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Jim Slattery on SenateMatch |
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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) |
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Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(+2 points on Social scale) | Record in US Congress in support of abortion rights: Favors topic 1 |
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Favors
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Establish a Women's Bureau in Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Favors topic 2 |
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Neutral on
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Opposes
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(+2 points on Social scale) | TV shows should have explicit viewer advisories: Favors topic 4 NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(-5 points on Social scale) | NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(-5 points on Social scale) | Life imprisonment for repeat sexual predators: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
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Neutral on
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Expand SCHIP and affordable health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Put Medicare & Social Security dollars in a lockbox: Opposes topic 6 |
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Neutral on
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(-5 points on Economic scale) | More fuel efficient cars & clean energy technology: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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Neutral on
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Opposes
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Fully fund Head Start; Job Corps; and WIC food program: Opposes topic 20 |
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Favors
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 |
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Neutral on
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Promote fair trade restricting Canadian wheat: Opposes topic 13 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(+5 points on Social scale) | Limited spending on B-2 bomber & Supercollider in 1990: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Require debates for recipients of public campaign financing: Strongly Favors topic 16 Constitutional Amendment for 4-year term limits in US House: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(+5 points on Social scale) | Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 17:US out of Iraq
(+5 points on Social scale) | Iraq War is based on assumptions that defy common sense: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
