Karyn Brownlee's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Karyn Brownlee has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Texas State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| c) In order to reduce property taxes, do you support increasing state sales taxes? | |||
| A consumption tax could potentially reduce the tax burden on property owners, and this is worth consideration. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | |||
| No | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| No | f) Do you support partisan elections for judges? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| d) Do you support the use of private prisons in Texas? | |||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| No | f) Should law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest individuals for fine-only misdemeanors? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | |||
| b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Texas? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Texas? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Texas? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Texas high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Charter schools are funded at a greater amount per student on average, and charter schools are on the rise. Over time, this will be a growing burden on the taxpayer and must be addressed. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Texas' health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Texas' anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Texas' anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Texas state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding anti-discrimination laws to include hair textures and protective hairstyles? | ||
| Yes | e) Should state-licensed professionals be able to deny services based on their religious beliefs? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| I will back efforts to require civics education in grades K-12 so all students read our founding documents and learn what has made America great again and again. I will support a financial literacy bill for high school students, so that we better prepare our young adults to be small business owners and profitable citizens. I will support charter school reform to level the playing field with ISDs. I will support a bill to disallow abortion after a heartbeat is detected. I will support efforts to reform the appraisal system and reduce property taxes. | |||
| My top legislative priority is to protect public school funding during the budgeting process. I support using a portion, not all, of the Rainy Day Fund to avoid significant reductions in state services. Additionally, I want to shore up our laws around disaster and emergency declarations. We need to clarify authority at each level of government to avoid future confusion. We also need to require the calling of a special session after a certain number of days, so the people are fully represented during such an important time of decision-making. |
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