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Abortion     Justin Amash: Pro-life: works through discussion, not legislation.

Budget & Economy     Tom Vilsack: Increased farm subsidies leading to overproduction.     Justin Amash: Relief payments should go to people, not corporations.     Lincoln Chafee: Dedicated to curbing $22.6 trillion debt.

Civil Rights     Tom Vilsack: Failed to protect slaughterhouse works, help black farmers.     Tom Vilsack: Apologized for firing black woman over doctored video.     Tom Vilsack: Foreclosed on black farmers six times more than whites.     Tom Vilsack: Pushed for minority voting rights on Farm Service committees.     Justin Amash: The Fourteenth Amendment is my favorite amendment.     John Buckley: Shares home with his same-sex partner.     Gary Johnson: Denying gay couples the right to marry is discrimination.     Mike McGavick: Patriot Act is no longer an issue.     Bob Barr: Took post with ACLU based on fundamental common interests.

Corporations     Tom Vilsack: Urban centers push anti-monopoly measures, not rural places.     James Webb: Reduce corporate tax rate; shift from income to consumption.

Crime     Justin Amash: Take accusations seriously, but follow due process.     Merrick Garland: Tends to defer to law enforcement, wartime executive power.     Mike Pence: Called ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio a "champion of the rule of law".     Martin O`Malley: Restore felons' voting rights; phase out for-profit prisons.     Chuck Grassley: Expand mandatory minimum s for firearm & terrorism offenses.

Drugs     Mike Gravel: Proposed a Constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana.     Martin O`Malley: Reschedule marijuana but "not there yet" on legalization.     Chuck Grassley: End mandatory life sentence for three drug convictions.     Joe Dorman: No stance on marijuana legalization nor medical marijuana.     Joe Dorman: Legalize marijuana, based on Genesis 1:29.     Jerry Brown: Vetoed prosecutor discretion on drugs; keep it a felony.     Bob Barr: In Congress, a strong supporter of the War on Drugs.     Lincoln Chafee: Lobbied DEA to reclassify marijuana for medical use.

Education     Justin Amash: Education key to fixing wealth gap, leave it at state level.     Arvin Vohra: Cut back Common Core and the Department of Education.     Libertarian Party: Cut back Common Core and the Department of Education.

Energy & Oil     Justin Amash: Loves wind, solar, and nuclear, via private companies.     Deval Patrick: $50 million to help Massachusetts deal with climate change.

Environment     Tom Vilsack: OpEd: Rule changes harmed processing workers and animals.     Rand Paul: Hurricane recovery money is bankrupting the government.

Foreign Policy     Justin Amash: We need to be engaged with the world.     Gary Johnson: Take our share of Syrian refugees; not too many but not zero.     Lincoln Chafee: Work with UN on issues such as climate change & trade.     Martin O`Malley: Be more engaged in the world but avoid mission creep.     Bob Barr: Neocon aggression opens can of worms: others will do same.

Free Trade     James Webb: Skeptical about Trans-Pacific Partnership.     Martin O`Malley: Will only back agreements negotiated openly, unlike TPP.

Gun Control     Lincoln Chafee: Distrust of government is reason for 2d Amendment advocacy.     Lincoln Chafee: Distrust of government is reason for 2nd Amendment.     Bill Weld: 2nd Amendment right s are individual rights.     James Webb: Let military carry guns without official permission.     Martin O`Malley: For national firearms registry, expanded background checks.     Richard Blumenthal: Sued gun manufacturers to withdraw gun designs.

Health Care     Justin Amash: Private market with government backstop at state level.

Homeland Security     Gary Johnson: Drone strikes create more terrorists.     Martin O`Malley: More stringent cybersecurity; supports PATRIOT Act.     Arvin Vohra: Intelligently rethink overall military spending.     Libertarian Party: Intelligently rethink overall military spending.     Bob Barr: Loud Congressional critic of government’s abuses of power.     Bob Barr: Regrets voting for the USA PATRIOT Act.     Bob Barr: Matrix system and TIA are privacy-invasive programs.     Bob Barr: Military tribunals ok, if monitored & defined.

Immigration     Justin Amash: Fix system so that people can immigrate to US lawfully.     Ben Sasse: Emergencies Act too broad; except Trump's border policies.     Lincoln Chafee: Co-sponsor of DREAM Act.     Martin O`Malley: Would grant waivers to former illegal immigrants.     John Buckley: Create a mechanism to normalize people already here.

Jobs     Lincoln Chafee: Minimum wage of $10.10/hr.; $15 would hurt small business.     Martin O`Malley: Supports a $15/hour minimum wage.     Arvin Vohra: Eliminate minimum wage so entry level jobs available to all.     Libertarian Party: Eliminate minimum wage so entry level jobs available to all.

Principles & Values     Ted Cruz: One-time critic of Trump ready to argue case on his behalf.     Justin Amash: Don't need same rules from community to community.     Justin Amash: Pushed libertarian ideas into Republican Party.     Justin Amash: Blessing to be born here; this is the best country on Earth.     Mike Gravel: 2008: YouTube political "video art" went viral.     John Buckley: Cousin to William F. Buckley; long background in GOP.

Social Security     Martin O`Malley: Expand Social Security benefits.

Tax Reform     Lincoln Chafee: End excessive loopholes; tax cuts for wealthy & corporations.     Deval Patrick: Called for cutting state sales tax, hiking income tax.

War & Peace     Justin Amash: Make Congress authorize wars or else withdraw troops.     Merrick Garland: Judicial deference to wartime executive power.     James Webb: Opposed Libya war; focus on eastern Asia, not Middle East.

Welfare & Poverty     Andrew Yang: Relaxing zoning laws would boost affordable housing.

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