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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Opposes topic 2 NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 2 YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Opposes topic 2 YES on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Opposes topic 2 NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (0 points on Social scale)	YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Favors topic 4 YES on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	NO on medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on Medicare means-testing: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Favors topic 6 YES on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Favors topic 6 YES on allowing personal retirement accounts: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	YES on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on education savings accounts: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8 YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Favors topic 11 YES on FY99 tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (2 points on Economic scale)	YES on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on allowing more foreign workers into the U.S. for farm work: Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (2 points on Economic scale)	NO on Unknown roll call for 1997-292: Opposes topic 13 NO on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale)	YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Favors topic 15 YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Opposes topic 16 YES on deploying missile defense as soon as possible: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech: Opposes topic 17 NO on $17.9 billion to IMF: Opposes topic 17
No opinion on topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (5 points on Economic scale)	NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Favors topic 18 NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	YES on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	NO on welfare overhaul: Opposes topic 20 YES on allowing state welfare waivers: Favors topic 20 NO on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Favors topic 20 YES on welfare block grants: Favors topic 20