Larry Bucshon MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 01/04/2013: No family planning assistance that includes abortion
• 05/05/2011: Prohibit federal funding for abortion
• 01/07/2011: Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood
• 11/02/2010: Adult stem cell research but not embryonic stem cells

  Support for gun rights

• 01/25/2011: Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad
• 11/02/2010: Opposes restricting gun purchase & possession
• 11/02/2010: Right to bear arms will not be infringed on my watch

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 05/04/2011: Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
• 11/02/2010: Roe vs. Wade should be overturned

  Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 08/11/2010: Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 11/02/2010: Supports eliminating the estate tax
• 11/02/2010: Reduce both business & individual tax rates

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 01/05/2011: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution
• 07/08/2010: Demand a Balanced Budget amendment

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 07/08/2010: Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax

  Implement a flat tax

• 07/08/2010: Adopt a single-rate tax system

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 03/30/2011: Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program

  Support privatization of mass education

• 08/11/2010: Supports education vouchers for public or private school

Environmental Issues

Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 11/02/2010: Explore oil & lean coal instead of cap-and-trade
• 11/02/2010: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
• 07/08/2010: Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 07/08/2010: Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low

  Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

• 05/12/2011: Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 04/15/2011: Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
• 01/05/2011: Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law
• 08/11/2010: Supports repealing nationalized healthcare law
• 07/08/2010: Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market

  Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance

• 01/05/2011: Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law
• 11/02/2010: Tort reform, HSAs, and cross-state insurance, not ObamaCare

Immigration

Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws

• 11/02/2010: No amnesty; enforce laws; fund the border fence