Should the following taxes be
increased?

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Gasoline taxes

no - greatly decrease

yes - slightly increase

Inheritance taxes

no - eliminate this tax

yes - slightly increase

Should the following tax
deductions be increased?

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Child tax credit

yes - greatly increase

no - maintain current levels

Mortgage deduction

yes - greatly increase

no - maintain current levels

Tax Policy

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Do you support the permanent
repeal of the federal estate tax?

yes

no

Do you support making President
Bush's tax cuts permanent?

yes

no

Do you support expanding eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts?

yes

no

Do you support increasing the Social Security payroll tax?

no

yes

Do you support collecting taxes on
commercial Internet transactions?

no

yes

Do you support continuing the
moratorium on Internet taxation?

yes

no

Should federal tax levels
be decreased…

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

…for families with $75,000 to
$150,000 income?

yes - greatly decrease

no - maintain current levels

…for families with $150,000 to
$200,000 income?

yes - greatly decrease

no - slightly increase

…for familes with over $200,000
income?

yes - greatly decrease

no - greatly increase

Private Property

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Do you support requiring states to compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land?

yes

no

Immigration Policy

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Do you support increased border
security to stop the flow of illegal
drugs into the United States?

yes

no

Do you support amnesty for illegal
immigrants already working in the United States

no

yes

Education Policy

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Do you support allowing parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children  to any public school?

yes

no

Do you support allowing parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any private or religious school?

yes

no

Do you support rewarding teachers with merit pay for working in low-income schools?

yes

no

Foreign Policy

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

Should the United States decrease
its financial support of the United Nations?

yes

no

Should aid to African nations for
AIDS prevention programs fund abstinence education?

yes

no

Should a nation's human rights
record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation) status with the United States?

yes

no

Do you support the trade embargo
against Cuba?

yes

no

Do you support using military
tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical?

yes

no

Should the United States hold
foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country?

yes

no

Do you support a policy of
pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to U.S. national security?

yes

no

Should federal funding
levels be increased…

Steve Beren

Jim McDermott

…for defense?

yes

no - maintain current spending levels

…for homeland security?

yes

no - maintain current spending levels

…for emergency preparedness?

yes

(did not respond)

…for military hardware?

yes

no - maintain current spending levels

…for modernization of weaponry
and equipment?

yes

no - maintain current spending levels

…for national missile defense?

yes

no - eliminate this spending category

…for programs to improve troop
retention rates?

yes

no - maintain current spending levels

…for research and development 
of new weapons?

yes

no - greatly decrease