Lindsay James

Her campaign website says first-time home buyers should receive down payment assistance, and that red tape should be cut and tariffs on building materials rolled back so more homes can be built.⁵

Her campaign website says tariffs on building materials should be rolled back and that the tariffs which it says have damaged foreign markets for Iowa farmers should be ended.^5,6

1. Lower or remove most tariffs
2. Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
3. Broad tariffs on most imports

Her campaign website says Congress has to take back control of the tariff power to combat rising costs.⁵

Her campaign website says child care costs should be capped based on a percentage of family income.⁵

1. Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
2. Expand help for lower- and middle-income families through grants and tax credits
3. Keep current child care funding and tax credits
4. Lower costs mainly by easing rules on providers, not with new federal spending

Her campaign website says Congress must pass a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy.^3,5

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

Her campaign website says the child tax credit should be increased and made fully refundable, with the cost covered by having the very wealthy and large corporations pay more.⁵

1. Make it larger and give the full amount to families with little or no earnings
2. Make it larger, while still requiring parents to have earnings to get the full credit
3. Keep the credit as set in 2025

Her campaign website says she will work to lower the Medicare buy-in age to 55.⁷

Her campaign website says the cuts to Medicaid should be reversed immediately.⁷

1. Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
2. Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
3. Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding

Her campaign website says she will work to expand Medicare's ability to negotiate all drug prices.⁷

1. Repeal or scale back negotiation
2. Keep the program as it is
3. Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance

Her campaign website says she wants to restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land and defend a woman's right to make her own medical decisions.⁷

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 wants to restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land and defend a woman's right to make her own medical decisions.⁷

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 work to pass a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United v. FEC decision and will not take corporate PAC money.⁸

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 fight to ban members of Congress, the executive branch, the Supreme Court and their families from trading individual stocks, and that she supports the Restore Trust in Congress Act.⁸

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 supports a six-term, twelve-year limit in the U.S. House.⁸

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

Her campaign website says she will fight for Supreme Court ethics reform, including banning justices from accepting expensive gifts, requiring them to disclose gifts received, and establishing an investigative body within the Court.⁸

Her campaign website says online platforms and chatbots should be held accountable when they promote damaging content to young people.⁹

1. Limit platforms' power to remove or hide lawful posts, for example by tying their legal protection to treating all viewpoints equally
2. Keep current law, letting platforms set their own rules
3. Make platforms more legally responsible for harmful content, such as posts their algorithms promote

Her campaign website says she supports immigration reform that includes border security investments, more immigration judges, and a path to citizenship for hard-working, taxpaying people in the country.¹⁰

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 ICE needs new leadership and new training methods and should get back to the basics of targeting the worst of the worst.¹⁰

Her campaign website says she supports closing loopholes and mandating violent history checks for gun purchases.¹⁰

Her campaign website says she supports banning assault weapons.¹⁰

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

Her campaign website says she supports passing red flag laws.¹⁰

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 law enforcement should be fully funded and well paid, with their benefits protected.¹⁰

Her campaign website says she wants to protect the Department of Education and calls its dismantling by President Trump wrong.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 criticizes Iowa's private school voucher program, saying it is designed to benefit those who are already fortunate.¹²

Her campaign website says she wants a duty of care and safety standards for social media and AI companies, parental notification and consent for what children can see or do in apps, automatic exclusion of children from targeted advertising, and an end to infinite scroll and other addictive features.⁹

1. Bar children under a set age, such as 16, from having social media accounts, with age checks
2. Require safer designs and settings for minors, and parental consent for younger users
3. Leave it to parents, with no new government requirements on apps

Her campaign website says AI companies should be held to safety standards and that online platforms and chatbots should be prohibited from impersonating licensed professionals.⁹

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 Congress should reverse the cuts to VA staff.¹³

1. Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
2. Keep staffing near current levels
3. Cut VA staff further, especially in administrative jobs

Her campaign website says she wants to pass the Major Richard Star Act so that medically retired, combat-injured veterans receive their full benefits without an offset.¹³

1. Let all military retirees with service-connected disabilities collect both payments in full
2. Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
3. Keep current rules, which already pay both in full to some retirees, such as those with 20 or more years of service and a disability rating of at least 50%