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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes
Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position
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?
- No
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?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
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?
- No
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- Pro-choice
2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No
3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes
5. Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures?
- No
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Agriculture
- No Answer
2. Arts
- No Answer
3. Defense
- No Answer
4. Intelligence operations
- No Answer
5. Military hardware
- No Answer
6. National missile defense
- No Answer
7. Salary and benefits for active duty personnel
- No Answer
8. Programs to improve troop retention rates
- No Answer
9. Research and development of new weapons
- No Answer
1. Education
- No Answer
2. Environment
- No Answer
3. Homeland security
- No Answer
4. International aid
- No Answer
5. Medical research
- No Answer
6. Scientific research
- No Answer
7. Space exploration
- No Answer
8. United Nations
- No Answer
9. Welfare
- No Answer
10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
11. Alcohol taxes
- No Answer
12. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer
13. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer
14. Corporate taxes
- No Answer
15. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer
16. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer
17. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- No Answer
18. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer
19. Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
- No Answer
1. Chris understands the importance and challenges of balancing a budget. As County Executive, he inherited a mess of corruption and out-of-control government spending. He cut $100 million in spending and balanced six budgets by demanding more accountability and cracking down on wasteful spending. Chris will continue this leadership in the United States Senate.
- Christopher Coons. Issue Positions: The Economy. "Chris also believes it is important to directly help those who have suffered most in this crisis by increasing aid to the unemployed and expanding training programs to help those transitioning through careers. He will continue to strengthen America's economy through strategic long-term investments in infrastructure, training and workforce development. Chris will use his position in the Senate to fight for trade agreements that contain good labor and environmental standards that will help to create new American jobs, not ship them overseas." (votesmart.org)
1. Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security?
- No
2. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No Answer
3. Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage?
- Yes
4. Do you support the ability of workers to unionize?
- Yes
5. Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns?
- No Answer
2. Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No Answer
3. Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns?
- No Answer
4. Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No Answer
5. Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations?
- No Answer
6. Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements?
- No Answer
1. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released?
- No Answer
2. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment?
- No Answer
3. Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders?
- No Answer
4. Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs?
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students?
- Yes
2. Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs?
- Yes
3. Do you support federal funding for charter schools?
- Yes
4. Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers?
- No
5. Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No Answer
2. Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system?
- No Answer
3. Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles?
- No Answer
4. Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas?
- No Answer
5. Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy?
- No Answer
6. Do you support the development of nuclear reactors?
- No Answer
7. Chris believes we should be doing more to be good environmental stewards. We should work to reduce our emissions and supports a cap and trade program that will unleash the creativity of American ingenuity to help solve the increasing effects of greenhouse gases on the environment. Chris believes our dependence on foreign oil is a national security concern. Chris has long supported innovation and research in alternative energy sources, and although transitioning from oil to alternative energies will not be quick or easy, now is the time to forge ahead with serious commitments to wind, solar, biofuels, and other options.
- Christopher Coons. Issue Position: Environment. "As Delawareans continue to see their fuel and energy prices increase, they must consider becoming good environmental stewards. That is why Chris Coons, in his role as County Executive, took steps to address the county's own energy consumption and emissions in order to bring costs down for taxpayers and protect the environment. As Senator, Chris will continue what he started here in Delaware to encourage all governments and businesses to inventory their greenhouse gas emissions, develop an action plan for reducing these emissions and become more energy efficient. Chris is also calling for a nationwide cap and trade program that will help establish a price on carbon and unleash the creativity of American ingenuity to help solve the increasing effects of Greenhouse gases on the environment." (votesmart.org)
Christopher Coons. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Congressional Political Courage Test. Environment and Energy Issues: Other or expanded principles:" Chris believes we should be doing more to be good environmental stewards. We should work to reduce our emissions and supports a cap and trade program that will unleash the creativity of American ingenuity to help solve the increasing effects of greenhouse gases on the environment. Chris believes our dependence on foreign oil is a national security concern. Chris has long supported innovation and research in alternative energy sources, and although transitioning from oil to alternative energies will not be quick or easy, now is the time to forge ahead with serious commitments to wind, solar, biofuels, and other options."
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes
2. Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns?
- Yes
3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- No Answer
4. Do you support a ban on assault rifles?
- No Answer
1. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- No Answer
2. Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts?
- No Answer
3. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No Answer
4. Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs?
- No Answer
5. While not perfect, Chris supports the Affordable Care Act that will guarantee quality, affordable health care to all, and he looks forward to working with members of the Senate and House to implement, defend and sustain it.
- Christopher Coons. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Congressional Political Courage Test. Health Issues: Other or expanded principles: "While not perfect, Chris supports the Affordable Care Act that will guarantee quality, affordable health care to all, and he looks forward to working with members of the Senate and House to implement, defend and sustain it."
Christopher Coons. Issue Position: Health Care. "Chris Coons believes that good health is the foundation of economic prosperity. Crippling health care costs have robbed American families and have hurt our nation's competitiveness. While not believing it to be perfect, Chris supports President Obama's landmark health care legislation and is committed to working across the aisle to make it better. The new law will provide health insurance to the more than 29,000 Delawareans who lack insurance, and it will lower health insurance costs for average Americans, give small businesses the ability to pay to cover their employees, and reduce the federal deficit in the process." (votesmart.org)
1. Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country?
- No Answer
2. Do you support establishing English as the official national language?
- No Answer
3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No Answer
4. Chris strongly believes in the need for comprehensive federal immigration reform.
- Christopher Coons. 2010. Project Vote Smart: Congressional Political Courage Test. Immigration Issues: Other or expanded principles: "Chris strongly believes in the need for comprehensive federal immigration reform."
1. Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?
- No Answer
2. Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?
- No Answer
3. Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?
- Yes
4. Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?
- Yes
5. Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
- No Answer
6. Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
- Yes
7. Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?
- Yes
8. Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements?
- No Answer
9. Chris supports international free and fair trade agreements that include labor and other environmental protections and enforcement.
- Christopher Coons. Issue Position: National Security. "Chris Coons approaches military and foreign policy matters as a Truman Democrat. Our nation is best served by a robust, engaged foreign policy, based in diplomacy and strategic partnerships with other nations. We need a well-trained, sophisticated national security and intelligence capability, and policies and practices that recognize the link between our security and development, fair trade, and human rights. A Senior Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, Chris supports the President in his efforts to responsibly end the war in Iraq. Chris will keep his focus on the long-term security and safety of the American people. He will work to strengthen international partnerships and will offer his unwavering support to our men and women in uniform." (votesmart.org)
Christine O'Donnell- Chris Coons Debate. CNN (transcript). 13 October 2010. "COONS: Wolf, I'm concerned about the security of our troops in the field and about honoring the service and the sacrifice of our veterans. The war in Afghanistan is the war of the two that we've been engaged in, Iraq and Afghanistan, that I think was justified by a direct attack on the United States by the Taliban, who were offering harbor to al Qaeda, who were the authors of the 9/11 attack.
And I think in our 10th year now, on the ground in Afghanistan, we have to look hard at whether we're continuing to contribute to America's security by having 100,000 troops on the ground. I would support a negotiated resolution to the war that allowed us leave security and intelligence assets in place and that allowed us the opportunity to reengage, should the Taliban take control again, or allow al Qaeda to reemerge as a real threat to the region or to the United States.
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We have asked a lot of our men and women in the field. They have delivered brilliantly. But, frankly, the mission has exceeded the scope that I think we could initially reasonably expect of them." (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- No
2. Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military?
- Yes
3. Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- Yes
4. Should the federal government end affirmative action programs?
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- Yes
Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- No
Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
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?
- No
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