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Hakeem Jeffries
DWon the General, 2024 New York U.S. House District 8
Won the General, 2022 New York U.S. House District 8
New York U.S. House, District 8 (2012 - Present)
To be claimed
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
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No
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?
- Yes
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer
2. Abortions should always be legal.
- X
3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- No Answer
5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer
6. Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
- No Answer
7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Education (Higher)
- Greatly Increase
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase
3. Emergency preparedness
- Slightly Increase
4. Environment
- Slightly Increase
5. Health care
- Greatly Increase
6. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase
7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Slightly Increase
8. Welfare
- Greatly Increase
9. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
10. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
11. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase
12. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Increase
13. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status
14. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Maintain Status
15. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Maintain Status
16. Sales taxes
- Slightly Decrease
17. Vehicle taxes
- Slightly Decrease
18. Should there be a cap on school district property taxes?
- No
19. Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
- No
20. Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
- No
21. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
- No
22. Do you support raising the income tax for those making $1,000,000 or more?
- Yes
23. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support limiting the number of terms for New York governors?
- No Answer
2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for New York state senators and assemblymembers?
- No
3. Individual
- Yes
4. PAC
- Yes
5. Corporate
- Yes
6. Political Parties
- Yes
7. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
8. Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
- Yes
9. Should New York participate in the federal REAL ID program?
- No Answer
10. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer
2. Establish the death penalty in New York.
- No Answer
3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X
4. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X
5. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
- No Answer
6. Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
- No Answer
7. Support hate crime legislation.
- X
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
- X
2. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
- No Answer
3. Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
- X
4. Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- No Answer
5. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
- No Answer
6. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
- No Answer
7. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- X
8. Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
- No Answer
9. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- X
10. Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of New York to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
- X
11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
- X
2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
- No Answer
3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X
4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X
5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X
6. Include gender identity in New York's anti-discrimination laws.
- X
7. Increase the state minimum wage.
- X
8. Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
- X
9. Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
- No Answer
10. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
- No Answer
11. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X
12. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X
2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
- X
3. Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
- X
4. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
- X
5. Support funding for improvements to New York's power generating and transmission facilities.
- No Answer
6. Support funding for open space preservation.
- X
7. Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
- X
8. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
- X
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes
2. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- No
3. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- Yes
4. Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No Answer
5. Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No Answer
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
- X
2. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- No Answer
3. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer
4. Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
- X
5. Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
- X
6. Legalize physician assisted suicide in New York.
- No Answer
7. Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
- X
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should New York recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- Yes
2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
- Yes
3. Should New York provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
- Yes
4. Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
- No Answer
5. Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
- No
6. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes
7. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No
8. Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
- Yes
9. Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
- Yes
10. Should New York continue affirmative action programs?
- Yes
11. Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
- Yes
12. Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
- Yes
13. Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
- No
14. Other or expanded principles
- 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?
- Yes
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- 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?
- No
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, 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
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
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position
