Angus King on SenateMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Favors abortion rights; keep Planned Parenthood funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Favors abortion rights; opposes defunding Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Required Maine insurers to recognize domestic partnerships: Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	Include both abstinence and safe sex in sex-ed: Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Transition to wellness-based prevention system: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare was not ambitious enough: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fund prevention programs “Campaign for a Healthy Maine”: Favors topic 5 Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	No major changes needed for long-term stability: Opposes topic 6 Opposes GOP budget plan as threat to Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	More teacher development; more school construction: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Support EPA brownfield program for industrial cleanup: Strongly Opposes topic 8 River "amenities" have enormous economic & cultural value: Opposes topic 8 National parks are tax money well spent: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Eliminate mercury releases by 2003: Opposes topic 8 More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Opposes the death penalty: Opposes topic 9 More prisons, but more alternative sentencing: Opposes topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports gun rights: Favors topic 10 No gun permits for men under restraining orders: Opposes topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	73,000 pages of tax code is too much: Opposes topic 11 Taming the deficit without revenue increases isn't realistic: Favors topic 11 Decrease income taxes, but no flat tax: Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	No automated entry-exit control system; allow free flow: Strongly Favors topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Keep 900 shoe factory jobs in Maine: Opposes topic 13 Develop an open North American energy market: Favors topic 13 Foster globalization with New England & Eastern Canada: Favors topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Unaffiliated super PACs exist only in fevered imaginations: Favors topic 16 Restrict and disclose all campaign donations & spending: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Historically, no one can reform Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Windpower: everyone's for progress; no one's for change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Oil & trees aren't ours to use up in our generation: Favors topic 18 Maine is clean & getting cleaner: Favors topic 18 Promote Smart Growth via tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create Regional Emissions Registry for GHG trading: Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 Rated C by NORML, indicating a mixed record on drug reform: Neutral on topic 19 Criminalize imports of opioid precursors: Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)