Michael's Opinions on Legislation - Public Profile - Causes

Countable Is Officially Causes.com

Michael

62
Opinions
1
Followers
5
Following

“This is a no-brainer. We cannot ask citizens to risk their lives in order to exercise one of the first rights enumerated in the Constitution. We must allow every citizen the opportunity to vote safely and vote by mail is the best way to do that”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should States Adopt Contingency Plans for Holding Federal Elections During Natural Disasters and Pandemics?

“We failed to build up a robust testing and contact tracing apparatus earlier this year and it allowed the virus to spread rapidly. We will see more spikes and it’s imperative we’re able to mitigate the effects of its spread”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should the Federal Gov’t Award $100B in Grants For Coronavirus Testing, Contact Tracing, & Monitoring?

“It’s time to put this right. Trump manufactured this problem and has done little to clean up after himself. We need to show Americans that we can do something about this. ”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should the Feds Reunite Separated Unauthorized Immigrant Families Within 60 Days?

“It is way past time that lynching was recognized as a federal hate crime. It’s shameful that it isn’t already”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Lynching be a Federal Hate Crime?

“Farmers are desperate for help and anything we can give them, we should. They keep our nation fed while reaping very little benefit themselves.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: The Farm Bill: Renewing & Reforming the Nation’s Food & Agriculture Programs (Conference Report)

“This bill is the result of a hostage situation. Republicans are trying to hold these immigrants hostage in order to get way more than they’re giving. We need a clean DACA bill without establishing “merit-based immigration” and without spending our tax money on a useless wall”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Legal Status for Dreamers, $23 Billion for Border Security, and Addressing Family Separation

“Private companies tied to the Trump administration should be nowhere near this issue. It is disgusting, but sadly, par for the course for this president, to profit when so many thousands are suffering”

- MICHAEL S

Comment made on

In Response to: Tell Your Reps: Should Private Companies Run Immigration Detention Centers?

“Plastic is overused and will remain on the planet without breaking down for hundreds of years. Less plastic and more recycling can only mean good things for the future. We cannot allow corporate profits to dictate how we write our laws any longer. The future of the planet depends on it.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should the National Park System Have a Plastic Use Reduction and Recycling Program?

“We already have to look at them in the airports. Why do we need to see them in the Post Office as well?”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Every Post Office Display the Official Portraits of the President & Vice President?

“The Trump tax cut did almost nothing for the middle class. This measure would be a step in the right direction although there would still be more to accomplish. Buybacks enrich those that are already wealthy and do nothing for the employees of the company in question.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Stock Buybacks be Prohibited?

“Making guns universally more difficult to buy is the only way to reduce the number of lives lost to gun violence. Background checks are a no-brainer: they allow responsible citizens access and easily root out people with histories of domestic abuse and mental issues. Common sense gun control does no…”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Gun Sellers Have to Wait for a Completed Background Check to Transfer a Firearm?

“This is one of the only instances in which Mitch McConnell and I agree on something. Hemp contains no THC, is one of the most versatile plants on the planet and is capable of sequestering a massive amount of carbon; moving it from the air and into the soil where it helps retain water and is enormous…”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Hemp Farming be Legal?

“Guns are already too easy to acquire in the U.S. why do we need to make it easier for private citizens to acquire silencers too? This absolutely cannot be allowed.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: SHUSH Act: Should Gun Silencers be Deregulated at the Federal Level?

“The right to vote is guaranteed to every American citizen by the Constitution and yet the government has made it extremely difficult to exercise that right in certain places. Making voting easier can only have positive results.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Newly Sworn-in American Citizens be Immediately Given Voter Registration Forms?

“The “benefits” of this move have not been realized. It’s a thinly veiled attempt to benefit coal-fired electricity and oil which have been major contributors to climate change. The American solar industry has not benefited from these tariffs and growth in this industry will be stifled until they are…”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should Trump’s Solar Panel Tariffs be Repealed?

“The War on Drugs has been misguided in many ways, but classifying marijuana as a schedule 1 drug is maybe the most damaging thing this war has done to this country. The criminalization of this plant, that has numerous beneficial qualities when used in moderation, has been used to justify millions of…”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should the Federal Gov’t Legalize & Tax Marijuana?

“Trump’s recent actions and attitude toward the Special Counsel have made it abundantly clear that we need to protect the independence of this investigation. The only person preventing this bull from hitting the Senate floor is Mitch McConnell and that is unacceptable. We cannot allow this extremely …”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should a Special Counsel be Allowed to Legally Challenge Their Termination?

“Scott Pruitt is guilty of dereliction of duty. He is so unfit to run this department it is laughable. It is sad that we have to tell him what his department’s goals are supposed to be but these are the times we live in. There must be accountability.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Should the EPA Restore & Maintain Info About Climate Change On its Website?

“The president’s broad pardon power has not been this threatening since the Nixon administration. We cannot trust a corrupt individual like Trump to wield this power wisely, especially when he has surrounded himself with sycophantic yes men and women. We must impose a check.”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Releasing Evidence Against the Recipient of a Presidential Pardon in Investigations Involving the President or His Family

“This will do absolutely nothing to deter immigrants from entering the country illegally and it will only serve to pack our bloated prison system even more. People who enter this country illegally face so much worse that jail time even before they reach the border. Most of the people who try to enter…”

- MICHAEL S

Voted undefined on

In Response to: Making Prison Terms Longer for Crimes Committed by Unauthorized Immigrants Who Illegally Reentered the U.S.