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Stephen Ferrara's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Stephen Ferrara has failed 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.

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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 2018.

  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "In Washington, I will fight to repeal the oppressive regulations that have been levied on hard- working small business owners. And I will make it my first order of business to make the middle- class tax cuts permanent, just like it is for the corporations. Leveling the playing field for individuals and corporations is right and it’s fair. It’s YOUR money." (ferraraforcongress.com)
  • "The world is more dangerous than it has been in decades. All the while, our military has been hollowed out and ceaselessly asked to do more dangerous missions with fewer people, older equipment, and shrinking resources." (ferraraforcongress.com)
  • 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.
  • "Small businesses are the engine of the economy and American innovation. In Washington I will fight to shrink the federal government, repeal job-killing regulations including Obamacare and Dodd-Frank, and continue to overhaul and simplify the tax code to encourage small businesses to form and to grow." (ferraraforcongress.com)
  • "I will fight to keep big government and DC bureaucrats out of our children’s schools and end the practice of extorting compliance from local school districts as a quid pro quo for federal dollars. " (ferraraforcongress.com)
  • 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.
  • "Obamacare has made that proposition unachievable. Costs have skyrocketed and access hasn’t improved. Obamacare has shown that having insurance is not the same as having a doctor. And the "Affordable Care Act" is anything but affordable. That’s to say nothing of its job killing effects and astronomical costs to the taxpayer. Despite the many (broken) promises, middle-class families are now asked to choose between medicine, food, and rent." (ferraraforcongress.com)
  • 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.

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