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| On the issues: Tom Price | Price's Profile | Governor Match | | | Other GA Candidates: | Andrew Hunt | Brian Kemp | Casey Cagle | Hunter Hill | Jason Carter | Nathan Deal | Sonny Perdue | Stacey Abrams |
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Tom Price on Abortion
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Tom Price on Budget & Economy
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Tom Price on Civil Rights
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Tom Price on Corporations
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Tom Price on Crime
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Tom Price on Drugs
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Tom Price on Education
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Tom Price on Energy & Oil
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Tom Price on Environment
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Tom Price on Families & Children
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Tom Price on Foreign Policy
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Tom Price on Free Trade
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Tom Price on Government Reform
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Tom Price on Gun Control
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Tom Price on Health Care
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Tom Price on Homeland Security
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Tom Price on Immigration
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Tom Price on Jobs
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Tom Price on Local Issues
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Tom Price on Principles & Values
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Tom Price on Social Security
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Tom Price on Tax Reform
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Tom Price on Technology
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Tom Price on War & Peace
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Tom Price on Welfare & Poverty
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Permanently protect life and conscience: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 17% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
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topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism: Strongly Favors topic 3 Respect faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3 |
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topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale) | NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4 |
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topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) | Premise of ObamaCare is that Washington knows best: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Give every American access to affordable health coverage: Favors topic 5 No right to Medicaid under state block grants: Opposes topic 5 Reform medical liability; it only benefits trial lawyers: Opposes topic 5 HSAs (savings) & HRAs (reimbursements) to replace ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Medicare Exchange to make Medicare system competitive: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare slows employment growth; discourages fulltime work: Strongly Opposes topic 5 More Medical Savings Accounts; less medical malpractice: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Deauthorize funding for Obamacare: 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 Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient: Strongly Opposes topic 5 More choices and lower costs, without ObamaCare: Neutral on topic 5 Keep pre-existing conditions & 26-year-olds on parents plans: Favors topic 5 NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health: Opposes topic 5 NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids: 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 YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Opposes topic 5 NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Opposes topic 5 NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Opposes topic 5 YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: Favors topic 5 NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Opposes topic 5 NO on regulating tobacco as a drug: Opposes topic 5 |
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topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) | Let employers to band together to offer 401(k)s: Favors topic 6 Rated 3% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
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topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) | School choice: lifeline for kids trapped in failing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Head Start does not deliver lasting results to at-risk kids: Favors topic 7 Give individual states the autonomy to improve their schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind: Favors topic 7 Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: 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 |
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topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale) | Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences: Favors topic 8 NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: Favors topic 8 |
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topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale) | Rated 54% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 NO on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society: Favors topic 9 |
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topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the Death Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax and IRS with FairTax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Death Tax is a pernicious double tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Simplicity & fairness: 3 tax brackets with lower top rate: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income: Favors topic 11 |
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topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale) | Rated 92% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Government services in English only: Strongly Opposes topic 12 End Birthright Citizenship; no more anchor babies: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted YES to ban DREAMer immigrants from military service: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Declare English as the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
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topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale) | Rated 63% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13 YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization: Favors topic 13 YES on promoting free trade with Peru: Favors topic 13 |
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topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale) | Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14 Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14 Restore American influence instead of "leading from behind": Strongly Favors topic 14 NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations: Favors topic 14 NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Favors topic 14 YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Favors topic 14 YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale) | YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15 NO on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
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topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale) | Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16 YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16 YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale) | Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Respect sequestration on defense budget without gimmicks: Favors topic 17 Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq: Opposes topic 17 |
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topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Treat energy as source of prosperity, not pollution source: Strongly Opposes topic 18 List GHG emissions cost on electric bills: Opposes topic 18 NO on tax incentives for renewable energy: Strongly 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 YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on investing in homegrown biofuel: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC: Opposes topic 18 NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets: 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 |
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topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale) | Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated 0% by NORML, indicating an anti-legalization stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 NO on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs: Opposes topic 19 |
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topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale) | Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 End executive overreach; impose limits on spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20 NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy: Strongly Opposes topic 20 NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
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