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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated 100% by Planned Parenthood, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Constitutional right to terminate pregnancy for health: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Racial divisions exploited by our adversaries: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Wage war on Terrorism, not on fellow Americans: Favors topic 2 Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Favors topic 2 Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill investigating Japanese deportation in WWII: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect transgender students and adults: Strongly Favors topic 3 For marriage equality; against Defense of Marriage Act: Strongly Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	133M people with pre-existing conditions rely on ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Latinos are the protagonists in protecting ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Healthcare is a right, will fight for access to all services: Strongly Favors topic 5 2016: rescind patents for government funded medicine: Strongly Favors topic 5 MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare: Favors topic 5 Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster": Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand the National Health Service Corps: Strongly Favors topic 5 Make health care a right, not a privilege: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reject proposals for private saving accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 99% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 No-strings-attached block grant will kill transparency: Opposes topic 7 Oppose private and religious school voucher programs: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale)	Oppose efforts to roll back environmental protections: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Voted NO on requiring limited GMO labeling: Favors topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Committed to combatting sexual violence: Favors topic 9 Eliminate bias in policing, reduce unnecessary force: Opposes topic 9 Rated 80% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Rated 77% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	Protect our families from the violent use of firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person: Favors topic 11 Rated 23% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation: Strongly Favors topic 11 Sponsored enforcing against corporate offshore tax haven banking: Favors topic 11 Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Parents put faith in US system when immigrating from Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 12 Experts don't want an extravagant wall along the border: Strongly Favors topic 12 Support DACA, oppose Muslim ban and family separation: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12 Voted to legalize DREAMer immigrants via military service: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Rated 39% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 63% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13 No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights: Neutral on topic 13
Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	The world needs the United States strong and ready: Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+2 points on Social scale)	Remove barriers for veterans seeking medical services: Favors topic 15 Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration: Opposes topic 15 Let NSF decide research grants, not Congress: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Overcome voting barriers by getting out to vote: Favors topic 16 Keep campaign soft money; allow legal resident contributions: Opposes topic 16 Subject independent 527s to rules for political committees: Strongly Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 Full disclosure of campaign spending: Strongly Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+2 points on Social scale)	Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus: Strongly Favors topic 17 Aid the Syrian opposition with training & equipment: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: Favors topic 18 Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18 Voted YES on banning offshore oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated +25 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20

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