Erik Osberg

His Defend the Constitution priority says he wants Congress to reclaim its authority over spending, tariffs and oversight, and that tariffs and other major policy decisions should go through elected representatives instead of being decided unilaterally.⁸

His Workers' Rights and Union Protections priority says he wants to protect workers' right to organize, stop employer intimidation and retaliation during union drives, strengthen penalties for labor law violations and help newly organized workers secure a first contract.⁹

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

It also says he will oppose efforts that would undermine birthright citizenship.⁸

1. Keep automatic citizenship for every child born in the US
2. End it for children of parents here without legal permission, such as by amending the Constitution
3. End it for children of parents here without legal permission or on temporary visas, such as by amending the Constitution

His Get Corporate Money Out of Politics priority says he supports amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United, and stronger disclosure rules for election spending.¹⁰

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 also supports prohibiting members of Congress from buying and selling individual stocks during their time in office.¹⁰

1. Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
2. Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
3. No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports

His Healthcare for Everyone priority says he wants to restore and protect the Affordable Care Act subsidies so that families keep their coverage and avoid higher premiums.¹¹

It says he wants to work toward a system in which all Americans can obtain affordable, quality care whatever their wealth, and supports lowering the Medicare eligibility age, starting with a push toward 55.¹¹

It says he wants the federal government to have greater authority to negotiate fair prices for drugs when public money is involved.¹¹

His Protecting Our Seniors priority says he opposes cutting Social Security benefits and raising the retirement age.¹²

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

It says he will oppose cuts to Social Security benefits.¹²

It also says he wants to scrap the Social Security payroll tax cap or raise it significantly so that high earners pay more.¹²

His Strengthening Public Education priority says he wants federal education support, including Title I funding, to be restored and expanded.¹³

His Agriculture and the Farm Bill priority says he wants a full, updated Farm Bill that protects crop insurance and shores up the programs farmers depend on.⁵

His Housing and Homelessness priority says large corporations and private equity firms are buying homes as investments, and that the cap of 350 homes in the current housing bill is too high.⁶

1. Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions
2. Keep the 2026 law as passed
3. Loosen or repeal the ban

It says he wants to clear away needless obstacles to responsible housing construction, and that federal housing policy should support local judgment rather than override it.⁶

It says he backs a housing-first approach together with more shelter capacity and wraparound services for people who are homeless.⁶

1. Provide permanent housing first, without requiring treatment or sobriety beforehand
2. Provide housing that comes with requirements, such as treatment, sobriety or work
3. Enforce bans on public camping and move people into shelters or treatment, including court-ordered treatment for some

It also says he wants to support first-time homebuyers and young families.⁶

His Fighting Fraud and Waste in Government priority says he wants modern data tools, such as better data matching, risk-based audits and sharing of information across agencies, to stop improper payments before the money is sent, while protecting legitimate services.¹⁴

His Equal Rights priority says he supports federal protections against discrimination for LGBTQ+ people in jobs, housing, schools, health care and public accommodations.¹⁵

1. Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
2. Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
3. No new federal protections; leave it to the states

It also says he supports marriage equality and would resist attempts to roll it back.¹⁵

1. Keep same-sex marriage legal in every state
2. Let each state decide whether to allow it
3. Recognize only marriages between one man and one woman

It says he wants to improve seniors' access to food assistance, housing support and other benefits.¹²

His Honoring Our Veterans priority says he wants the VA fully funded, opposes privatizing its core services and wants telehealth and community-based care expanded for veterans.¹⁶

1. Let veterans choose private doctors at the VA's expense whenever they prefer
2. Write wait-time and drive-time limits into law, so veterans can use private care when the VA can't meet them
3. Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it

It says the VA should be fully funded and fully staffed.¹⁶

His Firearms and Gun Safety priority says he supports background checks that keep guns away from people who should not have them.¹⁷

It also says he supports red flag laws that include strong due process protections.¹⁷

His Environmental Stewardship priority says public lands should stay public and open for recreation.¹⁸

1. Transfer large areas of federal land to the states
2. Sell limited amounts of federal land, such as near towns for housing
3. Keep federal lands in federal ownership

It says he will work to shield the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness against pollution and risky mining.¹⁸

His Reproductive Rights priority says he wants to restore federal protections for reproductive rights.¹⁹

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 abortion bans that lack exceptions for rape, incest or the mother's health, and that the choice to continue or end a pregnancy belongs to a woman together with her doctor.¹⁹

It also says he wants to protect access to contraception and family planning, and lists fertility treatment among the reproductive health care it covers.¹⁹