Brian Bilbray in 2000 National Political Awareness Test

On Crime: Impose truth in sentencing; build more prisons

Indicate which principles you support to address crime.
• Broaden the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
• Increase spending to build more federal prisons.
• Impose “truth in sentencing” for violent criminals so they serve full sentences with no chance of parole.
• Provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills.
• Provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
• Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.

On Government Reform: Increase individual limits for campaign donations

Indicate which principles you support regarding campaign finance issues.
• Increase the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
• Prohibit PAC contributions to candidates for federal office.
• Provide free or low-cost television advertising to candidates who agree to voluntary campaign spending limits.
• Ban unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
• Prohibit non-U.S. citizens from making soft money contributions.

On Government Reform: Term limits for members of Congress

A: Yes.

On Immigration: Reimburse states for providing services to illegal aliens

Indicate which principles you support regarding immigration.
• Provide extra federal aid to states with higher numbers of immigrants for necessary medical and social services.
• Grant US citizenship to children born in the US only if their parents immigrated legally.
• Establish English as the official national language.
• Support the separation of the INS into two bureaus.
• Reimburse states for providing services to illegal aliens.

On Jobs: Increase the minimum wage

Indicate which principles you support regarding employment.
• Provide tax credits for companies that move job-creating industries into areas with high unemployment.
• Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers.
• Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
• Establish empowerment zones in areas with large numbers of unemployed people.
• Increase the federal minimum wage.

On Social Security: Allow investing portion of payroll tax in private accounts

Indicate which principles you support regarding Social Security.
• Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts managed by private firms contracted by the government.
• Support a lock box measure, limiting Congress’s ability to spend Social Security and Medicare surpluses on any other federal programs except Social Security and Medicare, until each program’s long-term solvency is guaranteed.

On Technology: Mandate less violent and sexual content on television

Indicate which principles you support regarding technology.
• Continuing the moratorium on Internet sales taxes.
• Support government mandates to curtail violent and sexual content on television.
• Support strict penalties for Internet crimes such as hacking and Internet violence.
• Support strong Internet privacy laws.

On War & Peace: Military action in Iraq only as part of international effort

Indicate which principles you support regarding the Middle East & United Nations
• The U.S. should take military action against Iraq only as part of an international effort.
• The U.S. should continue to play a prominent leadership role in the peace process between Israel and the Palestine Authority.
• The U.S. should participate in United Nations peacekeeping missions only when vital U.S. interests are involved.
• The U.S. should pay its debt to the United Nations.

On Welfare & Poverty: Provide welfare through non-profit & religious organizations

Indicate which principles you support regarding poverty and the welfare system.
• Provide homeless families with apartment vouchers they can use to supplement the cost of an apartment.
• Continue to give states and local governments responsibility for welfare programs through TANF block grants.
• Maintain current welfare-to-work requirements in order for states to qualify for block grants.
• Direct federal poverty aid through religious, community-based or other non-profit organizations.