IN-DEPTH
Tom Malinowski |
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Leonard Lance |
Malinowski supports free trade when they are fair to workers and businesses but opposes trade wars and will be tough on countries that violate trade rules. |
Free Trade |
Lance supports free trade and believes it helps New Jersey companies create jobs and expand exports. |
By his own accord, Tom Malinowski does not support gerrymandering or voter suppresion in any form. Malinowski has stated that if elected, he will strongly oppose voter suppresion and gerrymandering and do everything in his power to protect the rights of all people to vote. Tom Malinowski has no voting record on campaign finance, making it very difficult to measure exactly where he stands. However, as a member of an increasingly progressive Democratic party it is fair to assume that Malinowski will support campaign finance reform. That being said, Malinowski has raised millions of dollars for his campaign from special interests, corporate PACS, large corporations, and other large donors. |
Electoral Issues (Gerrymandering + Campaign Finance Laws) |
Leonard Lance, as would any other politician will not admit to being in favor of blatant gerrymadering. However, in 2016, when the Democrats proposed a potential constitutional amendment to prevent gerrymandering from occurring in future elections, Lance was one of the strongest critics of the amendment. Leonard Lance does not support large sums of money being filtered into politics by large corporations. However, since he does receive large amounts of money from special interests and other PACs it cannot be said that Lance completely supports campaign finance reform. |
Malinowski has avoided directly opposing Trump, choosing to instead criticize his individual actions and policies. |
Trump Administration |
Leonard Lance has attempted to distance himself from Trump and the Republican party, challenging them on individual issues. On the other hand, Lance agrees with most items on Trump's budget. |
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Scandal |
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Malinowski wants to stand up to Russian election interference and maintain a strong military in conjunction with diplomacy. |
National Security |
Lance strongly supports spending on the military and Mueller investigation, and deterring Russian election interference. |
Malinowski urges deterrence, sanctions, and diplomacy to achieve denuclearization of North Korea, as well as funding to spread information to its citizens. |
North Korea |
"Lance is a cosponsor of the North Korea Nuclear Baseline Act, legislation providing aggressive congressional oversight to ensure North Korea is upholding denuclearization commitments." Congressman Leonard Lance Serving New Jersey's 7th District |
While Malinowski supports teacher unions, his other stances on education are unclear, though he will mostly likely adopt the pro public school funding and anti-charter school stances of his party. |
Education |
Lance voted yes on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program in March of 2011. He also voted yes on $40 billion for green public schools in May of 2009. Lance also denounced Common Core State Standards in February of 2014. He does not support requiring states to adopt federal education standards. |
Tom Malinowski is a proponent of affordable health care, dedicated to defending the Affordable Care Act (ACA), stopping discrimination against the healthcare needs of women and those with pre-existing conditions, lowering drug prices, and strengthening drug research and development. |
Health Care |
Leonard Lance fights for health care reform through measures that include allowing insurance to be sold across state lines, improving health savings accounts, establishing Association Health Plans (AHP) insurance pools and enacting real medical malpractice reform. He has consistently supported defunding Obamacare. |
Malinowski wants stronger gun control laws and believes that the NRA is a corrupt organization that promotes unsafe gun laws for their own monetary gain. Tom Malinowski supports gun control laws to be put in place, to protect the lives of civilians. He has chosen to help ban assault rifles in America, and, said should be only used by police or military personnel. Furthermore, he wants to dismantle the National Rifle Association(NRA), because of their accepting of massive amounts of dark money, and selling rifles to the wrong customers, he also says he will not be accepting any money from this association. The people who sell guns are to do a universal background check that are supposed to follow the Gun Control Act of 1968, which requires that individuals engaged in the business of selling firearms must possess a Federal Firearms License (“FFL”). If you hold an FFL, you are required to conduct background checks through the National Instant Background Check system (NICS) and maintain a record of all firearm sales. There are exemptions, however, that allow sales between private individuals to occur without a background check, which is often referred to as the “Gun Show Loophole". Malinowski recognizes that this is a dangerous loophole, which allows people to get guns who would never pass a background check because they clearly pose a threat to the public safety, and thus devotes himself to stop this treacherous act of selling guns to people without doing a background check. Tom supports laws that allow family members and other concerned individuals to ask the court to remove a person’s firearms and put them with a temporary restraining order, if they are acting in ways to hurt people. He supports this because, the authorities can’t take action against that person(who is acting in a way to hurt people), because they haven’t committed a crime yet. He feels that this will help reduce domestic violence. |
Gun Control / NRA |
"He does not generally support gun-control legislation. Lance said he respects members of the NRA, but he considers votes on gun-related measures one at a time on their own merits. In the current Congress, he said, he voted with the NRA twice and against it twice." He has an "A" rating from the NRA. On The Issues |
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Racial Equality |
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Middle East |
Leonard Lance holds a strong pro-Israel beliefs. He consistently expresses his support for the country, referring to it as "our great ally" and touting it as the main symbol of religious freedom and democracy for its region. |
Tom Malinowski supports the decriminalization of marijuana, going to twitter to announce his support for Cory Booker's S.1689 Marijuana Justice Act of 2017. |
Controlled Substance |
Leonard Lance fights against controlled substances through proposal of several pieces of legislation, primarily focused on addressing opioid addiction and counterfeit drugs. |
Tom Malinowski strongly supports gender equality. He has already received endorsements from Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL Pro-Choice America. Malinowski wishes to make sure that women are paid the same as men in the workplace and are given the opportunity for paid leave after having children. |
Gender Equality |
"Lance voted yes on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in February of 2013". On The Issues |
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Abortion / Planned Parenthood |
"Lance voted yes on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion in May of 2011. He also voted in favor of the anti-abortion bill on January 26, 2017." On The Issues/Medham Patch/ NJ7 CITIZENS 4 CHANGE |
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Climate Change |
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Renewable Energy |
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East-Coast Drilling |
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Malinowksi believes in climate change and supports Paris Agreement. He opposes PennEast and Pilgrim pipelines and support Federal Energy Regulatory Commission receiving input from general public for pipeline projects. He also opposes Offshore Drilling on Jersey Shore, instead favors offshore windmills. Additionally, he supports funding of EPA. |
Environmental Protection |
Lance is a member of Climate Solutions Caucus. He considers Carbon Tax detrimental to economy. He supported American Clean Energy and Security Act, which involves cap and trade and investment in clean energy. He also supports current cap-and-trade system RGGI. Additionally, Lance opposes Off-Shore Drilling and drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He wants to accelerate cleanup of Superfund sites. He is in favor of funding efforts to cleanup state brownfields. He is also in favor of funding conservation efforts. Lance is against Penn East Pipeline project and protects the EPA. He is in favor of protecting the Delaware River Basin. |
Malinowski is strongly opposed to the Trump Administration's policy of separation of families by ICE at the border, and Trump's idea of a "border wall". Malinowski is in full support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and would stand behind an immigration reform that better secures the border and encourages legal immigration while strengthening the economy. |
Immigration |
Leonard Lance has centrist policies regarding immigration, supporting tough border control but also supports a bill that would be similar to DACA. |
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Mexican Border and Deportation |
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Malinowski will work to "repeal and replace" the GOP tax law, which he vehemently opposes, with responsible tax reform to preserve middle class tax deductions. Malinowksi does not favor the current GOP tax law because it will put middle class families at a disadvantage by hurting property value among other things. He wants to reform the current GOP tax law to better support the middle class by preventing us from excess taxation. |
Taxes |
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Malinowski states that he wants to modernize and support rail, road, and port infrastructure in NJ. |
Infrastructure |
Lance wants to support rail infrastructure. |
Malinowski says that he likes the idea of putting tariffs on China. That said, he is reluctant to side with Trump on most issues. |
Foreign Relations |
Lance wants to end tariffs against China. In fact, he introduced a bill that would make congress step in. |
Malinowski wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. |
Minimum Wage |
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