Ben Sasse
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Former Member, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate
Former Member, Airland Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Armed Services Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Cybersecurity Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, United States Senate
Former Member, Personnel Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management, United States Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, United States Senate
Member, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Member, Joint Economic Committee
Member, Judiciary
Member, Select Committee on Intelligence
Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
Member, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
Chair, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution
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Former High School Teacher/Guidance Counselor
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position
Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- No
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position
1. 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
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- Unknown Position
Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Unknown Position
Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No
1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes
Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Unknown Position