Abortion
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- Opposed restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions.
- Opposed criminal penalties for harming an unborn fetus in the commission of another crime.
- Supported the ban on partial-birth abortion except to save the mother’s life.
- Opposes federal funding of abortion under any circumstance.
- Says that as an OB doctor of over 30 years, he can assure that life begins at conception.
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- Has said it would be “OK” to repeal Roe v. Wade and return the issue to states, because the country can deal with either that outcome or the status quo.
- Supports the Hyde Amendment prohibiting federal funding of abortions, believes states should make the determination whether to fund abortions on their own.
- Supports the ban on partial-birth abortion.
- Advocates expanded adoption to mitigate the need for abortion.
- Says he would probably not sign a federal ban on abortions.
- Believes the ultimate decision is by the woman, her doctor and her conscience.
- Says allowing choice keeps the government out of people’s lives.
- Is forever against abortion, but respects others’ choices.
- Would appoint constructionist judges, but with no litmus test.
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Civil Rights
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- Supports definition of marriage as between a man and a woman, but opposes any federal marriage definition, constitutional or otherwise.
- Says that states should not be forced to honor another state’s recognition of same-sex marriage.
- Voted against making the PATRIOT Act permanent.
- Voted against a constitutional amendment banning flag desecration.
- Does not support legislation to counteract the homosexual agenda.
- Does not support affirmative action.
- Believes Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is a good policy.
- Does not support “sexual orientation” in the Employment Non Discrimination Act.
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- Says marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman, but supports domestic partnerships and legal benefits for same-sex couples.
- Opposes a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
- While Mayor of New York City, extended all city benefits to same-sex couples.
- Would not change Don’t Ask Don’t Tell during a time of war.
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Crime + Gun Control
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- Changed opinion to anti death penalty due to many mistakes.
- Opposes "hate crimes" legislation.
- Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.
- Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime.
- Believes airlines, not the federal government, should be responsible for making rules regarding guns on airplanes.
- Wants to ease the procedures on the purchase and registration of firearms.
- Supports allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms.
- Is rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro gun rights voting record.
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- Prefers the death penalty for 9/11 conspirators.
- Cites that as NYC mayor, he reduced crime but didn’t raise police pay.
- Wants the focus on criminals, not guns.
- Supports nationwide licensing and assault weapons ban.
- Says gun control reduces urban crime with no effect on hunting.
- Believes all gun owners should pass a written test.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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- Wants to repeal most federal drug laws; says blacks are treated unfairly.
- Believes inner city minorities are punished unfairly in war on drugs.
- Thinks the $500B spent on War on Drugs since 1970s has been a total failure.
- Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.
- Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests.
- Supports the legalization of medical marijuana and industrial hemp.
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- Believes there is no need for medical marijuana, and that it is a front to support legalization.
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Economic
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- Has said he would immediately work to phase out the IRS.
- Has said we should cut what he calls “the inflation tax” through “sound money.”
- Voted in favor of extending tax cuts on capital gains and dividends.
- Voted in favor of making the Bush tax cuts permanent.
- Voted in favor of eliminating the estate tax.
- Believes the minimum wage laws take away opportunities, especially for African Americans.
- Voted NO on increasing the minimum wage.
- Believes personal retirement accounts allow investing in one’s future.
- Wants to allow young people to get out of the Social Security system.
- Says he has never voted for a tax increase and never will.
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- Has said we must “adjust” the alternative minimum tax.
- Advocates eliminating the estate tax.
- Believes lowering taxes create jobs.
- Supports adding private accounts for Social Security.
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Education
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- Would not impeach judges for decisions on legislature prayers.
- Supports equal funding for abstinence as contraceptive based education.
- Supports tax credited programs for Christian schooling.
- Voted NO on allowing courts to decide on “Go” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Voted No on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror.
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- Supports parents deciding on parochial, charter, or home schooling.
- Says schools should be open on weekends for remedial catch up.
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Environment
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- Says that Big Oil profits are okay, but subsidies are not.
- Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling and development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Voted NO on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects.
- Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore.
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- Doesn’t want to draw the line anywhere, but advance all possible technologies.
- Accepts global warming, and wants to work toward energy independence.
- Says Nuclear power is dangerous, but cites that no one has died from it.
- Wants to develop energy independent technology, but not wind power.
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Health Care
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- Believes insurance companies and the government make health care unaffordable.
- Says socialized medicine and managed care won’t work.
- Opposes mandated health insurance and universal coverage.
- Says it is not the government’s role to protect people like Terri Schiavo.
- Supports an insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, and obesity.
- Voted NO on denying non emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co pay.
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs.
- Voted NO on banning physician assisted suicide.
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- Wants credits for low income Americans.
- Supports price transparency, and state by state availability of low cost insurance options.
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Immigration
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- Supported strict House immigration reform legislation which did not provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
- Voted in favor of constructing a 700-mile fence along the southern border.
- Does not support amnesty, but believes it is impractical to round up 12 million illegal immigrants.
- Supports the rule barring immigrants from running for president.
- Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment.
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- Supports a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants, but not ahead of those legal applicants already in the system.
- Has said that illegal immigrants must pay back-taxes, fines, and learn English and American civics and history before being granted citizenship.
- Supports securing the border with technology and a fence at the southern border, along with using the National Guard to assist the border patrol and long-term increases in border patrol personnel.
- Supports tamper proof IDs and a database for immigrants.
- Says the children of illegal immigrants should be allowed in schools to keep them off the streets.
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Other
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- Medical/Science - Opposed federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research because programs like it are not authorized under the Constitution.
- Arts - Does not support the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Voting Record - http://www.vote smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=296
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- Medical/Science - Not opposed to embryonic stem cell research if limited so that embryos are not deliberately created for the purpose of destruction.
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War and Peace
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- Voted against the Iraq war authorization resolution because he believes Congress should have voted on a declaration of war as specified in the Constitution, or not at all.
- Has also said that we shouldn’t have gotten into it “for political reasons or to enforce U.N. resolutions or pretend the Iraqis were a national threat to us.”
- Advocates a foreign policy of nonintervention, and believes that “we shouldn’t go to war so carelessly. When we do, the wars don’t end.”
- Has suggested that the abandonment of non-interventionist policies incite anti-American hatred and attacks “because we’re over there” in the middle-east.
- Supports a stronger national defense by changing our foreign policy.
- Says there is no constitutional or moral authority for US action in Darfur.
- Believes we are right to spread our values, but wrong to spread by force.
- Says our foreign policy is designed to protect our oil interests.
- Criticizes the use of the war on terror to curtain civil liberties.
- Believes pre emptive war is not a part of the American tradition.
- Feels Congressional authorization would be needed to attack Iran’s nukes.
- Says we went to war in Iraq under false pretenses of WMDs and 9/11.
- Believes that radicals come to kill us because we occupy their land.
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- Has called the Democrats’ passage of an Iraq funding bill containing a timetable for withdrawal “highly irresponsible.”
- Has said that using military force against Iran would be “very dangerous,” but that Iran acquiring nuclear weapons would be worse.
- Believes that any withdrawal from Iraq will only embolden the terrorists.
- Says we cannot close Guantanamo, as no one will take the people currently held there.
- Supports using every method possible to interrogate terrorists, but says “it shouldn’t be torture.”
- Says that we’ve never won a war while discussing how to retreat.
- Believes a Democratic timetable for retreat is “fundamentally irresponsible”.
- Supports the US’ overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
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