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Shannon Hader's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Shannon Hader 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.

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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.

  • "Reversing Trump’s tax giveaways to the rich and making the tax code instead benefit the middle class, reforming policies that penalize wage-earners and reward unearned income, and removing tax breaks and loopholes that only benefit the extremely wealthy." (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Simply put, that’s why I want to overturn Citizens United and why I will fight in Congress to do so. I fully support a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and believe this is the only way to restore accountability in our elections. There is absolutely no place in our politics for unlimited, undisclosed dark money." (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "Great to meet with Pierce County constituents Monika Warner and Peter Markus to hear concerns we share on federal benefits and community issues. I plan to honor and protect federal pay, colas, and retirement benefits, and keep good-paying jobs inside the 8th District." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Making sure that the federal government supports education for those with disabilities provides them with the services they need to reach their learning goals;" (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "Addressing our nation’s energy issues with the promotion of green energy – and supporting the purposeful development of this "transitional economy" by training workers displaced from other energy-focused jobs." (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "Ensuring that the United States remains known as an active and enthusiastic proponent of the Paris Climate Agreement and opposing President Trump’s withdrawal from the pact, not only to emphasize the importance of the future health of our planet, but also to make sure that America is the leading voice in environmental policy." (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "To mandate a full public health response to gun violence, to find out what policies, programs, mental health support, young adult programs, or other measures will do the most to reduce gun deaths, including those due to suicides and accidents, and fund those interventions; To expand background check measures to include Internet and gun show sales nationally, strengthen systems used to conduct such checks rapidly and efficiently, and enforce compliance with existing policies; To reinstate the Obama-era regulation that would have made it easier for background checks to accurately identify people with certain mental illnesses who are not currently allowed to purchase guns – a regulation that President Trump overturned; To encourage "smart gun" technology that incorporates safety features that prevent misuse, accidental shootings, gun thefts, and use of the weapon against the owner; To renew the ban of the manufacture of assault weapons, and ban high-capacity magazines and "bump stocks" such as the one used in Las Vegas. To support and promote safe storage: keeping guns locked, unloaded, and stored properly to decrease the chances of an unintentional shooting or of a child getting access to weapons." (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "Protecting, expanding, and improving the Affordable Care Act, with an eye toward ensuring that women have access to birth control and comprehensive women’s health services, regardless who employs them;" (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "To stand up to the Trump Administration with clear messages: We will not build his wall, and we will not support immigration policies that discriminate based on ethnicity or religion;" (drshannonforcongress.com)
  • "To support comprehensive immigration reform that improves our process and predictability for legal immigration and includes a pathway to citizenship so that families are kept together and workers and employers – including those in the agriculture and technology sectors – are provided with more certainty regarding status;" (drshannonforcongress.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.
  • "Keeping American families safe by opposing the current dismantling of the State Department and ensuring a robust corps of expert diplomats, as well as full and strong U.S. representation around the world to champion American values: democracy, economic growth, and protection of human rights – including those of women, those in the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities;" (drshannonforcongress.com)

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