Dan Osborn
Liberal
Independent
N/A
Nebraska
Current Position: Former President of BCTGM International Union Local 50G
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For middle-class tax cuts and closing loopholes for the wealthy
- For making no tax on tips and overtime permanent
- Against Social Security and Medicare benefit cuts; opposes raising retirement age and privatization
- For raising or eliminating the Social Security tax cap on high earners
- For targeted tariff policy rather than blanket tariffs
- For raising military serviceman pay
Business & Labor
- For right to repair legislation for consumers and military equipment
- For raising the national minimum wage
- For facilitating union organizing
- For banning non-compete agreements for working people
Health Care
- For breaking up healthcare monopolies and vertical integration in healthcare
- For allowing Medicaid to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies
- For legalizing medical marijuana
- For keeping government out of private healthcare decisions between patients and doctors
- Against privatization of the VA healthcare system
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights within Roe v. Wade limits; personally pro-life but supports women's choice and opposes national abortion ban
- Against late-term abortions
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For overturning Citizens United through a constitutional amendment
- For banning congressional stock trading with jail penalties for violations
- For requiring disclosure of dark money donors to the FEC
- Against accepting corporate PAC money
- For term limits: two terms in the Senate, six terms in the House, and 18-year term limits for Supreme Court
- For independent redistricting commissions to end gerrymandering
- For age limits for members of Congress, Executive Branch, and Supreme Court
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For increasing border security and building the Mexico-United States border wall to stop illegal immigration
- For reforming immigration system and exploring ways to legalize non-criminal long-term undocumented workers
- For 'defensive purpose only' funding to Israel
Public Safety
- For releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files to expose child predators
- For protecting gun rights and the Second Amendment; supports gun safety education in schools