Opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save a woman's life.
Supports late-term abortion restrictions.
Supports parental consent and notification.
Opposes Medicaid-funded abortions except to save a woman's life.
Opposes FDA approval of abortion pill abortion pill Mifeprex.
Supports a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion, but doesn't believe there is enough public support for it.
Would not require Supreme Court nominees to pass an anti-abortion "litmus test."
Supports the "Mexico City Policy" which prohibits non-governmental organizations receiving
U.S. funds from providing overseas abortion-related counseling or care.
Supports a ban on privately funded abortions at military bases overseas.
Opposes publicly financed congressional and presidential campaigns.
Supports a ban on "soft money" donations from unions and corporations, but not individuals.
Supports increasing the current campaign contribution limit to adjust for inflation, from $1,000 to nearly $3,400.
Opposes a ban on "issue" ads for independent parties and specifically supports the right of groups to air them.
Supports increased disclosure of lobbying activities, including prohibiting lobbyists from making donations while Congress is in session.
Opposes quotas and racial preferences.
Opposes same-sex marriage.
Supports current 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy.
Opposes gay adoptions.
Opposes domestic partner benefits for homosexuals.
Opposes Employee Non-Discrimination Act.
Opposes expanding hate crimes laws.
Supports deployment of a large-system scale national missile defense system akin to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" and would cancel the ABM treaty with Russia to do so.
Supports reducing the U.S. nuclear stockpiles to their "lowest possible number" without sacrificing readiness or security levels; would order an immediate review of overseas deployments, but maintain longstanding U.S. commitments.
Supports an increase in defense spending, including a $1 billion increase in military pay.
Supports spending and additional $20 billion on defense R&D for post-Cold War weapons systems.
Opposes lifting ban on gays in military; supports current 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy.
Assumes a 10-year, $4.56 trillion surplus based on Office of Management and Budget estimates.
Supports setting aside the entire projected Social Security surplus of $2.39 trillion to shore up the program.
Proposes using the $2.17 non-Social Security surplus in the following manner: $1.3 trillion tax cut; $475 billion in spending on domestic programs; and $265 billion in reserve
Supports doubling the child tax credit to $1,000.
Supports raising the threshold for the phase-out of the child tax credit from $110,000 to $200,000 for married couples, and from $75,000 to $200,000 for single parents.
Supports reducing the marriage penalty by restoring the 10 percent deduction for two-earner families, allowing them to deduct up to an additional $3,000.
Supports eliminating the estate tax by 2009.
Supports making the Research and Development tax credit permanent. The credit is currently scheduled to expire in 2004.
Supports extending the deduction for charitable contributions to those taxpayers that do not itemize.
Supports raising the cap on corporate giving.
Pledges to veto any income tax increase.
Would cut the current 15 percent tax bracket to 10 percent for the first $6,000 of taxable income for singles, the first $10,000 for single parents, and the first $12,000 for married couples.
Supports cutting the maximum tax rate for the middle class to 25 percent from 28 percent and capping the top tax rate at 33 percent.
Proposes a 10-year, $1.3 trillion tax cut that includes an overhaul of the current rate structure.
Would eliminate the national debt by 2016.
Federal government should require individual states to set education standards and commence a three-year testing period for each school.
Supports further development of charter schools by investing $300 million in a charter school homestead fund to provide $3 billion in loan guarantees to 200 new charter schools
Would triple federal funding for "character education"
Supports the establishment of Education Savings Accounts
Supports transferring responsibility for Head Start from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Education and wants to expand the role and research of the Department of Education in Head Start
Will allocate $5 billion to establish the "Reading First" initiative so every child can read by the third grade.
Will allocate $1 billion to establish a "Math and Science Partnership Fund" lining states with colleges to strengthen K-12 math and science education.
Supports providing additional college financial aid to high school students who take advanced courses in math and science.
Supports providing $1 billion over five years to increase Pell Grants by $1,000 to students who take college-level math and science courses in high school.
Would recruit math and science teachers by providing $345 million to increase from $5,000 to $17,500 the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for science, math, technology and engineering majors and minors who commit to teach for at least five years.
Would provide $2 billion in new funding for after school programs.
Supports oil and gas exploration in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
Would instruct the Energy Department to identify other federal lands that could be opened to exploration.
Supports the construction of new pipelines, and would expand refining capacity by tearing down "regulatory hurdles."
Supports allocating federal funds to clean coal technology and hydroelectric power.
Opposes tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve except in instances of war or a national emergency.
Supports the establishment of a privately managed Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and allocating to the program $100 million over 10 years.
Supports electric utility deregulation.
Opposes the Kyoto global warming agreement.
Supports increased state control over environmental polices.
Supports curbing the sulfur content of gasoline.
Supports increased "brownfield" redevelopment and setting high environmental standards for brownfields clean ups.
Supports "conservation partnerships" between the federal government and state governments, local communities and private landowners to meet environmental standards.
Would encourage local and private land conservation by fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund to its authorized level of $900 million and providing another $60 million in grants to landowners.
Supports continued research into the causes and impact of global warming and the development of new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Supports the moratorium against new leases for oil and gas drilling off the coasts of California and Florida and will work with California and Florida leaders and local affected communities to determine on a case-by-case basis whether or not drilling should go forward on existing leases.
Opposes breaching dams in the Pacific Northwest.
Supports the improvement and repair of the nation's existing public lands, wildlife refuges and national parks.
Supports returning CHIP to its original design as a flexible block-grant program to provide states with the freedom to innovate and expand coverage of the greatest number of eligible uninsured.
Supports offering medical savings accounts to all Americans.
Supports private-sector based prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries.
Supports prescription drug subsidies for low-income seniors.
Supports a limited patients' right to sue HMOs over care denials.
Supports providing taxpayers with a 100 percent above-the-line deduction for long-term care insurance premiums. Everyone will be eligible for the deduction, except for those who already receive employer-subsidized long-term care coverage.
Would provide a $2,000 health credit to families ($1,000 for individuals) that do not qualify for Medicaid and other government assistance and are not covered by an employer sponsored plan.
Supports allowing small businesses to purchase "Association Health Plans" from multi-state trade associations and to lower the cost of insurance for small business owners.
Supports extending permanent normal trade relations to China and the one-China policy.
Supports the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act.
Opposes the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Opposes the Kyoto global warming treaty.
Supports moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Supports restoring "fast track" authority to the president when approving trade agreements.
Supports expanding NAFTA throughout the Americas.
Supports payment of United Nations dues only if the UN bureaucracy is reduced and the U.S. share of the total cost is reduced. Pledges to never place U.S. Troops under UN command.
Opposes further IMF loans to Russia on the basis of a decade of "deliverance and disappointment" and, more specifically, Russia's military intervention in Chechnya. Promises to refocus U.S.-Russian relations strictly on security issues.
Supports the embargo on Cuba until there are "free elections, free speech, and freedom for political prisoners."
Would develop a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Kosovo and would transfer leadership of the mission to America's European allies.
Supports economic sanctions against Iraq. Urges increased support for opposition forces seeking to oust Hussein. Supports air-strikes on any Iraqi site producing weapons of mass destruction.
Supports moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Supports extending the North American Free Trade Agreement throughout the Americas.
Supports moderate changes in International Monetary Fund lending practices, including greater transparency and accountability.
Supports partial privatization of Social Security by allowing participants to invest a portion (2 percent) of their payroll taxes in the stock market.
Does not rule out the possibility of raising the eligibility age for baby boom-era recipients as part of trade-off for private investment accounts.
Supports the elimination of the Social Security earnings limit.
Supports the system's current provision to pay benefits to widows, widowers and the disabled.
Opposes an increase in the current 12.4 percent payroll tax.
Supports placing a "lock box" on payroll taxes to prohibit borrowing against the Social Security trust fund.
Opposes direct government investment of Social Security funds in the stock market.