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Sandra Kennedy's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Sandra Kennedy did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "Codify Roe v. Wade and eliminate abortion bans" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "It is not possible to uphold a woman’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, and equal protection of the laws when a state pauses her constitutional rights while she is pregnant, denies her a medically necessary abortion until she is on the verge of death, or when her doctors cannot exercise their medical expertise out of fear of prosecution and loss of their medical license." (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "Strengthen Social Security by requiring the wealthiest taxpayers to contribute a fair share up to a substantially greater income level. The cutoff should approximate whatever is necessary to make the programs fully and sufficiently solvent, and rates may be lower" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "There is no plausible argument for governmental fiscal responsibility without the wealthiest taxpayers paying their fair, reasonable share of taxes. Our past history of greater tax fairness was also a time of greater shared prosperity." (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "Strengthen Social Security by requiring the wealthiest taxpayers to contribute a fair share up to a substantially greater income level. The cutoff should approximate whatever is necessary to make the programs fully and sufficiently solvent, and rates may be lower" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "Make billionaires pay their fair and reasonable share of taxes so that we can pay down the national debt and fund the people’s work.. Eliminate excessive income exclusions and deductions that allow billionaires to pay low or no taxes. Lower the amount of allowable charitable deductions for the wealthiest Americans. Eliminate "Trickle Down" as a theory of taxation" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "The "Trickle Down" theory was never supported by actual facts, and does not qualify as equal protection of the laws. The national debt does not benefit from "trickle down." And the people have not benefited from "trickle down." " (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "Supreme Court decision in Citizens United has created a situation in which big interest money is exerting extreme control and power over our elections. We need new rules to assure that elections are fair and not dominated by big money." (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "Perhaps no category of constitutional violations has lasted longer without correction than bias and brutality against individuals of color. Brutality and mistreatment based on race should not be the norm when we turn on the news. If we had already gotten it right, new cases of brutality and death would not continually arise, nor would generations of people live in fear of police interactions. Recognizing that work needs to be done does not equate to disapproval of the police. Local law enforcement is valued and appreciated. It will be a sign of progress when we see an end to these injustices." (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • 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.
  • "Restrictions on foreign corporations and American corporations’ ability to own thousands of residential properties for profit, where that drives up the cost and lowers availability of housing." (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • 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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Clean air, water and food are not privileges—they are essential for health and life of individuals, wildlife, and fisheries, and for the environment. Republicans resist regulations that protect all of us. We need new recognition that what helps one person may harm others, and what helps one person in one way, harms that same person in another way." (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • "Find ways to make alternative energy feasible for more people" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Legislation for mandatory instant criminal background checks and conceal-carry permits (78% of all gun sales, those through licensed firearm dealers, are already subject to background checks through the Natl. Instant Criminal Background Check System. This measure would close the gaps, because 80% of guns used in crimes are sold through unlicensed gun dealers.)" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • 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.
  • "Codify requirements that Medicare negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to hold drug prices down, and cost protection for insulin and inhalers" (sandykennedyforcongress.com)
  • 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.

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