Cori Bush

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

Missouri

Current Position: Former US House Representative MO-1

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For recognizing utilities (water, electricity, heating, cooling, broadband, transit) as human rights; introduced the Utilities as a Human Right Resolution
For guaranteed access to affordable housing; introduced the Unhoused Bill of Rights proposing more home construction, universal vouchers, expanded shelter funding, and permanent emergency rental assistance

For Medicare for All; co-sponsored key legislation and advocates for universal health care as a basic human right
For capping insulin at $20 a vial; supports Medicare drug price negotiations, cracking down on pharmaceutical price gouging, and breaking up drug monopolies

For federal reparations for descendants of enslaved people; introduced the first Congressional resolution establishing a federal moral and legal duty to repair harm from slavery, Jim Crow, the War on Drugs, mass incarceration, lynchings, and race massacres
For abortion rights; committed to making abortion care legal everywhere, introduced legislation to expand reproductive care access after Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade, and personally shared her own abortion experience following sexual assault
For the Equal Rights Amendment being recognized as the 28th Amendment; co-founded the Equal Rights Amendment Caucus to advance gender equality under the law

For reforming the U.S. Supreme Court; supports ending lifetime appointments, implementing term limits, and increasing accountability

For abolishing ICE
Against U.S. military aid and arms transfers to Israel; introduced the #CeasefireNOW resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, characterizes Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide, and advocates for ending all U.S. weapons funding to Israel

For gun violence legislation; helped pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (closing the 'Boyfriend Loophole'), supports curbing the flow of guns into communities and addressing root causes of violence
For transforming public safety away from policing and incarceration toward public health approaches; co-wrote the People's Response Act to create a public safety division within HHS focused on community needs and prevention