Ed Markey

Progressive

Democrat

Senator

Massachusetts

Current Position: Senator from Massachusetts

Running For: Senator

Policy Positions

For expanding the Child Tax Credit and providing universal/affordable childcare and early learning programs
For taxing the ultra-wealthy and large corporations more heavily, including an ultra-millionaire tax, billionaire income tax, and cracking down on excessive CEO pay disparities
For fare-free public transit and increased investment in passenger rail and clean transportation infrastructure

For net neutrality regulations and reclassifying internet providers to preserve open internet access
For raising the federal minimum wage, eliminating subminimum wages, strengthening the right to unionize and collectively bargain, and cracking down on pay discrimination
Against proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger and other corporate consolidations; for stronger antitrust enforcement and banning non-compete clauses

For establishing a single-payer Medicare for All healthcare system and expanding pathways to universal healthcare
For expanding access to methadone and other treatments for opioid use disorder, and increasing oversight of opioid drug pricing
For stricter federal vaccine policy oversight and science-based public health decision-making

For tuition-free community college, lowering public university costs, and expanding financial aid to reduce student debt

For aggressive climate action, including the Green New Deal, transitioning to 100% renewable/zero-emission energy, ending fossil fuel subsidies, banning offshore oil drilling, protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and holding polluters accountable
For expanding animal welfare protections, including cosponsoring a moratorium on new factory farms and defending state-level animal welfare laws

For abortion rights; opposes restrictions on abortion, supports guaranteeing the right to contraception, and safeguarding abortion rights nationwide
For same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ equality; voted against the Defense of Marriage Act, supports the Equality Act, transgender rights, gender-affirming care access, and banning 'panic' defenses used to justify violence against LGBTQ+ people

For abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and reforming immigration enforcement; opposes facial recognition/surveillance technology by immigration agencies, supports protecting Dreamers, expanding refugee admissions, protecting Temporary Protected Status, and banning solitary confinement in detention facilities

For gun control measures, including universal background checks, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, banning ghost guns and 3D printed firearms, smart gun technology, closing gun show loopholes, repealing gun industry liability protections, and stronger enforcement against gun dealers
For ending qualified immunity for law enforcement and federal officials to increase accountability for constitutional rights violations
For criminal justice reform, including reducing mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenses, phasing out private detention facilities, ending solitary confinement, and expanding reentry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals