John Russell's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Russell has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2018 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "Finally, I support a constitutional amendment that would reverse Citizens United. We need to make sure that our representatives are working for their constituents and not corporations, and that means we need to make a permanent change to our system." (votesmart.org)
- "One way to do this is to invest in infrastructure and skilled trades as a source of well paid employment opportunities." (www.russellforohio.com)
- "We can start reshaping our economy by making a serious push toward green-energy solutions, which will create thousands of new jobs while helping us fight our greatest existential threat." (votesmart.org)
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- "We can be a district that produces solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. By doing so, we will reduce the demand for natural gas and be able to close fracking injection sites that have caused environmental disasters across the state and country.â¨â¨" (www.russellforohio.com)
- "We can start reshaping our economy by making a serious push toward green-energy solutions, which will create thousands of new jobs while helping us fight our greatest existential threat." (votesmart.org)
- "We need to account for the true cost of fossil fuels, which we can do by putting a price on pollution and refunding the proceeds to American households." (www.russellforohio.com)
- "Fundamentally, I believe in our right as Americans to own a gun. But I want to be absolutely clear: our right to own a gun does not supersede our right to safety. [â¦] First, we need to adopt universal background checks and close gun-show loopholes." (www.facebook.com)
- "Senator Brown's plan takes our most effective model of healthcare and expands its coverage, while simultaneously removing citizens from the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) pool of participants. This will lead to a younger pool of enrollees in the ACA, which would lower premiums. Most importantly, it would lay the foundation for a Medicare buy-in, which would provide universal coverage and allow for a private insurance option." (votesmart.org)
- "We fought for Medicare, we fought for the Affordable Care Act, and now we need to fight to protect and maintain those programs." (www.russellforohio.com)
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