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Max Rose's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Issue Positions

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  • "Max strongly opposes efforts by states around the country that instituted draconian abortion laws that clearly infringe on a women’s right to choose, putting the constitutional rights confirmed in Roe v. Wade on trial at the Supreme Court. Max believes that we must codify Roe v. Wade into a federal statute, and while in congress Max cosponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would do just that." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Max was an active member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, and believes that everyone deserves both equal access to reproductive health care, no matter where they live, as well as the right to make personal decisions about their helathcare, and seek abortion care without interference from any politician. He cosponsored the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act, to make sure that every woman, no matter what type of insurance they have, or if they're low-income, has the freedom to choose." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Rated 100% by Planned Parenthood Action Fund (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by Alliance for Retired Americans (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Max also believes that those who’ve worked throughout their lives deserve to retire with dignity. He supports the Social Security 2100 Act, which will expand and protect Social Security into the next century against insolvency and ensure no American is forced to age in poverty. Max will also fight Republican attempts to raise the retirement age and cut Social Security benefits, just as he delivered for hundreds of Staten Islanders and South Brooklynites who were unfairly denied the Social Security disability benefits they deserved." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Rated 75% by National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "He was a proud cosponsor of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, one of the strongest anti-corruption and pro-democracy bills ever put forward. This bill strengthens voting access by creating automatic voter registration, streamlining absentee voting, guaranteeing donor disclosure and institutes a system that substantially reduces the corrupting role of money in politics." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Max introduced the bill to end corporate PACs once and for all—the Ban Corporate PACs Act. This bill prohibits for-profit corporations from being allowed to sponsor, operate, or fund a separate segregated fund, commonly known as a PAC, and would dissolve any existing corporate PAC one year after the bill becomes law. Although special interests hated it and it didn’t pass during his term in congress, Max will continue to fight to ensure that it becomes law." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "As one of his first actions in Congress, Max introduced the Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act, which would ensure that lobbyists operating in the shadows at the bidding of special interests are brought to light. When consultants sell access to government officials under the guise of providing “strategic advice,” the American people deserve to know about it." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Rated 80% by Common Cause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Policing in America must be held to a high standard of equal protection under the law and police officers must be fairly compensated for the risks that they take everyday to protect us. Max was proud to cosponsor and vote for the Justice in Policing Act, which would implement long-overdue reforms to our policing and criminal justice system and would bring the rest of the country up to the standards of the NYPD, including: banning chokeholds by police officers, ending racial profiling, and providing resources for police departments nationwide to invest in community policing models." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 7120 "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020" (votesmart.org)
  • "Max believes that Americans deserve a justice system that lives up to the highest ideals of the Constitution, and that more work needs to be done to address the injustices of our past." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Over the next ten years, Republicans will surely call for an aggregate 500 billion to 1 trillion increase in defense spending. They will never claim that this will increase inflation. Ignore the hypocrites." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 6395 "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 2 "Moving Forward Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "We can rebuild our infrastructure to reduce traffic and create jobs." (twitter.com)
  • "Dan Donovan just criticized fmr Rep Mike McMahon for bringing back money to the district to improve our commute and create jobs. Well now we know why he refuses to bring back any federal dollars to end our commuting nightmare." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 6074 "Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "We can and must pass bold, bipartisan COVID relief that extends unemployment, supports our small businesses, and yes, provides aid for our state and local governments." (twitter.com)
  • "Max also hires people who get the job done. His staff worked tirelessly to support our constituents when COVID-19 hit, helping them secure small business aid, unemployment benefits, and getting our hospitals, nursing homes and first responders PPE, COVID-19 tests, and more." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "The Republican Party has been rooting for inflation because they think it helps them in their next election. Time to put the country first and stop using economic pain as an electoral tool." (twitter.com)
  • "Time to meet the problem of inflation with real solutions, not empty divisive rhetoric and lies about aid for working families. We Need to: Pass build Back Better. Deploy The National Guard to ports. Hold price gouging companies accountable" (twitter.com)
  • "With inflation hurting the pocketbooks of Americans we cannot delay lowering premiums for seniors. The Democratic Party should be known for lowering healthcare costs, especially for seniors. Calling on the Biden Admin to reverse this decision immediately." (twitter.com)
  • "Proud to be endorsed by @defendvoting. As voting rights are under attack across the country it is imperative that we have leaders who are willing to put politics aside to defend this inalienable right and finally pass HR1." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 80% by Common Cause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 4 "Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Max believes that a carbon-free economy must be our North Star. One of the main ways we can reduce pollution and mitigate climate change is to move to a carbon-neutral economy by the year 2040, a goal Max strongly supports. To do so, we need a breakthrough in battery technology to store the renewable energy from solar, wind, and other sources so that we can meet our energy needs while finally moving off fossil fuels." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Rated 96% by League of Conservation Voters (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 9 "Climate Action Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Max believes that a carbon-free economy must be our North Star. One of the main ways we can reduce pollution and mitigate climate change is to move to a carbon-neutral economy by the year 2040, a goal Max strongly supports. To do so, we need a breakthrough in battery technology to store the renewable energy from solar, wind, and other sources so that we can meet our energy needs while finally moving off fossil fuels." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Rated 96% by League of Conservation Voters (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 9 "Climate Action Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "During his time in office, Max worked to end the gun violence epidemic, sponsoring a bill signed by President Trump to study the threat of “ghost guns,” dangerous untraceable weapons that have posed a risk to NYPD officers and the general public for years. Max also actively supported the Bipartisan Background Checks Act to close loopholes around background checks and ensure that terrorists, criminals, and domestic abusers cant’ acquire guns. Max supports banning assault weapons, which endanger police and civilians alike and have no place on our street, banning high capacity magazines and bump stocks, passing “Red Flag” laws to keep weapons out of the hands of those with violent intentions, and investing in gun buyback programs to reduce the flow of illegal weapons around the country." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 1112 "Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 8 "Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • "As our country continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Max understands that we need to be investing in innovative healthcare solutions and our public health infrastructure. As a Member of Congress, Max was a leader in pushing for additional funding for the National Institute of Health to make sure our country’s researchers have the resources to find the treatments and cures of tomorrow." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Max has always fought to ensure Americans have access to the healthcare they deserve. Affordable healthcare is not a privilege, it is a right. As someone who helped run non-profit community health centers for the underserved throughout New York City, Max understands what it takes to reform our healthcare system to make it more affordable and more accessible." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "To help achieve affordable and universal healthcare coverage, Max supports creating a public healthcare option to force insurance companies to compete for customers as well as lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 55. He also strongly believes we should finally provide dental, vision, and hearing coverage for everyone on Medicare." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "As the father of a young child, Max knows how important a child’s early years are to ensuring they can achieve their dreams and live a healthy life in the greatest country on Earth. He also knows that for too many families, childcare overwhelms the family budget or is completely unaffordable. We can change that and put our economy back on the side of parents by creating universal Pre-K, universal childcare, and finally ensuring paid family leave." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Max also supports other efforts to support caregivers like family caregiver tax credit bills to recognize and support not only the emotional and time burden but also the financial hit families face for caregiving for loved ones with disabilities or illnesses." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Max was proud to cosponsor and vote for the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act or FAMILY Act, which would create a universal, gender-neutral, national paid family and medical leave program." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t guarantee our workers any form of paid leave. Modeled after successful state programs, the FAMILY Act would create a fund to replace up to 66% of a worker’s wages up to 12 weeks in the event of a serious personal or family medical emergency." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "As a member of Congress, Max took on Big Pharma and insurance companies to work to expand coverage and lower costs for the American people. That’s why he cosponsored and voted for H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would dramatically lower pharmaceutical drug prices for all Americans." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "He also fully supports permanently expanding and funding subsidies for the Affordable Care Act health care marketplace to ensure lower premiums and deductibles for middle class families. He also introduced the More Help for Seniors Act, which would lower out of pocket drug costs for more lower and middle-income seniors." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 3 "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • "I've already said I don’t support abolishing ICE. I do want to reunite terrified children with their parents" (twitter.com)
  • "I voted to increase humanitarian funding at the border because we cannot let this continue. But the root causes will continue until we pass real, comprehensive immigration reform and significantly increase funding to address the humanitarian crises these people are fleeing." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 2% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The complete disregard for human life and dignity at the border is appalling. Women and children suffering and dying in American custody is unacceptable and cannot happen." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 2% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Republicans and Democrats need to work together to pass comprehensive immigration reform, modernizing all aspects of our immigration policy including providing a legal pathway for law-abiding undocumented residents to obtain citizenship, most especially our DREAMers who were brought to America as children and have known life in no other country." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "With today’s #SCOTUS decision protecting #DACA, the cloud of uncertainty and fear has been lifted for 800,000 proud #DREAMERs. Our country is better for it." (twitter.com)
  • "Now is the time to double down on our alliances, particularly NATO, to send economic and military aid to Ukraine, and to comprehensively punish Russia with crippling and unprecedented sanctions." (twitter.com)
  • "Our work to eradicate the opioid epidemic continues—but stopping it at its source is key. That’s why I introduced the Fenantyl Sanctions Act to hold China accountable for flooding our streets with fentanyl and was proud to see it signed into law last year." (twitter.com)
  • "Protecting our kids from fentanyl entering our country from Chinese manufacturers cannot be a partisan issue—and thankfully when it came to my Fentanyl Sanctions Act—it wasn't. Look forward to this being signed into law." (twitter.com)
  • "Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine cannot be ignored. America and our allies must impose punishing and unprecedented economic costs on Russia. The world is watching and rhetoric alone will not deter Putin or any other would-be tyrants." (twitter.com)
  • "Now is the time to double down on our alliances, particularly NATO, to send economic and military aid to Ukraine, and to comprehensively punish Russia with crippling and unprecedented sanctions." (twitter.com)
  • "Max supports closing egregious corporate tax loopholes and creating a minimum corporate tax rate, while at the same time ensuring that America’s overall corporate tax rate remains competitive." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Max will work hard to ensure that the wealthiest amongst us don’t pay a lower tax rate than teachers, cops, firemen, and restaurant workers. Max took action and helped lead the charge to abolish the carried interest loophole, which allows specific entities and individuals to claim their compensation for services as investment gains, allowing them to pay lower tax rates than middle class workers." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "Special interests and giant corporations have used the tax code to rig the system and enrich themselves, even as wages and benefits for the average American worker have stagnated. Fifty five of Americans’ largest and most profitable companies paid nothing in federal taxes in 2020. No corporation should be able to exploit loopholes and rely on an army of lobbyists to avoid doing their part." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • "We also need to create a tax system that gives hard working Americans a tax cut, not corporations and the wealthiest amongst us like the Trump Tax Scam did. To achieve this tax fairness vision, Max supports raising both the long-term capital gains tax rate for the ultra wealthy so they no longer pay a lower tax rate than middle class workers as well as the floor of the alternative minimum tax, which has unfairly excluded middle class families." (maxroseforcongress.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 5430 "United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act" (votesmart.org)

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