Kathy Barnette's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Issue Positions
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- "Kathy Barnette will always stand for the right to life. Now that Joe Biden is threatening the Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortions overseas, we must come together to protect life. Will you sign on and join Kathy?" (twitter.com)
- "This is absolutely evil. The Hyde Amendment prevented tax payer dollars from going to abortions is now in jeopardy of being repealed. The Senate should add the Hyde amendment back into this bill and send it back to the house." (twitter.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "We must preserve Social Security. Many people rely on its supplement retirement income, disability benefits and survivor benefits. Everyone who works pays into this system for decades either through payroll taxes (6.2% of wages matched by their employer) or double that amount (12.4%) if they are self-employed. 65 million American currently receive benefits from the Social Security System totaling over $1 trillion per year." (barnetteforsenate.com)
- "We know there is tremendous waste in Medicaid spending. We can begin to resolve this issue by simply auditing the Medicaid rolls, verifying those who are receiving aid are entitled to do so and demand a federal "Work-Search" requirement for able-bodied people as a condition for benefits."
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "Americans need a genuine infrastructure plan not this collection of special interests favors cloaked in bipartisanship. Inflation is spiraling out of control and the best they can do is spend 25% of an infrastructure bill on infrastructure. Disgraceful" (twitter.com)
- "I want to help create sustainable growth. Growth solves the deficit problem, the spending problem, and the debt problem. Growth restores solvency to the Social Security and Medicare programs without breaking promises. Growth improves living standards and our quality of life. Growth extends the ladder of economic opportunity off safety nets and gives a chance to those wanting to help themselves. Growth creates jobs and drives incomes higher." (barnetteforsenate.com)
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- "Don't believe the Left when they tell you "Critical Race Theory" is not being taught in schools! The Biden Admin and the teachers' unions are bent on teaching the platitudes of CRT against the wishes of parents across PA and the country." (twitter.com)
- "I believe in school choice." (barnetteforsenate.com)
- "I believe parents have the right to see all books and materials used in classes taken by their children." (barnetteforsenate.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "FACT: 14 days of carbon emissions from China alone would wipe out the gains America would achieve under the Paris Agreement....but, they got us sipping out of paper straws, while China produces 81% more carbon emissions than we do." (twitter.com)
- "Gun Control is NOT about controlling guns. It's about controlling people!" (twitter.com)
- Rated 92% by National Rifle Association (NRA). (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- 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.
- "#SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren #SaveTheChildrenAwarenessWeek What is wrong with having a border wall? Do you know a child can be stolen at night and be taken into Mexico by morning and be lost forever? So I will ask again, what is wrong..." (twitter.com)
- "Various amnesty provisions have been proposed by the Administration and Congress, but before we talk about amnesty for unlawfully present aliens we must secure the border with a wall, technology and personnel." (barnetteforsenate.com)
- "The Remain in Mexico Policy was crafted to discourage caravans of foreign nationals from coming here in anticipation of easy asylum approvals. It stages them in Mexico while they make their claims rather than turning them loose in the U.S. Both the Trump Administration and the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that it is an effective way to manage this problem. It is time for Congress to formally authorize the program." (barnetteforsenate.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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