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Kevin Strouse's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Kevin Strouse has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2014 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests.

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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 2014.

  • Endorsed by NARAL: (votesmart.org)
  • "I believe women should have the right to make their own decisions about their bodies, that our government should stay out of our private lives and not interfere in a women's conversation with her doctor." (votesmart.org)
  • "Strouse has been a vocal supporter of simplifying our tax system so that we can lower tax rates and create jobs." (www.kevinstrouse.com)
  • "Recognizing that we have limited tax dollars, I believe it is nevertheless critical for us to make strategic investments in areas that are critical for long-term growth and prosperity, including infrastructure, the electrical grid, energy, and education." (votesmart.org)
  • "Pass a multi-year highway bill to improve Pennsylvania’s crumbling roads and bridges" (www.kevinstrouse.com)
  • "To that end, we should reform our methods to assess learning." (www.kevinstrouse.com)
  • "Our commitment to education must include strengthening our schools by fully funding special education, modernizing our classrooms, and ensuring that highly qualified teachers are in every classroom. We must demand results and accountability from our schools with greater collaboration between parents, teachers, and business and community leaders....The federal government should support states' efforts to experiment with new approaches, while closely monitoring performance to ensure reasonable standards of effectiveness and efficiency." (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "When I am elected to Congress I will support legislation to require the natural gas industry to disclose all chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process, and I will fight to repeal the Halliburton loophole and bring natural gas drilling under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act." (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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I am opposed to discrimination in all forms – period. I support marriage equality and was glad to see DOMA overturned by the Supreme Court. Gay and lesbian couples should be able to take on the responsibilities and obligations of making a lifetime commitment to each other and their families." (www.kevinstrouse.com)
  • "Tackling this issue will be difficult, and require every tool in our foreign policy toolkit. The president and our Congress must set politics aside if we are going to keep our country safe. The alternative is disaster." (votesmart.org)
  • "Our country deserves leaders who will take a new approach to evaluating the challenges we face and the tactics and strategies required to solve them." (votesmart.org)
  • "Simply put, Congressman Fitzpatrick cannot be trusted to protect Social Security. He supported a plan to privatize Social Security that would risk seniors' guaranteed benefits by giving them to Wall Street to gamble on the stock market." (votesmart.org)
  • "Seniors have paid into Medicare and Social Security every paycheck. They've earned it, and I will ensure these programs stay solvent." (votesmart.org)

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