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Brian Babin
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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?
- No
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Yes
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
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- 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
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- No
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?
- Yes
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
1. Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer
2. Abortions should be legal in all circumstances as long as the procedure is completed within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer
3. Abortions should be legal only when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape or when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal only when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X
5. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government.
- No Answer
6. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer
7. Other
- No Answer
1. The federal government should consider preferences to minority-owned businesses in granting government contracts.
- No Answer
2. The federal government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the public sector.
- No Answer
3. The federal government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the private sector.
- No Answer
4. The federal government should provide affirmative actions programs as long as such programs do not include quotas.
- No Answer
5. The federal government should not provide any affirmative action programs.
- X
6. Other
- No Answer
Do you support amending the US Constitution to require an annual balanced federal budget?
- Yes
1. AIDS Programs
- Greatly Decrease
2. Arts funding
- Eliminate
3. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Decrease
4. Environmental programs
- Slightly Decrease
5. Housing projects
- Greatly Decrease
6. Job training programs
- Greatly Decrease
7. Law enforcement
- Yes
8. Medicaid
- Yes
9. Medicare
- No
10. NASA
- Maintain Status
11. Student loan programs
- Slightly Increase
12. Welfare (AFDC)
- Greatly Decrease
13. Other
- No Answer
14. Agriculture
- Yes
15. Education
- Yes
16. Farm subsidies
- Yes
17. Food stamps
- Yes
18. School lunches
- Yes
19. Welfare
- Yes
1. Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
- No Answer
2. Establish spending limits on congressional campaigns and provide public funding for complying candidates.
- No Answer
3. Support legislation that would increase the federal limits on individual contributions.
- No Answer
4. Pass legislation that would encourage full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information.
- No Answer
5. Remove all legislative limits on campaign financing.
- No Answer
6. Other
- No Answer
1. Broaden use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
- X
2. Increase spending to build more federal prisons.
- No Answer
3. Impose "truth in sentencing" for violent criminals so they serve full sentences with no chance of parole.
- X
4. Support the use of "boot camps" as alternative sentencing for adult first-time felons.
- No Answer
5. Limit the number of appeals allowed to inmates on death row.
- X
6. Fund programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- No Answer
7. Expand funding for community policing programs.
- No Answer
8. Increase penalties for the possession of any illegal firearms.
- No Answer
9. Prosecute youths accused of murder as adults.
- X
10. Increase funding for local Boys & Girls Clubs and other independent organizations in communities with at-risk youth.
- No Answer
11. Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
- No Answer
12. Deport all permanent resident aliens convicted of a felony.
- X
13. Other
- No Answer
1. CIA appropriations
- Maintain Status
2. Defense plant conversion
- No Answer
3. Military hardware
- Slightly Increase
4. Military space shuttle missions
- Maintain Status
5. Pay for active duty personnel
- Greatly Increase
6. Development of new weapons
- Greatly Increase
7. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
- Greatly Increase
8. Armed Forces personnel training
- Greatly Increase
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Do you support amending the United States Constitution to allow voluntary prayer and/or moment of silence in public schools?
- Yes
2. Do you support funding the National Service Program (Ameri-Corps) in which young people receive money from the federal government for college in return for performing community service?
- No
1. Maintain the national standards and goals set forth in "Goals 2000".
- No Answer
2. Provide parents with vouchers to send their children to any publicly funded school.
- No Answer
3. Provide parents with vouchers to send their children to any participating school: public, private or religious.
- X
4. Implement charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- No Answer
5. Eliminate the Department of Education, thereby giving state and local government greater control over educational issues.
- X
6. Other
- No Answer
1. Transfer public lands, such as federal forests and range lands, to the jurisdiction of state and local governments.
- No Answer
2. Require the federal government to reimburse citizens when environmental regulations limit use of privately owned lands.
- X
3. Strengthen the Clean Water Act.
- No Answer
4. Change the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to limit the number of habitats eligible to be designated as endangered.
- X
5. Utilize cost-benefit analysis to determine economic impacts of proposed environmental protection and cleanup legislation.
- X
6. Increase fees charged to ranchers who graze cattle on federal lands.
- No Answer
7. Revise the 1872 mining law to increase the amounts charged to mining companies using federal lands.
- No Answer
8. Encourage development of alternative fuels and electric cars to reduce pollution.
- X
9. Strengthen emission controls on all gasoline or diesel powered engines, including cars and trucks.
- X
10. Increase federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels to promote conservation and alternative fuel development.
- No Answer
11. Require that a percentage of purchases made by federal agencies include recycled components.
- No Answer
12. Promote the selling of pollution credits to encourage industries to decrease amount of pollution.
- X
13. Other
- No Answer
1. Border security
- Federal
2. Civil rights enforcement
- Federal
3. Education
- Local
4. Environmental cleanup
- Federal
5. Job training
- None
6. Law enforcement
- Local
7. Low-income housing
- State
8. Medicaid
- State
9. Medicare
- Federal
10. Welfare (AFDC)
- State
11. Other
- No Answer
1. Should the US have diplomatic relations with the government of Cuba?
- No
2. Should the US have diplomatic relations with the government of Vietnam?
- No
3. Should the US recognize and extend full diplomatic relations to Taiwan?
- Yes
4. Should the US continue funding for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty?
- No
5. Should the US continue funding for Radio Marti and TV Marti?
- Yes
6. Should the US continue funding for Radio Free Asia?
- Yes
7. Do you support the deployment of US troops to the former Yugoslavia?
- No
1. Economic aid to Russia and the former republics should be increased to facilitate democracy and market reforms.
- No Answer
2. Economic aid to Russia and the former republics should be continued unless Russia exports nuclear weapons or related technology.
- X
3. Economic aid to Russia and the former republics should be decreased and/or eliminated.
- No Answer
4. Other
- No Answer
5. Foreign aid should only be given when extraordinary circumstances and disaster threaten the lives of civilian populations.
- X
6. Foreign aid should be given to countries only when it is in the security interests of the United States.
- X
7. Foreign aid should be eliminated from any nation with documented human rights abuses.
- X
8. Foreign aid should be maintained at current levels.
- No Answer
9. The US should contribute more funding and troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions.
- No Answer
10. The US should participate in UN peacekeeping missions only when vital US interests are directly threatened.
- X
11. The US should use military force only when the US border or territories are attacked or American citizens are in danger.
- No Answer
12. The US should pay the money it owes to the United Nations.
- No Answer
13. The US should withdraw from the UN completely.
- No Answer
1. Expand the nationwide ban on the sale or transfer of assault weapons to include all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
- No Answer
2. Increase restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer
3. Maintain all federal registration procedures and restrictions on possessing firearms.
- No Answer
4. Ease procedures on the purchase and registration of firearms.
- X
5. Repeal all bans and measures that restrict law-abiding citizens from owning legally-obtained firearms.
- X
6. Allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms that are legally owned and registered.
- X
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Implement a universal health care program to guarantee coverage to all Americans regardless of income.
- No Answer
2. Provide vouchers to the working poor so they can buy into a private health care plan.
- No Answer
3. Implement a government-financed, single-payer national health care system similar to that of Canada.
- No Answer
4. Support a "managed competition" health care plan to contain costs and improve access that does not include mandated health alliances, government cost control powers, or employer/employee mandates.
- X
5. Provide tax incentives for small businesses to help provide health care to their employees.
- X
6. Allow middle and low income families to deduct yearly health care costs from their taxable income.
- X
7. Establish limits on the amount of damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- X
8. Encourage tax-free medical savings accounts, which would be taxed if used for any purpose other than medical costs.
- X
9. The federal government has no responsibility in providing health care.
- No Answer
10. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase penalties for selling illegal drugs.
- X
2. Impose mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
- X
3. Impose capital punishment for convicted international drug traffickers.
- X
4. Require drug testing for federal employees in sensitive positions (Air Traffic Control, National Park Police, Secret Service, etc.).
- X
5. Strengthen current laws dealing with non-controlled substances, including inhalants and commercially available pills.
- X
6. Increase funding of federally-sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs.
- No Answer
7. Decriminalize the possession and private use of marijuana.
- No Answer
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Further limit the number of immigrants allowed into the country.
- X
2. Prohibit states from passing laws that deny human services (medical care, education) to illegal immigrants or their children.
- No Answer
3. Ease citizenship requirements in order to make it easier for immigrants to become United States citizens.
- No Answer
4. Establish English as the official and recognized language of the United States.
- X
5. Provide extra federal aid to states with higher numbers of immigrants for necessary medical and social services.
- No Answer
6. Restrict the eligibility of legal immigrants for certain social programs (i.e. AFDC, HUD housing, food stamps, etc.).
- X
7. Children of illegal immigrants, born in the United States, should not automatically receive US citizenship.
- X
8. Other
- No Answer
Should the President be allowed to veto certain items of legislation while signing spending or tax bills into law?
- Yes
1. Provide tax incentives for companies to hire and train homeless people who want to work.
- No Answer
2. Increase funding of homeless shelters and low income housing projects.
- No Answer
3. Increase funding of programs that help alcoholics and drug addicts recover and find steady work.
- No Answer
4. Increase the minimum wage.
- No Answer
5. Provide homeless families with apartment vouchers they can use to supplement the cost of an apartment.
- No Answer
6. Provide government jobs for those who wish to work and cannot find a job in the private sector.
- X
7. Increase the income tax deduction on individual contributions made to charities that help the poor and homeless.
- X
8. Implement enterprise zones in communities with high unemployment.
- X
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Retiree income over $40,000
- Greatly Decrease
2. Family income less than $25,000
- Eliminate
3. Family income $25-75,000
- Greatly Decrease
4. Family income $75-150,000
- Greatly Decrease
5. Family income over $150,000
- Greatly Decrease
6. Alcohol Taxes
- Slightly Increase
7. Capital Gains Taxes
- Greatly Decrease
8. Charitable deductions
- Slightly Increase
9. Cigarette Taxes
- Slightly Increase
10. Corporate income taxes
- Slightly Decrease
11. Earned Income Tax Credit
- Greatly Decrease
12. Estate taxes
- Greatly Decrease
13. Medical expense deductions
- Greatly Increase
14. Mortgage deductions
- Maintain Status
15. Other
- No Answer
16. Do you support replacing the US income tax structure with a flat income tax?
- Yes
17. Do you support replacing the US income tax structure with a broad-based consumption tax?
- Yes
Do you support amending the Constitution to limit the number of terms which members of Congress can serve?
- Yes
1. Relax current guidelines that forbid the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from investigating terrorist groups when there is a "reasonable indication" of terrorist activities.
- No Answer
2. Relax wiretapping restrictions to give the FBI broader authority to investigate terrorist suspects.
- No Answer
3. Require that chemical tracing agents be added to commercially-sold products that can be used to produce explosives.
- No Answer
4. Implement tighter restrictions on firearm sales in an effort to hinder terrorist groups from stockpiling weapon arsenals.
- No Answer
5. Grant broader authority to the US Immigration and Naturalization Service to deny entrance visas to terrorist suspects.
- X
6. Maintain limits on the authority of federal agencies investigating suspected terrorists.
- X
7. Restrict the investigative authority of the FBI and other governmental agencies.
- No Answer
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
- No
2. Do you support broadening NAFTA to include other countries?
- No
3. Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
- No
4. Do you support the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
- Undecided
5. Do you support lifting the trade embargo imposed against Cuba?
- No
6. Do you support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products?
- Yes
7. Should a nation's human rights record affect its "most favored nation" trading status with the United States?
- Yes
1. Provide tax credits for companies that move job-creating industries into areas with high unemployment.
- X
2. Increase funding for national job-training programs.
- No Answer
3. Increase funding for public works projects such as the repair of roads and bridges.
- No Answer
4. Eliminate government regulations of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X
5. Establish enterprise zones in areas with large numbers of unemployed people.
- X
6. Overhaul the current unemployment system by focusing on training and education in skills needed in certain industries.
- No Answer
7. Eliminate any governmental programs designed to reduce unemployment.
- No Answer
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Strengthen child support collection procedures and increase penalties for parents who do not pay child support.
- X
2. Impose a two-year limit on welfare benefits for recipients who are able to work.
- X
3. Require welfare recipients to accept some form of government-sponsored job after two years if unemployed in the private sector.
- X
4. Require that unwed teenage mothers live with a parent or guardian (if possible) and attend school to receive benefits.
- X
5. Limit the benefits given to single women if they have additional children while receiving welfare benefits.
- X
6. Provide child care services to welfare recipients who work or attend school.
- No Answer
7. Provide rent or housing supplement vouchers for low-income families.
- No Answer
8. Make no substantial changes at this time.
- No Answer
9. Increase funding of programs that prevent teen pregnancy and family break-up.
- No Answer
10. Support programs that give incentives for employers to hire and train welfare recipients.
- No Answer
11. Other
- No Answer
Should your priorities require additional government funding, please explain how you intend to obtain the additional funding.
- No Answer
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. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
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, 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?
- Yes
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes
