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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(0 points on Social scale) | Abortion is a moral issue, not a political issue: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Both pro-life and pro-stem cell research: Neutral on topic 1 Promote and fund sexual abstinence programs: Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime: Opposes topic 1 |
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No opinion on
topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(10 points on Social scale) | More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 4:Permit prayer in public schools
(0 points on Social scale) | Voluntary prayer at school football games is ok: Favors topic 4 Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
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Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(2 points on Economic scale) | Medicaid must be managed for fraud and abuse: Opposes topic 5 Use budget surplus to fund senior prescription drugs: Strongly Favors topic 5 Guarantee Rx drug for all seniors under Medicare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Providing insurance for children is a top priority: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fraud Control Unit for Medicare fraud: Neutral on topic 5 Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage: Favors topic 5 Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5 YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5 |
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Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(2 points on Economic scale) | Do not tax Social Security: Opposes topic 6 Strengthen Soc. Sec. system; trust fund in lockbox: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Keep our promises: no privatization, keep retirement age: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
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Favors
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(7 points on Social scale) | Future depends on a better educated workforce: Neutral on topic 7 $1B more for education: Opposes topic 7 Rated 25% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Favors topic 7 |
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No opinion on
topic 8:Death Penalty
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(0 points on Social scale) | Implemented two strikes law for violent felons: Strongly Favors topic 9 Strengthen “Two Strikes” law with longer sentences: Strongly Favors topic 9 Minimum mandatory jail sentences for family violence: Favors topic 9 Enforce child support with criminal prosecution: Favors topic 9 Put drunk drivers behind bars on first offense: Favors topic 9 Two strikes and you’re gone: Life without parole: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Social scale) | Ban hand guns for those under 18; ban guns at school: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(10 points on Economic scale) | Was a tax-cutting governor; will be a tax-cutting senator: Favors topic 11 Eliminate the marriage penalty: Favors topic 11 Abolish IRS--replace income tax with national sales tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 64% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 NO on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Favors topic 11 YES on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Favors topic 11 YES on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
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No opinion on
topic 12:Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(7 points on Economic scale) | The key to economic success is new markets & competition: Favors topic 13 Rated 64% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13 YES on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on establishing a free trade agreement between US & Singapore: Opposes topic 13 YES on establishing a free trade agreement between the US and Chile: Favors topic 13 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Link human rights to trade with China
(10 points on Social scale) | YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons: Opposes topic 14 YES on permanent normal trade relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Opposes topic 14 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 15:More spending on armed forces
(0 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
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No opinion on
topic 16:Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 17:Seek UN approval for military action
(2 points on Economic scale) | More foreign languages courses and exchange students: Favors topic 17 |
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Opposes
topic 18:Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(7 points on Economic scale) | Electric vehicles for Olympic Park: Strongly Favors topic 18 Protection of 100,000 Georgia acres is great achievement: Favors topic 18 River Care 2000: protect 5,700 acres of habitat: Favors topic 18 Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior: Opposes topic 18 YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Opposes topic 18 |
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No opinion on
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(5 points on Social scale) | Supports DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education): Favors topic 19 Allow people harmed by drugs to sue drug dealers: Opposes topic 19 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Social scale) | Supports “charitable choice” via faith-based organizations: Strongly Favors topic 20 Supports welfare reform and welfare to work: Favors topic 20 Welfare has become a snare, not a safety net: Favors topic 20 End welfare entitlement; make it work-based: Favors topic 20 |
