MTC Question Submission - Dear Candidates, whoo are you?

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3		Question Guidance	Questions should focus on issues that Congress deals with, rather than the state.
4		Question Guidance	Encourage questions that build on candidates stated positions or address unstated or minimal positions. (website and media)
5		Question Guidance	Address variety of topics (see dropdown.)
6		Question Guidance	Generally stay away from yes/no questions that don't require elaboration (Although commitment may be part of the question.)
7	x	Campaign	What is your plan to obtain the necessary votes?				All		Josh	Campaign Reform
8	x	Campaign	What is your estimated number of votes needed to win?				All		All	Campaign
9	x	Campaign	What endorsements do you have from elected officials, political organizations, unions and community leaders? What other endorsements are you seeking and why?				All		Jamie	Climate Control
10	x	Campaign	On what issue(s) do you hope to energize progressive voters?				All			Community Engagement
11	x	Campaign	JAMIE, Why did you decide to lead with being a mom on your campaign site?	Jehedd		DCS	Jamie			Education
12	x	Campaign Reform	How much money will you need to successfully compete in this race and what is your plan to raise it?				All			Governing Approach
13	x	Campaign Reform	Will you pledge not to take any campaign donations from corporate lobbyists?				All			Gun Control
14	x	Campaign Reform	Will you pledge not to take any capaign donations from law enforcement unions?				All			Gvt Reform
15	x	Campaign Reform	Who are your top five funders?	Chri	delhi, ny	DCS				Health Care
16	x	Campaign Reform	Are you accepting PAC monies?	Jehedd			Jamie			Housing
17	x	Climate Control	Do you believe climate change poses an immediate threat to human welfare?				All
18	x	Climate Control	What concrete steps should be taken to mitigate the threat of CLIMATE CHANGE, and how will you seek to implement them?				All
19	x	Climate Control	How will you balance action to mitigate climate change with the demands of econmic growth when they conflict?				All
20	x	Climate Control	YOU SAY WE NEED an economically energizing path to sustainability. PLEASE GIVE US SPECIFICS.	Jehedd		DCS	Jamie
21	x	Climate Control	The IPCC scientists in their most recent mitigation report found that it is now too late to limit global warming to 1.5°C simply by stopping all carbon emissions to the atmosphere. That will mean that certain nations will be submerged and that damage and catastrophic events to the rest of the world is already baked in. Will you support the Green New Deal?
22	x	Climate Control	In 2018 a comprehensive plan, the Green New Deal, was introduced to deal with climate change as an engine for economic growth. Can you tell us if you think a comprehensive plan could help solve the climate crisis and if so, what would the plan be?	Carla	Franklin	DCS	all
23		Climate Control	Does the candidate agree with the overwhelming majority of the world's scientists that climate chaos is primarily caused by fossil-fuel corporate business models and the multi-decade-long efforts those corporations have made to deny, cast doubt and thwart efforts to rapidly transition away from fossil-fuels?	Mark Ohe	Andes	DCS	All
24		Climate Control	Will the candidate be a staunch opponent of plans for any future fossil-fuel infrastructure projects which might be sighted here in Delaware County? And is the candidate aware that residents of this county (as well as Otsego, Schoharie and Broome counties) organized to soundly defeat the proposed 124 mile "Constitution" frack-gas pipeline project in February 2020, after an eight year grassroots effort?	Mark Ohe	Andes	DCS	All
25	x	Community Engagement	Will you pledge to work with DCS as you develop your platform?				All			Immigration
26	x	Community Engagement	Will you welcome DCS collaboration on your field plan in areas we serve?				All			Int'l Affairs
27	x	Community Engagement	Will you allow DCS to keep copies of all data we collect through voter contact?				All			Legislative Priorities
28	x	Community Engagement	What relationships do you have in your district that could form a base of support, through activism, organizing, work or personal networks?				All			LGBTQIA+ Rights
29	x	Economy	Do you support increasing the minimum wage?				All			Other
30	x	Economy	Do you support the PRO Act and if so, how will you work to assure its passage?				All			Police Reform
31	x	Economy	JAMIE You say - Our cost of living has skyrocketed. Good jobs are few and far between. Small businesses are struggling to survive. And yet: taxes seem to only increase. It's time to fix it. What ideas do you have to fix it?	Jehedd		DCS	Jamie			Prison/Bail Reform
32	x	Economy	We must support our unions, the anchor of our middle class We must help our farmers and agricultural workers, the producers of our stable, affordable food supply. We must increase access to housing options, grow the availability of healthcare, and ensure we can afford to live in the place we call home. HOW?	Jehedd		DCS	Jamie			Racial Equality
33	x	Education	Should public school curriculum include truth of our nation's history, good and bad, or curriculum be designed to inspire patriotic values?				All			Reproductive Rights
34	x	Education	do you support charter schools or public schools?							Science/Technology
35	x	Education	what are your thoughts on the culture wars in public schooling? your solutions?							Social Security & Medicare
36	x	Education	Education has become a lottery that some children win, and others lose. All children must share in the same equality of opportunity that made this country so strong. WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT – WHAT IS A LOOSING EDUCATION? WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE?	Jehedd		DCS	Jamie			Voting Rights
37	x	Education	What is your position on federal funding of private schools?							Veterans
38	x	Governing Approach	Who would you like to see as Speaker Of The House, or Minority Leader if the Dems lose control of the house, and why?
39	x	Gvt Reform	Do you advocate an end to the filibuster or the reinstatement of the "standing" filibuster?				All
40	x	Gvt Reform	Do you support an expansion of the Supreme Court or an end to lifetime appointments, and if so, what actions should be taken to implement these reforms?				All
41	x	Gvt Reform	Congress has the authority to expand the Supreme Court. Will you commit to consponsoring the Judiciary Act which adds 4 seats?	Christian Vitek	Walton, New York	Young Progressives of Delaware County	All	Both candidates, would prefer a yes/no.
42	x	Gvt Reform	Do you consider democratic backsliding to be a present issue in the United States? What action(s) will you take to reverse it?	Christian Vitek	Walton, New York	Young Progressives of Delaware County	All
43	x	Gvt Reform	Do you believe there should be changes made to the supreme court? If so, identify the changes you would like to see and explain the steps you would take to bring about those changes	Jehedd		DCS	All
44	x	Gvt Reform	Under the heading "Make Government work for us", you write, "We need a Congresswoman who is invested in us. We need a someone who knows that the current political climate makes it impossible to serve the people. It is time the Hudson Valley and Southern Tier have a Congresswoman who advocates tirelessly for a government that works for us." HOW DOES THIS STATEMENT REFLECT THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU WOULD MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK FOR US?	Jehedd		DCS	Jamie
45	x	Health Care	Do you believe healthcare is a human right?				All
46	x	Health Care	What actions will you take to expand access to affordable healthcare?				All
47	x	Health Care	What changes to how healthcare is structured would you like to see and what steps would you take to make those changes happen ?	Jehedd		DCS	All
48	x	Health Care	Also, Josh, you advocate for expanded medicare what is each of your positions about medicare for all	Jehedd		DCS	Josh
49	x	Health Care	JOSH, you wrote Too Many Communities Have Been Left Out Of The Healthcare System; We Need To Take Care To The Places It’s Needed. What steps do you propose and how would you work to bring them about?				Josh
50	x	Health Care	Can you make a case for why a Medicare-for-all approach to universal healthcare would or would not be a good way to solve the healthcare problems in our district?	Carla	Franklin	DCS	all
51	X	Healthcare	A recent study found that if we'd had a single-payer healthcare system 200,000 Americans wouldn't have died from Covid 19. If elected to Congress would you sign on as a cosponsor of the Medicare for All bill?
52	X	Housing	Do you believe there is a right to safe housing?				All
53	X	Housing	What will you do to support affordable housing in our district?				All
54	X	Legislative Priorities	On what issue(s) do you hope to find common ground with conservative voters?				All
55	X	Legislative Priorities	If elected, what are your top three legislative priorities?				All
56	x	Legislative Priorities	How will you pursue each priority in the face of opposition?				All
57	x	Legislative Priorities	If you could make one big thing happen, what would it be?
58	x	Legislative Priorities	What issue most distinguishes you from your primary opponent?
59	x	Legislative Priorities	Given that congress is basically deadlocked, please explain what you hope to accomplish and what you will do in order to accomplish it if you are elected	Jehedd		DCS
60	x	Legislative Priorities	What do you think is right and what do you think is wrong about Democratic messaging and how would you endeavor to support or change each	Jehedd		DCS	All
61	x	Legislative Priorities	Given the failure of congress to pass the most important democratic bills thus far, do you think it is better to search for compromise in Congress or to articulate a strong policy position even though it is doomed ; explain the answer you give as to why	Jehedd		DCS	All
62	x	Legislative Priorities	Which District issues have you identified and what ideas do you have about how to address them	Jehedd		DCS	All
63	x	Legislative Priorities	What things did you admire and what things would you criticize when evaluating lt gov delgado’s performance as a congressperson	Jehedd		DCS	All
64	x	Legislative Priorities	What lessons have you learned from your various congressional adjacent jobs about how to actually do something in congress?	Jehedd			Josh
65	x	Legislative Priorities	What kinds of things would you take on first and how?	Jehedd			Josh
66	x	Legislative Priorities	While the House of Representatives has worked more effectively to deal with issues such as abortion, gun violence and voting rights, little that it has proposed has become law. What other actions are needed to get bills passed into law?	Carla	Franklin	DCS	all
67	x	LGBTQIA+ Rights	What will your response be if Republicans try to pass legislation against trans kids, such as making it illegal for parents to provide gender-affirming healthcare?	Tracey Hancock	DeLancey		all
68	x	Other	How much money did you earn on your paper route?	Jehedd			Josh
69	x	Other	To many of us, Congress is dysfunctional and “working across the aisle” is a meaningless talking point. What could you do whether in a majority or minority Democratic caucus to help Congress become more responsive to the needs of the people?	Carla	Franklin	DCS	all
70	x	Other	The supreme court has agreed to hear Moore v. Harper next term a case concerning the independent state legislature doctrine, which theorizes that state legislatures alone are empowered by the Constitution to regulate federal elections without oversight from state courts. how concrned are you about the possible outcome of this case? do you agree with those who have said that it could result in legalizing fraudulent election counts by removing the power of the state to overide the kinds of schemes about false cerifications that Trump tried to persuade several election official to undertake? If so , what do you think should be done about it.
71	x	Other	do you believe we are in a particularly perilous time? why, why not
72	x	Other	assuming there is no significant rebuttal to what the jan 6
73	x	Other	Should the attorney general indict former President Trump? Please provide your thinking behind your viewpoint.
74	x	Police Reform	Do you believe we should allocate funding away from policing and toward social programs?				All
75	x	Prison/Bail Reform	Do you believe bail reform measures have led to an increase in crime?				All
76	x	Prison/Bail Reform	B. Our Criminal Justice System Has Failed Black Communities Through Mass-Incarceration And Overcriminalization. It Must Be Reformed.	Jehedd			Josh
77	x	Racial Equality	A. Investing In Marginalized Communities That Have Been Left Behind.	Jehedd			Josh
78	x	Racial Equality	C. For Generations, Black Americans Were Excluded From Our Financial System, And We Must Remedy That.D. Our Broken Immigration Must Be Fixed To Serve American Interests And Reflect American Values.	Jehedd			Josh
79	x	Racial Equality	JOSH You state, We Must Bend The Arc Of History Toward Justice For Communities Of Color. and identifies four areas needing action: 1) Investing In Marginalized Communities 2) Reforming criminal justice system 3) Remedying the legacy of generational financial system exclusion 4) Fixing our broken immigration to reflect american values. Can you provide details on how you would break through gridlock and to make this happen?
80	x	Reproductive Rights	Are you pro-choice or pro-life? What action would you propose to support your belief?			DCS	All	omitting as they have stated position, see below
81	x	Reproductive Rights	Do you support abortion rights?				All	omitting as they have stated position, see below
82	x	Reproductive Rights	If so, how would you protect and expand access to abortion?				All
83	x	Reproductive Rights	You have both stated that you support a woman’s right to choose, can you detail the steps you will take to support your position if you are elected? Be specific.	JD			All
84	x	Reproductive Rights	You both state you will support codification; but is that enough protection? can’t the republicans change it, if we manage to get it passed and would the supreme court overrule such legislation	JD			All
85	x	Social Security & Medicare	Social Security and Medicare are exhausting sufficient funding for current benefits. How will you shore up funding in perpetuity?
86	x	Veterans	JOSH What solutions do you propose to address in regard to your words, fight for those who fight for us, by which I assume you mean our veterans.
87	x	Veterans	JAMIE, you are a daughter of a veteran, what essentail needs would you address to support our veterans.
88	x	Voting Rights	Do you believe voting rights are at risk, and if so, what actions would you take to protect them?				All
89	x	Voting Rights	You have identified several problems and their solutions as for example when you write, "As we have seen state after state pass restrictive voting laws that disproportionately harm communities of color, it is critical that Congress re-enacts the Voting Rights Act’s key protections.Can you explain what you would do to make that happen, given the ever-present gridlock?	Jehedd			Josh
90	x	Voting Rights	JAMIE, You write you would co-sponsor the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act my first day in office. The John Lewis Voting Act has already failed. As a new congresswoman how will you get attention for this bill, especially if the democrats lose their majority? What other strategies will you use to (your words), help curb voter suppression, outlaw partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts and make federal campaign spending more transparent.
91	x	Voting Rights	JOSH, You have identified several problems and their solutions as for example when you write, As we have seen state after state pass restrictive voting laws that disproportionately harm communities of color, it is critical that Congress re-enacts the Voting Rights Act’s key protections. Can you explain what you would do to pass the Voting Rights Act, given the ever-present gridlock?
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