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Rudy Yakym III's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (IN) - District 2

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  • Voted in favor of HR 26: "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Grateful to everyone who came from far and wide to participate in today's @March_for_Life! Your prayer, presence, and advocacy makes a real difference. I will continue to support pro-life policies and champion a Culture of Life that empowers mothers and protects the innocent." (x.com)
  • "Honored to earn an A+ rating from @sbaprolife for my efforts to defend the rights of the unborn. Every life is a precious gift from God, and we need to keep championing a Culture of Life where moms are supported and every child is loved." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee (None)
  • Rated 0% by Alliance for Retired Americans (None)
  • "We can’t tax our way to prosperity and we can’t lower inflation with more reckless spending. Unfortunately President Biden’s $6.9 trillion budget proposal doubles down on more debt, more inflation, and more taxes. @housebudgetGOP is fighting to restore fiscal responsibility." (x.com)
  • "The budget blueprint President Biden released today proposes raising trillions more in new taxes. What Biden doesn’t understand is that DC doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a SPENDING problem." (x.com)
  • "Today I led nearly 150 of my House colleagues in encouraging action on important pro-growth tax policies by the end of the year. We need to ensure America remains competitive and the best place in the world to hire, invest, and do business." (x.com)
  • Rated 80% by FreedomWorks (None)
  • Rated 80% by FreedomWorks (None)
  • "Today I led nearly 150 of my House colleagues in encouraging action on important pro-growth tax policies by the end of the year. We need to ensure America remains competitive and the best place in the world to hire, invest, and do business." (x.com)
  • "We can’t tax our way to prosperity and we can’t lower inflation with more reckless spending. Unfortunately President Biden’s $6.9 trillion budget proposal doubles down on more debt, more inflation, and more taxes. @housebudgetGOP is fighting to restore fiscal responsibility." (x.com)
  • "If President Biden really believes the rich need to pay "their fair share" in taxes, he could start with his own family." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Every day the men and women of law enforcement walk the thin blue line to keep us safe. Our police officers have to be their best when others are at their worst. We appreciate you and we will always #BackTheBlue!" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4365: "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "Our military needs to be focused on lethality and countering threats like the CCP, not a divisive, left-wing political agenda. The strong defense bill @HouseGOP passed today accomplishes these objectives." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2670: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "We all know why we are over $33 trillion in debt: D.C. spends too much. We don't need another wordy Washington report to tell us what we already know. What we need is the political courage to confront this problem and actually cut federal spending before it's too late." (x.com)
  • "Our country is going through great economic uncertainty because of the Biden Administration's failed tax-and-spend agenda. We need to get back to policies that allow Main Street to invest, hire, and grow." (x.com)
  • "The budget blueprint President Biden released today proposes raising trillions more in new taxes. What Biden doesn’t understand is that DC doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a SPENDING problem." (x.com)
  • "We must stop wasteful Washington spending to ensure our future prosperity and so the next generation can have the same opportunities and freedoms as we did!" (x.com)
  • "Lacasa has long been helping Hoosiers attain financial stability and find an affordable place to live. Great to be back in Goshen and on-hand to help cut the ribbon on Lacasa’s new housing units!" (x.com)
  • "Started today at the RV/MH Hall Of Fame in Elkhart to address the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association. We have a housing affordability crisis in America right now, and the Biden Administration is only making things worse with new onerous, expensive energy regulations." (x.com)
  • "Inflation is the cruelest tax of all, and it's crushing families all across the country. Americans can't afford this president's reckless spending policies." (x.com)
  • "Even liberal economists warned President Biden his reckless spending sprees were a recipe for inflation. He ignored them, and now Americans are paying over $700 more each month for the exact same goods and services. No wonder "Bidenomics" isn't selling!" (x.com)
  • "The first rule when you’re in a hole is to stop digging. Our $31 trillion national debt is unsustainable and a threat to future generations. We need to end reckless spending to restore fiscal responsibility and get inflation under control." (x.com)
  • "Washington’s reckless spending is the reason we have record inflation hurting families across America. We need to reform how Congress operates in order to restore fiscal responsibility. The Balanced Budget Amendment I introduced earlier today would do exactly that." (x.com)
  • "Just voted with @HouseGOP to overturn @POTUS Biden’s student loan scam. Biden’s bailout would cost every taxpayer an extra $3,500. Millions of hardworking Americans - including those who didn’t attend college - shouldn’t be forced to pick up the tab for others." (x.com)
  • "The Supreme Court just struck down President Biden’s unconstitutional student loan scam. Biden’s bailout was an unfair wealth transfer to mostly rich Americans and would have cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. I applaud SCOTUS for this decision!" (x.com)
  • "President Biden is being intentionally misleading once again. Even multiple Democrats in the House and Senate voted to overturn Biden’s student loan bailout. This wealth transfer to the mostly rich is deeply unfair to hardworking taxpayers." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "The @HouseGOP Limit, Save, Grow Act will save taxpayers trillions of dollars by: Repealing Green New Deal subsidies" (x.com)
  • "Biden's Green New Deal agenda has been a disaster & bureaucratic incompetence at its worst. 2 years into a $7.5 billion program, the Admin has managed to deliver exactly *one* EV charging station. $7.5 billion might not be a lot to Biden bureaucrats, but it is to Hoosiers." (x.com)
  • "Hoosiers can't afford this president's failed Green New Deal agenda and reckless spending sprees." (x.com)
  • "More government mandates to push unworkable and unaffordable Green New Deal policies aren't what Americans want. This week @HouseGOP will act to make sure Americans don't have to pay the price for California's radical climate agenda." (x.com)
  • "President Biden’s backwards energy policies have him begging foreign autocrats for oil when we have energy underneath our feet right here in America. It’s time to take control of our own destiny & restore American energy independence by passing @HouseGOP Lower Energy Costs Act!" (x.com)
  • "American energy independence means economic security and national security. Last week @HouseGOP passed #HR1 to unleash more energy production right here at home and lower costs for working families." (x.com)
  • "Hoosiers want lower gas prices, not the left’s radical climate agenda. @HouseGOP Lower Energy Costs Act will help make American energy affordable again! #HR1" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1: "Lower Energy Costs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 92% by National Rifle Association (None)
  • "Proud to support @RepNewhouse's Resolution condemning New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's unconstitutional attempt to suspend law-abiding Americans' Second Amendment freedoms. Our Founders were clear: the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed!" (x.com)
  • "Proud to support my colleague @RepRichHudson’s Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. This important legislation will go a long way towards protecting law-abiding Americans’ Second Amendment freedoms and right to carry across America. #2A" (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by Gun Owners of America (None)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Voted in favor of HR 5378: "Lower Costs, More Transparency Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2: "Secure the Border Act of 2023" (votesmart.org)
  • "It isn’t too much to ask that we vet who comes into our country. It isn’t too much to ask that hardened criminals stay behind bars. Instead, @POTUS has done the exact opposite. Biden needs to close the border, enforce our laws, and stop the chaos." (x.com)
  • Rated 89% by NumbersUSA (None)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5525: "Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 89% by NumbersUSA (None)
  • "It isn’t too much to ask that we vet who comes into our country. It isn’t too much to ask that hardened criminals stay behind bars. Instead, @POTUS has done the exact opposite. Biden needs to close the border, enforce our laws, and stop the chaos." (x.com)
  • "Turns out, Democrat politicians don’t really like living with the consequences of their open borders agenda & sanctuary city political stunts. @HouseGOP passed a strong border security bill in May, but the Biden admin has just sat on their hands while this crisis gets worse." (x.com)
  • "Even once proud "sanctuary" state and city Democrats know President Biden’s open-borders agenda is a disaster. @HouseGOP passed the strongest border security package in history earlier this year. Americans want a secure southern border!" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5692: "Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "We should be doing everything we can to choke Iran off economically and deprive them of their ability to fund terrorism and attack U.S. military personnel. Instead, the Biden administration is freeing up to $10 billion for Iran in sanctions relief. Insane." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 340: "Hamas International Financing Prevention Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6126: "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5692: "Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • "This ruling is an important win for the First Amendment & free speech and a strong rebuke of big government Democrats in the Biden Admin who colluded with Big Tech companies to suppress conservative voices." (x.com)

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