Arizona Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Afghanistan

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
- No Answer

Budget

1. do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

2. do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

3. do you support reducing Medicaid spending?
- Yes

4. do you support reducing Medicare spending?
- Yes

5. Is balancing the budget a legislative priority?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Capital Punishment

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

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?
- No

5. Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

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
- No Answer

Energy

1. Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment

1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- No

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Guns

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes

2. Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Immigration

1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

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?
- No

3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Marriage

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

National Security

1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes

2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social Security

1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status

2. Arts
- Slightly Decrease

3. Defense
- Maintain Status

4. Education
- Eliminate

5. Environment
- Greatly Decrease

6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Decrease

7. International aid
- Eliminate

8. Medical Research
- Slightly Increase

9. Scientific Research
- Greatly Increase

10. Space exploration
- Greatly Increase

11. United Nations
- Eliminate

12. Welfare
- Greatly Decrease

13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

2. Corporate taxes
- Eliminate

3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Greatly Decrease

4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Greatly Decrease

5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Slightly Decrease

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate

7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Eliminate

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Eliminate

9. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

10. Payroll taxes
- Greatly Decrease

11. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

Administrative Priorities

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