Scott Perry
Bio | After graduation with a BS in Business Administration, he went on to get his masters at the United States Military War College. He is a retired brigadier general. He worked in the Hydrotech industry and was prosecuted for falsifying records but was never charged and maintains innocence. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Pennsylvania |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Pennsylvania |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election PA-10 | PA-10 | Yes | Running | 48.0% |
Campaign Financing | Has accepted funds from Leadership PACs, Republican/conservatives, Retired, Candidates Committees, and Electric Utilities. Major contributors are House Freedom Fund, Club for Growth, Senate Conservative Funds, Edward Jones, Reh Holdings Inc. |
Voting Rights | Scott voted against the Restoring parts of the Voting Rights Act, and opposes updating ethics, voting rights and disclosure of presidential taxes. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Unknown | Has made no clear stance or vote on this issue. N/A |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | Has made no clear stance or vote on this issue. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Perry Voted Against the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, has openly criticized the politicizing of health care. Has made no real effort on a solution, however. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Does not support the LGBT community or their rights. Voted against the Equality Act, the Violence Against Women act, and openly disapproved of gay marriage. |
| Taxes | Against | Scott approves of lowering and cutting taxes. Voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, for the Family Savings Act, and against the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Perry has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, for the Family Savings Act, and against the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act. |
| Abortion | Against | Scott is pro-life Voted for the pain capable unborn child protection act, for the Women's Health and Safety Act, and the Conscience Protection Act of 2016. |
| Gun Control | Against | Perry supports the second amendment. Voted against the Enhanced Background Checks Act, for the Amending Self-Protection Laws, and for the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Perry has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted against the Enhanced Background Checks Act, for the Amending Self-Protection Laws, and for the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. |
| Government Interference | Against | Has stated his displeasure for government and politicizing of issues like health care, guns, and other interference from countries like Russia. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Perry supports withdrawing federal funds from Planned Parenthood clinics, and voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015. |
| Welfare | Against | Has does not support Welfare and putting more restriction on the program. Voted for maintaining work requirement for eligibility, for repealing General Assistance Cash Program, but against the Prohibiting Federal Agencies from Paying Federal Employees Certain Pay Rates. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Scott has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Death Penalty | For | Scott is for the use of the Death Penalty. Voted for the Thin Blue Line Act, and supports the push and use of the death penalty for attempted harm of first responders. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | For | Supports the prison sentencing. Voted for the First Steps Act that lessens punishment for certain drug crimes and non-violent offenders. Voted for Kate's law that punishes illegal immigrants with no more than 10 years imprisonment. |
| Military Spending | For | Scott has military background. Voted against the No War Against Iran, against most of the act to withdraw funds and military personnel from the Middle East and Europe. Voted for the National Defense Authorization act which appropriated $72 million of USSF. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Voted against the No War Against Iran Act, fought in the US armed forces and holds rank as a brigadier general. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Scott supports international relations. Voted for the pain capable unborn child protection act, for the Women's Public Health and Safety Act, and the Conscience Protection Act of 2016. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | For | Scott stated "I'm a strong proponent of free trade policies that ensure access to overseas markets for American companies and products." For the trade of Oil and other natural resources. Voted for the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act and for the To Adapt to Changing Crude Oil Market Conditions. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Scott has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Scott has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Government Spending | Against | Scott is for the increase of military spending but has consecutively voted against acts such as Great American Outdoors act, Moving Forward Act, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Scott has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Common Core | Against | Scott does not support common core. Perry has openly opposed and denounced common core standards. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Scott does not support clean energy solutions. Support oil and coal, Voted to Prohibit Funds from Being Used for Certain Climate Change Reports. Also voted against the climate action now act, for the SENSE Act. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Supports religious freedoms. Voted for the Uyghur Human Rights act and condemning anti-semitism. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Scott has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Border Control | For | Scott supports heavy and hard punishment for illegal immigration and difficulty for those coming in legally. Voted for Kate's law, against the Farm Workforce Modernization act, against the Venezuala TPS act, and against the DREAM act. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Scott has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| DACA | Against | Scott voted against the DREAM and American Dream and Promise act. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Scott voted for the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Scott voted for the Safe Banking act, introduced the Charlotte’s Web Medical Access Act, but does not support ending it at the federal level. Also does not support recreational use. |