Political Positions
- Biggert is a member of The Republican Main Street Partnership and Republicans for Choice.
- Biggert is one of 171 of the 178 Republican U.S. House members in the 111th Congress to have signed Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge:
"I Judy Biggert pledge to the taxpayers of the 13th Congressional District, of the state of Illinois, and to all the people of this state, that I will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes."
- Biggert supports making all of the Bush tax cuts permanent, regardless of income, because everyone has suffered during the recession.
- Biggert supports the partial privatization of Social Security, in which individuals could choose to voluntarily divert 2% of their Social Security tax payments from paying Social Security beneficiaries into individual private accounts which they could invest in the stock market and which they could pass on to their heirs.
- Biggert supports the repeal (or defunding to prevent implementation) of the 2010 Democratic health care reform and its replacement with Republican health care reform.
- Biggert opposes allowing individuals less than 65 years of age to buy into Medicare.
- Biggert opposes any comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and supports the message sent by Arizona SB 1070.
- Biggert opposes public financing of federal election campaigns, and supports the elimination of all limits on campaign contributions with immediate and full disclosure of contributions.
- Biggert supports repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, but opposes repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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