Ryan Krause's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Issue Positions
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- "Strongly Pro-life from conception to the grave" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "We must put an end to all taxpayer funded abortions in any way shape or form." (ryankrauseforcongress.com)
- "We need to throttle back the IRS. We need to eliminate all the loopholes that make taxes complicated." (ryankrauseforcongress.com)
- "We must keep the promises that we have made, but scale back on entitlement programs in general. There are better ways to address these needs." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "I don't believe it needs to increase at this point. We do need to evaluate the disbursement of existing funds." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "reduce regulations and oversight to spur economic growth" (justfacts.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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- "Red Flag Laws â Another political maneuver that will hinder law abiding citizens and do nothing to curb violent crime. Where does it stop? Do we take away the guns from a father whose son saw a counselor to deal with anger issues? Do we make routine visits to his home to determine that he is keeping his guns in a safe." (ryankrauseforcongress.com)
- "I support the healthcare freedom act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Secure the border" (ryankrauseforcongress.com)
- "Congress has created a humanitarian crisis and has the ability to fix it, but because of partisan politics they are allowing this atrocity to continue. Let's stop treating human beings as pawns and do the humanitarian thing." (ryankrauseforcongress.com)
- My RGV News: "All candidates agreed that such individuals were brought to the county through no fault of their own and supported a pathway to citizenship for them but with some caveats such as if "they have proven to be productive citizens of America," as Churchill suggested or if they "are playing by the rules," as De La Cruz said." (myrgv.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.
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.
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Strongly Pro-life from conception to the grave | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| We must keep the promises that we have made, but scale back on entitlement programs in general. There are better ways to address these needs. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I don't believe it needs to increase at this point. We do need to evaluate the disbursement of existing funds. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| reduce regulations and oversight to spur economic growth | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I support the healthcare freedom act | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
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