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Junius Rodriguez's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Junius Rodriguez has failed 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.

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For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2018.

  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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  • "As future historians & pundits analyze the outcome of the 2018 mid-term elections, they will note the impact of @TrueFactsStated in mobilizing social media efforts to support Democratic candidates across the U.S. It's how "We the People" will defeat the #CitizensUnited ruling." (twitter.com)
  • "[...] support for improvements and innovations in the transportation sector constitutes one of the best means to stimulate job creation as we upgrade the nation’s infrastructure of roads and bridges […]" (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "The U.S. is in need of a long-range strategic plan for infrastructure development that can address current problems and anticipate the needs of the next generation in commerce and transit." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Job creation must be the highest priority of the next congressman to represent the IL-18th, and the urgency for immediate employment opportunities is greatest in the district’s western counties. Although support for improvements and innovations in the transportation sector constitutes one of the best means to stimulate job creation as we upgrade the nation’s infrastructure of roads and bridges, one project in particular stands out as having the ability to be singularly transformational to the economic health and vitality of the residents of the IL-18th district and that is the completion of the Interstate 72 corridor across northern Missouri." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "In addition, it is essential that we create a more competitive corporate tax system that reduces the marginal tax rates on corporate income while simultaneously eliminating tax loopholes for certain business that cost the government billions of dollars in needed revenue." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "By making a firm commitment to bipartisanship in order to get things done, we can achieve real reforms such as creating more competitive corporate tax rates, an idea for which both Democrats and Republicans have indicated support in the past." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Here is an interesting perspective on stock buybacks that have increased in intensity since last year’s Tax Scam Bill made its way into law." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Since "Uplift in Place" will be designed locally, it is not a monolithic, one-size-fits-all government program, but it is an innovative organic initiative that serves to remedy unmet need in communities across the country." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Basing such assumptions upon anticipated commodities prices and wildly-erratic oil futures is challenging enough, but this becomes all the more difficult when governmental targets shift as a result of Renewable Fuel Standard and smaller producers often find themselves operating in the dark when making intended acreage decisions. By and large the biofuels industry has aided development in the agricultural sector while not hindering the capacity of Illinois farmers to produce feed and foodstuffs." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Next-Generation Biofuels Can Benefit Central Illinois Communities According to Rodriguez The rise of the biofuels industry has been advantageous to economic development within the rural and agricultural communities of Central Illinois, and prudent policy considerations can ensure that this partnership remains mutually beneficial for the next generation and beyond." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Although some might claim that the free market, if left to its own devices, would make wise choices and thereby protect the environment, we know from experience that markets do not have a reputation for making moral choices." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Common sense regulation that is rooted in the public interest is beneficial to society, but we must be careful to avoid the excesses of over-regulation that an increasingly bureaucratic state can create." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Regardless of political affiliation, we all appreciate the benefits of clean air and clean water, both on a personal and a societal level. Although a cost may be involved to achieve this, it is clear that the benefits far outweigh the shared burden to attain these goals." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Losing brothers to a horrid childhood disease & living w/o benefit of insurance, I know health care is a human right." (twitter.com)
  • "Now that the Senate healthcare bill has failed, think back to those 218 House members who voted "yea" on May 4. Imagine if one had a spine!" (twitter.com)
  • "While the fed govt isn't doing much to advise the public about its access to healthcare, civic activists can do so." (twitter.com)
  • "Over the years, I’ve paddled down the Pecos River and then into the Rio Grande with students to view ancient pictographs at historic Parida Cave. The border wall that @realDonaldTrump proposes not only defies logic, but it also violates basic geography." (twitter.com)
  • 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.
  • "[...] an emphasis upon diplomacy does not preclude the right of the U.S. to defend its self-interest and to support its allies whenever they are threatened by the forces of discord. America is capable of employing both the carrot and the stick in this endeavor." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Still, an emphasis upon diplomacy does not preclude the right of the U.S. to defend its self-interest and to support its allies whenever they are threatened by the forces of discord. America is capable of employing both the carrot and the stick in this endeavor. No enemy should ever question the resolve of this nation to act when American citizens or their property is threatened by those who wish to do us harm for that would be a tragic error in judgment." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "[...] an emphasis upon diplomacy does not preclude the right of the U.S. to defend its self-interest and to support its allies whenever they are threatened by the forces of discord. America is capable of employing both the carrot and the stick in this endeavor." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Much of the current discussion of how best to defeat ISIS centers upon the proper role of U.S. military assets—that is, whether to use air power alone or to commit "boots on the ground" to the operation—but fails to incorporate the central role that international diplomacy must play in finding a just solution." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)
  • "Still, an emphasis upon diplomacy does not preclude the right of the U.S. to defend its self-interest and to support its allies whenever they are threatened by the forces of discord. America is capable of employing both the carrot and the stick in this endeavor. No enemy should ever question the resolve of this nation to act when American citizens or their property is threatened by those who wish to do us harm for that would be a tragic error in judgment." (www.rodriguezcongress.com)

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