Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

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?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No

Economy

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

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

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

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

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

Immigration

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

National Security

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)?
- No

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

Massachusetts Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

Budget, Spending, and Tax

SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.

1. Agriculture
- Slightly Decrease

2. Arts
- Maintain Status

3. Defense
- Greatly Decrease

4. Intelligence operations
- Maintain Status

5. Military hardware
- Slightly Increase

6. National missile defense
- Eliminate

7. Salary and benefits for active duty personnel
- Slightly Increase

8. Programs to improve troop retention rates
- Maintain Status

9. Research and development of new weapons
- Maintain Status

SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.

1. Education
- Greatly Increase

2. Environment
- Slightly Increase

3. Homeland security
- Maintain Status

4. International aid
- Slightly Increase

5. Medical research
- Greatly Increase

6. Scientific research
- Greatly Increase

7. Space exploration
- Maintain Status

8. United Nations
- Maintain Status

9. Welfare
- Maintain Status

10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

11. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase

12. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status

13. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase

14. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status

15. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status

16. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

17. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

18. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase

19. Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax?
- No

20. Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
- No

21. Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy?
- Yes

Business and Employment

1. Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security?
- No

2. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No

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

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

1. Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns?
- No

2. Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

3. Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns?
- No

4. Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes

5. Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations?
- No

6. Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements?
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No

2. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released?
- Yes

3. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

4. Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders?
- Yes

5. Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs?
- No

Education

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

Environment and Energy

1. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- Yes

2. Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- Yes

3. Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system?
- Yes

4. Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles?
- Yes

5. Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas?
- No

6. Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes

7. Do you support the development of nuclear reactors?
- No

Gun

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

4. Do you support a ban on assault rifles?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

1. Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes

3. Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts?
- No Answer

4. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No

5. Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants?
- Yes

2. Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country?
- No

3. Do you support establishing English as the official national language?
- No

4. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No

International Policy

1. Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan?
- No

2. Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?
- No

3. Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?
- No

4. Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?
- Yes

5. Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?
- Yes

6. Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
- Yes

7. Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
- Yes

8. Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?
- Yes

9. Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements?
- No

Social

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

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

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

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

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

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

Energy & Environment

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

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

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

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

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?
- No