Corrogan Vaughn in 2000 National Political Awareness Test
On Education:
Support affirmative action in public college admissions
Vaughn supports the following principles regarding education: - Eliminate restrictions on federal education funding, giving educators or local school districts more flexibility to design and implement their programs.
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Support affirmative action in public college admissions.
- Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students pay for college.
- Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Foreign Policy:
Full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but not China
Q: Should the U.S. have full diplomatic relations with Cuba? A: Yes.
Q: Should the U.S. have full diplomatic relations with China?
A: No.
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Should the U.S. recognize and extend full diplomatic relations to Taiwan?
A: Yes.
Q:) Should the US maintain ground troops in Kosovo?
A: Yes.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Free Trade:
Supports retaliatory tarriffs; opposes Fast Track
Q: Do you support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products? A: Yes.
Q: Should a nation’s human rights record affect its normal trade relations with the US?
A: Yes.
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Do you support normal trade relations with Vietnam?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support granting the President “fast-track” authority in trade negotiations?
A: No.
Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
A: No.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Government Reform:
Support on-line voter registration & on-line voting
Vaughn supports the following principles regarding voting technology: - Support on-line voter registration.
- Support voting on-line.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Government Reform:
No term limits for members of Congress
Q: Do you support amending the Constitution to limit the number of terms which members of Congress can serve? A: No.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Immigration:
No citizenship for children of illegals
Vaughn supports the following principles 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.
- Support the separation of the INS into two bureaus: one administering naturalization and one administering border patrol.
- Reimburse states for providing services to illegal aliens.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Social Security:
Allow investing payroll tax in private accounts
Vaughn supports the following principles regarding Social Security: - Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which they manage themselves.
- 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.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Technology:
Supports strong Internet privacy laws
Vaughn supports the following principles regarding technology: - Support strong Internet privacy laws.
- Regulating the Internet should not in any way be controlled by the federal government.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
On Welfare & Poverty:
Direct federal poverty aid through religious organizations
Vaughn supports the following principles regarding housing & welfare: - Support housing assistance for welfare recipients.
- Provide homeless families with apartment vouchers they can use to supplement the cost of an apartment.
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Continue to give states and local governments responsibility for welfare programs through TANF block grants.
- Direct federal poverty aid through religious, community-based or other non-profit organizations.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
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