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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Delivered 4000 babies; & assuredly life begins at conception: Opposes topic 1 Sanctity of Life Act: remove federal jurisdiction: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench: Opposes topic 1 Save "snowflake babies": no experiments on frozen embryos: Opposes topic 1 No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion: Opposes topic 1 Get the federal government out of abortion decision: Opposes topic 1 Protecting the life of the unborn is protecting liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion is murder: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade decision was harmful to the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Efforts to fund abortion ranks among stupidest policies: Opposes topic 1 Abortion laws should be a state-level choice: Favors topic 1 Abortion causes inconsistent moral basis for value of life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Day-after pill allows individual moral choice: Favors topic 1 More laws don't solve problems on abortion: Favors topic 1 No federal funding of abortion, and pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 56% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion: Neutral on topic 1 Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports the Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	No affirmative action for any group: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Gender-equal pay violates idea of voluntary contract: Opposes topic 2 Voluntary associations are better than quotas: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rated 39% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action: Neutral on topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (0 points on Social scale)	Don't ask, don't tell is a decent policy for gays in army: Strongly Opposes topic 3 No legislation to counteract the homosexual agenda: Favors topic 3 No need for Marriage Amendment; DOMA is enough: Opposes topic 3 No need for Marriage Amendment; DOMA is enough: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Protect all voluntary associations; don't define marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Protect all voluntary associations; don't define marriage: Opposes topic 3 Rights belong only to individuals, not collective groups: Opposes topic 3 Government is totally unnecessary for gay marriage laws: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let churches marry couples, without government document: Favors topic 3 No federal marriage licenses & no state licenses either: Strongly Favors topic 3 Definition of marriage is free speech: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes "hate crimes" legislation: Opposes topic 3 Replace "hate crime" with equal penalties for equal assaults: Opposes topic 3 No "sexual orientation" in Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Opposes topic 3 Rated 38% by the HRC, indicating a mixed record on gay rights: Neutral on topic 3
Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-3 points on Social scale)	Don't impeach judges for decisions on legislature prayers: Opposes topic 4 Present scientific facts that support creationism: Favors topic 4 School prayer is not a federal issue: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Evolution doesn't support atheism nor diminish God: Opposes topic 4 Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God: Strongly Favors topic 4 Protect military chaplains' right to pray in preferred faith: Favors topic 4 Let churches provide services for immigrants, not state: Strongly Favors topic 4 Congress should never prohibit Christian faith in public: Strongly Favors topic 4 No Fairness Doctrine: no equal time if morally objectionable: Favors topic 4 Bush's faith-based initiative is "a neocon project": Strongly Opposes topic 4 Welfare state isn't in the Constitution: Favors topic 4 Churches used to take care of ill without insurance: Favors topic 4 Rated 76% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly 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)	Managed care is expensive and hasn't worked: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Insurance companies & gov't make healthcare unaffordable: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Transfer funds from debt & empire-building to healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Socialized medicine won't work; nor managed care: Opposes topic 5 Private medical savings accounts, not government meddling: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Let people opt out of Medicare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Markets instead of lobbyists writing drug laws: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Insurers promote ObamaCare's giant expansion of government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Abolish federal Medicare entitlement; leave it to states: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Limit anti-trust lawsuits on health plans and insurers: Opposes topic 5 Rated 56% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues: Neutral on topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one's future: Favors topic 6 Allow young people to get out of the system: Strongly Favors topic 6 Abolish Social Security, but not overnight: Strongly Favors topic 6 Create personal retirement accounts within Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Sponsored bill to put Trust Fund into market certificates: Strongly Favors topic 6 Rated 30% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7 Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools: Favors topic 7 Encourage homeschooling & private school via tax writeoff: Strongly Favors topic 7 Competition helps, but vouchers invite bureaucratic control: Opposes topic 7 Competition helps, but vouchers invite bureaucratic control: Favors topic 7 Stop enforcing No Child Left Behind; allow opt-out of system: Favors topic 7 Abolish the federal Department of Education: Strongly Favors topic 7 Sponsored bill for private scholarships to public schools: Favors topic 7 Rated 67% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education: Neutral on topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-5 points on Social scale)	EPA inflicts economic devastation to increase air quality: Strongly Favors topic 8 Scored 14% on Humane Society Scorecard on animal protection: Strongly Favors topic 8 Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8 Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: Opposes topic 8 Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes the death penalty: Opposes topic 9 Changed opinion to anti-death penalty due to many mistakes: Opposes topic 9 Opposes death penalty at state and federal level: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Too many capital convictions have been proven errors: Opposes topic 9 Eliminate ultimate penalty & incarcerate for life: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Rated 60% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation: Neutral on topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ease procedures on the purchase and registration of firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes the DC Gun Ban; it's not just a "collective right": Strongly Favors topic 10 No negligence lawsuits against gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 Support the Second Amendment : Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 Sponsored bill against United Nations taxation on firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Require video recording of every firearm test by ATF: Favors topic 10 Individual right to self-defense at home and as self-defense: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 Endorsed Liberty Candidate: no point in keeping guns you can't access: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Campaign slogan in 2004: The Taxpayers' Best Friend: Strongly Opposes topic 11 I have never voted for a tax increase; and never will: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Doesn't want flat tax or consumption tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Spending money doesn't stimulate economy; reduced taxes do: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal 16th Amendment and get rid of the income tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Overhaul income tax; end capital gains & inheritance tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 89% by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer's Friend" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 0% 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
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Tamper-proof I.D. for immigrants is a bad idea: Favors topic 12 No amnesty, but border fence isn't so important: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No amnesty, but impractical to round up 12 million illegals: Opposes topic 12 Amend Constitution to remove aliens' birthright citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12 End all incentives and amnesty for illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 End all incentives and amnesty for illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Give illegals limbo status: a green card with an asterisk: Opposes topic 12 Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated 83% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Government services in English only: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated C by the ALI, indicating an acceptably anti-amnesty stance: Opposes topic 12 Declare English as the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	No North American Union; no WTO; no UN: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Inappropriate to impose sanctions for persecuting Christians: Favors topic 13 China trade not contingent on human rights & product safety: Favors topic 13 No NAFTA Superhighway from Canada to Mexico: Opposes topic 13 Free trade agreements threaten national sovereignty: Strongly Opposes topic 13 I oppose trade organizations because of flawed fast-track: Opposes topic 13 China trade benefits American consumers: Strongly Favors topic 13 No embargoes & no tariffs; but no NAFTA too: Favors topic 13 No restrictions on import/export; but maintain sovereignty : Strongly Favors topic 13 End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire : Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 76% by CATO, indicating a pro-free trade voting record: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Avoid ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 No foreign aid; no treaties that commit US to future wars: Favors topic 14 UN membership leads to impractical military conflicts: Favors topic 14 Can't spread our goodness through the barrel of a gun: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Foreign aid often more harmful than helpful : Strongly Opposes topic 14 Sponsored bill invalidating International Criminal Court: Strongly Favors topic 14 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+5 points on Social scale)	We can't afford a trillion-dollar war in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 15 We manufactured fear about Saddam, Al Qaeda, & Ahmadinejad: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Military aggressiveness weakens our national defense: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Bring all troops home from abroad & save $100B's every year: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Costs of war always higher than expected & go on for decades: Opposes topic 15 We can't keep troops in 135 countries & 900 bases forever: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Neither Dems nor GOP will cut one nickel from militarism: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Enhance national security by slashing military spending: Strongly Opposes topic 15 End draft registration; all-volunteer forces : Strongly Opposes topic 15 Federal duty to provide missile defense : Strongly Favors topic 15 Rated 67% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues: Neutral on topic 15 Terminate Selective Service: Opposes topic 15 Free postage for soldiers serving abroad: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Tax-funded elections are worse than campaign finance reform: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Reduce the salary of Members of Congress: Favors topic 16 Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+5 points on Social scale)	Exceptionalism shouldn't mean using force around the world: Favors topic 17 17,000 troops for Baghdad embassy? Come home!: Strongly Favors topic 17 Pay attention to US borders, not international borders: Favors topic 17 Opposes Iraq war and opposes path toward Iran war: Strongly Favors topic 17 We should have declared war in Iraq, or not gone in at all: Favors topic 17 Ronald Reagan had the courage to turn tail & run in Lebanon: Strongly Favors topic 17 Iraq war is illegal; undeclared wars never end & we lose: Strongly Favors topic 17 Neocons promoted Iraq war for years; not about Al Qaida: Strongly Favors topic 17 The Iraq war was not worth the price in blood and treasure: Favors topic 17 War in Iraq was senseless invasion of sovereign state: Strongly Favors topic 17 Out of Iraq; stay out of Libya; stop bombing Yemen: Strongly Favors topic 17 Ban foreign aid to oil-producers who restrict production: Opposes topic 17 Terminate funding for Iraq War on Dec. 31, 2011: Strongly Favors topic 17 Endorsed Liberty Candidate: US abroad unconstitutional & unaffordable: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Absurd to let global bureaucrats try to manipulate climate: Opposes topic 18 Repeal the gas tax: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Repeal weatherization assistance for low-income persons: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Repeal requirements for compact fluorescent bulbs: Favors topic 18 No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Endorsed Liberty Candidate: tax incentives for US-based alternatives: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Legalize industrial hemp: Opposes topic 19 Inner-city minorities are punished unfairly in war on drugs: Opposes topic 19 $500B on War on Drugs since 1970s has been a total failure: Strongly Opposes topic 19 War on drugs is out of control; revert control to states: Strongly Opposes topic 19 We don't need laws to tell us to not use heroin: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug War allows drug lords to make a lot more money: Opposes topic 19 Someday we'll wake up and end the Second Prohibition: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Cancel the drug war, and cancel its violence: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalizing prostitution is about protecting liberty: Opposes topic 19 War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights : Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalize medical marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Sponsored defining industrial hemp as not marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Rated 75% by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Ban federal funding for needle-exchange programs: Strongly Favors topic 19 Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis: Opposes topic 19 Sponsored bill letting states legalize industrial hemp: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Currency inflation counterfeits prosperity & destroys poor: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Economic stimulus ok, but not via spending & printing money: Opposes topic 20 Country is bankrupt & we can't keep spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 1976: Let's put Uncle Sam on a diet; 2011: it's possible: Opposes topic 20 Auto bailout was bad because all bailouts are bad: Opposes topic 20 Spending without taxation causes inflation: Favors topic 20 Get rid of IRS; get rid of income tax; get rid of spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 You don't "pay for" tax cuts; they give people's money back: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Tax code is the symptom; spending is the problem: Opposes topic 20 2002: Warned that housing market was broken: Favors topic 20 Ban roadway signs indicating Recovery Act funding: Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20

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