Mark Kirk on HouseMatch

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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (7 points on Social scale)	Support woman’s right to choose; along with family planning: Favors topic 1 NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Favors topic 1 YES on banning human cloning, including medical research: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1 NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Favors topic 1 NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1
Neutral on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes.: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-flag desecration amendment.: Favors topic 4 YES on Constitutional amendment prohibiting Flag Desecration: Favors topic 4 NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Opposes topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Effective affordable senior prescription plans: Favors topic 5 Tax credits for those without employee health insurance.: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors.: Favors topic 5 NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Opposes topic 5 YES on capping damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000: Opposes topic 5 YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Honor our commitment to America’s seniors: Opposes topic 6 Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives.: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (7 points on Social scale)	Encourage flexible federal funding & local control: Favors topic 7 Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable.: Favors topic 7
Neutral on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	Mandatory sentences for gun crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9
Neutral on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	Require trigger locks; enforce Brady Bill: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Pay down the national debt; reduce wasteful spending: Favors topic 11 End marriage penalty & death tax; simplify tax code: Favors topic 11 Phaseout the death tax.: Strongly Favors topic 11 Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts.: Opposes topic 11 YES on Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax: Favors topic 11 YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	English immersion over bilingual education.: Opposes topic 12 YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement.: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing the US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13
Neutral on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	Increase military pay; improve equipment: Strongly Favors topic 15 New menace: weapons of mass destruction by rogue states: Favors topic 15 Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism.: Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military.: Opposes topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15
Neutral on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	Foreign policy matters, like for gas prices: Favors topic 17 More aid for Israel to foster Palestinian peace: Favors topic 17 Maintain sanctions against Iran & other rogue states: Favors topic 17 US aid for Arabs who are peace partners with Israel: Strongly Favors topic 17 YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	Clean up PCBs & nuclear waste: Favors topic 18 Improve open space; improve mass transit & roads: Strongly Favors topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department.: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases.: 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 Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 20