Kelly Thompson

Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, one national health insurance program covering every American with no premiums, deductibles or copays, rather than a public option.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

Her campaign website says she will defend birthright citizenship and oppose attempts by any president to rewrite the Constitution through executive order.^6,7

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

Her campaign website says she would create independent oversight with the power to investigate federal immigration enforcement agencies, establish independent inspections of immigration detention facilities, and have crimes by immigration enforcement personnel investigated and, where the evidence supports it, prosecuted.^6,7

Her campaign website says she would repeal outdated war authorizations and require Congress to vote before the United States enters sustained military conflicts overseas, while keeping emergency action to defend Americans from an imminent attack possible.⁸

1. Let the president order military action without needing Congress's approval
2. Let the president act first, but enforce the 60-day limit and end any action Congress doesn't approve
3. Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack

Her campaign website says she would end unconditional military aid to Israel and require any future assistance to comply with American law, international humanitarian law and basic human-rights standards.⁸

Her campaign website says military attacks on suspected drug-trafficking vessels must receive independent investigation, including of who was killed, what legal authority was used and who approved the strikes.⁷

Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United and related decisions, and would require organizations spending significant money to influence elections to disclose their funders.⁹

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

Her campaign website says her plan would prohibit members of Congress, and their spouses and dependent children, from buying, selling or actively trading individual stocks and similar assets, while allowing diversified investments such as index funds.⁹

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

Her campaign website says she would expand federal support for child care so that no working family spends an unreasonable share of its income on it, raise child care workers' wages, and provide publicly funded pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old.¹⁰

Her campaign website says she would establish a national paid family and medical leave program for workers.¹⁰

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

Her campaign website says her plan would make tuition free at public colleges and universities, community colleges and qualified trade schools.¹⁰

1. No free tuition program
2. Free tuition at community colleges
3. Free tuition at public colleges and universities

Her campaign website says her plan would cancel existing federal student loan debt.¹⁰

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

Her campaign website says she would strengthen educators' ability to organize and collectively bargain.¹⁰

Her campaign website says her Cannabis Freedom Act would fully legalize cannabis under federal law by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act, with a minimum purchase age of 21, automatic expungement of eligible federal cannabis convictions, and state authority to set reasonable regulations.¹¹

1. Keep recreational use against the law
2. Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
3. Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
4. Make it legal for adults to buy and use

Her campaign website says her plan would prohibit additional purchases of American farmland by foreign governments and sharply restrict purchases by corporations, investment funds and nonprofit foundations whose primary business is not agriculture.¹²

Her campaign website says she would expand grants, tax incentives, low-interest loans and direct payments for farmers' regenerative practices, and help cover transition costs through grants, financing, USDA technical assistance, conservation payments and crop-insurance incentives.¹³

Her campaign website says her energy program would invest in mini nuclear plants in places where solar is not feasible, such as mountainous areas.¹⁴

Her campaign website says her energy program would build wind turbines off the coasts.¹⁴

Her campaign website says she would require meaningful human control over lethal military decisions and strong congressional oversight of military contracts involving artificial intelligence, and that artificial intelligence should never automatically deny someone health care, disability benefits, food assistance or retirement income without meaningful human review.⁸

1. Require government testing or licenses for the most powerful AI systems before they are released
2. Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
3. Rely mainly on existing laws, without new rules written for AI