Elizabeth Warren
Progressive
Democrat
Senator
Massachusetts
Current Position: Senator from Massachusetts
Running For: N/A
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For raising taxes on high earners (Buffett Rule) making over $1 million per year to fund infrastructure and jobs programs
- For increased federal infrastructure spending to match levels of China and Europe
- For a permanent increase in corporate tax rates on large corporations and leveling the tax playing field for small businesses
- Against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, calling it a giveaway to millionaires and corporations
- For the 'Real Corporate Profits Tax' imposing a 7% flat tax on corporate profits above $100 million as disclosed to investors
- For an annual wealth tax ('Ultra-Millionaire Tax') of 2% on net worth above $50 million and 3% above $1 billion, including a 40% exit tax on wealth over $50 million for those renouncing citizenship
- For using tariffs as part of a broader trade policy prioritizing American workers, small businesses, and consumers
- For a universal government-funded child care and pre-school system (Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act), funded by the wealth tax
Business & Labor
- For making it easier for workers to organize for better wages, healthcare, and working conditions
- For a federal moratorium on new factory farms (concentrated animal feeding operations) and expansion of existing ones
- For the Accountable Capitalism Act requiring 40% employee representation on corporate boards, federal charters of corporate citizenship, and restrictions on stock buybacks/executive compensation
- For breaking up large tech companies and increased antitrust regulation of the tech sector
- Against non-compete clauses for workers; supports FTC action to restrict them
- Against expanded casino gambling; opposed Massachusetts' 2011 gambling law and supported its repeal
- For raising the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour
- For worker scheduling protections (Schedules that Work Act) allowing employees to request schedule changes without retaliation
- For requiring overtime pay (time and a half) for farm workers past 40-hour work weeks
- Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, citing excessive corporate power and negative effects on workers
- For rewriting NAFTA/USMCA to include strong labor and environmental provisions and reduce outsourcing
- For expanding 'Buy America' laws requiring infrastructure projects use American-made materials and fairly paid workers
- For railroad safety regulations requiring certified conductors and engineers on freight trains (Safe Freight Act)
Education
- For reducing student loan interest rates and canceling up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt via executive order
- Against school vouchers and charter schools
Environment
- For an 'economic patriotism' program investing $2 trillion in climate-friendly industries and creating a new Department of Economic Development
- For investing in renewable energy and against subsidies for oil, gas, and coal companies
- Against U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
- For the Climate Risk Disclosure Act requiring companies to disclose climate-related financial risks and greenhouse gas emissions
- For enforceable federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS chemicals
- For requiring the Defense Department to address climate change as a national security and military readiness issue
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For requiring paper ballots in elections
- For campaign finance reform including donor disclosure requirements and refusing large donations from bank, tech, private equity, fossil fuel, and pharmaceutical executives
- For the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act, including lifetime lobbying bans for officials, blind trusts for the president/VP, mandatory tax return disclosures, and a new independent ethics enforcement agency
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against foreign entities purchasing U.S. agricultural farmland
- Against expanding U.S. economic integration with China without human rights improvements; supports legislation punishing China for human rights abuses against Uyghurs
- Against unilateral U.S. military strikes on North Korea without congressional approval; favors diplomatic and economic sanction strategies
- For NATO alliance and against undermining NATO
- For continued U.S. military and financial assistance to Ukraine in its war against Russia
- Against military intervention in Venezuela, though supportive of sanctions combined with humanitarian aid
- For withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan as quickly as possible
- Against the Iraq War, stating it was a mistake for anyone to have voted for it
- Against scrapping the Iran nuclear agreement; against unauthorized military action against Iran without congressional approval
- For a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; supports conditioning U.S. military aid to Israel on halting settlement expansion; voted for resolutions applying human rights conditions to Israeli military assistance and to cancel arms sales to Israel
- Against the pro-Israel Anti-Boycott Act that would criminalize U.S. companies boycotting Israel
- Against U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia due to its role in the Yemen humanitarian crisis
- Against arming and training Syrian rebels; against restoring diplomatic relations with the Assad regime while supporting pragmatic multilateral diplomatic engagement
- Against Trump's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, which enabled Turkish military action against Syrian Kurds