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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Limited to rape, incest, mother's life in imminent danger: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes both federal abortion funding & judicial activism: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion: Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Continue affirmative action programs without quotas: Favors topic 2 Rated 11% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Honor the 100th anniversary of the NAACP: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	Safeguard traditional marriage; let states define: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports School Prayer Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 4 Legislate to support values & responsibility: Strongly Favors topic 4 Strong families are bedrock of healthy society: Favors topic 4 Supports welfare-to-work & block grants: Favors topic 4 Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4 Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Oppose Obamacare; government-run health care not the answer: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Reforms should slow the long-term growth of health costs: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Privatized government-managed accounts OK: Favors topic 6 Examine a wide array of proposals to strengthen system: Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 5% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Preserve state and local decision-making authority: Opposes topic 7 Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+2 points on Social scale)	Conservation and progress do not need to be at odds: Opposes topic 8 Improve ESA with innovative collaborative species management: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 7% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 Celebrate the recovery of the bald eagle: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors 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 Fund projects for international conservation of cranes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Broaden use of death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 More prisons, more truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9 Punish convicts to the highest extent of the law: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 25% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Supports capital punishment for certain crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	I oppose all efforts to weaken the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated A+ by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 Apply concealed carry permit to all other states where legal: Strongly Favors topic 10 Dangerousness, not mental incompetence, limits gun rights: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	We cannot tax our way to prosperity; simplify tax code: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 73% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Sponsored bill to keep reduction of capital gains tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Make English the official language: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strongest border enforcement realistically possible: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strongest border enforcement possible; no amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated 91% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Increase limitations for H-1B, H-2B, and L-visas: Favors topic 12 Support national emergency at the Southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Rated 75% by CATO, indicating a pro-free trade voting record: Strongly Favors topic 13 Insist on access to post-mad-cow Japanese beef markets: Favors topic 13 Voted YES to kill reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank: Opposes topic 13 Promote fair trade restricting Canadian wheat: Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Vet refugees to keep out terrorists, but other Muslims ok: Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 No nuclear deal with Iran without Congressional input: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Open the Outer Continental Shelf for oil & gas leasing: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Opposed rescheduling marijuana as less dangerous: Strongly Favors topic 19 TV ads to prevent teenage meth use: Strongly Favors topic 19 Require chemical resellers to certify against meth use: Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Rated 14% by UFCW, indicating a pro-management voting record: Opposes topic 20

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