Callie Barr

Her campaign website says she supports zoning reform so that more homes get built, along with federal funding for affordable homebuilding by local builders.^7,8

Her campaign website says private equity should not price people out of homes, and its priorities page describes companies buying up houses for vacationers as part of the housing problem.⁸

Her campaign website says she wants to end tariffs that raise the cost of building supplies and food, and tariffs that hurt farmers.^7,8

1. Lower or remove most tariffs
2. Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
3. Broad tariffs on most imports

Her campaign website says she supports federal investment in small businesses, farmers and infrastructure, and its priorities page names low-cost lending, impact investing and grants, along with training for grant writers, as ways to do it.^7,8

Her campaign website says she supports unions and wants Congress to pass the PRO Act. Its priorities page says unions protect workers and should be strengthened rather than dismantled.^4,7,8

1. Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
2. Keep current rules
3. Add requirements such as a secret-ballot election before every union is recognized

Her campaign website says she wants the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Its priorities page compares the tax rate on the richest 1 percent in 1960 with the rate today and says tax rates should be fair.^7,8

Her campaign website says she wants to end tax loopholes that favor the very wealthy, and its priorities page gives as an example a rule that it says lets heirs avoid tax on gains built up during the deceased person's lifetime.⁸

Her campaign website says she supports protecting Social Security and removing its cap.^7,8

1. Keep the current cap
2. Also tax earnings above a higher level, such as $250,000 or $400,000
3. Apply the tax to all earnings

Her campaign website says she supports lowering prescription drug prices through negotiation. Its priorities page says the government should negotiate prices the way other countries do.^4,7,8

Her campaign website says she supports expanding reliable internet access across the district.^7,8

Her campaign website says she supports expanding childcare. Its priorities page says childcare should be affordable for all families and points to New Mexico as an example.^4,7,8

Her campaign website says she supports reversing cuts to SNAP, which it says hurt children, seniors and disabled people.^4,7,8

1. Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
2. Keep the program as changed in 2025
3. Tighten eligibility and work rules further

Her campaign website says she supports reversing Medicaid cuts, which it says would harm rural hospitals and nursing homes.^4,7,8

1. Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
2. Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
3. Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding

Her campaign website says she supports extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies.^7,8

Her campaign website says health care should be a right, and that she supports a public option for everyone who wants it, including making Medicare available as an option to everyone from birth.^4,7,8

1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals

Her campaign website says she supports fully funding the VA. Its priorities page says the job cuts at the VA should end because the agency is understaffed and veterans face long waits.^7,8

Her campaign website says she supports protecting veterans from what it calls predatory benefit schemes. Its priorities page says military benefits and VA disability pay should both be paid at the same time, with no clawbacks tied to early buyouts, because they are payments for different things, and that she opposes the CHOICE for Veterans Act because she does not want for-profit companies charging veterans fees to file benefit claims that can be filed for free.^7,8

1. Let all military retirees with service-connected disabilities collect both payments in full
2. Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
3. Keep current rules, which already pay both in full to some retirees, such as those with 20 or more years of service and a disability rating of at least 50%