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Renee Hoagenson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Renee Hoagenson 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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Issue Positions

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.
  • "The wealthiest Americans received $1.5 trillion in tax advantages while our hardworking federal employees will lose out on a 2.1% scheduled raise. This administration is blatantly working against us, the working class! #GOPTaxScam #VoteThemOut #VoteBlue" (twitter.com)
  • "The 4th District needs a fighter like Renee who will work tirelessly to ensure Whiteman Air Force Base and Fort Leonard Wood get the funding they need." (www.facebook.com)
  • "By getting private money out of politics, we can give the government back to the people." (www.reneehoagenson.com)
  • "Campaign Finance Reform. It's time we eliminate the secret money, the 'dark' money, and Super PACs that take power away from the individual voter and contribution of average Americans." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Every American should be treated equally under the law. That includes the influence every American has on our elections. It's time to put the wealthy in their place, and let the majority of people in this country make the decisions." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Funding our infrastructure is one of the government’s most basic responsibilities. I support Senator Sanders’ $1 trillion infrastructure program which would expand high-speed Internet, improve road, bridges & water systems as well as increase access to clean energy sources." (twitter.com)
  • "#Missouri has the worst roads in the Midwest and nearly the worst roads in the country. The administration's plan to invest in our infrastructure would rely heavily on privatization, increasing tolls and other costs for Missourians, while creating few union jobs." (twitter.com)
  • "#BadBills of @RepHartzler (Bills Vicky has voted for) HR 1: Voted to give corporations huge tax breaks that never end, bigger tax breaks for the wealthy, and small tax breaks for the middle class that "sunset" by the year 2025 #MO04 #FireVicky #Friday #ReneeForCongress" (twitter.com)
  • "Republicans gave $1.5 Trillion in tax cuts to corporations & the top 1%. Thanks to the #GOPTaxScam, millions of Americans will be paying more in taxes for 2018. #VoteBlue #VoteThemOut" (twitter.com)
  • "The White House promised "70 percent" of the tax cut would go to workers. It didn't. #GOPTaxScam" (twitter.com)
  • "Charter schools take money from rural Missourians and leave them with nothing in return. It is unfair to all rural citizens to send their education funding to private schools in urban areas." (www.reneehoagenson.com)
  • "Renee would vote against taking money from our public schools for private institutions. Our public schools are underfunded at the present time. Our teachers are underpaid. We need to increase allocations to our school systems to ensure our children have the quality education they each deserve. We will hand our country over to these children one day. They will be our civic and our business leaders." (www.reneehoagenson.com)
  • "The conservation of our natural resources is essential. We must take care of our Earth so we may pass on what we have inherited from past generations to our children and grandchildren." (www.facebook.com)
  • "The conservation of our natural resources is essential. We must take care of our Earth so we may pass on what we have inherited from past generations to our children and grandchildren." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Legislators need to be able to protect the second amendment while implementing commonsense gun safety protections." (www.facebook.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Today, March 5th, will be remembered as Congress' Day of Inaction. Congress was given six months to protect Dreamers - young people who deserve a path to citizenship. Instead, these young people remain political hostages. #Dreamers #DACA" (twitter.com)
  • "We need to get serious about providing solutions 4 the #opioidcrisis. Invest in treatment programs, require pharmaceutical companies to pay restitution to help fund programs & ensure that medical marijuana & other medications are available to those suffering. #Funds4Treatment" (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Clearly we cannot abide chemical attacks on anyone. Action should be taken against a country that gases its own people. What action and who should decide? Congress is the branch of government that declares war. Some feel the president is authorized to make limited, surgical strikes. At the very minimum, Congress should be seeking an active role in the decision-making process not sidestepping it. Last year, when Trump ordered strikes on Syria he said he did so after seeing the collateral human damage. That means that instead of making an informed decision with strategy and an end game plan, he made an emotional decision on his own. My guess, is that he has made a similar decision tonight. The world is too complicated to make a one-off strike when it strikes the president's fancy. Instead of decisions made from emotion, we need decisions driven from clear-headed, cost-benefit analysis based on a larger policy." (www.facebook.com)

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