Glenn Ivey

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Maryland - District 4

Current Position: US House Representative MD-4

Running For: House Representative - District 4

Policy Positions

For increasing law enforcement funding and recruitment through expanded COPS grants and the Recruit and Retain Act
For expanding the Child Tax Credit
For SNAP and federal food assistance programs; against H.R. 1 provisions that would reduce SNAP eligibility and cut food assistance for low-income families
Against H.R. 1 (One Big Ugly Bill); voted against it and opposes its cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, SNAP, science funding, public media, foreign aid, and affordable housing programs
For affordable housing programs, rental assistance, first-time homeowner tax credits, and new housing development; opposes Trump administration clawbacks of ARPA and IRA housing funds
For federal transit funding and public transportation investment; supports stable federal funding for transit agencies and opposes Republicans withholding D.C./WMATA funding

For increasing the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour by 2030 via the Raise the Wage Act
For union and worker organizing rights; cosponsoring the PRO Act which forbids permanently replacing striking employees and repeals secondary-activity prohibitions
Against mass firings and reclassification of federal workers under Schedule F; supports legislation to reinstate probationary employees and protect civil service

For universal healthcare access; supports Medicare for All, expanded ACA Premium Tax Credits, and opposes cuts to Medicaid; voted for 3-year extension of ACA tax credits
For expanded veterans benefits; supports the PACT Act expanding VA benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and opposes Trump administration cuts to VA staffing and programs

Against cuts to public education funding, Pell Grants, and student loan programs included in H.R. 1

For clean energy transition and against expanded fossil fuel production; supports clean energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and opposes H.R. 1's rollback of clean energy investments

For diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in education and against the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate DEI programs at universities and schools
For abortion rights; co-sponsored the Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 to protect the right to abortion and providers' ability to offer abortion services
For global sexual and reproductive health care access; co-sponsored the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

For Washington D.C. statehood; co-sponsored H.R. 51, the Washington D.C. Admissions Act

Against Trump administration tariffs, characterizing them as economically reckless and harmful to consumers and financial markets
For comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship, DREAMer protections, birthright citizenship, and humane treatment of asylum seekers; opposes Trump's mass deportation policy and ICE raids on places of worship and schools
For border security funding including border patrol resources, technology, and port of entry modernization; against spending $46.5 billion on a border wall

For gun control measures including assault weapons ban, universal background checks, raising minimum purchase age for assault-style weapons from 18 to 21, red flag laws, restrictions on large capacity magazines, safe storage requirements, and increased ATF funding to combat ghost guns and gun trafficking
For police reform including sponsoring the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to hold police accountable for misconduct, improve training, and increase transparency