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Donna Rice's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Wyoming Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test

Pro-life Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
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?
Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
Yes Do you support increasing defense spending?
Yes Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
Yes 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?
Only within limits. Our country needs to get fully reopened and our people need to be back to work.
No Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
I believe the individual states can best prescribe education within their states.
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?
No additional regulation, some regs need to be reviewed, revised or removed, and careful consideration of the carbon footprint of renewable energy sources needs to be a part of decision-making. Fossil fuels are important to the economy of my state and still have an important place in our nation's energy equation.
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
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?
This statement is extremely broad and presents many possibilities for harming small business which in turn, harms employees.
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 Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
Unknown Position 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)?
Unknown Position Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
Small business recovery incentives after COVID19. Increase manufacturing and production of essential goods in the US.

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