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

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?
- Unknown Position

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

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)?
- Unknown Position

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

Trade

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

Illinois Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

Campaign Finance

1. I support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision. In the meantime, we should take concrete, immediately achievable actions to increase the transparency of campaign spending, such as the Shareholder Protection Act.
- Endorsed by End Citizens United. https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/176982/sean-casten#.XbsBfEE3kfI (votesmart.org) "You sponsored a bill to reduce campaign finance disclosure. You blocked a bill that would have compelled Trump to release his tax returns. You enabled the conditions that made today happen." https://twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/1018984411826671618 (twitter.com) "Support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision. In the meantime, we should take concrete, immediately achievable actions to increase the transparency of campaign spending, such as the Shareholder Protection Act." https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1268136/issue-position-the-right-to-vote#.XbsCNUE3kfI (votesmart.org)

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

2. I have spent my career working to address climate change, which I believe to be the single biggest existential crisis facing our species. For more details on my energy and climate policies and specific examples of legislation I propose, see here: https://castenforcongress.com/blog/issue/our-environment/.
- "I am a scientist and a clean energy entrepreneur. Climate change is the challenge of our generation [â?¦]" https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1211517/issue-position-environment#.WjGVvWe3wfI (votesmart.org) "Furthermore, clean energy is another area where we could be growing jobs, by investing in research and technology so that the next generation of wind turbines, solar panels, fuel cells and more are designed and manufactured right here, by American workers." https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1211527/issue-position-jobs#.WjGWeWe3wfI (votesmart.org) "I am a scientist and a clean energy entrepreneur. Climate change is the challenge of our generation [â?¦]" https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1211517/issue-position-environment#.WjGVvWe3wfI (votesmart.org) "Furthermore, clean energy is another area where we could be growing jobs, by investing in research and technology so that the next generation of wind turbines, solar panels, fuel cells and more are designed and manufactured right here, by American workers." https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1211527/issue-position-jobs#.WjGWeWe3wfI (votesmart.org)

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. Those who immigrated to the US voluntarily did so with the belief that they would have more opportunity in America than they had at home. Many of those who came here in bondage would later lead the Great Migration northward, driven by the same impulse. This willingness to uproot and resettle in a gave us a legacy of risk-takers and hard workers. Of course, we need to protect our borders and vet those who wish immigrate. That is not in dispute. More people want to come to the US than we can accommodate. That is a blessing, not a burden.
- Rated 1% by NumbersUSA. https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/176982/sean-casten#.XbsBfEE3kfI (votesmart.org) Voted in favor of HR 6 - American Dream and Promise Act of 2019. https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/67354#.XbrlBkE3kfI (votesmart.org) "We must pass legislation to formally approve DACA and remove the ability of future Presidents to remove under Executive Order. (e.g., through the DREAM Act)" https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1233856/issue-position-immigration#.W2HT7GdyIfI (votesmart.org) "We must pass legislation to formally approve DACA and remove the ability of future Presidents to remove under Executive Order. (e.g., through the DREAM Act)" https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1233856/issue-position-immigration#.W2HT7GdyIfI (votesmart.org)