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Justin Amash's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Justin Amash has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "Many Republicans are mistakenly arguing that abortion isn’t a right because it’s not in the Constitution. The Constitution doesn’t grant any rights. The issue with abortion is not that it’s not enumerated as a right but rather that it clashes with someone else’s right to life." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 36: "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Cut taxes & spending." (x.com)
  • "I vote to cut taxes and spending." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1: "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Cut taxes & spending." (x.com)
  • "I vote to cut taxes and spending." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1: "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "I’m very concerned about money corrupting elections, but you can’t reverse Citizens United (1st Am). Government funding of elections creates many new problems" (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by End Citizens United (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 1: "For the People Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • "End qualified immunity." (x.com)
  • "Justin Amash is a principled, consistent constitutional conservative dedicated to individual liberty, economic freedom, and the Rule of Law. As a member of Congress, he focused on reining in out-of-control government spending, abolishing corporate welfare and other forms of government favoritism, and ending the weaponization of government—including by leading the charge against warrantless surveillance, indefinite detention, civil asset forfeiture, qualified immunity for government officials, and other policies and practices that violate constitutionally secured rights." (www.justinamash.com)
  • "No qualified immunity for government officials." (x.com)
  • "Tear down the military-industrial complex" (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 6395: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against S 1790: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020" (votesmart.org)
  • "According to the CBO, Build Back Better increases deficits by $792 billion over the next 5 years. Spending is front-loaded and revenues (taxes) are back-loaded, so don’t count on it ever to balance. Instead, count on more debt, more resource misallocation, and more divisiveness." (x.com)
  • "Cut taxes & spending." (x.com)
  • "I’ll vote to cut spending" (x.com)
  • "Justin Amash is a principled, consistent constitutional conservative dedicated to individual liberty, economic freedom, and the Rule of Law. As a member of Congress, he focused on reining in out-of-control government spending, abolishing corporate welfare and other forms of government favoritism, and ending the weaponization of government—including by leading the charge against warrantless surveillance, indefinite detention, civil asset forfeiture, qualified immunity for government officials, and other policies and practices that violate constitutionally secured rights." (www.justinamash.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Inflation is a regressive tax on all people, chiefly harming the poor, borne of money creation by the Federal Reserve, in response to massive spending on corporate interests and war by Congress and the president. If we don’t end the Fed, then the Fed will end us." (x.com)
  • "When the Federal Reserve rapidly adds trillions of dollars to its balance sheet to cover trillions of dollars in government spending, don’t be surprised when prices go up. If you want to end serious and persistent inflation, then you have to end the Fed. Decentralize finance." (x.com)
  • "With the Inflation Reduction Act, the American people lost and the special interests won. Price controls and subsidies are not only the lifeblood of special interests, but they also make inflation worse. To stop inflation, stop excessive federal spending and Fed money creation." (x.com)
  • "The president has no general authority to forgive student loans, and Congress has given him no specific authority here. And the action won’t benefit students in short order. It’s another government subsidy to colleges and universities, and they’ll reciprocate by raising tuitions." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 4: "Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • "We promised to repeal Obamacare and improve health care for Americans." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 1425: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1628: "American Health Care Act of 2017" (votesmart.org)
  • "The vice president evades a question about why companies with 500 or more employees were exempted from the latest bill’s paid emergency leave and FMLA requirements. The American people deserve full transparency and honest answers." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 3: "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 69% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 6136: "Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018" (votesmart.org)
  • "More and more, when @POTUS discusses the "wall," he’s really just describing an enhancement to existing border fencing. I don’t support this giant spending bill with or without the wall and with or without the immigration provisions, but Democrats may be missing an opportunity" (x.com)
  • "Title 42 is a Covid emergency measure and shouldn’t be extended. Republicans who push to extend illegitimate Covid measures are no better than Democrats who abuse power. If you want border security, then propose something other than an "emergency" measure that denies due process." (x.com)
  • Rated 69% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 6136: "Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 6: "American Dream and Promise Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • "More and more, when @POTUS discusses the "wall," he’s really just describing an enhancement to existing border fencing. I don’t support this giant spending bill with or without the wall and with or without the immigration provisions, but Democrats may be missing an opportunity" (x.com)
  • "Approving $40 billion for Ukraine is the kind of absurdity we’ve come to expect from Congress. They and Pres. Biden are inserting us into a war, but they don’t have the conviction to vote to declare war, because that would be extremely unpopular and put them squarely on the hook." (x.com)
  • "Economic sanctions directed at ordinary civilians are cruel and counterproductive. Putting people into a state of deprivation and desperation—and isolating them from the outside world—simply drives them further into the arms of their despotic leader." (x.com)
  • "End sanctions/embargoes that target civilians." (x.com)
  • "The Senate supplemental spends $118 billion we don’t have, doesn’t offset the funds, and sends over half the money to Ukraine for a war Congress hasn’t declared. It’s arrogant, reckless, and completely typical of the oligarchs running DC. Tell your members of Congress to vote no!" (x.com)
  • "Approving $40 billion for Ukraine is the kind of absurdity we’ve come to expect from Congress. They and Pres. Biden are inserting us into a war, but they don’t have the conviction to vote to declare war, because that would be extremely unpopular and put them squarely on the hook." (x.com)
  • "Even if Congress doesn’t appropriate money, the Pentagon will keep funding Ukraine. As I’ve said, we do not have a representative government. We have not had one for a while. We have an oligarchy with the ornamentation of representative government." (x.com)
  • "The Senate supplemental spends $118 billion we don’t have, doesn’t offset the funds, and sends over half the money to Ukraine for a war Congress hasn’t declared. It’s arrogant, reckless, and completely typical of the oligarchs running DC. Tell your members of Congress to vote no!" (x.com)
  • "The so-called TikTok ban is the government’s latest effort to control speech and control you. The bill’s definitions give it broad potential application. As with the Patriot Act, FISA, and AUMFs, the executive branch will maximally exploit each provision to amass and abuse power." (x.com)
  • "The TikTok bill isn’t just about TikTok. It’s a weapon against people like @elonmus who don’t play ball with the U.S. government when it comes to limiting lawful content. The NY Times is already making the case he’s "subject to the direction or control" of a foreign adversary." (x.com)
  • "The TikTok legislation, which Biden just signed into law, is about limiting and controlling speech. The point is to intimidate U.S. owners of social media companies with a threat of forced divestment if they don’t comply with unlawful government demands. Play ball or face accusations you’re "subject to the direction or control" of a foreign adversary. The next administration must work with Congress to repeal it." (x.com)

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