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from Washington Senate Debate (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Joni Ernst: Affordable access to contraception. Joni Ernst: Personhood amendment is a statement of pro-life principle. Michael Baumgartner: Life begins at conception; no exceptions except pragmatism. Christopher Reed: Very pro-life; no abortion under any circumstances. George Nethercutt: Support embryonic stem-cell research with restriction. Patty Murray: Nethercutt�s voted against expanding stem-cell research. |
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Budget & Economy Matthew Whitaker: Top priority: Grow the economy. Sam Clovis: Top priority: Balancing the budget. Joni Ernst: I've castrated hogs so I know how to cut pork. Dino Rossi: Big government is cause of current crisis, not its solution. Patty Murray: Government action needed to fix damage done by Wall Street. Patty Murray: Bush policy is tax cuts & wars without paying for them. Patty Murray: The Republican economic policies are not working. |
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Civil Rights Michael Baumgartner: Opposes gay marriage. Chuck Grassley: Wait for DoD report before considering Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell. Roxanne Conlin: No 2nd-class citizens: repeal DOMA and Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell. Christopher Reed: Define marriage as one man and one woman only. Christopher Reed: Don�t-ask-don�t-tell caused disruption in military. |
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Crime Joni Ernst: Independently investigate sexual crime in military. |
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Drugs Michael Baumgartner: Advised counternarcotics team in Afghanistan. |
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Education Joni Ernst: Eliminate Department of Education but keep Pell Grants. Patty Murray: Increase funding for Pell Grants and HOPE scholarships. |
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Energy & Oil Bruce Braley: Supported Keystone Pipeline initially, then rejected it. Joni Ernst: Drives hybrid car, but doubts climate change is man-made. Joni Ernst: Meeting with Big Oil doesn't make me feel uncomfortable. Maria Cantwell: Climate change is happening but unclear if manmade. Michael Baumgartner: One-cent gas tax to pay for veterans' services. Michael Baumgartner: Climate change is happening but unclear if manmade. Chuck Grassley: Biodiesel is not controversial, unlike ethanol. Roxanne Conlin: Grassley voted against extending biodiesel tax credit. Christopher Reed: Drill for more American oil to reduce gas prices. Tom Harkin: Develop cellulosic ethanol, wind, and solar. |
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Environment Patty Murray: Federally fund Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup. |
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Families & Children Michael Baumgartner: No unfettered teen access to emergency contraceptive Plan B. |
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Foreign Policy Michael Baumgartner: Served as lead strategic-policy coordinator in Baghdad. |
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Government Reform Dino Rossi: Call to halt earmarks; that's what's wrong with D.C. Patty Murray: Halting earmarks shortchanges important state projects. Christopher Reed: Washington is broken & can�t be fixed by European socialism. |
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Health Care Bruce Braley: Repealing ObamaCare would deprive millions of insurance. Joni Ernst: FactCheck: False claim that ObamaCare cut Medicare benefits. Bruce Braley: Vehemently opposes tort reform: don't take away right to sue. Bruce Braley: ObamaCare should be fixed and improved, not repealed. Bruce Braley: AdWatch: Targeted by RNC robocalls for support of ObamaCare. Joni Ernst: Voted against Medicaid expansion in Iowa. Dino Rossi: ObamaCare will require hordes of IRS agents to administer. Patty Murray: ObamaCare provides money to train future family physicians. Dino Rossi: Healthcare overhaul moves down a path that is very dangerous. Patty Murray: Pre-ObamaCare worked for insurance companies but no one else. Dino Rossi: ObamaCare will siphon money & could bankrupt America. Patty Murray: Yes, I read ObamaCare; I helped write it! Chuck Grassley: Medicare has more drugs by not negotiating prices like VA. Roxanne Conlin: Negotiate prescription drugs for Medicare like we do for VA. Christopher Reed: First cut waste, fraud, & abuse in Medicare/Medicaid. |
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Homeland Security Bruce Braley: Yes, missed 75% of Veterans' hearings; but made 97% of votes. Dino Rossi: Wait for a study to decide on don't-ask-don't-tell. Patty Murray: Toss out don't-ask-don't-tell. |
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Immigration Bruce Braley: Supports comprehensive reform but not amnesty. Michael Baumgartner: Opposes DREAM Act; reform guest worker criteria. Dino Rossi: Secure the border, then decide on kids of illegal immigrants. Patty Murray: Give kids of illegal immigrants a chance to be citizens. |
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Jobs Joni Ernst: Raising the minimum wage would not improve the economy. Joni Ernst: Top priority: Jobs and economy. |
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Principles & Values Matthew Whitaker: OpEd: disagrees with entire liberal laundry list. Chuck Grassley: My re-election ensures Iowa is not denied Senate seniority. Roxanne Conlin: Republicans only offer more of the same. Dino Rossi: Lost 2004 race for governor by 133 votes. Patty Murray: This state is my family and my family is hurting. Dino Rossi: Murray is shortchanging voters with 2 debates instead of 6. Patty Murray: Long history of limiting debates with her challengers. |
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Social Security Joni Ernst: Something like personal savings accounts for younger workers. Joni Ernst: Open to privatizing Social Security, but honor promises. Dino Rossi: No comment on raising retirement age or other changes, yet. Patty Murray: No comment on raising retirement age or other changes, yet. Dino Rossi: Massive debt could destabilize Social Security. Christopher Reed: Let younger workers opt out. Tom Harkin: Privatization failed before we had Social Security. Christopher Reed: Honor promises, but chance to opt out of Social Security. Christopher Reed: Establishing Social Security was possibly a mistake. George Nethercutt: Save Social Security by decreasing government spending. Patty Murray: Tax cuts for the millionaires are raiding Social Security. |
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Tax Reform Joni Ernst: Make tax code fairer, flatter and simpler: but not FairTax. Joni Ernst: Passed the largest tax cut in Iowa history. Dino Rossi: Repealing Bush tax cut is biggest tax increase in US history. Patty Murray: Bush tax cut for top 2% costs us $2 trillion. Dino Rossi: Extend Bush tax cuts; allow entrepreneurs to be successful. Patty Murray: Extending Bush tax cuts reduces social & health programs. Christopher Reed: Lower taxes means increased revenue, via the Laffer curve. |
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War & Peace Maria Cantwell: Leave Afghanistan in 2014 as planned. Michael Baumgartner: Leave Afghanistan now & use funds domestically. Michael Baumgartner: We're wasting resources on democracy-building in Afghanistan. Dino Rossi: Setting deadline for Afghan withdrawal would aid terrorists. Patty Murray: Set timetable for Afghan withdrawal. Christopher Reed: Support the surge; wants more positive news coverage. Christopher Reed: No timetable for exit; stay until Al Qaeda is quelled. Christopher Reed: Saddam was a madman who had WMDs and used them. George Nethercutt: Murray�s vote against the Iraq war was a wrong decision. George Nethercutt: Iraq is one of the chapters in the book on ending terrorism. Patty Murray: Voted against the war because we didn�t have a clear mission. |
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Welfare & Poverty Sam Clovis: Don't trading spending cuts for entitlement reform. |
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