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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	NO on disallowing overseas military abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial birth abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Favors topic 2 YES on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (7 points on Social scale)	More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes.: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation: Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-flag desecration amendment.: Favors topic 4 YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 NO on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on restricting violent videos to minors: Neutral topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Tax credits for those without employee health insurance.: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors.: Favors topic 5 NO on medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5 NO on Medicare means-testing: Favors topic 5 YES on limiting self-employment health deduction: Opposes topic 5 YES on Unknown roll call for 1999-76: Favors topic 5 NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare: Opposes topic 5 YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5 YES on $40 billion per year for Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5
Neutral on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives.: Favors topic 6 NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Opposes topic 6 YES on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Favors topic 6 NO on allowing personal retirement accounts: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable.: Favors topic 7 YES on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on education savings accounts: Favors topic 7 YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on Educational Savings Accounts: Favors topic 7 NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Favors topic 7 NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Favors topic 9 NO on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows: Favors topic 10 NO on background checks at gun shows: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts.: Opposes topic 11 YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Favors topic 11 NO on FY99 tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Favors topic 11 NO on $792B tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the 'marriage penalty': Favors topic 11 YES on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts: Favors topic 11 NO on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Favors topic 11 YES on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Favors topic 11 NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	English immersion over bilingual education.: Opposes topic 12 NO on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 YES on visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 YES on allowing more foreign workers into the U.S. for farm work: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement.: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on Unknown roll call for 1997-292: Opposes topic 13 NO on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority: Opposes topic 13 NO on expanding trade to the third world: Opposes topic 13 YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13 YES on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (7 points on Social scale)	NO on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons: Favors topic 14 YES on permanent normal trade relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces personnel (2 points on Economic scale)	Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism.: Favors topic 15 Reduce federal government size & scope, including military.: Opposes topic 15 YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Favors topic 15 YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects: Strongly Favors topic 15 NO on allowing another round of military base closures: Favors topic 15 YES on military pay raise of 4.8%: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Opposes topic 16 YES on deploying missile defense as soon as possible: Opposes topic 16 YES on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels: Opposes topic 16 NO on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Opposes topic 16 YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	YES on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech: Opposes topic 17 YES on $17.9 billion to IMF: Favors topic 17 YES on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: Opposes topic 17 YES on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on allowing all necessary forces and other means in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	Make EPA into a Cabinet department.: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases.: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Opposes topic 18 NO on defunding renewable and solar energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on keeping CAFE fuel efficiency standards: Favors topic 18 NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling: Favors topic 18 YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior: Opposes topic 18 NO on replacing CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	YES on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Favors topic 19 YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Favors topic 19 YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses: Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	YES on welfare overhaul: Favors topic 20 YES on allowing state welfare waivers: Favors topic 20 YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Opposes topic 20 YES on welfare block grants: Favors topic 20