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Abortion Justin Amash: Pro-life: works through discussion, not legislation. |
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Budget & Economy Justin Amash: Relief payments should go to people, not corporations. Lincoln Chafee: Dedicated to curbing $22.6 trillion debt. Tom Vilsack: Increased farm subsidies leading to overproduction. |
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Civil Rights Bob Barr: Took post with ACLU based on fundamental common interests. Gary Johnson: Denying gay couples the right to marry is discrimination. John Buckley: Shares home with his same-sex partner. Justin Amash: The Fourteenth Amendment is my favorite amendment. Mike McGavick: Patriot Act is no longer an issue. Tom Vilsack: Failed to protect slaughterhouse works, help black farmers. Tom Vilsack: Apologized for firing black woman over doctored video. Tom Vilsack: Foreclosed on black farmers six times more than whites. Tom Vilsack: Pushed for minority voting rights on Farm Service committees. |
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Corporations James Webb: Reduce corporate tax rate; shift from income to consumption. Tom Vilsack: Urban centers push anti-monopoly measures, not rural places. |
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Crime Chuck Grassley: Expand mandatory minimum s for firearm & terrorism offenses. Justin Amash: Take accusations seriously, but follow due process. Martin O`Malley: Restore felons' voting rights; phase out for-profit prisons. Merrick Garland: Tends to defer to law enforcement, wartime executive power. Mike Pence: Called ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio a "champion of the rule of law". Doug Burgum: Tightened rules on civil asset forfeiture; curtailed police. |
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Drugs Bob Barr: In Congress, a strong supporter of the War on Drugs. Chuck Grassley: End mandatory life sentence for three drug convictions. Jerry Brown: Vetoed prosecutor discretion on drugs; keep it a felony. Joe Dorman: No stance on marijuana legalization nor medical marijuana. Joe Dorman: Legalize marijuana, based on Genesis 1:29. Lincoln Chafee: Lobbied DEA to reclassify marijuana for medical use. Martin O`Malley: Reschedule marijuana but "not there yet" on legalization. Mike Gravel: Proposed a Constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana. |
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Education Arvin Vohra: Cut back Common Core and the Department of Education. Justin Amash: Education key to fixing wealth gap, leave it at state level. Libertarian Party: Cut back Common Core and the Department of Education. |
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Energy & Oil Deval Patrick: $50 million to help Massachusetts deal with climate change. Justin Amash: Loves wind, solar, and nuclear, via private companies. |
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Environment Rand Paul: Hurricane recovery money is bankrupting the government. Tom Vilsack: OpEd: Rule changes harmed processing workers and animals. |
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Foreign Policy Bob Barr: Neocon aggression opens can of worms: others will do same. Gary Johnson: Take our share of Syrian refugees; not too many but not zero. Justin Amash: We need to be engaged with the world. Lincoln Chafee: Work with UN on issues such as climate change & trade. Martin O`Malley: Be more engaged in the world but avoid mission creep. |
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Free Trade James Webb: Skeptical about Trans-Pacific Partnership. Martin O`Malley: Will only back agreements negotiated openly, unlike TPP. |
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Government Reform Chase Oliver: Ranked-choice voting is better than runoffs. |
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Gun Control Bill Weld: 2nd Amendment right s are individual rights. James Webb: Let military carry guns without official permission. Lincoln Chafee: Distrust of government is reason for 2d Amendment advocacy. Lincoln Chafee: Distrust of government is reason for 2nd Amendment. Martin O`Malley: For national firearms registry, expanded background checks. Richard Blumenthal: Sued gun manufacturers to withdraw gun designs. |
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Health Care Justin Amash: Private market with government backstop at state level. |
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Homeland Security Arvin Vohra: Intelligently rethink overall military spending. Bob Barr: Loud Congressional critic of government�s abuses of power. Bob Barr: Regrets voting for the USA PATRIOT Act. Bob Barr: Matrix system and TIA are privacy-invasive programs. Bob Barr: Military tribunals ok, if monitored & defined. Gary Johnson: Drone strikes create more terrorists. Libertarian Party: Intelligently rethink overall military spending. Martin O`Malley: More stringent cybersecurity; supports PATRIOT Act. |
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Immigration Ben Sasse: Emergencies Act too broad; except Trump's border policies. John Buckley: Create a mechanism to normalize people already here. Justin Amash: Fix system so that people can immigrate to US lawfully. Lincoln Chafee: Co-sponsor of DREAM Act. Martin O`Malley: Would grant waivers to former illegal immigrants. |
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Jobs Arvin Vohra: Eliminate minimum wage so entry level jobs available to all. Libertarian Party: Eliminate minimum wage so entry level jobs available to all. Lincoln Chafee: Minimum wage of $10.10/hr.; $15 would hurt small business. Martin O`Malley: Supports a $15/hour minimum wage. |
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Principles & Values John Buckley: Cousin to William F. Buckley; long background in GOP. Justin Amash: Don't need same rules from community to community. Justin Amash: Pushed libertarian ideas into Republican Party. Justin Amash: Blessing to be born here; this is the best country on Earth. Mike Gravel: 2008: YouTube political "video art" went viral. Ted Cruz: One-time critic of Trump ready to argue case on his behalf. Larry Sharpe: I'm not a radical, but in my heart I am an anarchist. |
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Social Security Martin O`Malley: Expand Social Security benefits. |
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Tax Reform Deval Patrick: Called for cutting state sales tax, hiking income tax. Lincoln Chafee: End excessive loopholes; tax cuts for wealthy & corporations. |
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War & Peace James Webb: Opposed Libya war; focus on eastern Asia, not Middle East. Justin Amash: Make Congress authorize wars or else withdraw troops. Merrick Garland: Judicial deference to wartime executive power. |
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Welfare & Poverty Andrew Yang: Relaxing zoning laws would boost affordable housing. |
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