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Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	Rated 30% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 55% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion: Neutral on topic 1 Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion: Opposes topic 1 Strict Constitutionalist, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 1 Anti-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 1 Pro-parental notification, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supported funding contraception and UN family planning: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks: Favors topic 2 Rated 44% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action: Neutral on topic 2 Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2 Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses: Favors topic 2 Supports ERA and comparable work pay rules for women: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	Marriage is between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Anti-transgender bathrooms, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 84% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Vote for repeal & replace; but work for fixing ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 Rated 22% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Supported funding women's health needs: Neutral on topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Rated 10% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 18% by ARA, indicating a mixed record on senior issues: Neutral on topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives: Favors topic 6 Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care: Neutral on topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable: Favors topic 7 Rated 25% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-3 points on Social scale)	Cap-and-trade plus aggressive EPA are job-killing: Favors topic 8 Supports grants for brownfields remediation: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 25% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: Opposes topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors topic 8 Limit EPA oversight to allow mining over fishing: Strongly Favors topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Favors topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty for killing police officers: Favors topic 9 Support law enforcement, according to CC survey: Favors topic 9 Let ex-cons apply freely, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message: Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Reciprocity across state lines for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 Limit gun rights, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 55% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 Rated 17% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Pro-tax cuts, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 11 End the Death Tax, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts: Favors topic 11 Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty: Neutral on topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Secure the borders first, then comprehensive reform: Opposes topic 12 English immersion over bilingual education: Opposes topic 12 Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated 92% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated B+ by the ALI, indicating an acceptably anti-amnesty stance: Opposes topic 12 Support national emergency at the Southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Declare English as the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 Pro-border security, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Rated 22% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Sponsored imposing import fee on countries with undervalued currency: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism: Favors topic 15 Rated 33% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues: Neutral on topic 15 Free postage for soldiers serving abroad: Favors topic 15 Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15 Secure the grid, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military: Opposes topic 15 Recognize women veterans; assist military families: Neutral on topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Aid the Syrian opposition with training & equipment: Opposes topic 17 No nuclear deal with Iran without Congressional input: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 Pro-Israel, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 17 President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Cap-and-trade plus aggressive EPA are job-killing: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Establish a Carbon Storage Research Corporation: Favors topic 18 Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ban roadway signs indicating Recovery Act funding: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 Opposed $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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