Len Britton's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Len Britton refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- 2010. WPTZ: Republican Will Challenge For Vermont Senate Seat. 30 November 2009. "Britton favors abortion rights for women." (www.wptz.com)
- Goswami, Neal. 2010. Bennington Banner: Britton to Challenge Leahy for Senate Seat. 7 December 2009. "He considers himself pro-choice. 'I have what I would consider a fairly nuanced position on that, but at the end of the day, it's pro-choice,' Britton said, 'I'm against federal funding of it, I'm for parental notification, I'm against partial birth, but at the end of the day I don't want to re-look at Roe vs. Wade.'" (www.lenbritton.com)
- John Gregg. 2010. Valley News: Pomfret Republican Tries to Take on Leahy. 18 July 2010. "On social issues, Britton said he supports abortion rights, though also favors parental notification laws and opposes partial birth abortion." (www.vnews.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- 2010. WPTZ: Republican Will Challenge For Vermont Senate Seat. 30 November 2009. "Britton said the pain from the national recession, which has taken a bite from his own business, has been made worse from a Congress he said had unwisely approved 'reckless corporate bailouts' and chronic overspending, without having 'any clear path' to get the nation out of the current mess. 'The notion of just printing money, selling the debt to China and sticking our kids with the debt is just irresponsible,' Britton said." (www.wptz.com)
- John Gregg. 2010. Valley News: Pomfret Republican Tries to Take on Leahy. 18 July 2010. "Britton also opposed the stimulus bill and says he agrees with the Tea Party movement on their concern about the expansion of the federal government." (www.vnews.com)
- Len Britton. Issue Position: Jobs. "The Democrats' top-down stimulus, pouring billions of borrowed money into bank bailouts and mammoth, slow-moving government programs, hasn't worked on Main Street." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Len Britton. Today's Supreme Court Decision Upholds 2nd Amendment Rights. 14 July 2010. "I agree wholeheartedly with Justice Alito who wrote ""It is clear that the Framers . . . counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty". I've heard loud and clear from many Vermonters how important our 2nd Amendment is, kudos to the Supreme Court for standing by a core principle of our freedom." (www.facebook.com)
- Len Britton. Facebook. 6 September 2010. "Len spoke about his support of the 2nd Amendment and Gun Owner's rights." (www.facebook.com)
- Goswami, Neal. 2010. Bennington Banner: Britton: Leahy can be Ousted From Senate. 27 January 2010. "And the federal government should not mandate health insurance coverage. "I personally think it's unconstitutional," he [Britton] said." (lenbritton.sitebuilder.completecampaigns.com)
- Kinzel, Bob. 2010. Vermont Public Radio News. Leahy Challengers Oppose Health Care Reform Bill. 31 March 2010. "If you're young and healthy and probably don't want to spend as much on your health insurance you get a catastrophic policy if you're of a certain age or have issues that you want to make sure you're covered for you could get a more expensive and more inclusive policy and I think that again the free market might offer solutions to that that we have yet to explore." (www.vpr.net)
- Len Britton. Britton Vows to Repeal Government Takeover of Healthcare. 14 July 2010. ""This legislation will cost Vermont jobs, take more income out of people's pockets, and dramatically increases the size of government. If elected - I will fight to repeal this flawed legislation and work to provide a healthcare plan Americans will have confidence in, fosters our economy, and focuses on quality at an affordable price" said Britton." (lenbritton.sitebuilder.completecampaigns.com)
- Goswami, Neal. 2010. Bennington Banner: Britton to Challenge Leahy for Senate Seat. 7 December 2009. "He opposes a public option and the health plans currently making their way through Congress. "Personally, I think that there are things that we can do within the system. We can carve costs out," he said. Among the ideas are embracing tort reform and allowing consumers to purchase health insurance across state lines." (www.lenbritton.com)
- John Gregg. 2010. Valley News: Pomfret Republican Tries to Take on Leahy. 18 July 2010. "On some issues, Britton sticks to the Republican line, though he also wants voters to realize that he is 'not one of those knuckle-dragging, Neanderthal Republicans.' He says he opposes the new health-care law, saying it didn't take on tort reform and didn't boost free-market reforms he believes would have been more helpful, such as enabling Vermonters to buy health insurance across state lines." (www.vnews.com)
- Len Britton. Issue Position: Health Care. "Health care costs too much and reform is badly needed. But the Democratic plans of 2009-10 carve no costs out of the system and, like a clear majority of the American people, I oppose them. The current bills are products of business-as-usual Washington. They're expensive, pork-filled, and they'll make a bad deficit worse. Starting over with a free-market focus would be far more likely to deliver Americans the medical services they need more efficiently." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- 2010. WPTZ.com: Republican Will Challenge For Vermont Senate Seat. 30 November 2009. "And he's not sure American forces should remain in Afghanistan, either. "No nation has had any degree of success there, in any military sense, and I'm afraid we'll get down that path ourselves." (www.wptz.com)
- John Gregg. 2010. Valley News: Pomfret Republican Tries to Take on Leahy. 18 July 2010. "But he also opposes the war in Afghanistan..." (www.vnews.com)
- Len Britton. A Bad Bet in the Afghan Hills. 2 December 2009. "When our leaders send our uniformed men and women into battle, they have a duty to be more than resigned about it. President Obama says "it is in our vital national interest" to consign more blood and treasure to Afghanistan. But when American lives go on the line it must be in winnable conflicts that warrant their price. I see the price all too clearly, but not the rationale. If we truly intend to exit Afghanistan, we might as well start now. " (lenbritton.sitebuilder.completecampaigns.com)
- Len Britton. Issue Position: Afghanistan. "I love and support our troops, especially the 1,500 Vermont National Guard soldiers deployed to Afghanistan, and I'm against putting them in harm's way without a clear mission and strategy. I am not convinced we have either in Afghanistan, but I am convinced that native Afghan forces will never step up to protect their own homeland until our departure requires them to. Nation-building and counterinsurgency have not worked in Afghanistan to date and cost too many American lives." (votesmart.org)
- John Gregg. 2010. Valley News: Pomfret Republican Tries to Take on Leahy. 18 July 2010. "He hedges on gay marriage, saying he is personally opposed, but feels it is up to states to decide." (www.vnews.com)
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