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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Amy Coney Barrett: Life begins at conception.
Joe Donnelly: Proposed abortion bill that defined "forcible rape".
Mike Pence: Roe v. Wade worst Supreme Court decision since Dred Scott.
Mike Pence: Federal funding of Planned Parenthood is "morally wrong".
Mike Pence: Proposed abortion bill that defined "forcible rape".
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Budget & Economy
Mike Pence: Consumer Protection Act is a job-killer.
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Civil Rights
Amy Coney Barrett: Indissoluble Christian commitment of a man and a woman.
Mike Pence: Criticized 1992 Civil Rights Act as being about "quotas".
Mike Pence: Refused to say "Black lives matter".
Mike Pence: No evidence of hate crimes over gender identity.
Mike Pence: Changing definition of marriage is abolishing marriage.
JD Vance: Same-sex & interracial marriage is a distraction.
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Corporations
Mike Pence: Reduce state corporate tax rate from 8.5% to 3%.
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Crime
Amy Coney Barrett: Miranda doctrine overenforces a constitutional norm.
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Education
Mike Pence: COVID: Don't want CDC guidance on school reopenings.
Mike Pence: No federal pre-K grant, but pre-K voucher for neediest.
Mike Pence: Budget proposes more money for private school vouchers.
JD Vance: Student loan forgiveness is a windfall for the rich.
JD Vance: Vouchers partly overcome residence-based school segregation.
JD Vance: Give parents money for early ed, instead of Head Start.
JD Vance: Free tuition sounds great; but vocational training better.
Joe Biden: College loan forgiveness up to $20,000 per student.
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Energy & Oil
Mike Pence: Cap and trade would raise home utility rates more than $3100.
Mike Pence: Build Keystone XL; drill ANWR.
Mike Pence: Global warming is a myth; treaty is a disaster.
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Environment
Mike Pence: Won't comply with EPA rules on toxic mercury.
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Families & Children
Mike Pence: Day-care kids suffer stunted emotional development.
JD Vance: Give newlyweds $30,000 with no payback if they stay married.
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Government Reform
Mike Pence: Citizens United ruling victory for First Amendment.
Mike Pence: FactCheck: Yes, voter ID laws may increase voter turnout.
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Gun Control
Amy Coney Barrett: No blanket authorization to take guns from felons.
Mike Pence: Allowing guns in school parking lots was common-sense reform.
JD Vance: Red Flag laws eliminate rights without any due process.
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Health Care
Amy Coney Barrett: Opposes ObamaCare and its religious exemption.
Mike Pence: Medicare & Medicaid greatest threat to those under 40.
Mike Pence: Big government & candy are more harmful than cigarettes.
Mike Pence: Pay uninsured $1000 a year to buy health insurance.
Brett Kavanaugh: 2011: ObamaCare mandate is essentially a tax.
JD Vance: Question validity of ObamaCare's individual mandate.
JD Vance: Repeal and replace the ObamaCare disaster.
JD Vance: Medicare-for-All is a big handout to wealthy hospitals.
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Homeland Security
Mike Pence: Homosexuals in the ranks weakens unit cohesion.
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Immigration
Mike Pence: Require temporary workers to learn American language.
Mike Pence: Opposed SCHIP expansion for elimination of citizenship proof.
JD Vance: Open to deporting anyone who came to the country illegally.
Marco Rubio: Finish the border wall; deport all who came in illegally.
Mitt Romney: Initiated Senate letter to finish the border wall.
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Jobs
Mike Pence: Raising minimum wage is inflationary; would eliminate jobs.
JD Vance: Protecting transgender workers betrays traditionalists.
Neil Gorsuch: Transgender workers protected from workplace discrimination.
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Principles & Values
Mike Pence: I will always stand for our Flag and our National Anthem.
Mike Pence: To reverse American decline must win back traditional values.
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Social Security
Donald Trump: Improve SSI youth transition to self-sufficient work.
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Tax Reform
Mike Pence: Capital gains tax cut increases revenue & creates jobs.
Mike Pence: Something terribly wrong with taxing dead people.
JD Vance: Eliminate SALT deduction: it's massively redistributive.
Mark Sanford: Vetoed 50-cent increase in cigarette tax.
Tim Scott: Voted against 50-cent increase in cigarette tax.
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