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Invest $75 billion using tax credits and direct spending, targeting working families, seniors, homeowners and the unemployed. Put $45 billion in reserve for the future, should the economy continue to deteriorate. Provide both a $250 tax cut for working families and a temporary $250 Social Security bonus to seniors. Boost unemployment insurance...view conversation
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7799 Voted, 82% agreed 908 comments ask friends
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Taxes
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Extend the 2003 tax cuts through 2010. Maintain current tax rates on income, investment dividends, and capital gains. Reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. Decrease estate taxes to 15%, and raise the estate tax exemption to $10 million. Allow business to deduct equipment costs. Prohibit new mobile phone taxes and eliminate Internet taxes. Establish a tax credit equal to 10% of wages spent on R&D. Double the $3,500 child deduction credit...view conversation
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248 Voted, 30% agreed 5 comments ask friends
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Cut taxes for the middle-class and increase taxes for the rich. Restore the top two income tax rates to 36% and 39.6%. Eliminate income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000 per year and capital gains taxes on small businesses. Introduce a tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. Make the child and dependent care tax credit refundable, and allow low-income families to receive up to a 50% credit for child care expenses. Limit estate tax exemptions to $3.5 million...view conversation
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505 Voted, 84% agreed 21 comments ask friends
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Homeland security
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Recreate an independent agency for Public Diplomacy. Set up a civil-military agency patterned after the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Create an Army Adviser Corps with 20,000 soldiers to collaborate with allied forces abroad. Increase personnel in information operations, Special Forces, civil affairs, military policing, and military intelligence. Increase Military personnel and spend more on defense budget. Close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba...view conversation
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227 Voted, 36% agreed 8 comments ask friends
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Implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations. Provide greater assistance to local and state first responders and increase funding for interoperable communications systems. Establish grant program to support more state and local intelligence analysts. Increase capacity to share intelligence across all levels of government. Close Guantanamo Bay prison at in Cuba. Rescind the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which authorized trial by military commissions for detainees at the prison...view conversation
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342 Voted, 86% agreed 6 comments ask friends
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Iraq
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Supports U.S. military force in Iraq, and is opposed to setting a timetable for withdrawal. Supports the United Nations playing a role in monitoring provincial government elections in 2008 and national government elections in 2009. Institute microfinance programs to spur entrepreneurship throughout the country, in collaboration with the international community. Supports U.S.-Iraqi negotiations for a Status of Forces Agreement...view conversation
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273 Voted, 25% agreed 4 comments ask friends
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Opposes U.S. military operations in Iraq, and advocates the removal of U.S. troops within 16 months. Maintain a residual force to target al Qaeda, protect U.S. military and diplomatic personnel and support Iraqi security forces. Commit $2 billion toward supporting displaced Iraqis. Negotiate a compact to secure Iraq's borders, obstruct meddling from neighboring countries, isolate al Qaeda, support reconciliation among Iraqi sectarian groups and finance reconstruction and development...view conversation
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495 Voted, 85% agreed 4 comments ask friends
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Health Care
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Provide healthcare tax dividends to low-income people, and a refundable tax credit of $2,500 to all individuals and $5,000 for families. Reform the tax code to support health savings accounts. Help small businesses bargain collectively for lower rates from providers. Toughen malpractice laws to protect doctors who obey clinical guidelines and adhere to safety protocols. Increase funding for healthcare information systems. Foster greater competition for drugs and better access to generics...view conversation
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452 Voted, 29% agreed 34 comments ask friends
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Provide universal health insurance for children and an income-based subsidy for people who are not eligible for employer or government insurance. Require employers - exempting small businesses - that do not provide insurance to employees to contribute a margin of payroll towards the national plan. Invest $10 billion a year for five years into electronic health information systems. Repeal the ban preventing government from negotiating with drug companies...view conversation
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2967 Voted, 80% agreed 276 comments ask friends
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Housing
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Opposed to using taxes to bail out who failed to perform due diligence in assessing credit risks. Provide manageable loans to over-exposed home owners who committed to sub-prime mortgage after 2005, and only for primary residences. Opposed to bailing out real estate speculators or financial market participants who failed to perform due diligence in assessing credit risks...view conversation
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3479 Voted, 24% agreed 371 comments ask friends
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Create a $10 billion fund to help prevent foreclosures, and eliminate some taxes and fees for families facing foreclosure on their homes. Create a 10% mortgage credit for homeowners who do not itemize tax relief. Guarantee loan refinancing for troubled homeowners who are insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Provide tax credits to 10 million middle class homeowners struggling with mortgage payments...view conversation
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3715 Voted, 76% agreed 319 comments ask friends
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Free trade
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Supports multilateral, regional and bilateral efforts to reduce barriers to trade, level the global playing field and tighten enforcement of global trading rules. Where ever possible, replace protectionist policies with trade treaties. Eliminate subsidies on ethanol and other agricultural products...view conversation
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216 Voted, 50% agreed 1 comment ask friends
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Amend NAFTA to provide greater protection for U.S. labor. Opposed to the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Pressure the WTO to enforce trade agreements and punish unfair government subsidies to foreign exporters and nontariff barriers on U.S. exports. Eliminate tax breaks for companies that are operating offshore. Reward Companies that Support American Workers...view conversation
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310 Voted, 78% agreed 4 comments ask friends
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Iran
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Support efforts by the international community pressure to Syria Iran to halt it's support of Shia militias in Iraq, and it's domestic nuclear program. Bolster the U.S. military presence in the Middle East to discourage Iran from interfering in the affairs of neighboring states...view conversation
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247 Voted, 27% agreed 3 comments ask friends
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Opposes Senate Resolution declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. Will use diplomacy as the primary option to address difference with Iran, and plans to meet with leaders of Iran during first year of presidency. Does not rule out military action if diplomacy fails...view conversation
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352 Voted, 82% agreed 4 comments ask friends
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Afghanistan
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Send three additional brigades to Afghanistan and double the size of the Afghan army. Co-finance the effort with a trust fund, with contributions from allies. Apply the Iraqi counter-insurgency strategy to the Afghanistan conflict. Appoint an Afghanistan Czar, to report directly to the President. Appoint a Presidential envoy to address disputes between Afghanistan and its neighbors. Crack down on narcotics trafficking and empower border tribes between Pakistan and Afghanistan to fight terrorism...view conversation
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218 Voted, 34% agreed 0 comments ask friends
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Send at least two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan and seek greater contributions from NATO allies. Provide training for Afghan security forces and the Afghan judiciary. Spend an additional $1 billion in non-military assistance every year, with safeguards to prevent corruption. Support Pakistan's policy to secure the countries' shared border and crack down on terrorist camps. Combat narcotics trafficking by offering alternative livelihoods to poppy farmers...view conversation
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384 Voted, 80% agreed 13 comments ask friends
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Israel
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Defends Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. Provide military equipment and technology and ensuring that Israel can defend itself against attack from its neighbors. Warns that Iran's nuclear weapons program poses an unacceptable risk to the U.S. and Israel. Supports ongoing negotiations toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians, with or without Hamas. Supports a Lebanese government that has a monopoly on authority, and opposes independent militias including Hezbollah...view conversation
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248 Voted, 39% agreed 4 comments ask friends
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Defends Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, and an undivided Jerusalem. Supports a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. Supports U.S. efforts to provide aid directly to Palestinians, bypassing the Hamas-led government. Opposes the Iranian nuclear program, and any military strategies or expeditions that threaten Israel...view conversation
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393 Voted, 74% agreed 29 comments ask friends
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Cuba
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Maintain the embargo on economic aid, but offer to lift it if the following conditions are met: all political prisoners are released; all political parties and labor unions are legalized; media is uncensored; and elections are monitored by international agencies. Instruct the Justice Department to prosecute Cuban officials implicated in the murder of Americans, drug trafficking and other crimes. Increase support to media that advocates freedom of speech and democratic rights...view conversation
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97 Voted, 35% agreed 0 comments ask friends
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Lift the embargo against Cuba if it releases political prisoners, supports the freedom of the press and institutes other democratic policies. Plans to meet with Cuban leaders, without preconditions. Legalize unlimited family travel and remittances to the island...view conversation
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181 Voted, 84% agreed 0 comments ask friends
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Immigration
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Fund additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the Mexican border and at all ports of entry. Increase the number of legal immigrants. Crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants. Allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens...view conversation
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2948 Voted, 83% agreed 244 comments ask friends
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Education
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Introduce a voucher system which supports school choice, including charter schools and home schooling. Enforce performance-based evaluations of teachers, including incentives for those serving in challenging environments and whose students excel. Provide $500 million to build new virtual curriculums and schools, and $250 million for states to do so. Provide $250 million to help families pay for online education and tutoring, including $4,000 grants for low-income students to enroll...view conversation
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99 Voted, 39% agreed 0 comments ask friends
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Invest $10 billion a year to ensure universal access to early childhood education and affordable child care. Offer performance-based incentives for teachers. Increase the child and dependent care tax credit. Provide full scholarships for teachers, including certification programs for active teachers. Provide $1 billion to create teacher mentoring programs. Create a refundable education credit of $4,000 for all college students. Ensure free access to community colleges...view conversation
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173 Voted, 87% agreed 1 comment ask friends
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Social Security
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Energy
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Use tax credits to feed markets for alternative, low carbon fuels such as wind, hydro and solar power. Commit $2 billion annually to advance clean coal technology. Lift restrictions on offshore drilling and provide incentives to offshore exploration. Build 100 new nuclear power plants. Opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Incentivize automakers to manufacture flex-fuel cars...view conversation
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90 Voted, 31% agreed 2 comments ask friends
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Provide $150 billion in subsidies to businesses developing clean energy products and services. Implement a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. Offer a $7,000 Tax Credit to consumers when they buy an advanced vehicle. Ensure that 10% electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012. Prioritize the Construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline...view conversation
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163 Voted, 88% agreed 1 comment ask friends
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Environment
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Supports a Cap And Trade system that set limits on greenhouse gas emissions by allowing markets to set the lowest-cost compliance options. Auction emissions permits to support the development of advanced technologies. Use a portion of auction proceeds to reduce impacts on low-income American families. Establish a strategic carbon reserve as a national source of permits during periods of economic duress...view conversation
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90 Voted, 36% agreed 0 comments ask friends
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Implement a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Establish an international global warming partnership to combat climate change. Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard to speed the introduction of low-carbon non-petroleum fuels. Create a Technology Transfer program to share climate-friendly technologies with developing countries. Incentivize forest owners, farmers and ranchers to restore grasslands and undertake land use practices that capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...view conversation
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162 Voted, 90% agreed 3 comments ask friends
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Guns
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Supports the prohibition of lawsuits against gun manufacturers steming from acts committed by people using their products. Supports criminal background checks on people purchasing guns. Opposes restrictions on assault weapons. Supports regulation requiring that all guns be child proof. Opposed to prohibiting the confiscation of firearms from private citizens during times of crisis or emergency...view conversation
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106 Voted, 33% agreed 0 comments ask friends
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Supports criminal background checks on people purchasing guns. Reinstate assault weapons ban. Legislate that all guns sold are child proof. Repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which allows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to only share data on firearm sales used in crimes with national security agencies, or prosecutors needing it for criminal investigations or prosecutions. Advocates that state and local government have the authority to constrain the right of individuals to bear arms...view conversation
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185 Voted, 81% agreed 10 comments ask friends
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Abortion
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Stem cell research
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Same sex marriage
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Advocates the right of states to set marriage policies and legislation supporting or prohibiting child adoption by gay couples. Voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment. Opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage...view conversation
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118 Voted, 25% agreed 4 comments ask friends
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Opposes same-sex marriage, but supports full civil unions that give same-sex couples equal legal rights and privileges as married couples. Opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Supports the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. Broaden the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity...view conversation
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243 Voted, 69% agreed 34 comments ask friends
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