REPUBLICAN

DEFENSE

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS

SOCIAL SECURITY

MEDICARE

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

ABORTION

DEMOCRATIC

“We salute the Republican governors and state legislators who have saved their states from fiscal disaster by reforming their laws governing public employee unions.”

“We oppose the attacks on collective bargaining that Republican governors and state legislatures are mounting in states around the country.”

“Sequestration – which is severe, automatic, across-the-board cuts in defense spending over the next decade – of the nation’s military budget would be a disaster for national security.”

“The Budget Control Act enacted by Congress last year, with the support of Republicans and Democrats alike, mandates reductions in federal spending, including defense spending.”

“We reaffirm our support for a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.”

“We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples.’’

“Republicans are committed to setting it on a sound fiscal basis that will give workers control over, and a sound return on, their investments.”

“We will block Republican efforts to subject Americans’ guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market. ...”

“... we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.”

“The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy. ...”

“... we call for a transition to a premium-support model for Medicare. ...”