DeVelle L. Jackson

His platform says he will push for one broad federal law on privacy and data rights, under which privacy is the starting point and people control how their information is collected, used, sold and retained.⁵

It says Congress should reclaim the war powers the Constitution gives it, and that military action should rest on lawful authorization, with set objectives and public accountability.⁵

It says he believes in honoring commitments to NATO allies and maintaining strong national defenses, and that no ally should receive a blank check.⁵

It says he supports restoring the independent capacity and humanitarian mission of USAID so that the United States can again offer relief after disasters, food aid, support for global health and long-term development.⁵

1. Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
2. Keep foreign aid near its current level
3. Cut foreign aid further or end most of it

It also says Congress should make healthcare a budget priority by redirecting money from contracts, wars, immigration enforcement and foreign security spending that it calls wasteful, unnecessary or excessive.⁵

It says control of federal spending belongs to Congress, that the executive branch must spend money Congress has appropriated, and that a president may put forward rescission requests but cannot, acting alone, cancel funds Congress has appropriated.⁵

1. Let presidents withhold or cancel approved money they decide not to spend
2. Keep the 1974 law, under which Congress must agree before approved money is canceled
3. Add penalties and faster court enforcement when approved money is held back

His platform says he supports what it calls a Rich Tax on billionaires and other extremely wealthy people, with steeper income tax rates at the very top and firmer enforcement against offshore tax avoidance and corporate loopholes.⁵

1. Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
2. Cut rates further, including the top rate
3. Keep current rates
4. Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)

It says he supports an 18-year limit on service in Congress, meaning at most nine House terms or three Senate terms, along with an upper age limit.⁵

1. Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
2. Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
3. No term limits

It says anti-corruption reform should include legislation to stop insider trading by members of Congress.⁵

It says outside groups such as PACs, Super PACs, national interest groups, corporations and billionaire networks should not be able to overwhelm a district's voters with unlimited spending.⁵

1. Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
2. Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
3. Keep current rules
4. Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties

It calls for enforceable standards against partisan redistricting, so that political parties cannot choose their voters by drawing district lines.⁵

It says he supports an 18-year cap on service by Supreme Court justices as well.⁵

1. Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
2. Keep lifetime appointments

It says he supports tougher federal labor protections and firm penalties for union-busting and for wage theft.⁵

It also opposes national right-to-work laws, which it says weaken collective bargaining.⁵

It says he is against breaking up the U.S. Department of Education or cutting the federal support it provides for research, student aid, Pell Grants, special education, civil rights and under-resourced schools.⁵

1. Close the department and move or end its programs
2. Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
3. Keep the department and its programs, or expand it

It says he supports student debt relief, including service-based options, and a federal Civic Service Credit under which verified unpaid service could be rewarded with a tax credit or help with student debt.⁵

1. Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
2. Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
3. Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
4. Broad cancellation of student debt

It says he supports a universal healthcare guarantee that builds on existing coverage such as veterans' care, Medicaid, Medicare, union and employer plans, private insurance and state programs, centered on a national public option that anyone could choose regardless of income or employment.⁵

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

It also says he supports negotiated prescription-drug prices, protections against billing abuse and limits on catastrophic out-of-pocket costs.⁵

It says he opposes privatizing Social Security, cutting its benefits or raising the retirement age again.⁵

1. Raise the full retirement age
2. Keep it at 67

It says he opposes cuts to Social Security benefits and supports a long-term solvency plan that protects retirement, survivor and disability benefits.⁵

It says he supports writing back into federal law the viability-based rules associated with Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.⁵

1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
2. Leave abortion law to each state
3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)

It says he opposes total and near-total abortion bans, that government should not prohibit the decision before viability, and that once viability is reached government may take steps to protect potential life, while keeping exceptions for medical necessity involving the woman's life or health.⁵

1. Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
2. Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
3. Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
4. Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
5. Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy

It also says he will defend access to contraception, as well as maternal and emergency pregnancy care and medical privacy.⁵

It says he supports a nationwide standard for paid family and medical leave, with wage replacement and job protection.⁵

1. Create a national paid leave program for all workers
2. Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
3. Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states

It says he will defend federal food assistance, along with school and summer meals, senior nutrition programs, rental aid and homelessness prevention.⁵

It says the federal goal should be ending hunger and homelessness, including preventing evictions, helping people leave shelters or the street for permanent housing, and offering supportive housing to those who need ongoing services.⁵

It says that at this time he opposes new large-scale data centers, citing their electricity and water demands and possible pollution from backup generators.⁵

1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
3. Pause or limit new data centers

It says ICE needs serious institutional reform, including protection of due process during arrests and in detention and real consequences for misconduct.⁵

It says ICE agents should be clearly identifiable.⁵

It says veterans should have enforceable standards on how soon they are seen, and care that carries over smoothly between the VA and qualified community providers.⁵