Amy Klobuchar

Liberal

Democrat

Senator

Minnesota

Current Position: Senator from Minnesota

Running For: Governor

Policy Positions

Against federal Medicaid cuts in the 'Big Beautiful Bill'; will advocate for restoring cuts that could cause over 140,000 Minnesotans to lose coverage

For banning rent price-fixing algorithms; introduced legislation in the Senate and will work to ban the practice in Minnesota as governor
For caps on the number of homes owned by large institutional landlords; supports the Senate-passed ROAD to Housing Act
For state-level regulation of hemp-derived recreational products and growing Minnesota's hemp industry
Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership due to concerns about insufficient protections for American workers
For antitrust enforcement; led efforts to block the T-Mobile/Sprint merger and called for FTC investigations into anticompetitive practices by major corporations
For protecting workers from non-compete clauses; signed letter urging FTC to use rulemaking authority to combat non-compete agreements that limit workers' ability to find alternative employment

For allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices; led the Senate fight to remove the ban and will expand state bulk purchasing of drugs as governor
For the Affordable Care Act; voted for it and supported the public option and premium tax credits
Against NIH funding cuts and cancellation of research grants by the Trump administration; fought these cuts in the Senate

For banning cell phones and personal mobile devices in K–12 classrooms, with narrow exceptions for emergencies and medical needs
Against free four-year college tuition for all; supports free community college

For sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credits; co-chairs the bipartisan U.S. Senate SAF Caucus and supports extending the 45Z clean fuel tax credit
For protecting public lands including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; voted against congressional efforts to strip federal land protections
For returning gray wolf management to states once populations recover, while maintaining ability to relist wolves if populations decline
For extending Minnesota's Clean Water, Land and Legacy Constitutional Amendment before it sunsets
For addressing climate change; supports reentering the Paris Agreement, implementing greenhouse gas rules, gas mileage standards, and introduced legislation to prevent U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement; voted to support the Green New Deal as aspirational legislation

For abortion rights; supports reproductive freedom codified in Minnesota's PRO Act and will protect a woman's right to make her own health care decisions
Against government surveillance overreach; voted against granting legal immunity to telecom corporations that cooperated with the NSA warrantless surveillance program, and voted to ban waterboarding
For LGBT rights

For election security measures including independent investigation of Russian interference, paper ballot backups, cybersecurity grants, and legislation requiring digital platforms to disclose paid political advertising
For campaign finance reform; introduced the PAID AD Act to ban foreign nationals from purchasing political ads naming candidates during election years

For federal immigration reform to provide farmers and rural employers a stable, legal workforce; has led bipartisan Senate efforts toward this goal
Against abolishing ICE; supports changing immigration enforcement policies while maintaining immigration enforcement infrastructure
Against Trump's border wall; opposed appropriating funds for construction and called it an 'ineffective wall'
For DACA protections; cosponsored the Dreamer Confidentiality Act to prevent DHS from sharing DACA recipients' information with law enforcement agencies
Against Trump's merit-based immigration plan for failing to address Dreamers, undocumented immigrants already in the U.S., or a path to legal status
For the Iran nuclear deal; signed letter urging Trump to remain in the agreement and criticized his withdrawal and lack of congressional authorization for potential military conflict with Iran
For ending U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen; voted against tabling a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Yemen
For the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, making it legal for states to refuse to do business with contractors that boycott Israel
For opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro; supported Juan Guaidó's claim to the interim presidency
Against citizenship question on the 2020 census; signed letter urging Commerce Secretary to proceed with the census without a citizenship question

Against the death penalty; cosponsored a bill to ban the federal death penalty in 2019
For gun control measures including universal background checks, closing the boyfriend loophole, red flag laws, NIH research funding on gun violence, and closing gun show/online purchase loopholes; holds an NRA 'F' grade
For criminal justice reform; voted for the First Step Act reducing mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenders and expanding early-release programs
For cannabis policy reform; cosponsored the STATES Act, which would exempt individuals and businesses complying with state cannabis laws from federal enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act