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Josh Hawley's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Josh Hawley did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "Roe v Wade is one of the worst constitutional decisions in American history. It has claimed 61 million innocent lives, and counting. I will only support Supreme Court nominees who have acknowledged on record it was wrongly decided" (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 3755: "Women's Health Protection Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 26: "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Politicians in both parties should quit using Social Security and Medicare as bargaining chips. I’m introducing legislation to exempt both programs from the debt ceiling. No more scare tactics" (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 22% by Alliance for Retired Americans (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Today I’m proposing major new tax relief to help working parents start their families & raise their kids how they want to" (x.com)
  • "We need a plan to help working parents that is pro-family and pro-work. I’ll be proposing legislation this coming week that gives a major tax cut to working parents to help them afford to start a family and raise their kids" (x.com)
  • Rated 82% by National Taxpayers Union (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 95% by The Club for Growth (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Law enforcement deserve our support, and our citizens need the protection" (x.com)
  • "My first bill signed into law was to support cops. Today the Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to reauthorize it. The law provides life-saving resources for law enforcement who put their lives at risk for us. God bless the men and women in blue" (x.com)
  • "The honor of the good men and women who wear blue and protect our neighborhoods & families should not and cannot be taken away by the behavior of a rogue cop. Law enforcement deserve support, not condemnation, not defunding." (x.com)
  • "Companies like McKinsey make millions doing business in China - including helping their military - and then turn around & make millions off the US Defense Department. That should be illegal. If you want to help America’s enemies, then no money from America" (x.com)
  • "Today I will force further procedural votes on the NDAA - which thanks to the McConnell/Johnson backroom deal, shovels billions to defense contractors but cuts off compensation for tens of thousands of Americans poisoned by their own government. It’s wrong" (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 2670: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 7776: "James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • "So Dems are going to propose over a trillion in new spending but nothing to get workers their jobs back? Nothing to protect jobs now? Doesn’t sound like recovery. Sounds like a boondoggle" (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "If you think Joe Biden is unpopular now, wait until voters get a good look at Biden’s budget - massive spending on amnesty, "environmental justice," destruction of the coal industry, critical race theory "investments" - it’s the most radical left wing plan in American history" (x.com)
  • "Great news today for Fort Leonard Wood. I’m delighted to announce the Army has committed to spending $41 million in 2023 and another $50 million in 2024 for new housing on base. That’s 180 new homes. Our service members and their families deserve it" (x.com)
  • "Disastrous jobs numbers. Joe Biden’s policies are driving inflation sky high and keeping Americans from finding good work" (x.com)
  • "Record high inflation numbers out today. Democrats on the Senate floor cheering - literally cheering - for earmarks tonight" (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Trudy Busch Valentine claimed today on @kmoxnews that "not one Republican" voted to cap the price of insulin. False. I did. Proudly. What I will not do is support Joe Biden’s anti-American economic agenda that has given us the worst inflation in 40 years" (x.com)
  • "#January6 is my opportunity to speak for my constituents and to force a debate on election integrity, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do" (x.com)
  • "If last 24 hrs have made anything clear, it’s that we need new election integrity laws NOW. Ban ballot harvesting, guarantee poll watcher access, make ballot counting transparent. I will introduce" (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by Common Cause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by League of Conservation Voters (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "If you think Joe Biden is unpopular now, wait until voters get a good look at Biden’s budget - massive spending on amnesty, "environmental justice," destruction of the coal industry, critical race theory "investments" - it’s the most radical left wing plan in American history" (x.com)
  • "It should now be crystal clear what the "Green New Deal" means. We’re seeing it in action. Gas prices to bankrupt middle class families, soaring inflation, domestic industry destroyed in favor of China" (x.com)
  • "The Biden Administration wants to turn Missouri into a "national transmission corridor" for green energy - by taking farmers’ land. No way. And I won’t vote for any Energy Dept nominee or bureaucrat unless they pledge to fight it" (x.com)
  • "Rather than turning on American energy production, President Biden is on a groveling tour with every petty dictator in the world, begging for oil. Mr. President, let the American people get back to work producing American energy" (x.com)
  • "Tomorrow I will introduce legislation in the Senate to reopen American energy production full throttle and reverse Joe Biden’s disastrous capitulation to our enemies" (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by American Energy Alliance (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Enjoyed meeting today with AG nominee Bill Barr. Had a good talk about stopping flow of drugs over the border, fixing the asylum process, and protecting the Second Amendment. Also talked about scrutinizing the growing power of Big Tech - much needed" (x.com)
  • "The big three credit card companies say they will start tracking gun purchases, making it easier to track gun owners - and to stop sales. Big threat to Second Amendment rights. I want to know from the corporations why they capitulated to the anti-2A lobby" (x.com)
  • Rated 92% by National Rifle Association (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "After 12 years, @clairecmc has failed to help Missourians receive quality, affordable healthcare. Family after family can’t afford their healthcare bills because of the disastrous Obamacare. We must continue to fight for solutions and lower the cost of health care." (x.com)
  • "Dems pledge to give govt healthcare to illegal immigrants, but TAKE AWAY healthcare from citizens who get it through their employers. And open the border for good measure. Because that will really help workers. The Dem Party is totally off the rails" (x.com)
  • "Here’s what nerve is. Holding patients w/ preexisting conditions hostage to Obamacare because you care more about liberal politics than patients’ health. Cross the aisle, Senator. Do what you said you would do. WORK for the people of Missouri" (x.com)
  • "Who gets ahead in today’s healthcare system? Hint: not patients. Answer: Big Pharma & Big Insurance. That has to change" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6201: "Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Here’s the bottom line on my plan to hold big pharma accountable and lower prescription drugs prices. Now." (x.com)
  • "This morning I introduced legislation with ⁦@SenRickScott to lower prescription drug prices right now. No more sweetheart deals for big pharma. No more asking American families to pay 500% more than consumers in Europe or Canada" (x.com)
  • "Trudy Busch Valentine claimed today on @kmoxnews that "not one Republican" voted to cap the price of insulin. False. I did. Proudly. What I will not do is support Joe Biden’s anti-American economic agenda that has given us the worst inflation in 40 years" (x.com)
  • "Close the border now" (x.com)
  • "Come to find out, Biden has dropped at least 350,000 asylum cases so illegals can stay in the country. This is MASS amnesty. That’s *on top of* the 9 million illegals he’s already let it. Close the border NOW" (x.com)
  • "Dems want to ignore the Mayorkas impeachment to cover up the crime of their open border. Violent criminals roaming our streets. Drugs everywhere in our schools. Chinese Communist Party members and known terrorists crossing in record numbers. Mayorkas must be held accountable." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Come to find out, Biden has dropped at least 350,000 asylum cases so illegals can stay in the country. This is MASS amnesty. That’s *on top of* the 9 million illegals he’s already let it. Close the border NOW" (x.com)
  • "The drugs pouring across the southern border are pouring into Missouri. But Democrats in Congress want to open the border further & grant amnesty to illegal immigrants who have committed crimes. This is wrong" (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "If you think Joe Biden is unpopular now, wait until voters get a good look at Biden’s budget - massive spending on amnesty, "environmental justice," destruction of the coal industry, critical race theory "investments" - it’s the most radical left wing plan in American history" (x.com)
  • "I went to the floor of the Senate today to call for new sanctions on Beijing as it tries to steamroll Hong Kong. And I have this message for China: America will not be steamrolled" (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden has shown nothing but weakness and indecision. Now is the time to show strong purpose. Sanction Russia’s energy sector - the engine of its economy - to its knees and reopen American energy production full throttle" (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 815: "National Security Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "#China is on the verge of destroying #HongKong’s liberty & ending the city’s autonomy. That’s a violation of China’s treaty obligations. And the USA must say NO. Must consider sanctions and changes to #china trade status." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 815: "National Security Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "Spending $40 billion on Ukraine aid - more than three times what all of Europe has spent combined - is not in America’s interests. It neglects priorities at home (the border), allows Europe to freeload, short changes critical interests abroad and comes w/ no meaningful oversight" (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 6833: "Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • "Enjoyed meeting today with AG nominee Bill Barr. Had a good talk about stopping flow of drugs over the border, fixing the asylum process, and protecting the Second Amendment. Also talked about scrutinizing the growing power of Big Tech - much needed" (x.com)
  • "The problem with the RESTRICT Act is - it doesn’t ban TikTok. It gives the President a whole bunch of new authority and does nothing to stop the CCP. Just ban TikTok" (x.com)
  • "TikTok is an espionage tool and a propaganda machine for the Communists. First pro-Hamas propaganda, now bin Laden? The CCP probably can’t believe we’re letting them get away with it. Ban TikTok" (x.com)
  • "Want to stop Big Tech pushing porn to our kids? Give parents the right to sue" (x.com)

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