Daniel Webster did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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 2022.
1. Which of the following tax measures, if any, will you support if elected to the Congress in 1992?
X | Reducing the capital gains tax rate on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds and real estate. | ||
X | Permitting tax-free withdrawals from IRAs in limited circumstances. | ||
Providing some kind of middle-class tax break. | |||
Increasing the income taxes of those with incomes over $100,000. | |||
X | Providing a tax credit for first-time home buyers. | ||
X | Repealing luxury taxes on limited items. | ||
X | Providing a temporary investment tax credit. | ||
Other |
Please evaluate the following general program areas and indicate the level of federal funding that you will support if you are elected to Congress.
Keep Spending The Same | Health Care | ||
Keep Spending The Same | Unemployment | ||
Increase Spending | AIDS Research | ||
Increase Spending | Environment | ||
Decrease Spending | Defense | ||
Increase Spending | Education | ||
Increase Spending | National Debt Payments | ||
Keep Spending The Same | Drugs |
If you are elected to Congress, how will you confront the issue of the national debt?
X | Reduce governmental defense spending. | ||
X | Reduce governmental domestic spending. | ||
Raise personal income taxes for all citizens. | |||
Raise personal income taxes for citizens with incomes over $100,000. | |||
Raise corporate taxes. | |||
Do nothing at the present time. | |||
X | Other | ||
Stimulate growth. |
Which of the following measures designed to address the issue of unemployment do you support or oppose?
Support | Extending unemployment compensation further. | ||
Support | Federal support of job retraining programs. | ||
Support | Federal grants to states for creating jobs in inner cities. | ||
Support | Mandating workfare for welfare recipients. | ||
Oppose | Minimizing governmental intervention and letting the market take a more natural course. | ||
Support | Federal investment in America's infrastructure. | ||
Other |
Which of the following policies, if any, should be pursued by the federal government in the area of the United States/Japenese trade?
Restricting the overall volume of goods entering the United States from Japan. | |||
Imposing tariffs on goods entering the United States from Japan. | |||
Requiring Japan to eliminate its trade surplus with the United States over a period of five years. | |||
X | Requiring reciprocal trade agreements between the United States and Japan based on equal dollar values. | ||
Imposing no restrictions on trade between the United States and Japan. | |||
X | Other | ||
Make America competitive. |
Which of the following defense proposals do you support or oppose?
Support | Reduction of the number of American military troops. | ||
Oppose | Continued funding of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). |
Do you consider the fact that many Americans do not have health insurance to be a problem, and if so, please note which of the following proposals you favor?
Elimination of private insurance in favor of a program administered and paid for by the federal government and run by the states, similar to the health care system in Canada. | |||
Offering tax incentives to all small employers in return for guaranteed health insurance coverage of all employees and their families. | |||
Implementation of a "play or pay" program where employers must enroll their employees and families in a basic health plan or contribute to a public fund that will provide health care for everyone without coverage. | |||
Creation of a fund designed to provide health insurance to the unemployed and supported by additional tax levies on large employers. | |||
A system of tax credits and vouchers to provide health insurance for the working poor and people of moderate income. | |||
No reform necessary at this time. | |||
X | Other | ||
See answer to top priorities. |
If elected to Congress, which of the following proposals designed to change our nations' public education system will you support?
X | Increased federal funding. | ||
X | Increased state and local funding. | ||
X | Improved teacher recruitment and training. | ||
National curricula and standards. | |||
X | Smaller classes. | ||
Increased national testing. | |||
A "choice" or "vouchers" program. | |||
No major changes are necessary at this time. | |||
Other |
If elected to Congress, how will you confront the War on Drugs?"
X | Provide federal funds to educate people about the dangers of drugs. | ||
X | Provide federal funds to help drug addicts overcome their addictions. | ||
X | Work with foreign governments to stop the export of drugs to this country. | ||
X | Impose mandatory federal jail sentences for drug dealers. | ||
Impose mandatory federal jail sentences for drug users. | |||
Legalize the possession and use of drugs. | |||
Other |
What is your opinion on the following environmental proposals?
Strongly Oppose | Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration. | ||
Don't Know | Amending the Clean Water Act's section on wetlands to provide landowners with greater rights. | ||
Support | Reauthorization of The Endangered Species Act in its current form. |
Please indicate which of the following positions you support or oppose.
Oppose | Parental or spousal notification prior to permitting an abortion. | ||
Oppose | Abortion should be illegal in all circumstances. | ||
Support | Federally funded abortions should be permitted. | ||
Oppose | Women should be able to get abortions if they want no matter what the reason. | ||
Oppose | Abortion should be legal only in limited circumstances, for example, when the life of the mother is endangered or in the case of rape or incest. |
Which of the following anti-crime measures do you support or oppose?
Support | Expansion of the number of federal crimes punishable by death. | ||
Support | A mandatory waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. | ||
Support | Increased federal spending for state and local police programs. | ||
A ban on the sale and possession of assault-style semiautomatic weapons. | |||
Support | A limitation on habeas corpus appeals for death row inmates. | ||
Other |
['Whare are your two top priorities if elected to the Congress?']
b. How will you finance (when necessary) each priority? | |||
1. The skyrocketing cost of health care is perhaps the most critical problem facing this nation. The cost of our health care in America per person is basically double that of other industrialized nations Americans and American companies are finding it too expensive to purchase medical health care insurance for their families and employees, and the high cost is substantially undermining the competitive position of our nation in the global markets -- which is causing us to lose jobs. In order to reduce the sky-rocketing costs and make high quality, affordable health care accessible to all Americans, health care reform on a national basis is necessary. Health care reform must focus on the cost and should include four basic elements: Preventive Health Care, Insurance Reform, Tort Reform and Cost Containment....These reforms will save money. Reform Congress - saves money. |
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