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Terry W. Brown

Senator Terry W. Brown's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Full Name:	Terry W. Brown
Office:	State Senate (MS) - District 17, Republican
First Elected:	11/04/2003
Last Elected:	11/08/2011

Gender:	Male
Family:	Wife: Andra; 3 Children: Cody, Chas, Boomer
Birth Date:	03/14/1950
Birth Place:	Columbus, MS
Home City:	Columbus, MS
Religion:	Baptist

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Terry Brown refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2011 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

What is the Political Courage Test?

Mississippi State Legislative Election 2007 National Political Awareness Test

This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.

The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.

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Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
	a) Abortions should always be illegal.
	b) Abortions should always be legal.
X	c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
X	d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
X	e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
	f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and to organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
	g) Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
	h) Other or expanded principles

State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category.
Maintain Status	a) Education (Higher)
Maintain Status	b) Education (K-12)
Slightly Increase	c) Emergency preparedness
Slightly Decrease	d) Environment
Maintain Status	e) Health care
Slightly Increase	f) Law enforcement
Greatly Increase	g) Transportation and highway infrastructure
Maintain Status	h) Welfare
	i) Other or expanded categories

State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.
Maintain Status	a) Alcohol taxes
Eliminate	b) Capital gains taxes
Maintain Status	c) Cigarette taxes
Slightly Decrease	d) Corporate taxes
Greatly Decrease	e) Gasoline taxes
Eliminate	f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
Eliminate	g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
Greatly Decrease	h) Property taxes
Maintain Status	i) Sales taxes
Maintain Status	j) Vehicle taxes
	k) Other or expanded categories

No	l) Should the state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
No	m) Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
No	n) Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
	o) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.
Yes	a) Do you support the current limit of terms for Mississippi governors?
No	b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Mississippi state senators and representatives?
c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?
No	1) Individual
No	2) PAC
No	3) Corporate
No	4) Political Parties
Yes	d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
No	e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
Yes	f) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes?
Yes	g) Do you support prohibiting media exit polling of voters until all polling locations in Mississippi are closed?
No	h) Should Mississippi recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
No	i) Do you support the Mississippi state government using eminent domain to seize private property for the purpose of private development?
	j) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
	a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
X	b) Support the death penalty in Mississippi.
X	c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
X	d) End parole for repeat violent offenders.
X	e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
	f) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
	g) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
X	h) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
	i) Require that crimes based on race, ethnic background, religious belief, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation be prosecuted as hate crimes.
	j) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
X	k) Strengthen sex-offender laws.
	l) Support the restriction of the sale of products used to make methamphetamine (e.g. tablets containing pseudophedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine).
	m) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
X	a) Support national standards and testing of public school students.
X	b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school.
X	c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
	d) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
	e) Increase funds for hiring additional teachers.
X	f) Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay.
X	g) Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools.
X	h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
X	i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
	j) Increase funding for Head Start programs.
X	k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
X	l) Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods.
X	m) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.
	n) Other or expanded principles

Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
X	a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
X	b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
X	c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
	d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
	e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
	f) Include sexual orientation in Mississippi's anti-discrimination laws.
	g) Increase the state minimum wage.
X	h) Support harsher punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
	i) Other or expanded principles

Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on:
No	a) Public employment
No	b) State college and university admissions
No	c) State contracting
	d) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X	a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
X	b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, and oil).
	c) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
X	d) Increase funding for improvements to Mississippi's power generating and transmission facilities.
	e) Support funding for open space preservation.
	f) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
	g) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
	a) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X	b) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X	c) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X	d) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
	e) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
	f) Require a license for gun possession.
	g) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
	a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
X	b) Transfer current Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
X	c) Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
	d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs.
X	e) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
	f) Legalize physician assisted suicide in Mississippi.
	g) Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
	h) Support a smoking ban in enclosed public places.
	i) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.
X	a) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
X	b) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
	c) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
X	d) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
	e) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor.
X	f) Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients.
	g) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
	h) Other or expanded principles

	Please explain in a total of 75 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.

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Terry W. Brown

Senator Terry W. Brown's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Mississippi State Legislative Election 2007 National Political Awareness Test

Abortion Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

Budget and Tax Issues

State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category.

State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.

Campaign Finance and Governmental Reform Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

Crime Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

Education Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

Employment and Affirmative Action Issues

Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on:

Environment & Energy Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

Gun Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

Health Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

Welfare and Poverty Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.

Legislative Priorities

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