John Adams' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Adams 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
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 2018.
- "In order to restore our Liberty and to protect Life, I believe that we must start from the very creation of Life and that we must protect our unborn." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "I will propose in Congress to increase defense spending by 10% for the next two years that would begin to rebuild our armed forces with the newest technologies, including the increase in personnel to deter any threat to our nation." (votesmart.org)
- "I think that our nation's federal policies are governed and controlled by special money interests and lobbyists. When donors give money to politicians, they want something in return, such as tax credits, government contracts and tax reductions." (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.
- "I will propose in Congress that Common Core be abolished on the grounds that public education belongs at the state level, not at the Federal level." (votesmart.org)
- "Using his false science, Mr. Obama has used his administrative function as President through the Environmental Protection Agency to wage war against coal, oil and gas." (votesmart.org)
- "In recent years, the Obama administration used the EPA to close down much of our nation's coal industry. Coal--fired electric generating plants have been shuttered. Hundreds of coal mines have been closed. Many thousands of workers in the United Mine Workers of America lost their good paying jobs, devastating their lives." (votesmart.org)
- "Existing gun laws should be enforced that will keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. I believe that Americans have a right to own guns in order to protect themselves, their families and their property. I will support and defend the Second Amendment to our United States Constitution:" (votesmart.org)
- "I will propose to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a common sense, competitive free-market system that would lower the average premiums for you and other Americans, provide much greater benefits and keep the Federal government and the IRS out of your health care decisions." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "In order to deal with the millions of illegal immigrants who are now living in our country, I do not favor mass deportation as being impractical. I also do no favor amnesty. It would be wrong to grant those people amnesty, considering the millions of immigrants who came to America legally and who have become legal citizens." (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.
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