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Abortion
William Westmiller: Pro-Choice.
Opposes tax funding of abortions.
Brad Sherman: Pro-Choice.
Supports tax funding of abortions.
Affirmative
Action
Westmiller: Supports Prop 209 Civil
Rights.
Sherman: Opposes Prop 209
Civil Rights.
Balanced
Budget
Westmiller: Favors
Balanced Budget Amendment.
Opposes COLAs, favors uninflated currency plan.
Sherman:
*Opposes?*
Balanced Budget Amendment.
Favors COLAs. *Opposes?* uninflated currency plan.
Campaign
Finance
Westmiller: Favors
full disclosure. Opposes government campaign controls.
Supports Informed Consent for all contributions.
(Supports California Campaign Reform Initiative '98)
Sherman: *Favors?*
full disclosure. Favors government campaign controls
* Opposes *
Informed Consent for all contributions.
Crime
Westmiller: Supports local
priorities for police funding.
Opposes federal mandates on sentencing.
Favors revision of exclusionary rule.
Sherman: Supports federal priorities for police
funding.
Favors federal mandates on sentencing.
*Opposes?* revision of
exclusionary rule.
Education
Westmiller: Opposes federal funding and control of
education.
Favors tax credits or vouchers for private schooling.
Sherman: Favors federal funding and control of
education.
Favors tax credits for some private schooling.
Environment
Westmiller: Favors tort enforcement
of pollution.
Favors individual equity shares in federal parks.
Opposes federal taking of property.
Sherman: Favors
bureaucratic enforcement of pollution.
Favors federal control of parks.
Favors federal taking of property.
First Amendment
Westmiller: Opposes flag
'desecration' Constitutional Amendment.
Supports Supreme Court decision on political speech.
Opposes government Internet 'decency' controls.
Sherman: Favors flag desecration
Constitutional Amendment.
* Opposes *
Supreme Court decision on political speech.
* Favors * government
Internet decency controls.
Foreign Aid
Westmiller: Opposes all foreign
aid, except military defense cooperatives.
Opposes full funding of international agencies.
Sherman: Favors all foreign
aid, including miliary defense cooperatives.
Favors full funding of international agencies.
Employment
Westmiller: Opposes federal minimum
wage.
Favors comp time allowances.
Sherman: Favors federal
minimum wage.
Opposes comp time allowances.
Gun
Control
Westmiller: Supports state
licensing. Opposes federal gun laws.
Sherman: Supports federal
licensing. Supports federal gun laws.
Housing
Westmiller: Favors deregulation of
government housing.
Sherman: Opposes
deregulation of government housing.
Immigration
Westmiller: Opposes employer
sanctions.
Opposes welfare for non-citizens and random-draw immigration.
Sherman: Favors employer
sanctions.
Favors welfare for non-citizens, increased border patrols.
Labor
Westmiller: Favors comp-time
allowances. Favors Paycheck Protection, Prop 226
Sherman: Opposes comp-time
allowances.Opposes Paycheck Protection, Prop 226
Medical
Care
Westmiller: Favors individual
medical savings accounts.
Favors patient approval of all medical treatments fees.
Sherman: Opposes individual
medical savings accounts.
*Opposes?*
patient approval of all medical treatments fees.
Social
Security
Westmiller: Favors individual
investment options for retirement.
Sherman: Opposes individual
investment options for retirement.
Taxes
Westmiller: Favors Tax Limitation
Amendment.
Favors federal tax cuts equal to one-third of spending cuts.
Favors flat tax.
Sherman: Favors Tax
Limitation Amendment.
Opposes federal tax cuts.
Opposes flat tax.
Term Limits
Westmiller: Opposes federal Term
Limits . Signed US Term Limits Pledge.
Sherman: Favors federal Term
Limits. Refused US Term Limits Pledge.
Tobacco
Westmiller: Opposes minors use of
tobacco. Opposes FDA controls, "Settlement".
Sherman: Opposes minors use
of tobacco. Favors FDA controls, "Settlement".
Trade
Westmiller: Favors Free Trade. Opposes NAFTA
Extension, GATT, IMF.
Sherman: Favors Managed Trade. *Supports?*
NAFTA, GATT, IMF.
Sherman Positions *Unknown?* or
Source: LA Times 10/20/96 or Congressional votes.
Vote Smart's NPAT Test: Westmiller's
Answers
Sherman REFUSED to take the NPAT TEST!
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