Don Bacon
Moderate
Republican
House Representative
Nebraska - District 2
Current Position: US House Representative NE-2
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For Biden's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- For raising full retirement age for Social Security eligibility for Americans under 40
- For the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Health Care
- For repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- Against Medicare for All and single-payer healthcare
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; supports federal ban after 15 weeks with exceptions for life of mother, voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks, and supported measures to defund Planned Parenthood
- For same-sex marriage rights; voted for the Respect for Marriage Act
- For renaming Department of Defense assets that valorized Confederate leaders
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For accepting Joe Biden as legitimate President-elect in 2020
- For establishing January 6 commission to investigate Capitol attack
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For airstrikes in Syria in retaliation for Assad government's use of chemical weapons
- Against Trump's withdrawal of U.S. support for Kurds in Syria
- For stronger U.S. presence in the Balkans to counter Russia
- For providing F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
- For construction of U.S.-Mexico border wall
- For pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth (Dreamers)
- For Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants
- For supporting Israel and recognizing Jerusalem as its capital
Public Safety
- Against marijuana legalization but for federal decriminalization and allowing states to decide
- Against removing cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act
- For banning bump stocks
- For enhanced penalties for illicit straw purchases of firearms
- For mandatory police body cameras and national registry for police misconduct
- Against ending qualified immunity for police officers