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Amanda Curtis
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Former Vice Chair, Business and Labor Committee, Montana State House of Representatives
Former Member, Education Committee, Montana State House of Representatives
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Montana State House of Representatives
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
2. Should abortions be illegal after 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. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No
6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No
7. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- No
8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Education (higher)
- Slightly Increase
2. Education (K-12)
- Slightly Increase
3. Environment
- Slightly Increase
4. Health care
- Slightly Increase
5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Slightly Increase
6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Greatly Increase
7. Welfare
- Slightly Increase
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Cigarette taxes
- Greatly Increase
3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Increase
4. Small business taxes
- Maintain Status
5. Gas/Oil taxes
- Slightly Increase
6. Property taxes
- Slightly Increase
7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status
8. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- Maintain Status
9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
10. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Individual
- Yes
2. Political Action Committee
- No
3. Corporate
- Yes
4. Political Party
- No
5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No Answer
6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
7. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes
8. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- No
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- Yes
4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No
5. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes
6. Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes
4. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes
5. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- No
7. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No
8. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No
9. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage?
- Yes
10. Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them?
- No
11. Do you support transferring the control over some federal land to the Montanan state government?
- No
12. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- Yes
2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- No
3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- No Answer
4. Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school?
- No
5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No
6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes
7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Montana high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No
3. Do you support state funding for improvements to Montana's energy infrastructure?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes
5. Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
6. Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes
3. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- Yes
4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes
3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- No Answer
4. Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- No Answer
6. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No
7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
2. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Montana's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
3. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Montana's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
In the following area, 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
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By Sarah Miller US Senate Candidate Amanda Curtis announced a seven point jobs plan as a part of her campaign platform during a press conference Thursday. Curtis' plan includes investing in small businesses, increasing job opportunities for veterans and promoting family ranchers and farmers. The butt lawmaker says one of her top priorities is stop allowing corporate interest to dictate policies. "Montanans have a choice in November between sending more of the same to Washington D.C., someone who is going to vote for corporate special interests and his millionaire and billionaire friends or someone who understands what it is like to try and struggle to put food on the table in working tables across the state." Curtis says she would also like to improve US manufacturing and technology competitiveness. Copyright ©2014 Beartooth Communications Company. All Rights Reserved.
By Charles S. Johnson Democratic Senate candidate Amanda Curtis called Thursday for closing tax loopholes for corporations that move their jobs overseas, investing more in Montana businesses and raising the federal minimum wage. Curtis released a seven-part jobs plan as she spoke to about 60 people in front of an ice cream shop on Helena's Walking Mall. "Montanans deserve leaders who support working-class families and small businesses, not millionaires who vote to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends," Curtis said, referring to her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Steve Daines of Bozeman. In response, Daines' campaign spokesman Brock Lowrance said, "Montanans will have a choice in this election between Steve's positive vision and his proven record of creating hundreds of good, high-paying jobs in Montana or that of Amanda Curtis' extreme agenda that would destroy good paying jobs and threaten Montana's middle-class families." Curtis is a high school math teacher from Butte who is serving her first term in the Montana House. The Montana Democratic Party state central committee selected her last month to replace Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., on the November ballot after he dropped out of the race. Her jobs plan called for: -- Investing in Made in Montana businesses by cutting taxes for small businesses, streamlining the process for them to gain access to capital and investing in rural broadband service. -- Closing corporate tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas. -- Improving U.S. and Montana manufacturing and technology competitiveness. -- Increasing job opportunities for veterans. "Hiring our heroes is just common sense, but we need to encourage businesses to hire those who have sacrificed for our country," Curtis said. -- Promoting family farmers and ranchers, who Curtis said are "hampered by corporate ag at every level from the price they can get for the product they produce to the cost of sending their product across the world." -- Advancing employment on Indian reservations by making job training assistance, natural resources management programs and economic development program top priorities. -- Protecting Montana workers by paying them a fair wage and ensuring men and women are given equal pay for equal work. Curtis said she supports raising the federal minimum wage, which is now $7.25 an hour and which President Barack Obama has asked Congress to increase to $10.10 an hour. The Democratic candidate said she's focused on making the minimum wage a livable wage everywhere, even though it may vary by city. In response to a question asking what role energy development played in her jobs plan, Curtis said it is "an important part of Montana's economy and energy system, and I support the jobs that it produces." She added, "There are corporations in Montana who are making millions of dollars of pure profit every single day, and I think we can solve a lot of our arguments in Montana by not treating ourselves as a cheap date and asking those corporations to continue to do the good work they do in our state, while also protecting our clean place to hunt, fish and camp." Daines' campaign spokesman Lowrance said the Republican congressman "is fighting for common-sense solutions that grow Montana's resources and energy industries, protect Montana middle-class families and union jobs and lift senseless Washington regulations that are holding back Montana small businesses from growing and creating jobs."
