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Bill Delahunt on VoteMatch |
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| Strongly Favors topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale) |
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Favors topic 1 NO on Unknown roll call for 2001-304: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1 NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1 NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1 |
| Strongly Favors topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) |
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2 |
| Strongly Favors topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale) |
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Favors topic 3 NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
| Opposes topic 4:Teach family values in public schools (7 points on Social scale) |
Opposes requiring schools to allow school prayer: Opposes topic 4 Rated 7% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Opposes topic 4 YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4 NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4 |
| Strongly Favors topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale) |
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5 NO on Prescription drug coverage under Medicare: Favors topic 5 YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Favors topic 5 NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5 NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5 NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
| Opposes topic 6:Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale) |
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6 YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6 NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Opposes topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale) |
Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Rated 92% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 8:Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale) |
Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 8 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
| Opposes topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (7 points on Social scale) |
Rated 78% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9 YES on Unknown roll call for 1999-252: Favors topic 9 YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale) |
Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
| Opposes topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale) |
Rated 24% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on Unknown roll call for 2000-254: Favors topic 11 NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
| Strongly Favors topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (10 points on Economic scale) |
Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
| Opposes topic 13:Support & expand free trade (2 points on Economic scale) |
Rated 47% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues: Neutral on topic 13 NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Opposes topic 13 NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Favors topic 13 NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
| Strongly Favors topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale) |
NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
| Opposes topic 15:More spending on armed forces (7 points on Economic scale) |
Rated 89% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 NO on deploying SDI: Opposes topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 NO on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Opposes topic 15 |
| Favors topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds (2 points on Economic scale) |
YES on banning soft money and issue ads: Favors topic 16 NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Opposes topic 16 YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Favors topic 16 |
| Strongly Favors topic 17:Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (0 points on Economic scale) |
Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Favors topic 17 YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Favors topic 17 YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Favors topic 17 NO on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Favors topic 17 NO on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
| Strongly Favors topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale) |
Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: Favors topic 18 Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale) |
NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
| Opposes topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services (7 points on Social scale) |
YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
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