Paul Harrington's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Paul Harrington has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "I respect a womanâs right to choose to safely terminate a pregnancy up to a point (at least during the first trimester). However, I would support restrictions on abortions later in the term, and would favor increased funding to limit abortions and promote adoptions." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Eliminate all mandatory minimum sentencing laws for nonviolent crimes. This would allow judges, prosecutors, and criminal advocates to work together to create a sentencing and rehabilitation plan for each offender based upon the circumstances." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "The debate over the Common Core is the latest tempest in a teapot between the partisans over education. It is a distraction from the real issues. I agree that there should be quantifiable standards for the results of education that is being funded by taxpayers. While I disagree with many of the details contained in the Common Core standards, it is at least an attempt to establish some benchmarks for real learning." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Regardless of how severe the threat from climate change is, I will support removing many of the regulatory barriers that prevent timely and cost-effective development of clean energy, including wind, hydropower, and solar energy." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Remove guns from inner cities, criminals, and other dangerous situations by: prohibiting the purchase or possession of any guns without satisfactory background checks; restricting the number of guns that an individual can purchase and possess; requiring all sellers and resellers of guns to be licensed; and prohibiting the sale or possession of high capacity weapons capable of inflicting mass casualties." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- "Provide universal access to quality health care for every American (which the ACA does not achieve). But it must be provided in a way that improves quality and reduces costs, while not bankrupting the country (which will likely happen in the current system). The only way to accomplish these goals is to unleash the power of consumerism on an industry that has never truly experienced it." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- "Conditional amnesty for all illegal immigrants without serious criminal records, to allow them to remain and work in the country, and to obtain driverâs licenses and work permits, provided they register and obtain a biometric identification card." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Since there is almost unanimous foreign government opposition to the terrorists, American military personnel do not need to lead the physical battles against terrorist groups. We need to support efforts to retake areas controlled by terrorists, particularly by Daesh, through incenting, training, supplying, and advising national and regional forces. I support our air campaign to assist these efforts. However, I do not support the past and ongoing targeted killings (by drones and other means) outside of these military operations." (www.paulharringtonforcongress.com)
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