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According to the OnTheIssues website, Chaffetz is rated a "hard-core Conservative", vs a "Populist-Leaning Conservative" for Dan Webster.

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Jason Chaffetz on Abortion

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All human life is sacred. (Nov 2008)
Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion. (May 2011)
Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans. (Jul 2010)
Prohibit federal funding for abortion. (May 2011)
Congress shall protect life beginning with fertilization. (Jan 2011)
Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood. (Jan 2011)
No family planning assistance that includes abortion. (Jan 2013)
Report on Medicaid payments to abortion providers. (Apr 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Budget & Economy

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No earmarks in any bills. (Jan 2010)
Voted YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached. (May 2013)
Voted YES on terminating the Home Affordable mortgage Program. (Mar 2011)
Voted NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
Voted NO on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (Mar 2009)
Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package. (Jan 2009)
Voted NO on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief. (Jan 2009)
Balanced Budget Amendment with 3/5 vote to override. (Jan 2009)
Demand a Balanced Budget amendment. (Jul 2010)
Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate. (Jul 2010)
Member of House Budget Committee. (Mar 2011)
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. (Jan 2011)
Ban roadway signs indicating Recovery Act funding. (Jan 2011)
Apply all remaining stimulus funds to budget deficit. (Feb 2011)
Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge. (Jan 2012)
Disapprove of increasing the debt limit. (Jan 2012)
Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans. (Jan 2013)
Reclaim all bonuses paid to AIG executives & employees. (Mar 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Civil Rights

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Committed to values & principles of traditional marriage. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. (Feb 2013)
Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech. (Sep 2013)

Jason Chaffetz on Corporations

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Voted YES on workforce training by state block grants & industry partners. (Mar 2013)
Voted NO on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009)
Voted NO on more funding for nanotechnology R&D and commercialization. (Jul 2009)
Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business. (Jan 2011)
Rated 0% by UFCW, indicating a pro-management voting record. (May 2012)

Jason Chaffetz on Crime

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Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Drugs

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Develop counterdrug strategy for federal open lands. (Feb 2011)

Jason Chaffetz on Education
Click here for OR . Federal government shouldn’t be in public education business. (Nov 2008) Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program. (Mar 2011) Voted NO on $40B for green public schools. (May 2009) Denounce the Common Core State Standards. (Feb 2014)

Jason Chaffetz on Energy & Oil

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Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011)
Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)
Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009)
Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules. (Jan 2009)
Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP. (Nov 2010)
Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures. (Jul 2010)
Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low. (Jul 2010)
No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. (Jan 2011)
Let states lease energy rights on federal lands. (Jun 2013)
Sponsored bill to list GHG emissions cost on electric bills. (May 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Environment

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Sell millions of acres of unneeded federal land. (Apr 2012)
Voted NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Jul 2009)
Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros. (Jul 2009)
Rated 13% by HSLF, indicating an anti-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)

Jason Chaffetz on Families & Children

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Voted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees. (Jun 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Foreign Policy

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Voted NO on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009)
Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific. (Aug 2011)
Rated -6 by AAI, indicating a anti-Arab anti-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners. (Aug 2013)
Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009)
Support Iranian demonstrators against Iranian government. (Jun 2009)
Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond. (Mar 2010)

Jason Chaffetz on Free Trade

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Jason Chaffetz on Government Reform

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Disallow lobbyists in senior administration positions. (Jan 2010)
Run campaigns %& budgets as fiscal conservative. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on Senate pay raise. (Jun 2009)
Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill. (Jul 2010)
Audit federal agencies, to reform or eliminate them. (Jul 2010)
Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced. (Jul 2010)
Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks. (May 2010)
Member of House Judiciary Committee. (Mar 2011)
Member of House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform. (Mar 2011)
Require Congressional certification of president's "Czars". (Jan 2011)

Jason Chaffetz on Gun Control

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Support Second Amendment rights. (Nov 2008)
National cross-state standard for concealed carry. (Jan 2009)
Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases. (Oct 2011)
Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad. (Apr 2011)
Sponsored bill allowing reloading spent military ammunition. (Apr 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Health Care

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Healthcare debate should all be televised, as promised. (Jan 2010)
Insure all Americans with private health insurance. (Nov 2008)
Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)
Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law. (Jan 2011)

Jason Chaffetz on Homeland Security

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Ensure that our troops have the best equipment & training. (Nov 2008)
Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)

Jason Chaffetz on Immigration

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Reject amnesty & secure the border. (Nov 2008)
End Birthright Citizenship; no more anchor babies. (Apr 2009)
Rated A by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance. (Nov 2010)

Jason Chaffetz on Jobs
Click here for OR . Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013) Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)

Jason Chaffetz on Principles & Values

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2008: Beat 12-year incumbent with grassroots volunteers. (Jul 2011)
2005: Campaign manager for Jon Huntsman for Governor. (Jul 2011)
Member of the House Republican Young Guns. (Sep 2010)
Member of the Tea Party movement. (Aug 2012)
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state. (Jan 2013)

Jason Chaffetz on Social Security

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Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance. (Jan 2013)

Jason Chaffetz on Tax Reform

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Signed the taxpayer protection pledge: no increases. (Nov 2008)
Repeal the Death Tax. (Jan 2009)
Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes. (Aug 2010)
Adopt a single-rate tax system. (Jul 2010)
Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax. (Jul 2010)
No European-style VAT (value-added tax). (May 2010)
Permanently repeal the estate tax. (Jan 2011)
Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. (Jan 2012)

Jason Chaffetz on Technology
Click here for OR . Voted YES on protecting cyber security by sharing data with government. (Apr 2013) Voted YES on terminating funding for National Public Radio. (Mar 2011) Voted NO on delaying digital TV conversion by four months. (Mar 2009) Stop foreign internet piracy of copyrighted materials. (Jan 2012) Prohibit the return of the Fairness Doctrine. (Jan 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on War & Peace

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Voted YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval. (Jun 2011)
Voted YES on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan. (Mar 2011)
Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes. (May 2011)
Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment. (Mar 2012)
Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program. (Apr 2009)

Jason Chaffetz on Welfare & Poverty

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Voted YES on maintaining work requirement for welfare recipients. (Mar 2013)
Voted NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention. (Mar 2009)

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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 unrestricted 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 No family planning assistance that includes abortion: 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
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Committed to values & principles of traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3 NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+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
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Federal government shouldn’t be in public education business: Strongly Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: 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 Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-5 points on Social scale)	Sell millions of acres of unneeded federal land: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: Favors topic 8
Neutral on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (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 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 Sponsored bill allowing reloading spent military ammunition: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+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 tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No European-style VAT (value-added tax): Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal the estate tax: Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-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
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Stop foreign internet piracy of copyrighted materials: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Neutral on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 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 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Ensure that our troops have the best equipment & training: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Run campaigns %& budgets as fiscal conservative: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly 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
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+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 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: 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: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Develop counterdrug strategy for federal open lands: Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Ban roadway signs indicating Recovery Act funding: Opposes topic 20 Apply all remaining stimulus funds to budget deficit: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20 NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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