Cindy Hyde-Smith
Nationalist
Republican
Senator
Mississippi
Current Position: Senator from Mississippi
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
- For the Balanced Budget Amendment
Health Care
- Against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- Against federal protection for in vitro fertilization treatments
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; authored bill to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, opposed federal funding for organizations promoting abortion services, and opposes Planned Parenthood
- Against the For the People Act voting rights expansion
- For the Israel Anti-Boycott Act making it a federal crime to participate in boycotts against Israel
- Against the Respect for Marriage Act codifying same-sex marriage rights
- For honoring Confederate soldiers and proposed naming highway after Jefferson Davis
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against certifying the 2021 Electoral College votes for Arizona and Pennsylvania
- Against allowing Sunday voting
- For limiting the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices
- For confirming Constitutional conservative judges
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For the Trump administration's travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries
- For building a wall on America’s southwestern border and to increase funding to enforce U.S. immigration laws
- For Trump's decision to locate the American embassy in Jerusalem
Public Safety
- For Second Amendment rights
- Against creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack