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James Cargas' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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James Cargas has refused 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.

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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 2018.

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  • "Pres. Obama's stimulus and fiscal policy kept America from a Greece-like implosion from Republican austerity." (www.facebook.com)
  • "We need to rebuild our economy, not dismantle and weaken it. Areas that are essential to rebuilding our economy include: Education, Research in Science and Biotechnology, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Renewable Energy." (votesmart.org)
  • "Quinnipiac: Only 29% of Americans approve of GOP tax plan @CNNPolitics We could tell @congculberson to follow #CountryOverParty & vote no on reconciled bill, but he always seems to ignore pleas from his constituents @Indivisibletx7" (cnn.it)
  • "We may know very little about Republican Tax but its enough to know its a really bad idea" (twitter.com)
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  • "America needs fossil fuel sources like coal and natural gas, and also renewable sources like solar, wind, wave, tidal, geothermal and hydroelectric, as well as nuclear." (votesmart.org)
  • "Congress has for decades failed to balance these diverse sources or develop a comprehensive policy for an orderly transition away from non-renewable fossil fuels towards renewable and domestic energy sources." (votesmart.org)
  • "We need to rebuild our economy, not dismantle and weaken it. Areas that are essential to rebuilding our economy include: Education, Research in Science and Biotechnology, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Renewable Energy." (votesmart.org)
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  • Rated 10% by Gun Owners of America (votesmart.org)
  • "I will support the no-fly no-buy legislation that denies gun ownership to anyone on the TSA's no-fly list or the FBI's terrorist watch list. Fewer than 3% of the people on these lists are Americans. Additionally, I will support legislation that closes loop holes, and treats every gun purchaser fairly and equally by requiring background checks before enjoying their Second Amendment right." (votesmart.org)
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  • "Donald Trump and John Culberson want to waste billions of your tax dollars building a wall. They have no realistic proposals about what to do with the 11 million plus undocumented people already here." (votesmart.org)
  • "Fact: 11 to 20 million undocumented people live in the United States. Building larger more expensive walls will not change this." (votesmart.org)
  • "Democrats skeptical of DACA deal framework … Congress needs to pass a #CleanDACA bill. Including #BuildTheWall & #ChainMigration as caveats is NOT a clean bill." (thehill.com)
  • "I will support comprehensive immigration reform, including measures like the DREAM Act, that keep families together and allow law-abiding people to remain part of the American economy and continue to live in our communities." (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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