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May the coming year be filled
with health, happiness and prosperity
for all my family and friends.

MARK
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May the coming year be filled
with health, happiness and prosperity
for all our family and friends.

Ron & Marcia Kay
Boca Raton, FL

May the coming year be filled with
health and happiness for all my family and friends.
L'Shanah Tovah!

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October 2 • 2008

Levin Factor from page A30

our children, and our grandchildren
about the devastating effects of the
Holocaust and other acts of genocide
that have occurred and are continuing
around the world.

7. Abortion
I support the right of a woman, in con-
sultation with her doctor, to make her
own personal and private decisions
about her reproductive health. In Roe
V. Wade, the Supreme Court held that
the right to privacy guaranteed by the
Constitution "necessarily includes the
right of a woman to decide whether
or not to terminate a pregnancy"
during the first trimester. That rul-
ing has been upheld by numerous
subsequent Supreme Court decisions.
I am opposed to legislation that would
overturn Roe v. Wade and weaken a
woman's right to make her own repro-
ductive choices.
Embryonic stem cell research holds
enormous promise for healing and
saving individuals who suffer from
debilitating diseases and injuries. In
order for our scientists to do quality
research to make advances in medi-
cine, they must have access to embry-
onic stem cells. Embryonic stem cell
research will allow our scientists to
move forward to a new generation of
potentially lifesaving cures.

8. Immigration
Our immigration system is fundamen-
tally broken and must be changed. We
must secure our borders. Secondly,
employers who knowingly seek to hire
unauthorized workers should be sub-
ject to the full penalty of the law. We
must realistically and fairly address
the millions of undocumented indi-
viduals currently living and working
here.
Sensible reform should also con-
sider the plight of the many families of
citizens and legal residents split apart
by bureaucracy as well as recognize
that employers are having difficul-
ties finding a legal workforce to do
jobs that many Americans have been
unwilling to do.
We must protect American workers
while ensuring that American employ-
ers have the legal workforce they need
to compete in the global market.

9. Michigan
Currently, our companies are not
competing with other companies; they
are competing with other countries
because of unfair trade policies. We
need to combat currency manipula-
tion by other countries, which in

effect subsidizes their products while
making American products more
expensive. These policies have led to a
manufacturing meltdown.
To address these issues and revital-
ize this ailing industry, my Democratic
colleagues and I have proposed a
comprehensive plan, the American
Manufacturing Initiative, which brings
together government, private industry
and academia to provide incentives,
healthcare support, advanced vehicle
development, fuel and biofuel con-
servation as well as defense industry
initiatives.

10. Humanitarian Outreach
I am a strong supporter of the Food
Stamp Program, Women and Infant
Children, Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families, and programs
to assist the homeless such as the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
program, the Education for Homeless
Children and Youth program, and the
Grants for the Benefit of Homeless
Individuals.
I will continue to support long-
standing programs such as the low
income housing tax credit, which
incentivizes development of afford-
able housing for low-income residents.
I also believe that, as the cost of
health care continues to dramatically
increase, we, as a nation, must work
together to reform the health care
system.

11.Intergroup Relations/
Campus Unrest
I have long been a supporter of
hate crimes legislation that protects
individuals from crimes of violence
committed because of a person's race,
color, religion or national origin. We
have an obligation to make America a
fully inclusive nation and we cannot
tolerate violent acts against individu-
als because of who they are.

12. Senate Service
In the Senate, I sit on a number of
committees, including: the Armed
Services Committee, which I chair, the
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs Committee, and the Small
Business and Entrepreneurship
Committee. I also chair the Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations and
serve as an ex-officio member of the
Intelligence Committee.
In addition, I am the co-chair of the
Great Lakes Task Force, and also I am
a member of the Smart Growth Task
Force, Senate Auto Caucus and the
Senate Auto Parts Task Force.

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