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THE 2010 CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE SURVEY

 


House Responses
The following tabulations represent positions of winning candidates only.

0 House
QUESTION PARTY AFFILIATION TOTALS
Questions 7 through 23 represent candidate positions   DEMOCRAT    REPUBLICAN  INDEPENDENT OTHER ALL
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO TOT %
1. ERISA - To further protect pension plan assets, will you support a legislative amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to pre 0 0 00
2. Earned Health Care Benefits - Millions of retirees who were promised retirement health care benefits by their employers are having these benefits elim 0 0 00
3. Health Care Reform - The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) proposed five principles; they are: 1) Health Care Coverage for all; 2) Cost Managem 0 0 00
4. Medicare Reform - Do you support the privatization of Medicare scheduled to begin in 2010 as stated in the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act? 0 0 00
5. Medicare Buy-In - Will you support legislation for Medicare “buy-in” whereby retirees under the age of 65 are offered an opportunity to buy into M 0 0 00
6. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Rule - allows employers to reduce or eliminate health care benefits to individuals age 65 or older wh 0 0 00
7. U.S. Treasury Department's Revenue Ruling 2008-7 allows companies to selectively freeze pension accruals of older workers in certain cases without vio 0 0 00
8. COMPANY SUBSIDIES - Will you support legislation to increase the Medicare Part D subsidy paid to employers to offer better prescription drug coverage 0 0 00
9. COMPANY SUBSIDIES - Subsidies provided under the Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003 are used to pay operating expenses and inflate corporate profi 0 0 00
10. Medicare Part D Interruptions - Will you support Medicare legislation preventing in-year interruption of Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage an 0 0 00
11. Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Importation - Will you support legislation allowing American consumers to take advantage of the global marketplace b 0 0 00
12. Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Bidding - Will you support legislation for Medicare Part D that would allow the Medicare Administration to stipulate 0 0 00
13. Medicare Part D Generic Drugs - Will you support legislation to increase FDA funding for the purpose of clearing the generic drug approval backlog and 0 0 00
14. Deductibility of Health Care Premiums - Will you support passage of a bill that grants federal tax deductibility for health care premiums without bein 0 0 00
15. Retirement Account Rollovers - Will you support legislation enabling tax-free and penalty-free rollover transfers from 401k funds, Individual Retireme 0 0 00
16. Social Security - Will you support legislation that ensures Social Security will be financially secure and continue to provide the current, or improve 0 0 00
17. Taxes On Social Security – Will you support legislation that amends the tax codes to eliminate or reduce federal taxes on all Social Security income 0 0 00

Senate Responses
The following tabulations represent positions of winning candidates only.

0 Senate
QUESTION PARTY AFFILIATION TOTALS
Questions 7 through 23 represent candidate positions   DEMOCRAT    REPUBLICAN  INDEPENDENT OTHER ALL
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO TOT %
1. ERISA - To further protect pension plan assets, will you support a legislative amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to pre0 00 00 00 00 0 00
2. Earned Health Care Benefits - Millions of retirees who were promised retirement health care benefits by their employers are having these benefits elim0 00 00 00 00 0 00
3. Health Care Reform - The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) proposed five principles; they are: 1) Health Care Coverage for all; 2) Cost Managem0 00 00 00 00 0 00
4. Medicare Reform - Do you support the privatization of Medicare scheduled to begin in 2010 as stated in the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act? 0 00 00 00 00 0 00
5. Medicare Buy-In - Will you support legislation for Medicare “buy-in” whereby retirees under the age of 65 are offered an opportunity to buy into M0 00 00 00 00 0 00
6. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Rule - allows employers to reduce or eliminate health care benefits to individuals age 65 or older wh0 00 00 00 00 0 00
7. U.S. Treasury Department's Revenue Ruling 2008-7 allows companies to selectively freeze pension accruals of older workers in certain cases without vio0 00 00 00 00 0 00
8. COMPANY SUBSIDIES - Will you support legislation to increase the Medicare Part D subsidy paid to employers to offer better prescription drug coverage 0 00 00 00 00 0 00
9. COMPANY SUBSIDIES - Subsidies provided under the Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003 are used to pay operating expenses and inflate corporate profi0 00 00 00 00 0 00
10. Medicare Part D Interruptions - Will you support Medicare legislation preventing in-year interruption of Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage an0 00 00 00 00 0 00
11. Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Importation - Will you support legislation allowing American consumers to take advantage of the global marketplace b0 00 00 00 00 0 00
12. Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Bidding - Will you support legislation for Medicare Part D that would allow the Medicare Administration to stipulate0 00 00 00 00 0 00
13. Medicare Part D Generic Drugs - Will you support legislation to increase FDA funding for the purpose of clearing the generic drug approval backlog and0 00 00 00 00 0 00
14. Deductibility of Health Care Premiums - Will you support passage of a bill that grants federal tax deductibility for health care premiums without bein0 00 00 00 00 0 00
15. Retirement Account Rollovers - Will you support legislation enabling tax-free and penalty-free rollover transfers from 401k funds, Individual Retireme0 00 00 00 00 0 00
16. Social Security - Will you support legislation that ensures Social Security will be financially secure and continue to provide the current, or improve0 00 00 00 00 0 00
17. Taxes On Social Security – Will you support legislation that amends the tax codes to eliminate or reduce federal taxes on all Social Security income0 00 00 00 00 0 00