Mike Johanns on SenateMatch | |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | No new embryonic stem cell lines, but existing research ok: Opposes topic 1 Don’t let judges decide on partial birth abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Partial-birth abortion is a barbaric practice: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+2 points on Economic scale) | No affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | Define marriage as between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Nebraska values include traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4 Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4 |
Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Giving all taxpayers federal coverage would cost $480B: Opposes topic 5 Opposes a single-payer government run program: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Use tobacco settlement for biomedical research: Favors topic 5 $6M increase in funding for mental health: Favors topic 5 More federal funding for rural health services: Favors topic 5 Establishment of Office of Health Care Fraud Prevention: Opposes topic 5 Reforms should slow the long-term growth of health costs: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Honor our commitment on Social Security: Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Rated 6% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Opposes “No Child Left Behind”--leave it to states: Opposes topic 7 More teacher bonuses and incentives, locally decided: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:EPA regulations are too restrictive
(+2 points on Social scale) | More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 State primacy over water quantity & quality issues: Favors 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) | Supports death penalty for federal crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Juvenile justice package: more funding; more coordination: Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Zero tolerance for violence against government employees: Neutral on topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale) | I support the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | As governor I opposed higher taxes; will do same in Senate: Strongly Opposes topic 11 $60M in property tax relief over next two years: Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions: Neutral on topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Keep reduction of capital gains tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-3 points on Social scale) | Secure the border, provide no amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure our borders; no amnesty; verifiable job enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Open up new markets for agricultural & beef exports: Strongly Favors topic 13 Sponsored bill for post-mad-cow access to Japan beef markets: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale) | Negotiating with rogue nations squanders American prestige: Favors topic 15 Expand missile defense; & pre-emptive military strike policy: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale) | No surrender and retreat in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 |
Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Opposes Warner-Lieberman Climate Security Act: Opposes topic 18 Expand domestic oil production; reduce refinery regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship: Neutral on topic 18 Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions: Neutral on topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade: Opposes topic 18 YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 States should make drug policy, not feds: Neutral on topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Growing the economy will balance the budget over time: Opposes topic 20 Rated 29% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record: Neutral on topic 20 NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package: Strongly Opposes topic 20 NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |