Marcus Lewis' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (IL) - District 1
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Marcus Lewis is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Issue Positions
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- Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? "Pro-Choice" (None)
- "Once I am elected to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois, I will introduce a constitutional amendment to make Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid forever solvent and untouchable by any court or congress. These programs are just that important to the masses of the Ameriican People." (None)
- Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? "Yes" (None)
- In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "Yes" (None)
- In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "Yes" (None)
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- Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? "Yes" (None)
- "Fight for massive resources from the federal government for the 2nd Congressional District for infrastructure projects, a U.S. Postal distribution and production center in the South Suburban area amongst a host of other initiatives that will significantly jumpstart the district encompassing the villages & towns that desperately need federal funding." (None)
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- Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? "Yes" (None)
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- Do you generally support gun-control legislation? "Yes" (None)
- "I will support Medicare for All legislation to eventually replace the ACA known as Obamacare." (None)
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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.
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Once I am elected to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois, I will introduce a constitutional amendment to make Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid forever solvent and untouchable by any court or congress. These programs are just that important to the masses of the Ameriican People. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I will introduce and/or co-sponsor legislation that will pass laws that will advocate public supported campaign funding only for federal campaigns. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I will advocate the massive reduction and redirecting military spending to needed social programs. It's way pass time to do so. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I will support Medicare for All legislation to eventually replace the ACA known as Obamacare. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| I support DACA as the only means for any person who is unlawfully present in the United States. | |||
| No | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| 1. Introducing a retroactive amendment to the 1991 Civil Rights Act to repair plaintiffs that need this important law to get their rightful relief to undo the racial injustice done to them by the 1989 & 1994 U.S. Supreme Court decisions allowing racial discrimination to go unpunished. 2. Fight for massive resources from the federal government for the 2nd Congressional District for infrastructure projects, a U.S. Postal distribution and production center in the South Suburban area amongst a host of other initiatives that will significantly jumpstart the district encompassing the villages & towns that desperately need federal funding. |
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