Cliff DeTemple's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Cliff DeTemple has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Wisconsin Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| This is one of my top issues to protect life at all stages from beginning to the end. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| I am against increasing any taxes and expanding programs. Programs should be funded and the federal government needs to reduce expenses to cover existing programs. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| I support lowering all taxes but not directly tied to economic growth as listed above. I believe financial relief for businesses should come in the form of loans and not grants or handouts. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I believe education should kept as local as possible and the federal govt needs to be out of directing education standards. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| The govt should provide incentives for both but not force or directly fund. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| This question is too open and can be answered differently with more content. I fully support background checks, regulations, and policies on FFL. I fully support the 2nd amendment. I don t not support anything that may reduce citizens rights to firearms. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I agree with removing barriers as long as the countries are being fair and honest. | |||
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