Republican

Iraq Vet asks Paul about War Profiteers

By: Kelly on January 25, 2016

After identifying herself as an Iraq war veteran, Kelly Dougherty asked Rand Paul about the role of private military contractors that profit from war and use their profits to lobby for more contracts. "Anybody who gets money from government in the form of a contract should be limited in what they can do to lobby to get more of our money," said Paul. "It would say in the contract, 'I agree not to lobby and give contributions to legislators.' I think you could limit special interests by contract, voluntary contract, when they do business with government."

New Hampshire

Bird Dog Report

Candidate(s):

Rand Paul

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Lobbyists, Military Industrial Complex, Pentagon

Stop Private Prisons Incentive by Changing Mandatory Incarceration

By: Austin Henshaw on January 25, 2016

"There is an incentive to keep those prisons going. It's one of the fastest growing businesses we have," said Dr. Ben Carson on private prisons lobbying millions of dollars to incarcerate more people on Sunday Jan. 25th in Ames, Iowa. He continued by saying we need to change rules for mandatory incarceration rules and non-violent offenders.

Iowa

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Candidate(s):

Ben Carson

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Corporations, Incarceration, Lobbyists, Police, Private Prisons

Rubio: Potentially Shutdown Private Prisons if Not Fulfilling Purpose

By: Austin Henshaw on January 25, 2016

Marco Rubio is open to private prisons if they save taxpayers money, but acknowledged all of them might not be up to standard as state and federal government run-prisons. He said if they weren't fulfilling their purpose, he is open to them potentially being shut down.

Iowa

Bird Dog Report

Candidate(s):

Marco Rubio

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Corporations, Incarceration, Private Prisons

“Washington Has Become the Roach Motel”

By: Kevin Rutledge on January 22, 2016

“People go in but they never come out, they never leave,” said Mike Huckabee at a private round table discussion on big money in politics while referring to a lifetime ban on the revolving door between Congress and lobbyists.

Iowa

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Candidate(s):

Mike Huckabee

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Campaign Finance, Corporations, Immigrant Rights, Incarceration, Lobbyists, Private Prisons, Revolving Door

Ted Cruz defends nuclear modernization

By: Curtis C. Smith on January 21, 2016

Ted Cruz defended the $1 trillion nuclear overhaul as necessary for U.S. security.

New Hampshire

Bird Dog Report

Candidate(s):

Ted Cruz

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Nuclear

Bush gives qualified endorsement to nuke expansion and abolition

By: John on January 20, 2016

Our friends at Global Zero asked Jeb Bush for his views on the proposed trillion dollar nuclear weapons expansion. Bush said he could get behind a "Reaganesque" goal of multi-lateral nuclear weapons elimination. He also said he supports "modernization" if it's done in concert with arms reduction plans. In addition, Bush expressed concerns about proliferation and endorsed the Non Proliferation Treaty bargain that promotes civilian use of nuclear energy.

New Hampshire

Bird Dog Report

Candidate(s):

Jeb Bush

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Nuclear

Christie ignores Military Industrial Complex Question

By: Hector Salamanca Arroyo on January 16, 2016

When asked about the Military Industrial Complex by GUI volunteer Marlu Abarca, Christie replies "I'll talk about that".

Iowa

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Candidate(s):

Chris Christie

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Campaign Finance, Corporations, Military Industrial Complex

Tweet the GOP Debate Moderators

By: Miranda Myers on January 12, 2016

Tweet the moderators of the next #GOPdebate about Governing Under the Influence!

Blog

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Campaign Finance, Corporations, Immigrant Rights, Incarceration, Lobbyists, Military Industrial Complex, Nuclear, Pentagon, Private Prisons, Revolving Door

Cruz says we need a magic wand to get rid of nukes

By: Will and Scott on January 12, 2016

Ted Cruz responded to a question about the trillion dollar nuclear arms buildup by endorsing an upgrade to all three "legs" of the nuclear triad. He also called for developing a missile defense system. But he thinks abolition of nuclear weapons can only be achieved in a fantasy world.

New Hampshire

Bird Dog Report

Candidate(s):

Ted Cruz

Parties:

Republican

Topics:

Campaign Finance, Lobbyists, Military Industrial Complex, Nuclear