W. Williamson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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W. Williamson has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2016.
- "[...] regarding women's issues, I am a Pro-Choice candidate. I support Planned Parenthood, and I believe women have the right to make their own decisions about their healthcare concerns." (votesmart.org)
- "I support balancing the budget by not only spending cuts, but also by a slight tax increase to pay down the debt. The slight tax increase would be called the DOLLARS TO DOWNSIZE THE DEBT program. Those with incomes of less than $250,000 per year would pay an extra dollar in taxes per year. Those making $250,000 or more would pay an additional $2 per year." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "I support balancing the budget by not only spending cuts, but also by a slight tax increase to pay down the debt." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "When elected your congressman in November 2016, I will continue to advocate for accessible preschools for children from all income levels. I will speak up for adequate funding for the federal Headstart program. To ignore our preschool age children is to forget that the future is theirs, and we must equip them to take charge of it in an effective fashion." (www.williamsonforuscongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "With our almost ever-present sun in the daytime, our state is a natural for heliocentric energy; we would be foolish not to do everything we can to promote its use both by industry and the private consumer. Technologies will have to be adapted to expedite the use of this renewable energy source." (votesmart.org)
- "When elected to Congress on November 4th, I will support the President's efforts to get meaningful climate change legislation passed in the House. In addition, I will support his efforts to bring into being an international 'climate accord' that will be respected by all parties so that greenhouse gases and carbon emissions can be effectively reduced." (votesmart.org)
- "When elected your congressman in November 2016, I will support effective background checks on gun purchases that seek to screen out the dangerously mentally ill and those with a history of committing violent crimes." (www.williamsonforuscongress.com)
- "I support the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act as well as expanding Medicaid for childless adults on the state level." (votesmart.org)
- "In the meanwhile, I support providing asylum to those minors who qualify for refugee status. Some of them, after all, have come from San Pedro Sula, 'a city in northwestern Honduras that has the world's highest homicide rate, according to United Nations figures.' ("Fleeing Gangs, Children Head to U.S. Border," Frances Robles, New York Times, July 9, 2014, www.nytimes.com). They should be allowed to enroll in our public schools, as has already occurred in the Phoenix Union High School District." (votesmart.org)
- 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.
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