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Tom Suozzi on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Supports public funding for abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Created most diverse working force in County's history: Strongly Favors topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Combat international and domestic Islamophobia: Favors topic 2 |
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No opinion on
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Affordable healthcare is a basic human right: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing the 2010 affordable care act: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Resist any efforts to privatize or weaken entitlements: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes diverting some FICA into personal accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
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No opinion on
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(0 points on Economic scale) | Work with yeshivas that fall short on secular education: Neutral on topic 7 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Initiated 12 brownfield clean-up projects in County: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale) | Supported the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Sponsored stricter rules for police accountability: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Led fight to restore State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT): Opposes topic 11 Supports increasing income tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Opened location for undocumented to find work, learn English: Strongly Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
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Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Protect our core values as Americans: Favors topic 14 Supports standing with the nation of israel: Favors topic 14 |
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Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Warriors to Work: public-private partnership for vets' jobs: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | His first House floor speech was in support of Israel: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Destroy ISIS & counter international terrorist threats: Opposes topic 17 Repeal 2002 Military Force Authorization against Iraq: Favors topic 17 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Opposed pulling out of the Paris Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 18 Threat of climate change is defining issue of our time: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports federally developing renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulation of greenhouse gas emission: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voted YES to assist rural electric renewable energy: Favors topic 18 |
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No opinion on
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
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Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Bring tech, sports, tourism, and infrastructure jobs: Favors topic 20 Supports federal spending to promote economic growth: Strongly Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 |
Tom Suozzi is a Moderate Liberal
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