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Mark Harris' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Mark Harris has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

What is the Political Courage Test?
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.

Wisconsin Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test

Pro-choice Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
I wish that we lived in a word where everyone that conceived was willing and able to bear a healthy child, but that is unfortunately not always the case. Ultimately, the only person who should have the final decision is the woman, and the government should not be involved.
Yes In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
Unknown Position In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
No Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
Yes Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
Yes Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy?
Yes Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
Unknown Position Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
Undecided
Yes Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
I support Keystone as the lesser evil than transporting tar-sands oil by rail car
Yes Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
Yes Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
Yes to regulation, but within reason
Yes Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
I support universal background checks, but I respect the second amendment and the right for law-abiding individuals to own guns.
No Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
But am open minded to constructive improvements
No Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
Not in all cases.
Yes Do you support same-sex marriage?
Yes Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
Yes Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon?
No Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?

SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.

a) Agriculture
b) Arts
c) Defense
d) Education
e) Environment
f) Homeland Security
g) International aid
h) Medical Research
i) Scientific Research
j) Space exploration
k) United Nations
l) Welfare
m) Other or expanded categories
a) Capital gains taxes
b) Corporate taxes
c) Excise taxes (alcohol)
d) Excise taxes (cigarettes)
e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
f) Income taxes (low-income families)
g) Income taxes (middle-income families)
h) Income taxes (high-income families)
i) Inheritance taxes
j) Payroll taxes
k) Other or expanded categories
1) Maintain and preserve social security in it's present form 2) Find an adequate and dedicated source of funding for the highway trust fund 3) Raise and index the minimum wage

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