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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	I respect stare decisis, and a woman's right to choose: Favors topic 1 Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, but no federal subsidies: Favors topic 1 Support embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1 Supports giving legal protection to unborn children: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 Judicially liberal, according to CC survey: Favors topic 1 Pro-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 Anti-parental notification, according to CC survey: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: 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 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Swiftly repeal discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell": Strongly Favors topic 3 Targeted by Stonewall as pro-LGBT candidate: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA): Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Apply copyright inheritance to same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 Pro-transgender bathrooms, according to CC survey: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	Holds divinity degree; preaches at church monthly: Strongly Favors topic 4 Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Extend, perfect, and implement ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Longstanding need to fix health care system: Favors topic 5 Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Against privatizing Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 90% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Every student deserves a quality public education: Opposes topic 7 Opposes less federal or more local control of education: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Protect the environment by becoming environmental stewards: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 Sponsored matching grants for wetlands conservation projects: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Sponsored no permits for legal pesticide runoff into lakes & streams: Strongly Favors topic 8 Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Domestic terrorism should be a federal crime: Strongly Favors topic 9 Facilitate recovering crime victim restitution fees: Strongly Favors topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Respect 2nd Amendment with common sense limitations: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Ban large-capacity ammunition: Opposes topic 10 Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale: Strongly Favors topic 10 Pro-gun rights, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	New approach to replace Bush tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 11 Increase property & sewer taxes; layoff 75 county employees: Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11 Undo tax cuts, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 11 Keep inheritance tax, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	Establish new guardrails against immigration bans: Strongly Favors topic 12 No pathway to citizenship; but pathway to legal residency: Favors topic 12 Supports comprehensive federal immigration reform: Favors topic 12 Supports granting amnesty to illegal immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Supports full implementation of current border security laws: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Allow more visas for STEM college graduates: Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Anti-border security, according to CC survey: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Push TPP to remove limits on US poultry exports: Strongly Favors topic 13 Recent trade deals take advantage of us: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Link fair trade with national security: Opposes topic 13 Sponsored sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 75% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor: Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	We need NATO more engaged in the Middle East: Opposes topic 14 Strengthen international partnerships; responsibly exit Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 Enforce humanitarian aid access to South Sudan: Opposes topic 14 Sponsored bill to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Strongly Favors topic 14 Sponsored bill to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Link security with development and human rights: Opposes topic 15 Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Rated Funding wars separately is gimmick against sequestration: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Citizens United was ill-decided & distorts political process: Strongly Favors topic 16 Campaign spending is not a form of speech: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	Not consulting Congress on war weakens us in the world: Favors topic 17 Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference: Favors topic 17 Are 100,000 troops in Afghanistan contributing to security?: Favors topic 17 Responsibly end the war in Iraq: Favors topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sponsored funding and supplying the Syrian rebels: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17 Hold Assad accountable for slaughter of civilians: Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Pro-Israel, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 17 Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reduce CO2 by focus on energy efficiency and conservation: Favors topic 18 Buildup of carbon dioxide is unsustainable: Favors topic 18 Oil drilling poses an environmental risk: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports passage of Cap-and-Trade energy legislation: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	Bath salts & synthetic marijuana terrorize our communities: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	People not taking jobs because of high cost of day care: Strongly Favors topic 20 TARP lending and SBA loans are positive & concrete steps: Strongly Favors topic 20 Every extension of Bush tax cut adds to the deficit: Favors topic 20 Increase property & sewer taxes; layoff 75 county employees: Favors topic 20 Rated 86% by UFCW, indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record: Favors topic 20 Strengthen infrastructure, including rail, dams, & Internet: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: 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

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