Lauren Jewett

Her campaign website says she will push to streamline and speed up FEMA and HUD disaster recovery funding so that families displaced by hurricanes are not left waiting years for aid.⁸

1. Shift most disaster costs and response to states, and shrink or close FEMA
2. Keep FEMA's role, with changes to speed up aid
3. Expand FEMA's funding and role, including more help preparing before disasters

Her campaign website says she will protect Social Security from cuts, reject privatization proposals and push for action now so that a fix can be phased in gradually.⁹

Her campaign website says she will adjust the payroll tax cap so that higher earners pay into Social Security at the same rate as everyone else.⁹

Her campaign website says she will cosponsor legislation to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicaid and Medicare.¹⁰

1. Keep current coverage, under which some private Medicare Advantage plans offer these benefits
2. Add some of these benefits, such as hearing aids, to traditional Medicare
3. Add dental, vision and hearing coverage to traditional Medicare

Her campaign website says she will fight to fully fund the federal special education law (IDEA) and keep it at the Department of Education rather than scattered across agencies, and says dismantling the department strips away oversight of protections for students with disabilities.¹¹

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

Her campaign website says she will oppose voucher and education savings account programs, which she says jeopardize public school funding.¹¹

1. Make them available to every family
2. Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
3. No public money for private school or homeschooling costs

Her campaign website says she will protect and strengthen Public Service Loan Forgiveness for jobs like teachers, nurses, social workers and first responders, and oppose taxing forgiven student debt as income.¹¹

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 supports debt-free community college and technical training so that a two-year degree or certification does not start with debt.¹¹

Her campaign website says she supports establishing universal pre-kindergarten programs for all 3- and 4-year-olds and ensuring strong Head Start and Early Steps programs.¹¹

Her campaign website says she will cosponsor and vote for national paid family and medical leave legislation, such as the FAMILY Act.¹²

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 she supports restoring war powers oversight so that Congress votes before the country is involved in wars, saying the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war.^13,14

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 will advocate for the sovereignty and freedom of Ukraine and oppose peace settlements that reward Russian aggression.¹³

Her campaign website says she opposes sending U.S. military aid, weapons and tax dollars to fund foreign conflicts and violence such as what is happening in Gaza, and would redirect that money to the basic needs of children and people at home.¹³

Her campaign website says she will work to overturn Citizens United and get unlimited corporate PAC and super PAC money out of politics, and will advocate for more transparent mechanisms and publicly financed campaigns.¹⁴

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 she will push to institute term limits on members of Congress.¹⁴

Her campaign website says she will push to prohibit stock and insider trading by members of Congress while they serve in office.¹⁴

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 will oppose the SAVE America Act and similar requirements for documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.¹⁵

Her campaign website says she will push for independent redistricting commissions to end political control over how congressional maps are drawn, and for banning partisan gerrymandering nationwide.¹⁵

1. Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
2. Let legislatures draw the lines, but only once a decade after the census
3. Let legislatures draw and redraw the lines when they choose

Her campaign website says she will expand no-excuse absentee and mail-in voting so that elderly and disabled voters are not required to justify voting by mail.¹⁵

1. Mail a ballot to every registered voter
2. Let any voter request a mail ballot without giving a reason
3. Allow mail ballots only for voters with a reason, such as illness, disability or travel
4. End most mail voting, keeping it for military and overseas voters

Her campaign website says she will push to establish a binding code of judicial ethics for the Supreme Court that includes financial disclosures and limits on accepting gifts.¹⁴

Her campaign website says she will co-sponsor the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, and says the country must commit to restoring federal protections that it says the Supreme Court gutted.¹⁵

1. Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
2. Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
3. Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn

Her campaign website says she supports structures that uphold immigrant rights, prioritizing pathways to citizenship, and a permanent legislative fix for Dreamers who were brought to the country as children.¹⁶

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

Her campaign website says she will vote for legislation that dismantles ICE and ends its current enforcement and detention operations, and will oppose any expansion of ICE's authority or budget until the agency is fully dissolved.¹⁶

1. Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
2. Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
3. Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
4. Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records

Her campaign website says she supports funding for border and port-of-entry technology, staffing and asylum-court capacity so that cases are resolved in months rather than years.¹⁶

Her campaign website says she supports universal background checks as part of gun legislation she says would keep everyone safe.¹⁷

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

Her campaign website says she supports red flag laws that give families and law enforcement a tool to intervene before tragedy.¹⁷

1. Adopt more red flag laws, including a national one
2. Leave the choice to each state
3. Repeal existing red flag laws and adopt no new ones

Her campaign website says she supports competitive pay, real staffing levels, de-escalation training and body cameras for local and state law enforcement, and fully funding community mental health and crisis response so that police are not the only number to call in a mental health emergency.¹⁷

Her campaign website says she will work to create a framework for national decriminalization of marijuana.¹⁷

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 she opposes treating poverty, addiction and homelessness as crimes when what people need is treatment and housing.¹⁷

Her campaign website says she will provide rent control options and tenant protections such as right to counsel.¹⁸

Her campaign website says she will expand access to first-time homebuyer assistance programs, down payment support and low-interest FHA loans.¹⁸

Her campaign website says she supports incentives to areas that eliminate exclusionary zoning.¹⁸

1. Have states require cities to allow more types of housing, such as apartments near transit
2. Give extra state or federal money to communities that allow more homes
3. Leave zoning decisions to local governments

Her campaign website says she will cosponsor Medicare for All, a system of care based on need rather than profit with no premiums or deductibles, and will push to expand the Affordable Care Act.¹⁰

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 push to expand the Affordable Care Act and work to close the Medicaid coverage gap.¹⁰

Her campaign website says she will oppose efforts to defund home and community-based services and fight to make them a mandatory Medicaid benefit.¹⁰

Her campaign website says she will cosponsor the Women's Health Protection Act, which it says protects a patient's right to make their own health decisions and codifies Roe v. Wade into federal law.¹⁰

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

Her campaign website says she will cosponsor the Women's Health Protection Act, which it says codifies Roe v. Wade into federal law.¹⁰

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)

Her campaign website says she will adequately resource the VA and push back against efforts to privatize it.¹⁰

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

Her campaign website says she will push Congress to deliver a Farm Bill as fast as possible and expand crop insurance and disaster assistance options for specialty crops such as strawberries and dairy products.¹⁹

1. Expand price supports, crop insurance or emergency aid
2. Keep the programs at current levels
3. Cut payments, such as with tighter limits for the largest farms
4. Phase out price-support payments and rely on crop insurance

Her campaign website says she will expand broadband infrastructure funding for unserved rural parishes and push for subsidies that make existing broadband affordable for working families.²⁰

1. Pay to build networks where service is lacking, and help low-income households with monthly bills
2. Pay to build networks where service is lacking, but not to help with monthly bills
3. Cut government broadband spending and leave expansion mainly to private companies

Her campaign website says Congress should pass legislation and regulations so that AI is used in ways that are ethical, responsible and transparent, and says she will fight for laws that address deepfakes, political misinformation and AI-generated sexual abuse and harassment.²¹

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

Her campaign website says she supports investing in offshore wind and other diversified energy development in the Gulf.²¹

1. Stop offshore wind projects, including some already approved
2. Let projects go forward case by case under the usual federal reviews
3. Lease more ocean sites and speed approvals to build more offshore wind

Her campaign website says she advocates a moratorium on new AI data centers and supports legislation ensuring tech companies, not ratepayers, cover the cost of the power plants, grid upgrades and infrastructure built to serve their facilities.²¹

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

Her campaign website says she will recommit the U.S. to participation in international organizations and agreements, including the Paris Climate Agreement.¹³

1. Rejoin the Paris Agreement and the UN climate treaty, and set new emissions goals
2. Join only agreements that bind major emitters, such as China and India, to similar cuts
3. Stay out of international climate agreements

Her campaign website says she will raise the federal minimum wage and index it to inflation.¹²

Her campaign website says she will strengthen the right to organize and collectively bargain, including by supporting the PRO Act.¹²

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 supports the PRO Act to give workers bargaining power regardless of right-to-work laws.¹²

Her campaign website says she will enact wealth taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations.¹²

Her campaign website says she supports the Puerto Rico Status Act and any legislation that grants a statehood referendum giving the Puerto Rican people the power to decide the territory's future.¹³