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Angus King on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Favors abortion rights; keep Planned Parenthood funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Favors abortion rights; opposes defunding Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 CC:Oppose strict Constitutionalist judges: Favors topic 1 CC:Publicly fund abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 CC:No parental notification for abortions by minors: Favors topic 1 Rated Born-Alive Survivors bill tries to illegalize abortion: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale) | Supports gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Required Maine insurers to recognize domestic partnerships: Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 |
Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+2 points on Social scale) | Include both abstinence and safe sex in sex-ed: Opposes topic 4 |
Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Transition to wellness-based prevention system: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare was not ambitious enough: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fund prevention programs “Campaign for a Healthy Maine”: Favors topic 5 Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | No major changes needed for long-term stability: Opposes topic 6 Opposes GOP budget plan as threat to Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Public schools are the idea at the heart of democracy: Strongly Opposes topic 7 More teacher development; more school construction: Opposes topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale) | Support EPA brownfield program for industrial cleanup: Strongly Opposes topic 8 River "amenities" have enormous economic & cultural value: Opposes topic 8 National parks are tax money well spent: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Eliminate mercury releases by 2003: Opposes topic 8 More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Opposes the death penalty: Opposes topic 9 More prisons, but more alternative sentencing: Opposes topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports gun rights: Favors topic 10 No gun permits for men under restraining orders: Opposes topic 10 Restrict right to bear arms, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | 73,000 pages of tax code is too much: Opposes topic 11 Taming the deficit without revenue increases isn't realistic: Favors topic 11 Decrease income taxes, but no flat tax: Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 CC:Reverse federal income tax cuts: Favors topic 11 CC:Keep the inhertiance tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | No automated entry-exit control system; allow free flow: Strongly Favors topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12 Opposes more border security, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Keep 900 shoe factory jobs in Maine: Opposes topic 13 Develop an open North American energy market: Favors topic 13 Foster globalization with New England & Eastern Canada: Favors topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 |
No opinion on
topic 15:Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale) | Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Unaffiliated super PACs exist only in fevered imaginations: Favors topic 16 Restrict and disclose all campaign donations & spending: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Historically, no one can reform Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17 CC:Keep alliance with Israel: Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Windpower: everyone's for progress; no one's for change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Oil & trees aren't ours to use up in our generation: Favors topic 18 Maine is clean & getting cleaner: Favors topic 18 Promote Smart Growth via tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create Regional Emissions Registry for GHG trading: Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 Rated C by NORML, indicating a mixed record on drug reform: Neutral on topic 19 Criminalize imports of opioid precursors: Favors topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Protected jobs in forests & Bath Iron Works: Favors topic 20 CC:No Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Favors topic 20 |
Angus King is a Moderate Liberal
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