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Brian Schatz on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Require offering emergency contraception for rape victims: Strongly Favors topic 1 Abortions should be legally available, and funded: 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 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) | More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: 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) | Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale) | Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Fill in existing Medicare gaps; Part D was deceptive: Strongly Favors topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Fight the phony philosophy of privatization: Opposes topic 6 Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Reform NCLB: more funding and redefine "success": Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Received perfect score from League of Conservation Voters: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Genetically modified foods aren't unhealthy: Opposes topic 8 Develop alternative energy to avoid melting polar ice caps: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Strike a balance between growth and land preservation: Opposes topic 8 Sponsored enforcing against illegal ocean fishing: Opposes topic 8 Require labeling genetically engineered food: Opposes topic 8 Endorsed Endorsed by LCV; supports conservation efforts: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | End parole for repeat violent felons: Favors topic 9 Rated 73% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9 |
No opinion on
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale) | Co-sponsored background check for every firearm sale: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | No state flat tax; increase sin tax & decrease sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | Take full advantage of new visas available to China: Favors topic 12 Terminate national emergency at the Southern border: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Promote relations and tourism travel from Asia Pacific: Favors topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Reform FISA to protect our Fourth Amendment rights: Strongly Favors topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: 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) | Abolish the Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16 Partial state funding for state level political campaigns: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to abolish the electoral college: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill for election holiday & easier voting access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+2 points on Social scale) | Bush had false pretenses & inadequate planning for Iraq war: Strongly Favors topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Use every weapon at our disposal to fight climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Work towards passage of carbon fee legislation: Strongly Favors topic 18 OpEd: Schatz promotes wind turbines requiring huge subsidies: Strongly Favors topic 18 Focus on clean energy and fighting climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Clean energy with Taiwan; smart grid with Korea: Favors topic 18 Hawai'i is becoming an international leader in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+2 points on Social scale) | Hawaii not ready for legal pot; needs national conversation: Favors topic 19 Build prisons for methamphetamine users: Favors topic 19 Criminalize date-rape drugs as controlled substances: Favors topic 19 Rated B+ by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Keep ObamaCare's prevention, treatment, & recovery services: Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Address transportation and coastal infrastructure priorities: Strongly Favors topic 20 Established the Hawaii Fair Share Initiative: Favors topic 20 We need fiscal responsibility and social responsibility: Opposes topic 20 Use tax surplus to make long-term investments: Strongly Favors topic 20 Strengthen infrastructure, including rail, dams, & Internet: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 |
Brian Schatz is a Progressive Libertarian
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HI Gubernatorial: Andria Tupola Bob McDermott Colleen Hanabusa David Ige Duke Aiona John Carroll Neil Abercrombie Tulsi Gabbard HI Senatorial: Cam Cavasso Eddie Pirkowski John Carroll Linda Lingle Mazie Hirono Ron Curtis Left office as of Jan. 2019: AZ:Flake(R,retired) FL:Nelson(D,lost) IN:Donnelly(D,lost) MN:Franken(D,resigned) MO:McCaskill(D,lost) MS:Cochran(R,resigned) ND:Heitkamp(D,lost) NV:Heller(R,lost) TN:Corker(R,retired) UT:Hatch(R,retired) Took office as of Jan. 2019: AZ:McSally(R) FL:Scott(R) IN:Braun(R) MN:Smith(D,2018) MO:Hawley(R) MS:Hyde-Smith(R,2018) ND:Cramer(R) NV:Rosen(D) TN:Blackburn(R) UT:Romney(R) |
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AK: Sullivan(R,incumbent) vs.Gross(I) AL: Jones(D,incumbent) vs.Sessions(R) vs.Moore(R) vs.Mooney(R) vs. AR: Cotton(R,incumbent) vs. AZ: McSally(R,incumbent) vs.Kelly(D) CO: Gardner(R,incumbent) vs.Hickenlooper(D) vs. DE: Coons(D,incumbent) vs.Scarane(D) GA-2: Isakson(R,resigned) Loeffler(R,appointed) vs.Lieberman(D) vs.Collins(R) vs.Carter(D) GA-6: Perdue(R,incumbent) vs.Tomlinson(D) vs.Ossoff(D) vs.Terry(D) IA: Ernst(R,incumbent) vs.Graham(D) vs.Mauro(D) vs.Greenfield(D) ID: Risch(R,incumbent) vs.Harris(D) vs.Jordan(D) IL: Durbin(D,incumbent) vs.Curran(R) vs. KS: Roberts(R,retiring) vs. KY: McConnell(R,incumbent) vs.McGrath(D) vs.Morgan(R) vs.Cox(D) vs.Tobin(D) vs.Booker(D) LA: Cassidy(R,incumbent) vs.Pierce(D) |
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