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Kenneth R. Timmerman

Kenneth R. Timmerman's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Kenneth Timmerman
Full Name: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Gender: Male
Family: Married; 5 Children
Religion: Anglican
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Kenneth Timmerman refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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Issue Positions

In response to the increasing unwillingness of candidates to answer issue questions, Project Vote Smart has researched Presidential and Congressional candidates' public ecords to determine candidates' likely responses on certain key issues. These issue positions, from the year 2012, are provided below as a courtesy to voters.

Pro-life Inferred Answer Abortion: Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Life. 14 February 2012. "I believe we need to promote a culture of life, not a culture that promotes abortion-on-demand at any stage of pregnancy as a 'choice.' This starts by defending the family as the bedrock of our society, and by supporting nonprofit organizations that help pregnant women in need of health care, counseling, and other support. [¦] I oppose taxpayer-funded abortions, both at home or abroad, and will vote to defund Planned Parenthood. [¦] However, for as long as taxpayer dollars still go to funding abortions, I will support legislation requiring sonograms for women contemplating an abortion to help young women, in particular, to better understand the life growing inside of them. We need to protect and defend the unborn, not find new schemes for dehumanizing them." (timmermanforcongress.com)
Yes Inferred Answer Afghanistan: Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position: National Defense. 1 January 2012. "Stop negotiating surrender in Afghanistan. It is wrong to have our soldiers in Afghanistan fighting on the front lines against the Taliban while our political leaders negotiate to hand the country over to the Taliban. We know what Taliban rule in Afghanistan looks like -- and it led directly to the September 11 attacks. We must defeat the Taliban, and this is something our military leaders know how to do." votesmart.org/public-statement/700488
No Inferred Answer Budget: In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issues. 14 February 2012. "Restore funding for major programs such as the F-35, missile defense, and naval shipbuilding." (timmermanforcongress.com)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position: National Defense. 1 January 2012. "Chris Van Hollen's failure as a member of the Super-Committee to find bi-partisan solutions for our fiscal train wreck will lead to across-the-board defense cuts of 24% under sequestration [¦] I will stand firm behind our military to ensure that they remain the best-trained, best equipped, and best-supported fighting force the world has ever seen." votesmart.org/public-statement/700488
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Facebook: Wall. 6 February 2012. "Chris Van Hollen's failed leadership on the Super-Committee has brought us $1 trillion in defense cuts that will reduce readiness, make America vulnerable, and impact District 8 directly with lost revenue and lost jobs. He failed: now he must go." (www.facebook.com)
No Inferred Answer Budget: In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Baltimore Sun: 8th Congressional District Election Guide 2012. 7 September 2012. "I favor renewing the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts in the short term and moving toward broader based tax reform as quickly as possible." (www.baltimoresun.com)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position: Tax Reform. 1 January 2012. "There is no way I will favor a national consumer tax with the Income tax system still in place. In order to establish a Fair Tax system, we MUST repeal the 16th amendment first and get rid of the IRS." votesmart.org/public-statement/700511
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Tax Reform. 14 February 2012. "I personally favor the Fair Tax, which is predicated on the repeal of the 16th amendment. The Fair Tax will generate huge savings to individuals, eliminate $800 billion in compliance costs by getting rid of the IRS, and liberate small businesses and entrepreneurs to create jobs, not hire accountants and lawyers to fend off government bureaucrat." (timmermanforcongress.com)
No Inferred Answer Economy: Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Campaign Platform. 27 June 2012. "Eliminate stimulus spending, Repeal job-killing federal regulations." (timmermanforcongress.com)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Baltimore Sun: 8th Congressional District Election Guide 2012. 7 September 2012. "I do not believe in increasing any federal spending as a means of "boosting" the economy because federal stimulus programs do not work." (www.baltimoresun.com)
Unknown Position Unknown Answer Economy: Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Tax Reform. 14 February 2012. "I personally favor the Fair Tax, which is predicated on the repeal of the 16th amendment. The Fair Tax will generate huge savings to individuals, eliminate $800 billion in compliance costs by getting rid of the IRS, and liberate small businesses and entrepreneurs to create jobs, not hire accountants and lawyers to fend off government bureaucrat." (timmermanforcongress.com)
Unknown Position Unknown Answer Education: Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Despite exhaustive research, Project Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
Yes Inferred Answer Energy: Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Jobs. 14 February 2012. "Develop domestic energy." (timmermanforcongress.com)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Race 4 2012: 2012 Candidate Interview: Ken Timmerman (R-MD). 7 August 2012. "We need to drill in ANWR, we need to drill off-shore, we need to expand the oil and gas fields coming onstream through hydraulic fracturing." (race42012.com)
No Inferred Answer Environment: Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position American Energy. 1 January 2012. "My opponent has also voted in favor of new regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would effectively ban the use of coal-fired power plants, shutting down anywhere from 20 percent to 45 percent of our national power grid. And now he wants to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. This amounts to putting a new tax on every living breathing human being in this country. These are extreme positions, out of step with the majority of the voters in the new 8th Congressional District." (votesmart.org)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position: American Energy. "In April, my opponent came out in favor of a vast new regulatory scheme aimed at shutting down the safe, clean, job-producing hydraulic fracturing industry [¦] He has voted against offshore drilling and to impose a European-style cap and trade regime that would cripple the U.S. economy with trillions of dollars of new taxes [¦] These are extreme positions, out of step with the majority of the voters in the new 8th Congressional District." (votesmart.org)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Vote411.org: 2012 US Representative 08. Responded: "Man-made global warming is a myth that has been debunked by the very scientists who invented it, whose emails coaching each other how to fake evidence have now become public." (onyourballot.vote411.org)
No Inferred Answer Guns: Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman, Issue Position: 2nd Amendment. 1 January 2012. "Many seemingly well-intentioned gun control laws have the perverse effect of protecting violent criminals while endangering the innocent. Criminals don't care about breaking the law to acquire weapons. That's why I strongly support our 2nd amendment rights to keep and bear arms and applaud the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Benson Everette in Woollard v. Sheridan that Maryland citizens should not be required to submit a "good and substantial reason" to get a concealed carry permit." (votesmart.org)
Yes Inferred Answer Health Care: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Obamacare. 14 February 2012. "Obamacare is Big Brother at its worst and must be repealed." (timmermanforcongress.com)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Campaign Platform. 27 June 2012. "We must: Repeal Obamacare." (timmermanforcongress.com)
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position: Government Overreach. 1 January 2012. "There is no excuse for the scandalous government monstrosity called OBAMACARE with its special interest waivers and the potential bankrupcy of our health care system. OBAMACARE is a poster child for everything that is wrong with Congress. We must repeal it the first thing we do in the new Congress." (votesmart.org)
Yes Inferred Answer Immigration: Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issue Position: National Defense. 1 January 2012. "If you send me as your representative to the U.S. Congress, I will vote to secure our borders immediately and to enforce our immigration laws [¦] We must repeal the DREAM Act, which is really just a pathway to amnesty for illegals. Parents who came to this country illegally are responsible for their children. Period." votesmart.org/public-statement/700488
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Public Statement. 17 June 2012. "But an amnesty program that essentially tosses the law aside is just an invitation to massive new waves of illegal immigration, and make a mockery out of any effort to enforce the security of our nation's borders." votesmart.org/public-statement/707274
  • Kenneth Timmerman. Campaign Platform. 27 June 2012. "I will work to: Complete the border fence with Mexico, Require REAL ID to prevent voter fraud, Support local sheriffs who enforce existing, immigration laws, Defeat the DREAM Act (in-state tuition for illegal aliens), which is an insult to legal immigrants and to the taxpayers, Strengthen and enforce e-Verify to identify illegals." (timmermanforcongress.com)
No Inferred Answer Marriage: Do you support same-sex marriage? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Kenneth Timmerman. Issues: Marriage. 28 September 2012. "Marriage is the union between one man and one woman, and any attempt to 'redefine' it is an assault on the family." (timmermanforcongress.com)
Unknown Position Unknown Answer National Security: Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Despite exhaustive research, Project Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
Unknown Position Unknown Answer Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? View Citations

Vote Smart's Research

  • Despite exhaustive research, Project Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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