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from Survey of 2004 House campaign websites (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Lynn Westmoreland: Pro-life and protect traditional values. Melissa Bean: Reproductive choice must remain a legal option for women. Mike Sodrel: Support the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act. Virginia Foxx: Support parental consent and oppose partial birth abortions. Dennis Kucinich: All men & women have right to make difficult moral decisions. Dennis Kucinich: Supreme Court nominees must agree to uphold Roe v. Wade. Dennis Kucinich: Journey in 2002 from pro-life to pro-choice. Dennis Kucinich: Women can�t be free unless they have the right to choose. Dennis Kucinich: Prevention, education, & health care, to minimize abortions. |
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Budget & Economy Connie Mack IV: Stop wasteful government spending. |
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Civil Rights Bob Inglis: Oppose civil unions and gay marriage. Gwen Moore: Opposed Cuts to Kindergarten Program for 4 Year-Olds. Jeff Fortenberry: No judge can redefine marriage between a man and a woman. John Barrow: Keeping our nation safe doesn�t mean sacrificing our freedom. Mike Conaway: Support a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Patrick McHenry: Protect marriage, our most sacred institution. Dennis Kucinich: Must challenge rationale of USA PATRIOT Act. Dennis Kucinich: Same sex couples deserve equal domestic benefits. Dennis Kucinich: Affirmative action is necessary & right & must be preserved. |
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Corporations Miriam Masullo: Moratorium on the exportation of skilled-labor jobs. |
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Crime Dan Lungren: Led the passage of the Effective Death Penalty Act. Dan Lungren: Supported and defended Three Strikes. |
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Drugs Dennis Kucinich: War on Drugs benefits only the prison-industrial complex. Dennis Kucinich: Racial bias in drug enforcement is pervasive. Dennis Kucinich: Addiction is a medical and moral problem. |
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Education Billy Tauzin III: Support merit pay for our best and brightest educators. Dan Lipinski: Fully fund NCLB if we expect students to meet the goals. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Provide public education to help our children succeed. Emmanuel Cleaver: Adequately fund educational measures in Congress. G.K. Butterfield: Close the gap and help our smaller school districts. Geoff Davis: Greater flexibility and control for local school districts. Jim Costa: Co-authored a class size reduction law. John Salazar: Fully fund the No Child Left Behind education reforms. Thelma Drake: Local school systems must accept greater accountability. Tom Price: Give individual states the autonomy to improve their schools. Miriam Masullo: School choice and charter schools work for our children. Miriam Masullo: Eliminate the federal Department of Education. Dennis Kucinich: Establish universal pre-kindergarten programs. |
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Energy & Oil Allyson Schwartz: Change our energy policy and become oil independent. Mike Conaway: Support drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge. Dennis Kucinich: Nuclear waste poses grave danger to US. Dennis Kucinich: Auto-dependent sprawl causes runoff pollution. Dennis Kucinich: Would sign Kyoto climate change treaty. |
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Environment Bob Inglis: Environmentalists see equivalency between a child and a tree. Joe Schwarz: Oppose to drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. John Salazar: Renewable energy resources are a part of the energy solution. John Salazar: Make protecting Colorado�s water a top priority. Melissa Bean: Supports strong EPA air and water quality regulations. Dennis Kucinich: Water should forever be in the public domain. Dennis Kucinich: Bush�s wetland rules would increase flooding. Dennis Kucinich: Clean, safe water is a human right. Dennis Kucinich: A clean environment is not a luxury. |
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Families & Children Dennis Kucinich: Dept. of Peace should address all forms of violence. |
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Foreign Policy Dennis Kucinich: Promote international treaties but reject global corporatism. Dennis Kucinich: Lead world to sustainable energy production. |
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Free Trade Billy Tauzin III: Give fishermen and farmers a fair chance to compete. Brian Higgins: Oppose the Central American Free Trade Act. Dan Lipinski: Undermining original trade standards is a terrible mistake. Mike Sodrel: Oppose to the trade liberalization agreement with China. Miriam Masullo: NAFTA and WTO surrenders our national sovereignty. Dennis Kucinich: Review & modify all treaties not respecting human rights. Dennis Kucinich: No NAFTA, No WTO, No Fast Track. Dennis Kucinich: Don�t sacrifice our rights to global corporate ethic. |
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Government Reform Dave Reichert: Rid frivolous malpractice lawsuits for affordable healthcare. Dennis Kucinich: Public financing for elections. Dennis Kucinich: Register on election day; more voting rights enhancements. Dennis Kucinich: Give DC residents proper representation. Dennis Kucinich: Debate reform opens the door to new candidates. Dennis Kucinich: Implement Instant Runoff Voting in US. Dennis Kucinich: Will not accept corporate PAC money. Dennis Kucinich: Private campaign financing leads to private control of gov�t. |
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Gun Control Dan Boren: Will never vote to weaken your 2nd Amendment rights. Joe Schwarz: Voted against the concealed weapons law. Ted Poe: Staunchly support the 2nd Amendment. Virginia Foxx: Co-sponsored concealed weapon laws. Miriam Masullo: Never forfeit right to own and carry a firearm. |
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Health Care Allyson Schwartz: Lower Drug Prices For All Families. Charles Boustany: Support health care tax breaks and health saving accounts. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Extend health care to every uninsured child and young adult. Emmanuel Cleaver: Provide health care for the employees of small businesses. G.K. Butterfield: Insurance costs are forcing small businesses to lay off. Jim Costa: Helped enact low cost health care insurance for children. John Barrow: Include prescription drug coverage for all seniors now. John Salazar: Give small businesses tax breaks for the cost of health care. Russ Carnahan: Expand health care and support stem cell research. Tom Price: More Medical Savings Accounts; less medical malpractice. Miriam Masullo: Universal coverage by bypassing interests of HMOs. Dennis Kucinich: Insurance companies do not heal people; practitioners do. Dennis Kucinich: Seniors forced to choose between medicine and food. Dennis Kucinich: Prescription for America: ceiling on drug company profits. Dennis Kucinich: Regulate prescription drug prices like utility rates. Dennis Kucinich: Medicare for All: universal single-payer national system. |
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Homeland Security Charles Boustany: Minimize the appeal of Islamic extremists who promote evil. Henry Cuellar: Help improve veterans� and military personnel�s benefits. John Barrow: Pursue and root out terrorists and their supporters. John Barrow: Supports increased federal funding for community safety. John Barrow: Giving food stamps to our troops is scandalous. John Barrow: End the Disabled Veterans Tax and preserve VA benefits. John Salazar: Fight to preserve veteran�s benefits. Lynn Westmoreland: Strengthen the security around waterways, borders, airports. Patrick McHenry: Sponsored legislation to increase first responders funding. Dennis Kucinich: End the ban on gays in military. Dennis Kucinich: Terminating ABM treaty was unconstitutional. Dennis Kucinich: Violence and war are not inevitable. Dennis Kucinich: Confront the bloat and waste in Pentagon budget. Dennis Kucinich: Hometown Security: social spending instead of military. Dennis Kucinich: Abide by Non-Proliferation, ABM, and Test Ban Treaties. |
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Immigration Russ Carnahan: Welcome new Americans like past generations of US immigrants. Ted Poe: Blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants is not appropriate. Miriam Masullo: Enforce immigration laws. |
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Jobs Randy Kuhl: Worker Retraining is important for success in new economy. Dennis Kucinich: Shift USDA funds from agribusiness to family farmers. Dennis Kucinich: Labor defends workers when corporations attack. Dennis Kucinich: Right to a job and to decent wages. Dennis Kucinich: Labor protections; not binding employer arbitration. Dennis Kucinich: Repeal portions of Taft-Hartley Act; enhance right to strike. Dennis Kucinich: Genetically-engineered food is an issue of freedom of choice. Dennis Kucinich: Address plight of small farmer by canceling NAFTA & WTO. Dennis Kucinich: Break apart monopolistic agribusiness companies. Dennis Kucinich: National ban on packer ownership of livestock. Dennis Kucinich: Farm worker safety by fining employers. Dennis Kucinich: Invest in rural America. |
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Principles & Values Connie Mack IV: For the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited every day. Dennis Kucinich: Sacrificed political career to save city utility ownership. |
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Social Security Brian Higgins: Bush raided the Social Security trust fund for tax cuts. Dan Boren: Oppose raising retirement age and any privatization plan. John Barrow: Stop raiding the Social Security Trust Fund. Melissa Bean: Opposes attempts to privatize Social Security or Medicare. Dennis Kucinich: Restore retirement age to 65. Dennis Kucinich: Safe retirement is part of American Dream. Dennis Kucinich: Double standard between employers & employees must end. |
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Tax Reform Bobby Jindal: Make the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts permanent. Dave Reichert: Make Bush�s tax cuts permanent. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Targeted tax cuts for small businesses and working families. Geoff Davis: Make Bush�s tax cuts permanent. Jeff Fortenberry: Eliminate the Marriage Tax and the Death Tax. Lynn Westmoreland: Keep the �tax man� out of your pocket. Randy Kuhl: Tax cuts and deregulations are pro-growth and pro-jobs. Miriam Masullo: Replace federal graduated income tax with Fair Tax. |
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Technology Henry Cuellar: Push for more funding for all the highway projects. Thelma Drake: Direct federal resources to transportation infrastructure. Dennis Kucinich: Americans need more info about genetic alterations in food. Dennis Kucinich: Subsidize farmer losses due to genetic modifications. |
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War & Peace Bobby Jindal: Prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: The Iraq war diverted our efforts in fighting terrorism. John Salazar: Need to move forward from today in Iraq. Dennis Kucinich: Supports Palestinian security and Israeli security. Dennis Kucinich: War in Iraq was wrong, and isolated the US. |
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Welfare & Poverty Gwen Moore: Raise the minimum wage and protect overtime pay. Dennis Kucinich: Public sector has moral responsibility to provide jobs. Dennis Kucinich: Education is only solution to alleviate poverty. |
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