Politician
American politician (born 1941)
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Opposes federal budget proposals that cut taxes for wealthy individuals while reducing funding for social programs serving low- and middle-income families.
🗳 Nay on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)🗳 Nay on SCONRES33 (2026-04-29)
Opposed legislation to reinstate strict federal work requirements for welfare (TANF) recipients, favoring more flexible waiver authority.
Prioritizes job creation with living wages and benefits such as paid sick leave and vacation, along with infrastructure investment, community development, free college or job training, tax fairness, minimum wage increases, and workers' right to organize.
Supports expanding access to affordable housing.
Opposes tax cuts favoring the wealthy and advocates progressive tax reforms.
🗳 Nay on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)🗳 Nay on SCONRES33 (2026-04-29)
Opposes cuts to Social Security and Medicaid.
Supports expanding ACA, Medicare and Medicaid with goal of Medicare for all.
Opposes budget cuts to essential services that favor the wealthy.
🗳 Nay on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)🗳 Nay on SCONRES33 (2026-04-29)
Favors reducing mass incarceration through alternatives to incarceration, rehabilitation and reentry programs, and supports police accountability, transparency, and reforms addressing systemic bias in policing.
Supports immigrant rights and due process, opposed the Trump administration's travel ban policy ("Muslim Ban") and border policies, and backs sanctuary-city protections against federal grant threats.
Committed to defending civil rights and promoting social justice, emphasizing the value of multiculturalism in American society.
Supports ensuring every child has access to quality education and increasing funding for public schools.
Supports criminal justice reform including alternatives to incarceration and police accountability.
Supports LGBTQ+ rights and policies promoting equality and inclusion.
Supports access to safe, legal abortion without restrictions.
Supports immediate cease-fire and two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
