Jason Reeves' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Key
Official Position: Candidate addressed this issue directly by taking the Political Courage Test.
Inferred Position: Candidate refused to address this issue, but Vote Smart inferred this issue based on the candidate's public record, including statements, voting record, and special interest group endorsements.
Unknown Position: Candidate refused to address this issue, or we could not infer an answer for this candidate despite exhaustive research of their public record.
Additional Information: Click on this icon to reveal more information about this candidate's position, from their answers or Vote Smart's research.
Other or Expanded Principles & Legislative Priorities are entered exactly as candidates submit them. Vote Smart does not edit for misspelled words, punctuation or grammar.
Jason Reeves has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Texas Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| There should be no government funding of abortion. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Social Security should be privatized, no healthcare should be federally funded. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| If you do something wrong and it�s proven in court, you should be able to be sued. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Defense spending should be kept at current levels. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| The government should give help to businesses it is forcing to stay closed. Every business is essential to someone. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| There should be no federal involvement in education. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Private enterprise will do a better job of taking care of the environment then the government can. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| The 2nd Amendment shall not be infringed upon. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| There should be no government involvement in healthcare except to allow the purchase of policies across state lines. Businesses are hit hard enough being closed. They should not have to shoulder healthcare costs on too of that. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The wall is a waste of taxpayer dollars. If illegals are here and working and paying taxes it would be more cost effective to provide a path to citizenship then to deport them. | |||
| No | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| Military force should only be used as a last resort. All overseas troops should be brought home. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| The free market should be free to act as intended without government regulations that interfere in the process. | |||
Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including advertising, debates, and speeches.