Brendan Kelly's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Issue Positions
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- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected PRO-LIFE for: "a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?" Selected NO for: "b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?; c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?; d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?; e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?; f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?"
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- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected YES for: "g) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?"
- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected YES for: "f) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?"
- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected NO for: "a) Do you support national education standards?"
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected NO for: "f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?"
- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected NO for: "a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?"
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Brendan Kelly. Project Vote Smart: 2010 New Hampshire State Legislative Political Courage Test. Selected YES for: "a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?" Selected NO for: "b) Should New Hampshire continue to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples?"
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| I want them home yesterday | |||
Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,
| Yes | do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| We need to balance our budget now not in ten years | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| We need to eliminate bribery at all levels | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Murder is murder, two wrongs never make a right | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| No | Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| No | 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 | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Anyone can choose who they want to contract with as partners it's a contract.The government has no place in it. | |||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.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.
| Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Eliminate | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| [m) Other or expanded categories:] Candidate chose 6 (eliminate) on this question but made no comment. | |||
| I believe we need to institute the Fair Tax | |||
| Return power to the people.Get rid of the Federal Reserve which is seeking to control our currency and control our leaders who support themselves and their friends instead of the people. Get the government out of the way so that the economy can recover and put the people back to work. Nothing else is really needed except to bring our troops home. |
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