Bill Sargent's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Bill Sargent 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.
Issue Positions
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- "I cannot and will not support any legislation that provides or promotes abortion services. This includes, but is not limited to, using federal taxpayers' money to fund such practices and/or forcing or encouraging health insurance companies to offer such coverage." (votesmart.org)
- "While an unborn child can be called an it, a fetus, or whatever one likes that does not negate the fact that an unborn child is a person. Does a mother have the right to decide what happens with her body? Sarge say yes -- as long as that decision does not endanger the life of another." (votesmart.org)
- "I oppose raising taxes [â¦]" (votesmart.org)
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- "The #TaxBill reduces corp. tax rate to 21%. That will help the #MiddleClass and businesses. Corporations are owned by investors small & large. A rising tide in our economy will raise all our boats." (twitter.com)
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- "Sarge supports the Bill of Rights, including the right of law-abiding U.S. citizens to have and bear arms." (votesmart.org)
- " I would vote to repeal 'Obamacare.'" (votesmart.org)
- "In a perfect world, the federal government involvement with health care would be limited to what the constitution allows (i.e., selling health insurance across state lines and such). However we don't live in a perfect world and Obamacare is failing." (votesmart.org)
- "Although it might serve as a deterrent in some border areas, Sarge is not sure building a physical wall across the entire southern border with Mexico will keep illegal immigrants out of our country. Electronic surveillance supplemented by a physical wall in some locations, plus having an adequate number of boots on the ground, might be a more effective plan." (votesmart.org)
- "I don't think building a wall will work. After all, it didn't work for East Germany! We need to use other methods to accomplish the goal." (votesmart.org)
- "Sarge has no problem with legal immigration. It's the illegal immigration he has an issue with. [â¦] The first thing we should do is to deport those who have a criminal background while realizing there is no way we can deport the millions of people who are in our country illegally." (votesmart.org)
- "There are many issues with our present immigration policy, such as what to do with the millions of people who are in this country illegally [â¦] For a start, we might consider not providing automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to parents who are illegally in the United States." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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