LIBERTYCOUNSEL2012 SenateVoter Guide1

for Ohio

LIBERTY COUNSELPO Box 540774 • Orlando, FL 32854-0774 800•671•1776 • www.LC.org • liberty@LC.org

1 To ensure reliability, information provided in this document originates primarily from the campaign websites of thecandidates and the candidates’ profiles found at www.ontheissues.org. This voter guide is nonpartisan. Liberty Counseldoes not endorse or oppose political candidates.

2 Issues, Sherrod Brown, http://www.sherrodbrown.com/issues/ (last visited September 21, 2012); Ohio House: SherrodBrown, On the Issues, http://www.ontheissues.org/OH/Sherrod_Brown.htm (last visited September 21, 2012).

3 Issues, Jobs.JoshMandel.Com, http://jobs.joshmandel.com/issues (last visited September 21, 2012); Ohio Senator: JoshMandel, On the Issues, http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Josh_Mandel.htm (last visited September 21, 2012).

Sherrod Brown (D)2

• Voted to allow federal funding of organizations thatpromote and provide abortions.

• Voted to allow minors to cross state lines for thepurpose of obtaining an abortion.

• Voted to expand embryonic stem cell research.• Voted against banning partial-birth abortion.• Voted to allow human cloning.• Voted against banning physician-assisted suicide.

Josh Mandel (R)3

• Not addressed.

Issue: ABORTION AND HUMAN LIFE

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted for same-sex marriage.• Voted to allow homosexuals to adopt children in

the District of Columbia.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Opposes adding “sexual orientation” to non-discrimination legislation.

Issue: FAMILY VALUES

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted for ObamaCare.

Josh Mandel (R)• Supports repeal of ObamaCare.

Issue: PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE)

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted against allowing guns in checked baggage

on Amtrak trains.• Voted against decreasing the waiting period from

3 days to 1.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Not addressed.

Issue: GUN RIGHTS

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted to allow the courts to decide on “God” in

the Pledge of Allegiance.• Voted against restricting independent grassroots

political committees.• Voted to regulate tobacco as a drug.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Supports cutting duplicative programs.• Supports a moratorium on job-killing regulations.• Supports requiring regular review of regulations to

ensure their effectiveness.

Issue: GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT You may copy this nonpartisan Voter Guide. Voter Guides are posted at LC.org.

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted to increase the tax rate on people earning

over $1 million.• Voted against raising the death tax exemption

requirement.• Voted against making the child tax credit

permanent.• Voted against eliminating the death tax and

marriage penalty.• Supports ending tax deductions and credits for

large companies.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Supports cutting spending to the FY 2009 levels.• Supports freezing non-defense discretionary

spending.• Supports enacting a spending cap at 20% of GDP.• Opposes raising the debt ceiling.• Supports a Balanced Budget Amendment.• Supports moving to a flatter, fairer tax system.• Supports permanently eliminating the death tax.

Issue: FISCAL REFORM

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted to continue providing federal funds to

sanctuary cities.• Voted against declaring English the official

language of the U.S. government.• Voted to build a fence along the southern border.• Voted against requiring reporting of illegal aliens

who receive hospital treatment.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Supports securing the borders.

Issue: IMMIGRATION

Sherrod Brown (D)• Supports pressuring friendly Arab states to end

the Israeli boycott.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Not addressed.

Issue: ISRAEL

Sherrod Brown (D)• Voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme

Court.

Josh Mandel (R)

• Not addressed.

Issue: JUDICIARY