US Senator From Missouri Candidate Election-- 2006 a free Politics selector quiz

US Senator From Missouri Candidate Election-- 2006

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A SelectSmart.com Politics Selector by SelectSmart.com Staff, created March 2006. Vying for Missouri's junior US senate seat are two Republicans, incumbent Sen. Jim Talent and the challenger, Claire McCaskill, the State Auditor. Candidates' scores are based on their public statements and votes. Candidates with fewer stated positions will tend to have lower scores in this selector. Candidates have been contacted and given the opportunity to clarify their positions as characterized in this selector. When candidate positions are revealed or changed, this selector is updated. Click on "Information" after the candidates' names on the results page to see their individual positions. Disclaimer

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1. What would be your ideal candidate's position on SALE OF THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST?

Selling off a portion of one of Missouri's the Mark Twain National Forest is "wrong" and "absurd".

"Not opposed in principle to the sale of land within the forest but he is concerned about how much revenue would go to Missouri schools."

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2. What would be your ideal candidate's position on STEM CELL RESEARCH?

Would support federal expansion of stem cell research.

Would oppose federal expansion of stem cell research.

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3. What would be your ideal candidate's position on BUSH ADMINISTATION'S NEW MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN?

Supports the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA), which gives seniors access to prescription drugs through Medicare in particular, Medicare Part D program.

Opposes the program, calling it confusing, imposing higher costs on many seniors. Faults plan that "prohibits Medicare from negotiating with drug companies for lower prices, as the Veterans' Administration does now."

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4. What would be your ideal candidate's position on ABORTION?

Pro-choice

Pro-life

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5. What would be your ideal candidate's position on NSA WIRETAPPING?

"The program is constitutional, it is lawful and it is absolutely imperative to the safety and security of people in Missouri and people around this country."

The president should be able to tap the phones of suspected terrorists but that he must follow the law that requires him to get approval from a FISA court within three days of taking that action.

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6. What would be your ideal candidate's position on TAXES & THE DEFICIT?

Would raise some taxes if necessary to reduce the deficit and balance the budget.

Opposes raising taxes taxes as a budgeting strategy.

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7. What would be your ideal candidate's position on MINIMUM WAGE?

Would support legislation to raise the federal level minimum wage, currently $5.15 an hour.

Would oppose legislation to raise the federal level minimum wage, currently $5.15 an hour.

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8. What would be your ideal candidate's position on WAR IN IRAQ?

U.S. troops should come home as Iraqi forces are trained in sufficient numbers to replace them.

Stabilize Iraq�s key urban areas, reconstruct basic infrastructure, train Iraqis to assume greater responsibility for policing their country, and continue to advance the political process, which will lead to the creation of a stable, sovereign and legitimate Iraqi government.

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