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Following are issue stance summaries by several 2012 rating organizations, plus some "lame-duck" bills.
For the "lame-duck" bills: The "lame duck" session means that Congress meets after the election but before the new members are sworn in, i.e., the old members meet one last time.
We include several "lame-duck" bills from both the House and Senate.
For 2012, the "lame-duck" session also includes four newly-elected members from special elections (they get seated right after the election, whereas the winners of general elections get seated in Jan. 2013). They are hence members of the "lame-duck" session, and can "co-sponsor" older bills. Since those bills are the first sponsorships for the new members, one may consider them "signature issues" for those members. The four special election new members are:
For the 2012 rating organizations:
All of the organizations below rated some or all of the 2013 newly incoming House members.
We also include older ratings from the same organizations, for comparison.
When the organization's ratings are identical from year to year, we just include the newly-elected people with a new date on the old page.
When the rating system differs, we include both pages separately.
For example, the new "NARAL" page is just endorsements; the older one rates every member on a 0% to 100% scale.
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Budget & Economy
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Civil Rights
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Corporations
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12-S2231
on Mar 22, 2012 |
(1) Sponsored raising cap on credit union small business loans or (2) Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
102
Republicans:
43
Independents:
3 |
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Drugs
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Energy & Oil
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Environment
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12-HR6038
on Jun 27, 2012 |
(1) Sponsored establishing International Conservation Strategy or (2) Establish an International Conservation Strategy |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
29
Republicans:
15
Independents:
1 |
12-HR4122
on Mar 9, 2012 |
(1) Sponsored ban on breeding or possessing Big Cat species or (2) Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species |
(Not used in VoteMatch) |
Democrats:
50
Republicans:
8
Independents:
1 |
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Families & Children
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Foreign Policy
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Government Reform
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Gun Control
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Health Care
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Immigration
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Principles & Values
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Social Security
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Tax Reform
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War & Peace
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