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Jared Golden's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Issue Positions

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  • "Today is the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a decision that enshrined reproductive freedom for women for decades. The overturning of Roe took away that freedom from women around the country. Congress has a responsibility to restore it." (x.com)
  • Rated 91% by Planned Parenthood Action Fund (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8296: "Women's Health Protection Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8297: "Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Big corporations use tax breaks and loopholes to pad profits while working families & small Maine businesses pay their taxes. Making the top corporations and households pay their fair share is how we’ll reduce the deficit & save Social Security for future generations." (x.com)
  • Rated 75% by National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 80% by Alliance for Retired Americans (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Whether they're in blue states or red states, our tax code is rigged for the wealthiest households & corporations. The SALT bill would make it worse. So it’s a "No" from me. Call me when you want to tax the rich so Social Security will be there for our kids. Then we’ll talk." (x.com)
  • "Giving 100s of billions in tax breaks to the very wealthy should not be the tradeoff for lowering Rx drug costs, expanding Pre-K, and other programs for the working middle class. We can fix this, but lawmakers have to take a stand and demand it." (x.com)
  • "I objected — and continue to object — to the fact that the single largest part of this bill is a $275 billion tax giveaway to millionaires and the wealthy. Regardless of the net tax change, there’s no excuse for that provision being in this bill." (x.com)
  • Rated 12% by National Taxpayers Union (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Whether they're in blue states or red states, our tax code is rigged for the wealthiest households & corporations. The SALT bill would make it worse. So it’s a "No" from me. Call me when you want to tax the rich so Social Security will be there for our kids. Then we’ll talk." (x.com)
  • "tax billionaires and stop tax giveaways to millionaires." (x.com)
  • Rated 12% by National Taxpayers Union (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Big corporations use tax breaks and loopholes to pad profits while working families & small Maine businesses pay their taxes. Making the top corporations and households pay their fair share is how we’ll reduce the deficit & save Social Security for future generations." (x.com)
  • "Whether they're in blue states or red states, our tax code is rigged for the wealthiest households & corporations. The SALT bill would make it worse. So it’s a "No" from me. Call me when you want to tax the rich so Social Security will be there for our kids. Then we’ll talk." (x.com)
  • Rated 83% by Common Cause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 92% by End Citizens United (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1: "For the People Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • "Fourteen years later, it's clear that the Citizens United decision has been one of the single most damaging blows to our democracy." (x.com)
  • "Eliminating qualified immunity for law enforcement officers could result in unintended consequences for both individual law enforcement officers and the profession as a whole. Even so, there is room for lawmakers to clarify the intent of Section 1983 to ensure that American citizens' rights are safeguarded while still ensuring law enforcement officers retain appropriate protections while on the job." (golden.house.gov)
  • "While I am concerned about eliminating qualified immunity entirely, I do believe there are reasonable criticisms about how the courts have interpreted the doctrine, and given its evolution in recent years, I believe that lawmakers or the Supreme Court may need to take another look at it. For example, I believe that the Court overreached in Pearson v. Callahan (2009), ruling that courts have discretion to focus only on whether the conduct in question was a ‘clearly established' violation of law without first considering if an individual's rights had been violated. In the years that have followed the Pearson decision, there is evidence that plaintiffs in excessive force cases have had a more difficult time getting past qualified immunity." (golden.house.gov)
  • Voted against HR 1280 "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2670: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4350: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4365: "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7900: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • "In addition to building roads, bridges, broadband, and more, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill we signed into law four months ago is going to create jobs, strengthen small businesses and workers, and, according to the @USChamber, help us fight inflation in the long term." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2: "Moving Forward Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4346: "Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022)" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5376 "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "In addition to building roads, bridges, broadband, and more, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill we signed into law four months ago is going to create jobs, strengthen small businesses and workers, and, according to the @USChamber, help us fight inflation in the long term." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4346: "Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022)" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5376 "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "I opposed President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan" (jaredgolden.substack.com)
  • "President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan would have forgiven up to $10,000 in student debt for an individual making $125,000 ($250,000 for a married couple). That sets the income eligibility threshold way too high. The median household income in ME-02 is $56,000. I know there are people with crippling college debt that they simply can’t pay back, and I can see why a well-targeted loan forgiveness program might be in the public interest. But let’s not ignore the facts of the Biden plan: it would have transferred many billions of dollars of wealth to affluent households that are well-positioned to accumulate even greater wealth over a lifetime of work. In ME-02, only 29 percent of my constituents have a college degree, and only 18 percent would have qualified under the forgiveness plan. Nationally, 17 percent of adults have federal student debt, and nearly half of that debt is held by one-tenth of those individuals. According to a recent study, blanket forgiveness of $10,000 in student loans would have meant that for every $1 of student loan forgiveness that would have gone to the bottom 10 percent of households, $3.60 would have gone to the top 10 percent. That’s upside down, and it’s wrong – not one penny should go to anyone in the top 10 percent." (jaredgolden.substack.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Education Association (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Glad to announce a $7 million federal investment in energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy for Maine farmers and small businesses — the latest way the Inflation Reduction Act is continuing to benefit the Second District" (x.com)
  • "Maine’s abundant natural resources mean that we’re in a great position to lead the way on renewable energy." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4447: "Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 9: "Climate Action Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "America needs to find ways to quickly boost oil & gas production, increase domestic energy supply, and drive down prices at the pump and on heating bills. Today, I led a letter to the White House to propose 3 ways to start tackling these problems." (x.com)
  • "Getting gas prices back under control should be a top focus in Washington. The president is absolutely right to take this step to increase domestic oil production. I’ve been calling for steps like this for months." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1: "Lower Energy Costs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 21: "Strategic Production Response Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 1446: "Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 1808: "Assault Weapons Ban of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 8: "Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • "#MedicareforAll will ensure ever Mainer and every American has affordable healthcare, because an equal chance at a healthy life should be a right, not a privilege. Every other developed nation in the world has a universal healthcare system. We can do it too." (x.com)
  • "Almost 30 million Americans are uninsured. 40 million more can’t afford their insurance. There’s no doubt our system is broken, so let’s fix it. Change won't happen overnight, but pushing for #MedicareforAll is the right thing to do and the right direction for our country" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1425: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6201 "Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Higher Rx drug prices are one of the biggest drivers of rising healthcare costs. Maine people spend at least twice as much on prescription drugs as we did thirty years ago. Democrats, Republicans, and everyone in between agrees: this is a problem & we need to fix it." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3 "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6833 "The Affordable Insulin Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "The stakes are too high to wait another day. Secure the border. Support our allies. Time for Congress to act." (x.com)
  • Rated 15% by Federation for American Immigration Reform (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 2: "Secure the Border Act of 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5525: "Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6015: "Iran Sanctions Accountability Act of 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8030: "Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3033: "Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8035: "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5692: "Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6833: "Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8035: "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S3522: "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7521: "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" (votesmart.org)

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