Seth Bodnar

His campaign website says Congress must use its authority to declare war before troops are committed to combat, and supports a War Powers Resolution vote on the conflict with Iran.⁵

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

His campaign website opposes the war with Iran and any further escalation without a vote of Congress, and supports diplomacy to de-escalate and end the conflict.⁵

His campaign website says he supports targeted tariffs against countries that cheat on trade, opposes blanket tariffs on allies such as Canada and tariffs on potash, fertilizer, lumber and steel, and wants relief for producers who absorb tariff costs.⁵

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

His campaign website says Congress should reassert its constitutional authority over tariffs.⁵

His campaign website says he favors durable, enforceable trade agreements over open-ended tariff uncertainty.⁵

His campaign website says he will oppose right-to-work legislation.⁵

His campaign website says he supports workers' right to organize and the National Labor Relations Board's ability to protect it.⁵

His campaign website says every American should have an affordable coverage option without losing choice or competition.⁵

His campaign website says he would restore the enhanced ACA subsidies that expired.⁵

His campaign website says he would defend Medicaid expansion.⁵

His campaign website says he would reverse the Medicaid work-requirement rules, which it says could take coverage from about 30,000 Montanans.⁵

1. Require work or community activity for adults who are able to work
2. Keep the requirement but ease it, such as with wider exemptions or less frequent checks
3. No work requirement to keep coverage

His campaign website says he would expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices and cap insulin and other lifesaving drugs at $35 a month for every Montanan, not just people on Medicare.⁵

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

His campaign website says he would crack down on misleading Medicare Advantage ads and prior-authorization delays.⁵

1. Expand Medicare Advantage and encourage more private plan options
2. Keep current rules
3. Tighten rules on what these plans are paid and when they can require approval for care

His campaign website says he would protect Medicare payment rates so seniors in small towns do not lose their local doctors.⁵

His campaign website says he will oppose any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits, including raising the eligibility age.⁵

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

His campaign website says he would strengthen Social Security's long-term finances through fairer contributions from the highest earners.⁵

His campaign website says he would pass the Ratepayer Protection Act to bar utilities from passing data center energy costs on to households, require public disclosure of a project's water and energy use before permits, and let communities reject projects.⁵

His campaign website says major AI models should get mandatory, independent safety reviews before they are released to the public, and that someone should be held accountable when AI causes harm.⁵

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

His campaign website says every Montanan should have the right to know what data is collected about them and the right to say no.⁵

His campaign website says he supports real operational control of the border, with technology, personnel and infrastructure that work, and equal attention to the northern border.⁵

His campaign website opposes a new universal background check mandate and says the laws already on the books should be enforced instead of adding new mandates.⁵

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 opposes a federal assault weapons ban and says existing laws should be enforced instead of adding new mandates.⁵

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 opposes a federal red-flag law.⁵

His campaign website says he supports writing Roe v. Wade into federal law.⁵

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)

His campaign website says he would protect access to contraception and IVF.⁵

His campaign website says he will oppose any sale or transfer of public land.⁵

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

His campaign website says he supports active forest management near communities, predictable multi-year funding for wildfire fuels work, grazing as a wildfire tool on federal land and reversing cuts to the agencies that manage forests.⁵

His campaign website says he would defend the right to marry the person you love and oppose any effort to roll it back.⁵

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

His campaign website says he will oppose discrimination against LGBTQ+ Montanans in employment, housing and public life.⁵

His campaign website says he supports term limits for Supreme Court justices.⁵

1. Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
2. Keep lifetime appointments

His campaign website says he supports a binding code of ethics for the Supreme Court comparable to the standard for lower federal courts.⁵

His campaign website says he will oppose school vouchers that send public tax dollars to private schools.⁵

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

His campaign website says he would stop private equity firms from buying up single-family homes at scale.⁵

His campaign website says he supports cutting red tape that slows new housing and zoning and code reforms that expand supply.⁵

His campaign website says every spending decision should meet a real cost-benefit standard and that he will oppose reckless deficit spending from either party.⁵

His campaign website says congressional pay should be suspended, and the Senate kept in session, whenever the government is shut down.⁵

His campaign website says he would ban stock trading and stock ownership by members of Congress and extend the ban to spouses and immediate family members.⁵

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 campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United and stronger disclosure of dark money spending in elections.⁵

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 supports term limits for members of Congress.⁵

His campaign website says he supports Montana's existing voter ID law and the state's constitutional authority to run its own elections.⁵

His campaign website says he supports ending partisan gerrymandering nationwide.⁵

His campaign website says he would reverse VA staffing cuts and push for faster hiring authority.⁵

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

His campaign website says he would expand the VA's Community Care Network so rural veterans can see local providers, and invest in mobile VA clinics and telehealth.⁵