The Maryland Catholic Conference conducted an issues survey of all 54 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives whose names will appear on the primary election ballot on Tuesday, February 12. The candidates' responses are beneath the questions. A response of "support" indicates support of the Conference's position.
STEM CELL RESEARCH:
1. Do you support or oppose prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds for research that involves destroying live human embryos to obtain cells for experimentation (embryonic stem cell research)?
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:
2. Do you support or oppose legislation to increase the number of visas available to refugees who are fleeing persecution abroad, and to provide adequate funding for the U.S. refugee admissions program?
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE & PEACE:
3. Will you support or oppose a policy that limits the preventative use of U.S. military force in cases where there is not clear and compelling evidence of an imminent attack on the United States?
4. Will you support or oppose significant annual increases in poverty-focused development assistance to reduce global poverty and increase the percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) contributed in foreign aid?
IMMIGRATION:
5. Do you support or oppose legislation that would permit undocumented aliens who have been living in the United States for a number of years and who do not have criminal records to earn legal status by paying fines, paying back taxes, and agreeing to learn English?
6. Do you support or oppose maintaining current law that permits American citizens and legal permanent residents to petition for close family members, such as children, parents, and siblings, who are living abroad to come live in the United States?
HEALTH CARE:
7. Do you support or oppose legislation to reform our healthcare system to ensure there is affordable, accessible health care for all, especially for poor families with children and for persons with disabilities?
EDUCATION:
8. Federal Financial Assistance: Do you support or oppose legislation to continue and expand current federal laws that provide educational benefits to students and teachers in private and religious schools on a basis equitable to what public school students and teachers receive?
9. Parental Rights: Do you support or oppose legislation to provide federal financial assistance to low-income parents to choose the schools that they believe are best suited for their children?
ABORTION:
10. Do you support or oppose prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds to pay for abortion?
11. Do you support or oppose legislation to prevent federal agencies and states that receive federal funds from discriminating against health care providers who do not perform or participate in abortions (Hyde-Weldon Amendment)?
KEY:
S = Support
O = Oppose
Blank = No response or qualified response
D = Democrat
R = Republican
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