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A look at the candidates on the issues. Clicking on a candidates name at the beginning of each issue will take you to their respective issue pages.
Senate Race
Taxes and Spending
- Opposes Earmarks [debate]
- Proposes reducing the capital gains tax [debate]
- Reduce the corporate tax rate
- Make the 2001 Federal income tax cuts permanent
- Opposes Government Stimulus Spending
- Opposes Government bailout of private companies
- Read Op-Ed on Tax Reform
- Received 129,000 earmarks [debate]
- Proposes reducing capital gains tax for small business only [debate]
- Voted for the stimulus bill and proposes more aggressive stimulus spending
- Voted for the Government bailouts of private companies
- In favor of letting the 2001 Federal income tax cuts expire
2nd Amendment Rights
Toomey
- Supports the 2nd amendment rights of citizens
- Endorsed by the NRA
Sestak
- Voted for the assault weapons ban
- Not endorsed by the NRA
Healthcare
- Opposes the healthcare bill
- Allow people to purchase plans across state lines
- Supports tort reform
- Supported the healthcare bill
Energy
- Opposes the cap and trade bill
- Supports Nuclear Energy
- Supports natural gas drilling
- Supported the cap and trade bill
- Supports Nuclear Energy but with more government regulation
- Supports increased regulation for natural gas drilling
Social Issues
- Supports a federal marriage amendment
- Opposes using human embryonic stem cells for research
- Is Pro-Life (except in cases of rape and incest)
- Opposes expanding legislation regulating employers that prohibits them from discriminating bases on sexual orientation. [PA Family Voters Guide]
- Supports using human embryonic stem cells for research
- Is pro-Choice
- Supports expanding legislation regulating employers that prohibits them from discriminating bases on sexual orientation. [PA Family Voters Guide]
- Opposes a constitutional marriage amendment
