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Jan Schneider's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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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.

  • "Jan is pro-choice and a fervent advocate of women regaining reproductive freedom and control of our bodies. She believes that Congress should immediately pass legislation restoring the Roe standards nationwide." (votejan.com)
  • "Jan supports raising the cap, ceasing raiding the trust funds and implementing other financial measures to sustain Social Security. She opposes decreasing benefits or further raising the retirement age." (votejan.com)
  • "Jan will be a strong advocate for protecting and enhancing Medicare for present and future seniors." (votejan.com)
  • "The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is far too generous to the ultra-rich and wealthy corporations. The boons come at the expense of working families and vital social programs. The United States already spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined. This includes China and Russia." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? "Yes" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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  • "Despite all the paper improvements, one area that should be mentioned especially at this time is regression of the as law as to the right to vote. New voter identification and other electoral laws unquestionably have the result of disproportionately disenfranchising minority populations." (votejan.com)
  • Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? "Yes" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "While it is important to reduce such emissions for environmental reasons, it is also critical to Florida to prevent offshore oil and gas drilling off our coasts for economic reasons. Currently, there is a moratorium created by executive order protecting both of our coasts through June 2032. Members of Congress from both political parties agree on the need to make this a permanent federal ban. Moreover, in 2018 Florida voters adopted an amendment to the Florida constitution banning drilling in state waters. More generally, if our congressional representatives are serious about controlling climate change, they should restrict new offshore drilling." (votejan.com)
  • "Jan Schneider believes that not only the wealthy deserve to be healthy. She supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act and transitioning to Medicare for All" (votejan.com)
  • "Meanwhile, the United States remains the only wealthy, industrialized country without a comprehensive national health insurance or healthcare system. Government control of healthcare delivery mechanisms, national healthcare or socialized medicine in traditional terms, appears contrary to the political and economic culture in this country, as well as repugnant to the medical community and large portions of the citizenry. Jan opposes such proposals. On the other hand, expanding Medicare (or a scaled-down Medicare), a social insurance program, progressively to cover younger age groups on a voluntary basis seems the least disruptive and most promising path to achieving universal health insurance, reductions in the costs of American healthcare and a healthier population." (votejan.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Also, Americans pay two to three times as much as people in other countries for prescription drugs, and many Americans cannot afford essential medications. Proposals to deal with the excessive costs of prescription drugs have included allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, making Medicare Part D plans more affordable and authorizing importation of eligible prescription drugs from Canada and other industrial countries. Jan also maintains that Americans deserve fair and affordable drug prices." (votejan.com)
  • "A comprehensive immigration bill, in Jan’s opinion, needs multiple elements. The first is obviously improved border security, including among other things: (a) additional funding for the United States Customs and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection; (b) an efficient and fair process for considering asylum and other protection claims; (c) a clearer and perhaps tougher standard for asylum claims at the initial interview stage; (d) strengthened provisions against trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs, human trafficking and currency smuggling; and (e) assurances of humane treatment of asylum seekers and particularly children." (votejan.com)
  • "I support a path to citizenship for Dreamers and allowing those to stay who qualify for asylum." (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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Pro-choice Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
Pro-choice. I also support funding Planned Parenthood.
Yes In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
Yes In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is far too generous to the ultra-rich and wealthy corporations. The boons come at the expense of working families and vital social programs. The United States already spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined. This includes China and Russia.
Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
Ultra-wealthy individuals and corporations are spending huge amounts of dark money undermining our democracy.
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?
I support fairer taxes. I do not support the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Yes Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
The federal government should not control our schools. Setting minimum standards can, however, be useful if done properly.
Yes Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
Yes Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
Yes Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
No Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
The Affordable Care Act is, however, wounded. I support sustaining the ACA and transitioning to Single-Payer/Medicare-for-All.
No Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
No Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
This is not a yes-or-no question, in my opinion. I support a path to citizenship for Dreamers and allowing those to stay who qualify for asylum.
Yes Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
No Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
No Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
With regard to nuclear weapons, there are some circumstances in which military force could be essential.
Health. �Not Only the Wealthy Deserve to Be Healthy!� Sustain the Affordable Care Act, but transition to Single-Payer/Medicare-for All. Preserve Medicare and Social Security without privatization. Improve not privatize the Veterans Health Administration. Protect women�s and family health. Representative Democracy. �Government Of, By and For the People Means ALL the People.� Restore the middle class, including by enacting a living wage. Overturn Citizens United. Environment. �To a Great Extent, We Create Our Environment.� Continue to ban drilling off Florida coasts. Control climate change. Preserve clean air and clean water, which entails reversing recent wholesale rollbacks of environmental regulations.

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