Richard Orr's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Missouri State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I think while abortion should not be encouraged as a preferred method of birth control, it should remain as a safe and legal option for allowing a woman to control her body and reproduction choices. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Unwise and unpaid for tax cuts implemented by the republican legislature on corporations and businesses should be quickly reversed but not on individuals that received the minuscule cuts. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| Missouri voters addressed-by a large margin- the cleaning up of our redistricting system in 2018 and now the republicans are attempting to restore it back to a partisan method. I am against that. | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in Missouri? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support prohibiting texting while driving? | ||
| Yes | g) Should law enforcement officers be required to live in the municipalities that they patrol? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Missouri? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| a) support is under certain circumstances but only after careful examination of cost/benefits. f) depending on duration | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Missouri? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Missouri? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Missouri high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Teachers are underpaid to begin with and they certainly are now during the Covid crisis. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| I would very much like to reverse the cuts that have been made in programs to address these important issues and fund new ones. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| a)I support returning to the law requiring a permit and training to concealed carry d) only for handguns but all others should be subject to stringent background check. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Missouri's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| It is intolerable that we should be the only state to not have an opioid registry! | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Missouri's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Missouri's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Missouri state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| As has been inscribed in our founding document, "I hold these truths to be self-evident"! | |||
| I want to increase funding for our city, county, and state parks. I want to return our division of employment security to functionality, raise the weekly benefit, and restore the length of benefit reception back to the former 26 weeks. I want to make sure that efforts to make Missouri a right to work state cease, by a constitution amendment if necessary. I want to pass legislation for an effective homestead rule, giving a tax abatement to seniors over 67 on their property tax. I want to ensure veterans services are funded and expanded and more veteran's homes are constructed. | |||
| My top legislative priority will be to return to common sense handgun concealed carry laws, as recommended by every law enforcement agency in Missouri requiring a permit and training in order to purchase and carry a concealed weapon. Our current system that has been in place since 2017 has increased gun crimes in Missouri exponentially and is unacceptable. |
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