Steve Southerland on the Issues
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale) | Reverse Roe v. Wade; defund Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-family values includes rights of the unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Opposes federal abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion: 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 YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
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Opposes
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale) | Don't reauthorize Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale) | Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Protect anti-same-sex marriage opinions as free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale) | Designate first weekend in May as Ten Commandments Weekend: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) | Repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Opposes government-run healthcare: 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 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 |
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Favors
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale) | Protect benefits; don't raise retirement age: Opposes topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) | Federal government should exit the education business: Favors topic 7 YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-5 points on Social scale) | Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 Sponsored no permits for legal pesticide runoff into lakes & streams: Strongly Favors topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors topic 8 Limit EPA oversight to allow mining over fishing: Strongly Favors topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Strongly Favors topic 8 Endorsed Targeted as "Dirty Dozen" for anti-environmentalism: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 46% by the NAPO, indicating a police-the-police stance: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | Teach kids to be next generation for 2nd Amendment rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restrictions on the right to bear arms: 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 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Join me in saying ENOUGH to the tax burden: 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 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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Opposes
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale) | We're the great melting pot; but need secure borders: Opposes topic 12 |
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Neutral on
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale) | Rated 50% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale) | Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific: Strongly Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale) | Increase the overall military budget; keep US powerful: Strongly Favors topic 15 Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
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Neutral on
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale) | Our rules of engagement endanger troops & prolong conflict: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval: Favors topic 17 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Creative ways to increase energy supply, not cap-&-trade: 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 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly 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 |
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Neutral on
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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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 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20 |
Steve Southerland is a Hard-Core Conservative.
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