<p> IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part I: Instructions and Candidate Details Instructions: From within your word processor, click within the gray rectangle to type your answer. The rectangle will expand to accommodate the length of your entry. For essay questions, you may use a double return to designate paragraphs. Please answer essays with the length you deem sufficient. For yes/no questions, click within the yes or no square. If you wish to add comments to a yes/no question, a text entry box has been provided at the end of each question clause. It is OK if your comments cause tables, etc., to shift pages. When you complete your questionnaire, please “Save as” a PDF file named using this form: LastnameFirstName_ElectoralOffice2018. Submit via e-mail attachment to: [email protected]. Please answer all questions! Thank you for your participation! Candidate Details DATE: DISTRICT: PARTY:</p><p>NAME:</p><p>VOTING ADDRESS:</p><p>HOME PHONE: BUSINESS PHONE:</p><p>CAMPAIGN ADDRESS:</p><p>CAMPAIGN PHONE: CAMPAIGN FAX:</p><p>EMAIL: WEBSITE:</p><p>CAMPAIGN MANAGER:</p><p>NUMBER OF PETITION NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES FILED: SIGNATURES REQUIRED:</p><p>A) Elective or appointive, public or party, offices previously held (including dates).</p><p>B) Other elective offices for which you have been a candidate.</p><p>C) What is your primary occupation?</p><p>D) Briefly list your civic activities of the past ten years.</p><p>E) What experience have you had which will be most helpful to you in the office you seek?</p><p>F) Please list any candidates have you supported in past elections and specify your role in each campaign.</p><p>G) Please list all endorsements you have received.</p><p>H) Please concisely state (a) why you feel you should be endorsed over the other candidate(s) and (b) what goals for the office you seek are most important to you personally?</p><p>I) (a) What is your campaign budget and (b) how much have you raised to date?</p><p>J) (a) How many paid staffers and (b) how many volunteers do you have on your campaign?</p><p>Page 1 of 9 2018_Final IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part I: Instructions and Candidate Details</p><p>2 IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire</p><p>A. Foreign and Military Do you support the: YES NO 1. use of drones in domestic law enforcement? 2. the President’s refusal to certify Iran’s compliance with the Nuclear Deal? 3. restoration of the sanctions lifted under the Iran Nuclear Deal? 4. normalization of relations with Cuba? extending the protections of the US Constitution and the Geneva Conventions to all 5. combatants regardless of nationality, geography, or circumstances of capture? 6. closing Guantanamo? 7. Trans-Pacific Partnership? </p><p>A. Foreign and Military: Essay 8. Under what circumstances would you vote to authorize the President to commit US troops in foreign conflicts?</p><p>B. Energy and Environment Do you support: YES NO 9. incentives for business to develop alternative energy systems? tax credits for individuals to implement sustainable and renewable systems in their homes 10. and businesses? 11. increasing user fees for grazing, mining, and lumbering on Federal lands? 12. opening more Federal land for lumber exploitation? 13. a moratorium on fracking until the environmental impacts are known? 14. the Keystone pipeline? allowing states to adopt more stringent environmental standards than provided for in 15. Federal law? 16. the Paris Climate Accord? IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire B. Energy and Environment: Essay 17. Please set forth and explain your views on Federal environmental and energy policy and legislation, including proposals for addressing climate change.</p><p>C. Transportation: Essay 18. Please explain the role the Federal government should play in maintaining and improving national infrastructure. Please specifically include your policy positions regarding highways, mass transit, high- speed rail, Amtrak, and the air transportation system.</p><p>D. Taxes and Economic Policy Do you support: YES NO 19. a more progressive income tax? 20. a flat tax? 21. elimination of the estate tax? 22. taxing investment income at the same rate as earned income? 23. elimination of the mortgage interest deduction? 24. elimination of the state and local tax deduction 25. revival of Glass-Steagall? 26. eliminating itemized deductions in exchange for increasing the standard deduction? 27. ending tax incentives for companies to shift profits offshore? 28. “Fast Track” legislation for trade treaties? </p><p>D. Taxes and Economic Policy: Essay 29. What changes would you propose for the Social Security System?</p><p>30. What would you do to create jobs? Specifically address communities with historically high and lingering unemployment rates.</p><p>4 IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire E. Consumer Rights Do you support: YES NO 31. federal legislation to cap interest rates on credit cards and other consumer loans? 32. federal legislation to regulate ATM fees and service charges on credit cards and other consumer loans? 33. allowing states to enact consumer laws which go beyond the protection of federal legislation? </p><p>F. Government and Ethics Do you support: YES NO 34. A Constitutional amendment authorizing Congress to regulate campaign financing? 35. accountability in privatization legislation that would require that government services could not be outsourced unless the contractor could provide the same quality and quantity of services to the consumer, and pay and benefits to the employees, at a reduced cost to the taxpayers? 36. a Constitutional Amendment to abolish the Electoral College? 37. legislation to prohibit incumbency and political affiliation as criteria in the Congressional district mapping process? 38. increased Congressional oversight of federal contracting? </p><p>G. Health & Human Services Do you support: YES NO 39. repeal of the Affordable Care Act? 40. “Single Payer” or “Medicare for All”? 41. authorizing Medicare and other government insurance programs to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs? 42. importation of drugs from countries whose manufacturing and safety standards are equal or superior to those in the US? 43. established funding of safety-net programs adequate to service all who qualify IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire G. Health & Human Services Do you support: YES NO 39. repeal of the Affordable Care Act? 44. repealing the Hyde Amendment? 45. amending the Affordable Care Act to extend coverage to people with incomes under 133% of the poverty level who are not covered by Medicaid or Medicare? 46. increased funding for HIV/AIDS research, education, prevention, and services? 47. increased funding for supplemental food programs for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)?</p><p>48. funding of medically accurate, age appropriate, sex education programs? 49. vouchers, tuition tax-credits or other any direct public support for parochial or private schools? 50. protection against housing discrimination for holders of Section 8 housing vouchers? 51. Federal legislation codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade? 52. a Constitutional Amendment stating that only "natural persons" have Constitutional rights? a</p><p>G. Health & Human Services: Essay 53. What changes to the Affordable Care Act, if any, do you support? Please explain your position.</p><p>54. What policies do you support in the area of reproductive services?</p><p>55. What proposals, if any, do you support to help people who do not qualify for TANF or for unemployment benefits?</p><p>H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System Do you support: YES NO 56. electronic surveillance of phones and internet without court oversight? 57. capital punishment? 58. criminal prosecution of juveniles as adults? 59. detention of suspects and material witnesses without charges and/or probable cause? </p><p>6 IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System Do you support: YES NO 60. mandatory sentencing? 61. review of administrative warrants? 62. NSA data mining of US residents not suspected of any crime? 63. a statutory ban on the use of extraordinary rendition and secret prisons? 64. legislation prohibiting racial profiling in law enforcement? 65. Federal legislation legalizing recreational possession and use of marijuana? 66. civil asset forfeiture? 67. publication of FISA opinions? 68. repeal of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008? </p><p>H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System: Essay 69. What proposals, if any, do you have to ensure the poor have affordable access to legal services?</p><p>I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Do you support: YES NO 70. restoration of the Voting Rights Act? 71. legislation to ban states from requiring voters to show an ID to vote in Federal elections? 72. DC statehood? 73. the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution? 74. Federal legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, and education? 75. separation of church and state? 76. amending the NSL provisions to expand court oversight, require a mandatory showing of a connection to terrorist activity, and rescind unconstitutional gag restrictions? 77. prioritizing family reunification as criteria in granting visas and processing citizenship and permanent resident applications? 78. prohibiting deportation of undocumented immigrants arrested for misdemeanors or IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Do you support: YES NO traffic violations? 79. a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently in the country? 80. the DREAM Act? 81. halting deportations of immigrants until final determination of residency status has been made and appeals have been exhausted? 82. legislative restoration of DACA? 83. extending the time limits for young people registered under the deferred deportation program? 84. amending Federal legislation to protect states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana from Federal enforcement of Federal marijuana laws? 85. changing the classification of marijuana in Federal controlled substance schedules? 86. mandatory drug testing for recipients of federal benefits? 87. protection against housing discrimination for holders of Section 8 housing vouchers? 88. the Travel Ban Executive Order? </p><p>I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Essay 89. What other immigration reforms do you support?</p><p>90. Should Patriot Act II be repealed or changed in any way? Please explain your position.</p><p>91. Please discuss your views on changing the classification of marijuana?</p><p>92. Please explain your position on gun regulation and specify any existing statutes that you feel should be changed, or new statutes that you feel should be passed.</p><p>J. Labor Do you support: YES NO 93. repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act? 94. a prohibition on permanent replacement of strikers? 95. granting federal employees the right to strike? </p><p>8 IVI-IPO 2018 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire J. Labor Do you support: YES NO 96. the Employee Freedom of Choice Act? 97. a federal living wage law to guarantee that a person working forty hours a week would be able to afford housing, food, utilities, transportation, and health care? 98. Affirmative Action with specific goals, targets, and timetables for federal employment, grants and contracts? </p>