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Abortion     Tom Wolf: Tradition of freedom of conscience includes abortion rights.     Scott Wagner: Ban abortions after 20 weeks.     Roy Cooper: No politicians in medical room telling doctor what to say.     Bobby Jindal: Human life amendment: define "person" from conception.     Marco Rubio: Consensus that life begins at conception; so no abortion.     Alison Grimes: Pro-choice down the line.     Charlie Huggins: Supports mandatory ultrasounds.

Budget & Economy     Raphael Warnock: A stimulus package must help working people, not just rich.     Deval Patrick: Believes in private sector's ability to create opportunity.     Darrell Castle: Don't bailout financial giants; just let them fail.

Civil Rights     Republican Party: Remove Rep. from committees for "white supremacist" comments.     Don Blankenship: I'm an American person; 'Chinaperson' isn't racist.     Mike Chenault: Lambasted laughing at same-sex equality issue, apologizes.     Michael Enzi: We need civility for gays; not more laws.     Jim Gray: Openly gay mayor of Lexington: not all are anti-gay.     Bob McDermott: Amendment for marriage only by opposite-sex couples.     Baron Hill: 2006: Marriage is sacred; 2015: guarantee marriage equality.     Baron Hill: For ENDA & against DADT & in Congress; evolved on marriage.     Rick Snyder: Recognize 300 gay marriages conducted in 2014.     Rick Snyder: Add LGBT anti-discrimination to civil rights law.     Howard Schultz: Better race relations starts with conversation.     Jason Carter: Civil marriage equality, but don't tell churches what to do.     Jimmy Carter: Supports civil marriage equality.     Alison Grimes: Both supportive and apprehensive about marriage equality.     Joni Ernst: Federal ban ok, but leave same-sex marriage to states.     Terri Lynn Land: Women want job flexibility more than equal pay.     Chris McDaniel: Dems want homosexual marriage legal in all 50 states.     Amanda Curtis: Repeal state ban on sodomy; make gay sex legal.     Justin Amash: Repeal DOMA: Government shouldn't be involved in marriage.     Steve Grossman: Embrace marriage equality in the Democratic Party platform.     Heidi Heitkamp: AdWatch: Featured in DSCC ad: "Elect more women to Senate".     Condoleezza Rice: Supports civil unions but not gay marriage.     Carly Fiorina: Marriage is between a man and a woman; but civil unions ok.     Jerry Sanders: Proud to testify for same-sex marriage equality.     Jerry Sanders: 2007: Switched from supporting civil unions to marriage.

Corporations     Lucas Kunce: We need to break the oppressive corporate monopoly structure.     Joe Walsh: Occupy Wall Street is a well-orchestrated Socialist movement.     Rob Sobhani: Occupy Wall Street pushes for capitalism with a conscience.     Donald Trump: Wealthy move assets around globally based on tax incentives.     Mike Gravel: Leadership fails because US is run by corporate America.

Crime     Beto O`Rourke: Expand death penalty if police officers are attacked.     Elizabeth Warren: Unfair: Kid in trouble for petty theft; CEO steals billions.     Antonio Villaraigosa: Reduced violent crime by 50%; increased size of LAPD.     Mike Espy: Resigned for accepting gifts; but acquitted criminally.

Drugs     Darrell Castle: Advocate of decriminalizing possession.     Marco Rubio: No responsible way to recreationally use marijuana.     Marco Rubio: Enforce federal law even in states with legal pot.     Cory Booker: The war on drugs has failed; support medical marijuana.     James Webb: Recommend drug policy to deal with growth of incarceration.     Chris Dodd: Allow medical marijuana; and allow decriminalization too.     Chris Dodd: Decriminalize marijuana but don�t legalize it.

Education     Oprah Winfrey: Changing the way people think starts with education.     Bobby Jindal: Teach kids the best science; but no comment on evolution.     Bobby Jindal: Local control instead of Common Core.     Antonio Villaraigosa: Mayoral control of 22 poorly performing schools.     Ken Buck: Federal research, but no federal requirements or funding.     Barack Obama: We need a sense of urgency about improving education system.     Bill Richardson: Start earlier with preschool for every child under 4.     Chris Dodd: Advocate for free community-college education.     Dennis Kucinich: End No Child Left Behind; end testing as be-all & end-all.     Hillary Clinton: We have not yet reached consensus on education reform.     Hillary Clinton: AR Ed Reform taught that there is a place for testing.     Joe Biden: $3000 tax credit for college for anyone earning under $150K.     John Edwards: Make community colleges & public universities free.     John Edwards: Think of education as a birth-to-death experience in America.     Mike Gravel: GovWatch: Yes, Americans are getting fatter, but not dumber.     Mike Gravel: Extend school day and extend school year.     Mike Gravel: Our school stats fail because we�re stuck in triumphalism.

Energy & Oil     Darrell Castle: Buying Saudi oil forces US to deals with oppressive monarchs.     Darrell Castle: Develop our own petroleum first; then green technology.     Jay Inslee: Supports oil refinery (plus biofuel) along Columbia River.     Russell Feingold: 2003 "4P": use Clean Air Act to reduce coal plant pollutants.     Bobby Jindal: The left loves energy to be expensive and scarce.     Liz Cheney: What should be done about climate change? Nothing!     Marco Rubio: Climate is always changing; it's not from human activity.     Mitch McConnell: AdWatch: Fights EPA regulation on coal production.     Shelley Moore Capito: AdWatch: Fights back against Obama's war on coal.     Richard Lugar: Make all cars "flex-fuel" vehicles.     Richard Mourdock: Oppose ethanol subsidy as a matter of conservative principle.     Newt Gingrich: 1989: prevent global warming; 2012: unclear if warming real.     Cory Booker: Create green economy with lower carbon output.     John Edwards: Give up SUVs & other sacrifices, to deal with climate crisis.

Environment     Tom Vilsack: Cut food waste in half by 2030.     Bill Bryant: OpEd: Claims conservationism, but enabled Arctic drilling.     Russell Feingold: Clean Water Restoration Act to protect streams and wetlands.     Rand Paul: Hurricane Sandy relief ads were conflict of interest.     Rick Scott: Lay off DEP staff; environmental compliance & no enforcement.     Antonio Villaraigosa: Added 669 acres of open space & 1,549 miles of bikeways.

Families & Children     Ned Lamont: Paid time off to new parents and caregivers.     Elizabeth Warren: Federal funds to cap childcare at 7% of income.     Karin Housley: If women are empowered and independent they don't need laws.     Cathy Glasson: #1 job of governor is to raise family's standard of living.     Ayn Rand: Conservative thinking is a "God, family, tradition swamp.

Foreign Policy     Elizabeth Warren: Military action that kill civilians may create radicalism.

Free Trade     Theresa Greenfield: Number one issue for farmers is regaining foreign markets.     Darrell Castle: Trans Pacific Partnership is not about free trade.     Darrell Castle: Repeal NAFTA.     Arianna Huffington: CAFTA gives sweetheart provisions to drug companies.

Government Reform     Cynthia Nixon: The 'Cynthia Effect': Cuomo now for restoring voting rights.     Gary Johnson: Senate should consider Obama's Supreme Court nominee.     Lisa Murkowski: Scrutinize states with a history of voting discrimination.     Lisa Murkowski: Opportunity to vote, regardless of where people live.     John Kasich: A handful of billionaires should not decide who is president.     Newt Gingrich: Allow unlimited campaign contributions to anybody.     Tom Tancredo: 2001: pledged 3-term limit; 2002: served 4th & 5th term.     Terri Lynn Land: Super PACs are committed to Michigan.     Andrea Zopp: Voter ID laws are intended to limit the Black vote.     Shelley Berkley: Free Nevada: No out-of-state donations for Senate race.     Alan Khazei: Refuses PAC money and lobbyist campaign donations.     Barack Obama: Ok to take $5 donations from drug company employees.     Mike Gravel: Americans are getting fatter & dumber; must get empowered!

Gun Control     Andrew Yang: Would push for "personalized" guns, subsidize upgrading.     Tom Foley: Newtown law added inconveniences on law-abiding citizens.     John Hickenlooper: Universal background checks & ban on high capacity magazines.     Tom Tancredo: Running in opposition to new gun control laws.     Antonio Villaraigosa: Member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.     Antonio Villaraigosa: Ban sales of assault weapons and Saturday night specials.     Tim Kaine: Limit high-capacity clips to no more than ten bullets.

Health Care     Josh Hawley: Get rid of ObamaCare, but cover pre-existing conditions.     Sarah Palin: Vouchers for veterans' health care outside the VA system.     Barack Obama: All kids should get vaccinated, but not by law.     Jeb Bush: You should vaccinate your children; over and out.     Marco Rubio: All kids should get vaccinated, with medical exceptions.     Rand Paul: Encourage vaccines, with religious exceptions.     Jeb Bush: Clear & concise response stops unneeded fears about Ebola.     Jeb Bush: Handle Ebola like I handled anthrax in 2001.     Bobby Jindal: Ebola isn't the last epidemic; it's just a harbinger.     David Perdue: Responsible thing to do: fix ObamaCare; don't repeal it.     Karen Handel: ObamaCare overreaches, but feds should address healthcare.     Karen Handel: ObamaCare canceled my wife's policy & doubled premiums.     Alison Grimes: Delay mandated coverage, but keep ObamaCare.     Jon Huntsman: Supported individual mandate in 2007; opposes it now.     Jon Huntsman: Supports market-based, consumer empowering legislation.     Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Waiting to decide on ObamaCare will provide better decision.     Antonin Scalia: OpEd: sympathetic to labeling ObamaCare unconstitutional.     John Roberts: OpEd: sympathetic to labeling ObamaCare unconstitutional.     Samuel Alito: OpEd: sympathetic to labeling ObamaCare unconstitutional.     Barack Obama: Government healthcare like members of Congress have.     Bill Richardson: Universal health care, no matter who you are.     Chris Dodd: Universal health mart: shop for best plan to suit your needs.     Chris Dodd: Require at age 55 a physical exam to qualify for Medicare.     Chris Dodd: Make people pay high price for voluntary choice of smoking.     Dennis Kucinich: Let the US be like every other industrialized democracy.     Hillary Clinton: A plan is necessary; but consensus is more necessary.     Hillary Clinton: Include insurance industry in discussions, but rein them in.     Joe Biden: Start paying for universal coverage with $100B in redundancy.     Joe Biden: Rethink healthcare by focusing on prevention.     John Edwards: $90B-$120B per year for healthcare, by ending Bush tax cut.     John Edwards: If not universal coverage, which people wouldn�t be covered?     John Edwards: Let people choose between private plan and single-payer.     John Edwards: Take on insurance & drug companies, who have blocked reform.     Mike Gravel: Universal coverage with guaranteed equal care.     Mike Gravel: Reforms fail because pharma companies control Congress.     Mike Gravel: Everybody should have the same health care.

Homeland Security     Darrell Castle: Withdraw from NATO; it's unaffordable & no longer useful.     Jeb Bush: Deal with bullies like Putin with strength, not nuance.     Richard Burr: OpEd: Quashed release of report about CIA torture.     Sarah Palin: Dozens of veterans per day commit suicide; VA should help.     Chris McDaniel: Why are Muslims never portrayed as villains by Hollywood?     Arianna Huffington: Guns vs. butter: make it part of the national debate.     Arianna Huffington: Reduce military spending or America will decline.     Dennis Kucinich: Strength through peace.     Mike Gravel: I ended the draft; I stopped nuclear testing.

Immigration     Colin Powell: Opposes policy of separating migrant mothers and children.     Donald Trump: Melania's parents & Trump's grandparents did chain migration.     Elizabeth Warren: Bring people out of shadow economy & help social security.     Darrell Castle: Libertarians favor open borders; Constitutionalists don't.     Jon Huntsman: Vetoed repeal of college tuition for illegal immigrants.     Bill Richardson: We pay for immigrant healthcare; have them pay into system.     Bill Richardson: Increase H-1B visas to permit more skilled workers.     Alberto Gonzales: Grandparents came from Mexico, illegally, for American dream.

Jobs     Rick Perry: The official unemployment rate is massaged and doctored.     Joe Biden: Labor unions have built the middle class and built America.     Mike McFadden: Gender-based pay equality & minimum wage? "Wrong questions".

Local Issues     Scott Walker: Build a new sports arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Principles & Values     Steve King: When did "white nationalist" become offensive language?     Colin Powell: First Amendment means the press can criticize the president.     Cynthia Nixon: Vote for the homo, not for the Cuomo.     Gary Johnson: Competes in 3,000-mile mountain bike race.     Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: No evidence Hillary's email server was hacked.     Bobby Jindal: OpEd: Appeals to both Ivy League-coasts and Bible Belt.     Mark Pryor: AdWatch: I believe in God and I believe in His word.     Paul Broun: Separation of church and state is a mistaken idea.     Tom Tancredo: Obama is greater threat to our way of life than any enemy.     Jeb Bush: GOP must stop being the party of 'anti' everything.     Jeb Bush: We need to be the party of inclusion and acceptance.     Heidi Heitkamp: AdWatch: criticized as "Heidi-ho" for "Barack-o" socialism.     Barack Obama: Reach out to faith community;faith has role in public square.     Bill Richardson: Would not leave NM governorship to be vice president.

Social Security     Theresa Greenfield: Social Security personal, helped when husband died on job.     Donald Trump: Going "full-steam ahead" on limiting disability benefits.     Gary Johnson: Create personal investment accounts.     Greg Gianforte: Noah in the Bible was still working at age 600.     Cory Booker: Opposes raising retirement age; expand entitlements.     Arianna Huffington: Calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme is radical & extreme.     Joe Sestak: Social Security is the cornerstone of retirement security.     Mike Pence: Down-the-road raising of the Social Security retirement age.

Tax Reform     Theresa Greenfield: Wealthy & corporations need to pay their fair share.     Cary Kennedy: OpEd: proudly championed the state's mill levy freeze.     Donald Trump: Previously supported wealth tax; now supports Bush tax cuts.     Brad Ellsworth: Extend Bush tax cuts for all recipients.     Jack Conway: Extend Bush tax cuts for 5 to 10 more years.     Robin Carnahan: Extend Bush tax cuts for all recipients, including wealthy.

Technology     Darrell Castle: UN globalization observes every human being electronically.     George Pataki: FactCheck: No evidence Hillary's email server was hacked.     Tom Foley: No comment on reducing mass transit funding.     Joe Biden: WikiLeaks founder is a high-tech terrorist.     Barack Obama: JFK inspired with space program; now same with energy R&D.

War & Peace     Richard Burr: We have effective oversight of CIA and drone strikes.     Terri Lynn Land: No military action in Syrian civil war.     Mitt Romney: Troops to Syria if Assad spreads chemical weapons.     Barack Obama: Surge has not succeeded because it ignores political issues.     Bill Richardson: The surge is not working; Petraeus just being team player.     Bill Richardson: Iraqi situation is about to implode; withdraw all troops.     Chris Dodd: Surge has not made us safer, more secure, or less vulnerable.     Chris Dodd: Terminate funding for Iraq; compare Vietnam & persuade GOP.     Dennis Kucinich: US army has civilian leadership; it�s not Patraeus� decision.     Dennis Kucinich: Congress has the Constitutional power to end the war.     Dennis Kucinich: Assassination is extrajudicial killing; not even Osama.     Hillary Clinton: Patraeus report requires willing suspension of disbelief.     Joe Biden: Patraeus report is wrong strategy; draw down troops now.     John Edwards: Focus on political progress in Iraq.     John Edwards: Congress has a mandate to defund war to force Bush out.     Mike Gravel: Patraeus report is tragic charade; we all knew what he�d say.     Mike Gravel: Pull American troops out; it can be done in 120 days.     Mike Gravel: Young men & women will die because of this nation�s mistake.

Welfare & Poverty     Donald Trump: Suspends some SNAP limits; may still curtail eligibility.     Howard Schultz: FoodShare: Distribute unsold Starbucks items to food banks.     Joe Biden: Americans don't want handouts, just to be given a chance.     Jeb Bush: If you're born poor, the odds are stacked against you.     Newt Gingrich: Fight crisis of secularism with church-based charity.

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