Debate differences: Taxes, immigration and abortion access
Iowa 2nd District candidates debate for only time
JOHNSTON, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) - If Iowans in the state’s 2nd Congressional District were undecided about their choice this November, they got some help making up their minds after the two major party nominees displayed numerous differences Monday night during their one-hour, live debate on Iowa PBS.
The district includes 22 counties in northeast Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Grinnell, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Dubuque.
Here is a map of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.
Ashley Hinson, a Republican former television anchor from Marion, is seeking her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sarah Corkery, a Democratic non-profit executive from Cedar Falls, is running for political office for the first time.
Immigration:
Hinson said that she supports mass deportations of undocumented immigrants (a policy proposed by presidential candidate Donald Trump); U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents should carry out the roundups; and immigrants force schools and health care centers are burdened with non-English language speakers.
Corkery said that she supports the bipartisan immigration deal that Congress refused to pass after Trump pressured Republicans to oppose it; she said that mass deportations will shrink staff at farms, agricultural operations, and meat packing plants; and they will force the cost of products like milk to increase significantly.
Abortion access:
Hinson sponsored legislation in Congress called the “Life at Conception Act,” which bans all abortions. Although, she claimed during the debate that she would not sign federal legislation that did not include exceptions like rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother and fetal anomalies.
Corkery said that she doesn’t support any limits to abortion.
Taxes:
Corkery wants Congress to allow the tax cuts passed during Trump’s time in office to expire. She also called for Congress to eliminate the cap on Social Security taxes. Earners don’t pay taxes toward Social Security on income above $169,000 annually.
Hinson wants Congress to renew the tax cuts and did not call for raising the income cap on Social Security taxes. Instead, she called for a bipartisan commission to study ways to make Social Security solvent for the future.
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