Lewis Kennedy's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Arkansas Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test
1) SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
| Maintain Status | 2) Military hardware | ||
| Maintain Status | 3) National missile defense | ||
| Maintain Status | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
| Maintain Status | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Maintain Status | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Homeland security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| No | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
| Yes | 4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? | ||
| Yes | 5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? | ||
| 6) Other or expanded principles | |||
| give NASA dept of energy missions | |||
| save the post office increase postage | |||
| No | a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? | ||
| b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? | ||
| Yes | b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? | ||
| Yes | d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
| f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | |||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? | ||
| d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? | |||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
| Ban on full auto. Encourage every adult citizen in good standing to own a gun and be trained in its use. | |||
| b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | |||
| Yes | c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? | ||
| d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | |||
| Yes | e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? | ||
| Unknown Position | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
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| Reduce red tape and fraud. Prevention thru reduceb polution. | |||
| b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | |||
| c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | |||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Unknown Position | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
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| A liberal guest worker program that does not endenture workers to one boss. | |||
| Yes | b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military? | ||
| c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? | |||
| d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? | |||
| Unknown Position | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
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| Domestic partnerships should have employee benifits | |||
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