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Shelli Yoder
DWon the General, 2020 Indiana State Senate District 40
Councilor (Monroe County, IN) - District 1 (? - Present)
To be claimed
No committee memberships found.
Spouse's Occupation:
professor of business law and ethics at IU
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
Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position
1. 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 requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
1. Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support?
- No
1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- No
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
2. Other or expanded principles
- Reproductive rights are fundamental to women's health and well-being. Women have the right to choose their doctors and health care. That right to choose is a personal decision, and nobody--least of all the government--should be allowed to make that choice for women.
1. Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan?
- No
2. Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- [Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan?]: Not currently.
I support the President's plan to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan. The War in Afghanistan is more than a decade old, making it the longest war in American history. Now that Osama bin Laden has been killed and Al Quaeda is decimated, there is little reason to remain. I would support accelerating withdrawal of troops in an orderly but quick manner. Our troops have fought valiantly and represented America honorably. However, now it is time to bring them home as quickly as is possible and safe.
1. do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
2. do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
3. do you support reducing Medicaid spending?
- No
4. do you support reducing Medicare spending?
- No
5. Is balancing the budget a legislative priority?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- [In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?]: We can reduce defense spending not only by bringing our troops home from Afghanistan, but also by reducing unnecessary spending by the Pentagon. We spend more on constant defense expenditures now than at any time during the height of the Cold War, yet our return on this record spending does not seem justified. Just as we are asking of all government spending, the Pentagon needs to tighten it's belt. [In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?]: I [...]
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No Answer
2. Other or expanded principles
- [...] constitutionally permitted under Citizens United v. FEC is disclosure. Disclosure is currently required of "Super PACs." However, meaningful disclosure is not required of 527s and non-profits engaged in "issue advertising." I support strict and timely disclosure requirements of all independent spending by non-profits and 527s engaged in issue advertising. The Supreme Court should revisit Citizens United and reverse its earlier decision. While I support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, I do not believe it is likely to pass in the near future.
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- Our judicial system makes far too many mistakes in convictions, including capital convictions. The current system is too arbitrary and discriminatory to let capital punishment stand. I support a national moratorium until such time as we are convinced that punishments are being meted our evenly and fairy.
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
3. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
4. Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- Yes
5. Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- [Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?] I support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth.[Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?]: Tax incentives should be provided ONLY when a business is held to its promises used to achieve those incentives, and if the promised jobs materialize. Otherwise, the business should pay the incentives back to the government. Already the taxpayer provides many incentives: sewers, roads, water lines, garbage disposal, etc. Allowing businesses to use the entire infrastructure without shouldering any of the burdens [...]
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- Education is strapped by lack of funds and other measures that vary, state by state; dumping another unfunded mandate on schools while threatening to withhold needed funds is nothing short of blackmail and directly harms our most vulnerable citizens - children.
1. Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- [...] there need to be more restrictions, not fewer, and there need to be more enforcement personnel, as well.
1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- [Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?]: Science is not a belief system. The science shows clearly that we humans are quickly causing our own climate to change, to become warmer, which will lead to predictable consequences. We must act before it is too late for our survival.
[Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?]: Unequivocally. It is but one step to reduce the heat in our atmosphere.
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- The Second Amendment was much appreciated in the rural area where I was raised, and I support the laws on the books. Criminals who are convicted of using guns to commit crimes should be prosecuted to the full extent of those laws.
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No
2. Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- [Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?]: The ACA is a step in the right direction. The addition of a Public Option would further help to keep cost down. [Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act?]: We already pay for healthcare for all, in that those who don't have insurance get care, can't pay, and we pay for it via high premiums and costs. Further, those who are sick and don't have insurance wait longer to get care, meaning it is more expensive and less successful. Insurance for [...]
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
2. Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin?
- Yes
3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?
- No
4. Other or expanded principles
- [Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?]: Otherwise law-abiding immigrants and their families should be provided the opportunity to become citizens. [Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin?]: I support the DREAM Act. [Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?]: Border security is the responsibility of the federal government and should remain so.
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- Marriage equality is not a government issue; the government should not be able to tell someone who they will love, or to whom they will leave their property, for example. Government should stay out of these private affairs of individuals.
1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Unknown Position
2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No
3. Other or expanded principles
- [Should the U.S. use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?] We have no business starting a war with Iran. The situation in the Middle East is delicate, tenuous, and one that we must carefully watch, using and enforcing sanctions if necessary, with diplomacy as our main tool.
1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- This is another scheme to weaken and eventually destroy Social Security, and I will never do that. We need to protect both Social Security and Medicare; both are promises we make to our seniors, and I intend to keep those promises and protect their investments.
1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status
2. Arts
- Slightly Increase
3. Defense
- Slightly Decrease
4. Education
- Greatly Increase
5. Environment
- Greatly Increase
6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Decrease
7. International aid
- Maintain Status
8. Medical Research
- Slightly Increase
9. Scientific Research
- Slightly Increase
10. Space exploration
- Slightly Increase
11. United Nations
- Maintain Status
12. Welfare
- Maintain Status
13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Capital gains taxes
- Greatly Increase
2. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Increase
3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Greatly Increase
4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Greatly Increase
5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Greatly Decrease
6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate
7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease
8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Greatly Increase
9. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Increase
10. Payroll taxes
- Slightly Decrease
11. Other or expanded categories
- Greatly Increase
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.
- As a working Mom, I will be your fresh voice in Congress that will better represent the needs of working families. My priorities include: Bring new businesses and jobs back to Southern Indiana; increase opportunities for job training/retraining for the unemployed; support good public education; insure all families have equal access to quality medical care; and protect Social Security and Medicare for seniors. I have the professional training and education to lead this collaboratively, including Hoosiers and our values in decisions that affect us every day. Funding is a matter of priorities - mine are the working people of [...]
By Daniel Suddeath Ninth District Congressional candidate Shelli Yoder criticized incumbent Rep. Todd Young this week for his House mailings regarding issues such as Medicare that she regarded as an abuse of policy. Yoder's campaign stated that according to House disbursement records from April 1 of 2011 to March 31 of this year, Young sent out 651,072 pieces of mail at a cost of more than $293,000 to taxpayers. "Todd Young ran for Congress back in 2010 promising voters that he would reduce spending in Washington," said Yoder, a Democrat from Bloomington. "This kind of political hypocrisy represents what I think Hoosiers know is going on with Congress today, and I want to change that." Congressional mailings aren't illegal, and a committee consisting of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans is assigned to review each mailing and approve it. But Yoder said Young has used the mailings in a political manner instead of for informational purposes. She suggested Young was attempting to deceive people into believing he supports Medicare, though Yoder said he has voted to do away with the traditional nature of the program. She said Young is among the top senders of mailings in the House, and that he should pay back the money spent on the literature. "He can't legitimately claim to be a fiscal conservative while charging taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars for politically deceptive mail," Yoder said. Young Campaign Manager Trevor Foughty didn't specifically quote the amount spent on mailings, but said "we plan to continue focusing on the issues that matter to Hoosiers, and not political distractions." And this week, one of the biggest issues has been health care after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Young, a Republican who voted 30 times in the House to overturn all or portions of the act, said the plan will have a "negative effect on our economy and job creation" in reference to the individual mandate requiring Americans to purchase health insurance. He said a large majority of Hoosiers oppose the law, and that "Obamacare" fails to control health care costs. "Moving forward, I will continue to support implementing policies to allow health insurance to be purchased across state lines; to improve our costly medical malpractice system; to make health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts more prevalent; and a number of other proposals that will lower costs and increase access to care without adding to the federal bureaucracy," Young said. Yoder said she was pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling, as she added it will close the so called "donut hole" in Medicare prescription drug coverage, keep insurance companies from discriminating against individuals with pre-existing health conditions and allow dependent children to stay on their parents' plan up to age 26. "These are all critical parts of the health care reform law that protect hard working families and provide them the security they need," she said.
