2008 General Election
US Senate
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| Life, Marriage & Family | Larry LaRocco,
CON | Pro-Life,
IND | Rex Rammell,
IND | Kent Marmon,
LIB | Jim Risch,
REP | Marriage Protection Amendment to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT* | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Human Life Amendment to protect the right to life of a child at all stages of development | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT* | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Increase federal funding for abstinence-only sex education | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT* | OPPOSE* | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Congress was correct to intervene in an effort to protect Terry Schiavo’s life | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT* | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Maintain prohibition on open homosexuals serving in military | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT* | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Federal funding for Planned Parenthood | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | Add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to Employment Non-Discrimination Act | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | Add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to federal hate crimes laws | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | | Religious Liberty | Larry LaRocco,
CON | Pro-Life,
IND | Rex Rammell,
IND | Kent Marmon,
LIB | Jim Risch,
REP | Posting of the Ten Commandments on public property | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Remove jurisdiction of federal judiciary over public acknowledgement of God issues | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Protect right of chaplains to pray according to their convictions, including “in Jesus’ name” | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Right of churches to address public policy issues without losing tax exempt status | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | | Fiscal and Tax Policy | Larry LaRocco,
CON | Pro-Life,
IND | Rex Rammell,
IND | Kent Marmon,
LIB | Jim Risch,
REP | Eliminate all budget earmarks | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Option of at least partially privatized Social Security accounts for younger workers | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Reform IRS code by going to a flat tax with minimal deductions | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | NO RESPONSE* | Repeal McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform act | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Government-managed or government-mandated universal health care | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | | Immigration and Foreign Affairs | Larry LaRocco,
CON | Pro-Life,
IND | Rex Rammell,
IND | Kent Marmon,
LIB | Jim Risch,
REP | Double layer fence to secure southern border | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT* | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Restrict immigration from countries which sponsor terrorism | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Iraq is a legitimate front in the war on terror | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE* | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | Guaranteed path to citizenship for illegal aliens | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | | Environment and Energy Policy | Larry LaRocco,
CON | Pro-Life,
IND | Rex Rammell,
IND | Kent Marmon,
LIB | Jim Risch,
REP | Human activity is the primary cause of global warming | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | NO RESPONSE* | Government-imposed caps on greenhouse gas emissions | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | OPPOSE | NO RESPONSE | OPPOSE | Loosening environmental restrictions to increase domestic drilling and building of new refineries | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | SUPPORT | NO RESPONSE | SUPPORT | | Larry LaRocco,
CON | Pro-Life,
IND | Rex Rammell,
IND | Kent Marmon,
LIB | Jim Risch,
REP |
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* = Candidate included a written comment with his answer |
