 |
| |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| On the issues: Jason Chaffetz | Senate Match | | | UT Governor: | Gary Herbert | Utah Senators: | Mike Lee | Orrin Hatch |
|
Flake(R)
Feinstein(D)
Murphy(D)
Carper(D)
Nelson(D)
Hirono(D)
Donnelly(D)
Warren(D)
Cardin(D)
King(I)
Stabenow(D)
Klobuchar(D)
McCaskill(D)
Wicker(R)
Tester(D)
Heitkamp(D)
Fischer(R)
Menendez(D)
Heinrich(D)
Heller(R)
Gillibrand(D)
Brown(D)
Casey(D)
Whitehouse(D)
Corker(R)
Cruz(R)
Hatch(R)
Kaine(D)
Sanders(I)
Cantwell(D)
Baldwin(D)
Manchin(D)
Barrasso(R)
| International Issues | Domestic Issues | Economic Issues | Social Issues |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Policy | Gun Control | Budget & Economy | Education | |
| Homeland Security | Crime | Government Reform | Civil Rights | |
| War & Peace | Drugs | Tax Reform | Abortion | |
| Free Trade | Health Care | Social Security | Families & Children | |
| Immigration | Technology | Corporations | Welfare & Poverty | |
| Energy & Oil | Environment | Jobs | Principles & Values |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| VoteMatch Responses
(Click here for VoteMatch quiz) | |
|---|---|
| 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 right (-5 points on Social scale) | All human life is sacred: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
|
Neutral on
topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
|
Strongly Opposes
topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale) | Committed to values & principles of traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3 |
|
Neutral on
topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
|
Neutral on
topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
|
Neutral on
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
|
Strongly Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | Support Second Amendment rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Sponsored bill allowing reloading spent military ammunition: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
|
Strongly Opposes
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale) | Insure all Americans with private health insurance: 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 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business: Opposes topic 5 Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 5 YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Opposes topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 NO on regulating tobacco as a drug: Opposes topic 5 |
|
Neutral on
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
|
Strongly Favors
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale) | Federal government shouldn�t be in public education business: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7 NO on $40B for green public schools: Favors topic 7 |
|
Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale) | Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes 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 No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Sponsored bill to list GHG emissions cost on electric bills: Opposes topic 18 YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Opposes topic 18 YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: Opposes topic 18 NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Opposes topic 18 |
|
Favors
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-3 points on Social scale) | Develop counterdrug strategy for federal open lands: Favors topic 19 |
|
Favors
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale) | NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention: Favors topic 20 |
|
Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale) | Signed the taxpayer protection pledge: no increases: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal the estate tax: Opposes topic 11 |
|
Strongly Opposes
topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale) | Reject amnesty & secure the border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 End Birthright Citizenship; no more anchor babies: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rated A by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
|
Neutral on
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
|
Strongly Favors
topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale) | Ensure that our troops have the best equipment & training: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
|
Strongly Favors
topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale) | Run campaigns %& budgets as fiscal conservative: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16 |
|
Strongly Opposes
topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale) | YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
|
Favors
topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (+2 points on Social scale) | Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 YES on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17 |
| Jason Chaffetz is a Moderate Conservative.
Click here for explanation of political philosophy. Click here for VoteMatch quiz. |
Contact Jason_Chaffetz:* Official Contacts
* Candidate Profile * Contact OnTheIssues:submit @ OnTheIssues . org OnTheIssues reports on issues, and has no contacts with campaigns except as linked above. 
Send donations or submit quotations to: On The Issues 1770 Massachusetts Ave. #630 Cambridge, MA 02140 |
Copyright 1999-2011 by OnTheIssues.org Reprinting by permission only.
|
|
Written by
Powered by