (R, resigned, Jan. 2019)
WI-7: Sean Duffy (R, resigned, Sept. 2019)
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AL-2: Martha Roby(R,since 2011)
CA-53: Susan Davis(D,since 2001)
FL-19: Francis Rooney(R,since 2017)
GA-2: Sanford Bishop(D,since 1993)
GA-7: Rob Woodall(R,since 2011)
GA-14: Tom Graves(R,since 2010)
IA-2: David Loebsack(D,since 2007)
IL-15: John Shimkus(R,since 1997)
IN-1: Pete Visclosky(D,since 1985)
IN-5: Susan Brooks(R,since 2013)
LA-5: Ralph Abraham(R,since 2015)
MI-10: Paul Mitchell(R,since 2017)
NC-2: George Holding(R,since 2013)
NC-6: Mark Walker(R,since 2015)
NY-2: Peter King(R,since 1993)
NY-16: José Serrano(D,since 1990)
NY-17: Nita Lowey(D,since 1989)
OR-2: Greg Walden(R,since 1999)
TN-1: Phil Roe(R,since 2009)
TX-11: Mike Conaway(R,since 2005)
TX-13: Mac Thornberry(R,since 1995)
TX-17: Bill Flores(R,since 2011)
TX-22: Pete Olson(R,since 2009)
TX-23: Will Hurd(R,since 2015)
TX-24: Kenny Marchant(R,since 2005)
UT-1: Rob Bishop(R,since 2003)
WA-10: Denny Heck(D,since 2013)
WI-5: Jim Sensenbrenner(R,since 1979)
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IL-14: US Rep.Lauren Underwood(D)
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MA-4: Senate candidate Alan Khazei(D)
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NV-3: US Rep.Susie Lee(D)
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NY-22: US Rep.Anthony Brindisi(D)
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PR-0: US Rep.Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon(R)
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HI-2: Tulsi Gabbard: Ran for President
KS-1: Roger Marshall: Running for KS Senate
LA-5: Ralph Abraham: Ran for Governor(2019)
MA-4: Joe Kennedy III: Running for MA Senate
MA-6: Seth Moulton: Ran for President
MI-3: Justin Amash: Ran for President
MT-0: Greg Gianforte: Running for Governor
NM-3: Ben Ray Luján: Running for NM Senate
OH-13: Tim Ryan: Ran for President
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