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Legalized Abortion supports Lieberman said in a October 2000 vice-presidential debate that abortion should be a decision left to a woman, her doctor and her god. He voted against maintaining a ban on military base abortions the same year. |
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Iraq Troop Surge strongly supports Lieberman expressed support for the surge in a 29 Dec 2006 Washington Post op-ed in which he wrote that American colonels were asking for more troops than generals. On February 5 and 17, 2007, Lieberman voted to block a cloture on resolutions opposing the surge. |
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Iraq War Withdrawal strongly against Lieberman said in a October 2006 debate with George Stephanopoulos that a withdrawal from Iraq is retreat and a recipe for disaster. Lieberman voted in favor of military force against Iraq in October 2002. |
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Militarization of Space supports The Cold War triggered a race between U.S. and the USSR to militarize space and develop new space weaponry technologies. Since the end of the war, space weapons have been used in various ways to support military ground operations. |
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Energy Independence supports Lieberman co-sponsored the Set America Free bill that would reduce American consumption of oil 10 million barrels a day. He is quoted in a debate in 2006 as saying "There's been no greater failure of leadership in our government over the last 30 years than our failure to do something about our dependence on foreign oil." |
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Same Sex Marriage against Lieberman voted in favor of prohibiting same sex marriage in 1996 but in 2006 voted against a constitutional ban on same sex marriage. |
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Legalization of Drugs strongly against The anti-drug effort in the U.S. has criminalized a large part of society and at significant costs, with little regard for the impact drugs have on human health. Legalization would give the government the ability to tax and regulate. |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Drilling against The proposed 2,000 acre Coastal Plains region of the ANWR in Alaska has created a divide between environmentalists, big oil, and political parties alike, sparking a discussion on where and how the US will get its oil, and at what cost. |
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Free Trade strongly supports Republicans more often promote free trade to satisfy business interests. Democrats have changed their position on trade. In the 1990s they were supportive of trade agreements but today their position appeals to people who are concerned about losing their j |
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Border Fence Wants amnesty for all illegal immigrants and seamless borders The border fence spans two issues: immigration and homeland security. First passed in 2006, the fence has been included in immigration legislation to control illegal immigration flow across the southern border. |
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Citizenship for illegal immigrants strongly supports President Bush pushed for a bipartisan bill that would reform the immigration system but could not garner enough support from Congressional Republicans for the bill to pass. |
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Privatization of Social Security against Full or partial privatization of social security would divert revenue to private accounts. S.S. would instead be owned and managed by workers who would pay less payroll taxes. |
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Free Flow of Information Act strongly supports The Act protects a media reporter's source unless a federal judge, "by a preponderance of the evidence," rules that the identity sought is "essential to the resolution of the matter." |
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Freedom of Information Act strongly supports Sponsor: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), of the United States Code, generally provides that any person has the right to request access to federal agency records or information and each federal agency is responsible for there own records. Bills and Resolutions Title: A bill to require prisons and other detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and detention facilities are required to do by law. |
