
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