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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1 NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Favors topic 1 NO on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Get minorities into home ownership & global marketplace: Favors topic 2 Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice: Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses: Favors topic 2 NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention: Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (10 points on Social scale)	NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration: Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs: Favors topic 5 Supported funding women's health needs: Neutral on topic 5 NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5 NO on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care: Neutral on topic 6 YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6 NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Opposes topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)	Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Opposes topic 8 NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (7 points on Social scale)	Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Favors topic 9 NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9 NO on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.: Opposes topic 9 YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (7 points on Social scale)	Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty: Neutral on topic 11 YES on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"): Favors topic 11 NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 NO on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 NO on eliminating the Estate Tax: Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	Rated 44% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing the US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	Recognize women veterans; assist military families: Neutral on topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (0 points on Economic scale)	NO on deploying SDI: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (0 points on Economic scale)	Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Favors topic 17 YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Favors topic 17 YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Favors topic 17 NO on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (7 points on Social scale)	YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20