| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Mark Neumann: God-given rights begin at conception.
Tommy Thompson: God-given rights begin at conception.
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Budget & Economy
Tommy Thompson: Balanced budget is first priority.
Tommy Thompson: Tax-and-spend policies are out of the mainstream.
Mark Neumann: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.
Tommy Thompson: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.
John Schiess: Get rid of federal reserve system.
Mark Neumann: Balance the budget by eliminating Obamacare.
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Corporations
Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.
Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.
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Crime
Mark Neumann: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.
Tommy Thompson: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.
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Education
Mark Neumann: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.
Tommy Thompson: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.
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Energy & Oil
Tammy Baldwin: Government should get out of subsidies to big oil.
Mark Neumann: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.
Mark Neumann: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.
Tommy Thompson: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.
Tommy Thompson: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.
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Environment
Tommy Thompson: Prevent invasive Asian Carp in Great Lakes.
Mark Neumann: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.
Tommy Thompson: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.
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Families & Children
Mark Neumann: Traditional family is most important thing for USA now.
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Foreign Policy
Mark Neumann: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.
Tommy Thompson: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.
John Schiess: Get rid of the communist United Nations.
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Free Trade
Tammy Baldwin: FactCheck: Tried but failed to require US-made ship engines.
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Government Reform
Tommy Thompson: I've never been a lobbyist.
Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.
Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.
Mark Neumann: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.
Tommy Thompson: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.
Mark Neumann: Clean Up Washington: 12-year term limit for Congress.
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Health Care
Tammy Baldwin: Supports single payer, public option, and Medicare for all.
Mark Neumann: Repeal ObamaCare.
Tommy Thompson: Repeal ObamaCare.
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Homeland Security
Mark Neumann: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.
Mark Neumann: Try terrorist suspects in military court.
Tommy Thompson: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.
Tommy Thompson: Try terrorist suspects in military court.
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Immigration
Mark Neumann: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.
Mark Neumann: Make English the official language.
Tommy Thompson: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.
Tommy Thompson: Make English the official language.
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Jobs
Tommy Thompson: FactCheck: Unemployment down while governor, but not 2.1%.
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Principles & Values
Tammy Baldwin: I fight for us; my opponent fights for the big and powerful.
Tammy Baldwin: FactCheck: Only 3 bills out of 105 sponsorships became law.
Mark Neumann: A conservative believes in faith, family and country.
Mark Neumann: Conservatives believe in faith, family and country.
Tommy Thompson: Declines debates because opponents "want to shoot at me".
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Tax Reform
Tammy Baldwin: Get rid of loopholes for outsourcing and capital gains.
Tommy Thompson: FactCheck: Tax cuts would save top 1% $87,000 each.
Tommy Thompson: Limit federal revenue to 18.5% of GDP; and 15% flat tax form.
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War & Peace
Tammy Baldwin: End the Afghan war & end nation-building.
Tommy Thompson: Helped build a hospital in Afghanistan for women & children.
Mark Neumann: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.
Tommy Thompson: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.
Mark Neumann: Mideast stability so gasoline prices don't go even higher.
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Welfare & Poverty
Tommy Thompson: Converted welfare into work-required benefit.
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