Mike Fellows' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mike Fellows has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Montana Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Unknown Position | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
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| In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
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| Reduce spending by defunding or eliminating programs. | |||
| Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | |||
| Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | |||
| Yes | Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| The war on drugs has become a war on the Constitution with us losing our rights. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| If business paid lower taxes they could put that savings into jobs. | |||
| No | Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
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| One-size-fits-all won't work. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | |||
| The Keystone pipeline is should be a private property issue without the use of condemnation. Wind and solar should be left to the free market. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| States ought to be involved, rather then the feds in the regulation of greenhouse gases. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| The 2nd Amendment is clear that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Why should we obtain permission from the government for a right we already have. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| We need to try and find some market reforms. Insurance companies are looking to opt out because they are paying out more money then they take in premiums. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
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| It does depend on the circumstance. Enforce the laws on the books. Immigrants can apply for a green card to allow them time before taking the citizenship test. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
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| Government should get out of the marriage business and leave that to churches. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Social Security is having a funding problem. We have more retiree's then contributors. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Greatly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Environment | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| g) International aid | |||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| Government should just be funding essential services and programs. TSA has been a joke and many airports are looking at private security. Education is best left to the states. Block grants to the states and eliminating the Department of Education is a better idea. | |||
| The budget starts with Congress and the House of Representatives. We need to look at balancing the budget by reducing spending. The Bush tax cuts passed by Republicans were paid for by increasing the debt, rather then reducing spending. | |||
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