Eli Crane

Nationalist

Republican

House Representative

Arizona - District 2

Current Position: US House Representative AZ-2

Running For: House Representative - District 2

Policy Positions

Against government wasteful spending; opposes omnibus bills and continuing resolutions, advocates for single-subject appropriations, supported defunding USAID, and introduced legislation to defund the National Endowment for Democracy
Against sending taxpayer dollars overseas
For low taxes and limited regulations; helped prevent what he characterized as the largest tax hike in U.S. history, eliminated taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security; opposes government subsidies picking winners and losers

For domestic energy production and American energy dominance; supports expanding oil and gas leasing, opposes Green New Deal subsidies, opposes federal EV mandates, opposes wind and solar subsidies, backed H.R. 1 in the 118th Congress

For Tribal sovereignty; supports Tribal nations having authority over management of their lands, introduced legislation for Tribal water rights settlements, SBA outreach expansion, and formal reservation establishment for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe

For prohibiting former Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists; cosponsored the BLAST Act
For banning congressional stock trading; does not trade stocks himself
For requiring voter ID in federal elections; supported the SAVE America Act
Against 2020 election results; promoted conspiracy theory of 'massive amounts of fraud,' called for Arizona Legislature to decertify Biden's victory, and called for criminal investigation into alleged voter fraud
For impeaching federal judges who rule against the Trump administration; introduced articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer for blocking DOGE access to Treasury Department financial records

For strict border security; helped draft and pass articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas, supported H.R. 2 border security bill, backed border wall completion funding, hiring additional agents, and surveillance upgrades through reconciliation; supports removing unlawfully present individuals, stopping narcotics flow, and strengthening border deterrence; opposed to mass amnesty
For pausing and reforming the H-1B visa program; introduced the End H-1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026 to pause H-1B visa issuance for three years and implement reforms
For cutting ties with the WHO and other globalist institutions
Against military aid to Ukraine; voted to cut off all military aid to Ukraine and voted to ban cluster munitions transfers to Ukraine
For removing U.S. troops from Syria; voted in favor of H.Con.Res. 21 directing President Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days
For U.S. support of Israel following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
Against expanded U.S. global military involvement; expressed concern about U.S. debt in relation to global military commitments and warned against boots-on-the-ground escalation in the 2026 Iran conflict

For making fentanyl scheduling permanent; supported the HALT Fentanyl Act to permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances and expand law enforcement tools
For restoring Second Amendment rights of veterans; supported the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act to end the VA's practice of reporting certain veterans to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System