Gil Cisneros

His campaign website says he will fight for universal background checks.^5,6

1. Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
2. Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
3. Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers

His campaign website says he supports bringing back an assault weapons ban.⁶

1. Ban the sale of these rifles
2. Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
3. No bans or added limits on these rifles

His campaign website says that in Congress he opposed the Hyde Amendment and supported fully repealing the Helms Amendment.⁶

1. Bar public funds for abortions and for groups that provide them, including for their other services
2. Bar public funds for most abortions, but let clinics that provide them be paid for other care
3. Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)

His campaign website says every woman should be able to get reproductive health care including contraception and fertility treatment, and that he would lead on legislation ensuring full coverage of and access to emergency contraception.⁶

His campaign website says he will push for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and supports requiring groups that advocate for or against candidates to disclose all of their contributors.⁶

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

His campaign website says he is committed to raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour nationwide.⁶

1. Keep at $7.25 or leave to states
2. Raise it to less than $15, such as $10 or $12
3. Raise to $15 or more

His campaign website says he would eliminate tax breaks for special interests and for big corporations that send jobs overseas.⁶

His campaign website says he would strengthen the Affordable Care Act and create a public option that lets people buy into Medicare.⁶

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

His campaign website says he will fight for direct government negotiation of drug prices to lower costs for all Americans.⁶

His campaign website says he will oppose any attempt to cut or privatize Social Security or Medicare.⁶

His campaign website says he supports comprehensive immigration reform, including the DREAM Act and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people who have long lived in the U.S. and for people with Temporary Protected Status.⁶

1. No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
2. Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
3. Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
4. A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks

His campaign website says he cosponsored the Equality Act and will keep pushing for federal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.⁶

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

His campaign website says the U.S. must reaffirm its commitment to NATO.⁶

His campaign website says that to support Ukraine's democracy and stop Russia's expansion by force, the U.S. must keep strengthening its international coalition.⁶

His campaign website says he would strengthen rules on puppy mills and other commercial breeders, protect farm animals from inhumane treatment and end non-therapeutic antibiotic use in farm animals.⁶

1. No new federal animal welfare rules, and pass a federal law barring states from requiring that meat and eggs sold there come from animals housed a certain way
2. Keep current federal laws, with states free to add their own protections
3. Add federal protections, such as bans on horse slaughter and on testing cosmetics on animals

His campaign website says he would keep public lands public rather than auction them off.⁶

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