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Dave McCormick

Conservative
Republican
Senator
Pennsylvania

Current Position: Senator from Pennsylvania

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

Economic Policy

  • Against tax increases; supports opposing tax increases on working Pennsylvanians
  • For doubling the Child Tax Credit to $4,200 per child under 5 and $3,000 for children ages 6-17
  • For rebuilding military power and increasing defense spending

Health Care

  • For providing families with a $15,000 tax credit for fertility services like IVF

Education

  • For expanding school choice through federal tax credits for scholarship contributions to low- and middle-income families

Environment

  • For American energy independence through oil and gas production and all-of-the-above energy approach
  • For relocating the Department of Energy to Pittsburgh and moving federal agencies out of D.C.

Civil Rights

  • Against national abortion ban; supports exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother; is pro-life
  • For banning children under age 16 from using social media
  • Against diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in federal agencies
  • Against federal funding for gender transition surgeries
  • Against transgender girls participating in girls' competitive sports
  • For supporting same-sex marriage; signed amicus brief supporting gay marriage legalization in 2013

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • For term limits on Congress; will not serve more than two terms in the Senate
  • For preserving the Senate filibuster as protection against political extremism
  • For excluding noncitizens from Census count and constitutional amendment requiring only Americans vote in American elections
  • For making it easier to fire underperforming federal bureaucrats

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • For securing the border and ending drug and human trafficking; opposes sanctuary cities
  • Against China's permanent normal trade relations status; supports removing China from the WTO
  • Against U.S. investment in Chinese companies that support the CCP's military and security apparatus
  • For removing China from the World Health Organization
  • For banning strategic purchases of American land by the Chinese Communist Party
  • Against Ukraine joining NATO
  • For supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression; believes Russia is sole aggressor in conflict

Public Safety

  • For Second Amendment rights; supports law-abiding citizens' right to own firearms for self-defense, hunting, collecting, and sport-shooting
  • Against defunding the police; supports maintaining law enforcement funding and resources