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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1 YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Opposes topic 1 |
Opposes
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2 |
Opposes
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(-3 points on Social scale)
| YES on banning gay adoptions in DC: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 92% 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 YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(-5 points on Social scale)
| NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Favors topic 9 YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: 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 YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Opposes topic 5 NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Opposes topic 5 YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Opposes topic 5 YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6 NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 18% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup: Opposes topic 18 Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(-5 points on Social scale)
| YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 61% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes: Neutral on topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Rated 33% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on deploying SDI: Favors topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Opposes
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| NO on banning soft money and issue ads: Opposes topic 16 YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Favors topic 16 NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Opposes topic 16 |
Neutral on
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:US out of Iraq & Afghanistan
(-5 points on Social scale)
| YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |