Daniel Coats on the Issues

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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes both federal abortion funding & judicial activism: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2 YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Opposes topic 2 YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Opposes topic 2 YES on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports banning homosexuals in the military: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports voluntary prayer in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 $110M per year to teach abstinence in public schools: Favors topic 4 YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Favors topic 4 YES on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports repealing nationalized healthcare law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on blocking medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on Medicare means-testing: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Rated 7% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Favors topic 6 YES on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Favors topic 6 NO on allowing personal retirement accounts: Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes education vouchers for public or private school: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7 YES on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on education savings accounts: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Favors topic 8 NO on continuing desert protection in California: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports capital punishment for certain crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Favors topic 9 NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Opposes topic 9 YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	1991: voted for Brady Bill & background checks: Opposes topic 10 Rated C+ by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights: Opposes topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Open to the FairTax, but no VAT: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports flat-rate federal tax; opposes increased tax rates: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Opposes topic 11 YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Voted for amnesty 26 years ago; against a dozen times since: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Trade barriers would hurt Indiana: Strongly Favors topic 13 Sponsored sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 100% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority: Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	China grows by investment; Russia by misdirection: Favors topic 14 China holds 1M Muslims in "patriotic re-education" camps: Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14 YES on $17.9 billion to IMF: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	1980s & 1990s: strengthen our national defense and security: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Favors topic 15 YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance: Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	China's goal is global superiority, including militarily: Opposes topic 17 North Korea views nuclear weapons as critical to survival: Opposes topic 17 Iran escalating wars in Yemen and Syria, but not nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't pick winners & losers in biofuel; pick nuclear instead: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Accused of benefiting as lobbyist from pushing cap-and-trade: Favors topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Pro-growth economic policies to put Americans back to work: Favors topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Rated 29% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record: Neutral on topic 20

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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Based on these stances:
(Click on topic for excerpt & citation)

Strongly Opposes topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale)

Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes both federal abortion funding & judicial activism: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Supports prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1
Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1

Strongly Opposes topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Opposes affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2
YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Opposes topic 2
YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Opposes topic 2
YES on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Opposes topic 2

Strongly Opposes topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale)

Supports banning homosexuals in the military: Strongly Opposes topic 3
YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3

Strongly Favors topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale)

Supports voluntary prayer in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4
$110M per year to teach abstinence in public schools: Favors topic 4
YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Favors topic 4
YES on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Favors topic 4

Strongly Opposes topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Supports repealing nationalized healthcare law: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5
YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5
NO on blocking medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5
YES on Medicare means-testing: Opposes topic 5

Favors topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Rated 7% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Favors topic 6
YES on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Favors topic 6
NO on allowing personal retirement accounts: Opposes topic 6

Favors topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Opposes education vouchers for public or private school: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7
YES on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Favors topic 7
YES on education savings accounts: Favors topic 7

Favors topic 8:
Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-3 points on Social scale)

NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Favors topic 8
NO on continuing desert protection in California: Strongly Favors topic 8
NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Opposes topic 8

Favors topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale)

Supports capital punishment for certain crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9
Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9
YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Favors topic 9
NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Opposes topic 9
YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 9

Favors topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale)

1991: voted for Brady Bill & background checks: Opposes topic 10
Rated C+ by the NRA, indicating a mixed voting record on gun rights: Opposes topic 10
NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10
YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: Strongly Favors topic 10

Strongly Opposes topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Open to the FairTax, but no VAT: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Supports flat-rate federal tax; opposes increased tax rates: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Opposes topic 11
YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Opposes topic 11

Opposes topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-3 points on Social scale)

Voted for amnesty 26 years ago; against a dozen times since: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12
YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work: Favors topic 12

Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Trade barriers would hurt Indiana: Strongly Favors topic 13
Sponsored sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Rated 100% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13
YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority: Favors topic 13

Favors topic 14:
Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale)

China grows by investment; Russia by misdirection: Favors topic 14
China holds 1M Muslims in "patriotic re-education" camps: Favors topic 14
Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14
Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14
YES on $17.9 billion to IMF: Opposes topic 14

Strongly Favors topic 15:
Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale)

1980s & 1990s: strengthen our national defense and security: Strongly Favors topic 15
YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Favors topic 15
YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Favors topic 15

Opposes topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(-3 points on Social scale)

NO on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance: Opposes topic 16

Strongly Opposes topic 17:
Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale)

China's goal is global superiority, including militarily: Opposes topic 17
North Korea views nuclear weapons as critical to survival: Opposes topic 17
Iran escalating wars in Yemen and Syria, but not nukes: Opposes topic 17
Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17

Strongly Opposes topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Don't pick winners & losers in biofuel; pick nuclear instead: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Accused of benefiting as lobbyist from pushing cap-and-trade: Favors topic 18
Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18
YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18
YES on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Opposes topic 18

Strongly Favors topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale)

Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
YES on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Favors topic 19

Opposes topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Pro-growth economic policies to put Americans back to work: Favors topic 20
Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20
Rated 29% by UFCW, indicating a mixed management/labor voting record: Neutral on topic 20

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Daniel Coats on Jobs
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Daniel Coats on Technology
Click here for 5 full quotes on Technology OR background on Technology. Russia abuses social media in anti-democracy information war. (Jan 2019) China as well as Russia use cyber-attacks against democracy. (Sep 2018) Voted YES on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. (May 2013) Voted YES on Internet sales tax moratorium. (Oct 1998) Voted YES on telecomm deregulation. (Feb 1996)