Brendan Boyle
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
Pennsylvania - District 2
Current Position: US House Representative PA-2
Running For: House Representative - District 2
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For comprehensive transportation infrastructure funding; supported Act 89 providing billions for roads, bridges and mass transit
Business & Labor
- For organized labor; fought against Republican attacks on organized labor
- Against trade deals that result in job losses; opposed Nabisco moving jobs to Mexico and called for boycotts
Education
- For public school funding; supported record public school funding and fought against Republican cuts to public schools
- For mandatory genocide education in public schools; introduced legislation requiring it as part of curricula
Civil Rights
- For LGBT rights; was a founding member of the LGBT Equality Caucus and voted to prohibit discrimination against LGBT Pennsylvanians in work and housing
- For expanding hate crime statutes to include crimes based on sexual orientation
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For requiring presidential candidates to undergo medical exams; filed the Stable Genius Act
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For making assaulting first responders a deportable offense; voted for the POLICE Act of 2023
- For making Social Security and identification fraud deportable offenses
- For military aid to Israel during the Gaza war
- For military aid packages to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
Public Safety
- For timely DNA evidence testing; introduced the SAFER PA Act requiring testing of backlogged DNA evidence kits
- For classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I controlled substances