Marty McClendon's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Marty McClendon has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2018 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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.
Washington Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support campaign finance reform that is open, transparent and consistent that does not threaten anyone's first amendment rights. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I believe that each state should decide what education standards are in place. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Energy exploration is a key to our economic vitality. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Innovation and consumer demand will drive technology and reforms that do a better job of protecting our environment than regulations ever will. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I will defend our 2nd Amendment rights. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| The Affordable Care Act has been a disaster and the worst is yet to come. There are solutions that solve the problems we face while restoring the medical system. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The first promise made when swearing in for office is to defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic. My duties are to protect American citizens first. I do agree that there has to be a plan to address the 12 million illegal immigrants that are here now. I would suggest, a self reporting period, a fine, and some sort of worker status that has no voting rights until actual US Citizenship is earned through the normal channels. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| I believe the federal government has no business involving itself in marriage or moral issues. This should be up the states and between the two people involved. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States 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.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| My top three priorities beyond restoring trust by telling the truth at all times and returning the government back to the people are as follows: Finding and removing job killing over-regulation to get people back to work, Co sponsor HR 25 which will give everyone an instant raise and eliminate the IRS, and work to improve our VA medical system. I will also push for energy exploration which will lower costs and improve our economy. |
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