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Shahid Buttar's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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  • "Having long embraced intersectional feminism, Shahid will be a stalwart defender of both reproductive freedom and justice. All Americans should enjoy the chance to decide if, when, how, and with whom they grow their families." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "We're proud to stand with women, their male allies, and @PPact to support reproductive freedom and justice! Our government has no authority to control women's bodies or deny access to abortion." (twitter.com)
  • "Billionaires are trying to profit off of your goodwill and your government... Why should we continue to let them? Time to elect leaders who will make corporations and billionaires pay their fair share like #ShahidForChange will." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Medicare for All is the only pragmatic way to get to Health Care for all." (twitter.com)
  • "Shahid will support the historic "Medicare for All" proposal by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, H.R.1384." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "Bernie brings it: he'll appoint Justices who will overturn #CitizensUnited and enable democracy, instead of big money corruption #DemDebate." (twitter.com)
  • "Isiah James and I both support Medicare for All, Campaign Finance Reform, Criminal Justice Reform and expanding Affordable Housing." (www.facebook.com)
  • "My first lawsuit was Shays v FEC, 414 F.3d 76 (DC Cir 2006). We won crucial campaign finance restrictions in federal appellate court, just a few years before SCOTUS in Citizens United laid waste to that entire era of my career." (twitter.com)
  • "To protect the integrity of our political process from threats including voter suppression, disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, and a campaign finance regime that undermines the influence of working class voters, Shahid proposes to expand the protections of antitrust law to give federal judges a broad statutory authority to protect competition and fairness in political markets." (votesmart.org)
  • "Reform the qualified immunity doctrine and enhance police accountability for uses of force." (issues.shahidforchange.us)
  • "Restrict the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, by making deadly force justifiable only when objectively necessary to prevent imminent bodily injury or death, not whenever potentially reasonable as currently allowed. Reform the qualified immunity doctrine and enhance police accountability for uses of force." (issues.shahidforchange.us)
  • "We must #DefundPolice, end qualified immunity, and create a national registry of violent cops" (twitter.com)
  • "In particular, Shahid will work to rationalize our millitary spending by seeking the closure of some U.S. military bases in foreign countries, and an end to any further funding for the failed & fraudulent $1.5 trillion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "we propose to fund Medicare for All with offsetting reductions in military spending and a tax on Wall Street transactions." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "Healthcare is a human right. Making it universal will: improve public health drive down costs prevent homelessness inject massive fiscal stimulus, driving job creation" (twitter.com)
  • "We're glad to see the Democratic leadership finally take a bold stance on investing in public infrastructure. It will offer fiscal stimulus, job opportunities, climate resiliency, and future transportation and other efficiencies." (twitter.com)
  • "Tax incentives for corporations are yet another form of neoliberal wealth extraction from working people & redistribution to wealthy shareholders. We are eager to end that pattern by replacing Pelosi as San Francisco's voice in the House." (twitter.com)
  • "Billionaires are trying to profit off of your goodwill and your government... Why should we continue to let them? Time to elect leaders who will make corporations and billionaires pay their fair share like #ShahidForChange will." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Congress--and Nancy Pelosi--prioritized passing tax breaks averaging $2.6mm each for 43,000 millionaires before considering rent relief to help millions of Americans stay in their homes." (twitter.com)
  • "PPP funds are going to businesses owned by the President's friends." (twitter.com)
  • "Sadly, Democrats are also led by a wealthy oligarch & landlord who, like Trump, has prioritized tax cuts for millionaires during the economic crisis. It was Pelosi who gave 43,000 millionaires tax cuts averaging $1.6mm--each." (twitter.com)
  • "We appreciate the House passing emergency relief & public health measures responding to the #CoronaVirus. In the next congressional session, I'll work to go further, and get in front of the next pandemic, by supporting #MedicareForAll." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "#ClimateJustice is simple sanity. Inaction is untenable. The generation of policymakers who led us here will run our species off a cliff if we let them. We must--and we *can* replace them invest in renewable energy dismantle the Pentagon create green jobs for all" (twitter.com)
  • "Shahid favors aggressive action to address the climate crisis, and supports the Green New Deal." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "Beyond institutions, we must also take action through a federal policy that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions at scale." (twitter.com)
  • "Shahid favors aggressive action to address the climate crisis, and supports the Green New Deal." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "To end gun violence, we must address it as a public health issue. Mass shootings are horrifying and unacceptable events. They—and the hundreds of less prolific incidents every day—suggest a crisis in mental health that policymakers continue to ignore." (twitter.com)
  • "We had a great day participating in the #MarchForOurLives in SF! I've written in support of gun control, explaining how conservatives concerned about the 2nd Amendment confuse the issues" (twitter.com)
  • "Shahid will support the historic "Medicare for All" proposal by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, H.R.1384. Single-payer healthcare will be vastly more efficient and less expensive than our inadequate corporate healthcare system by leveraging economies of scale." (votesmart.org)
  • "The ACA was a massive subsidy to corporate health insurance that sold workers out by applying tax penalties to force purchases at predictably inflated rates. Meanwhile there is an alternative that would let every American see a doctor: #MedicareForAll." (twitter.com)
  • "To a lot of Americans, "the ACA's lifesaving protections" look like unaffordable plans with untenably high deductibles that we're forced to purchase despite making healthcare inaccessible. We're here for #MedicareForAll." (twitter.com)
  • "Pelosi had big leverages, yet caved to the GOP to limit paid leave to only 20% of workers. Now, Trump & GOP senators are running to her left with UBI proposals. She doesn't fight for workers or our families. Replace her with a voice who has!" (twitter.com)
  • "Pelosi limited paid leave to just 20% of workers, and shot down emergency UBI proposals over lack of "means testing." Her outdated austerity politics can't save us from the #COVID crisis and coming recession. Help Shahid replace her! #PeopleVsPelosi." (twitter.com)
  • "There is a pandemic raging, more Americans have died in the last 2 months than in 19 years in Vietnam, and we still don't have a national healthcare program, universal paid sick leave, or hazard pay for essential workers. Democrats must recommit to FDR's principles. Will Pelosi?" (twitter.com)
  • "Shahid will also oppose border militarization and seek to reverse it, not only in the context of medieval border walls but also the high-tech surveillance nets--like the FBI's corrupt and authoritarian Next Generation Initiative--that have spread across the country while being presented as immigration enforcement initiatives." (shahidforchange.us)
  • "In Congress, he will: protect dreamers (students left vulnerable after Trump rescinded DACA) fight for a pathway to citizenship for their families" (shahidforchange.us)
  • "Thanks to each of you for supporting immigrants! We're running an immigrant Muslim constitutional lawyer to replace Pelosi, in part to support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented families and to end *bipartisan* corporate rule." (twitter.com)
  • "Preventing nuclear proliferation is a goal that unites humanity. Even the U.S. military establishment recognizes the value of preventing proliferation." (twitter.com)
  • "There is no travesty more heinous than war, and no worse reason to flirt with it than the deranged mania of our criminal president. We mobilized supporters last weekend to stop a war in Iran, and will be back in the streets today. #NoWar" (twitter.com)
  • "We must stop the forever wars and stop starting new ones." (twitter.com)
  • "#SOTU reflects the displacement of the state by now paramount corporations. And now TPP. NAFTA worked out great, eh? #NoFastTrack." (twitter.com)
  • "Pelosi casts a righteous stone--but from a glass house. She describes herself as supposedly progressive, while championing conservative policies and supporting Trump on issues including trade, immigration, national security, and foreign policy." (twitter.com)
  • "Some claim the USMCA will better protect worker rights than NAFTA. But neither Trump nor Pelosi have demonstrated concern for worker rights. In fact, both are multi-millionaire landlords born with silver spoons in their mouths." (twitter.com)
  • "Wondering why it's been so tough to get personal protective equipment to front line medical providers? Thank corporate trade agreements. It gets worse. Pelosi's support for Trump's USMCA handed him a major political victory--on the very same day she announced his impeachment." (twitter.com)
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-choice Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
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?
Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
No Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
No Do you support increasing defense spending?
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 providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
I favor support to individuals, families, communities, and including state & local governments before businesses
Yes Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
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?
Yes Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
No Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
Yes Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
No Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
No Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
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.)?
Protecting labor, human rights, and environmental standards is more important than removing barriers to international trade.
1) Universal healthcare, embodied in Medicare for All 2) Climate justice, embodied in the Green New Deal 3) Civil liberties & civil rights

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