Jack Reed

Liberal

Democrat

Senator

Rhode Island

Current Position: Senator from Rhode Island

Running For: Senator

Policy Positions

For strengthening and expanding the Affordable Care Act and reversing Trump's Medicaid cuts
For raising taxes on billionaires and reforming the tax system to fund investments in housing, education, health care, and the environment; against Trump's tax cuts favoring billionaires
For increased federal investment in affordable housing construction
For protecting the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) from funding cuts

For fair trade policies over free trade; opposed CAFTA and free trade agreements with Chile, Singapore, Peru, and Oman, but supported normalizing trade relations with China; against renewing fast-track trade authority
For unionizing workers and increasing the minimum wage and unemployment compensation
For establishing a regulatory framework to mitigate existential risks from advanced artificial intelligence models

For increasing Medicare funding, expanding coverage for the uninsured, allowing prescription drug importation from Canada, and negotiating bulk Medicare drug purchases; against Medicare for All, instead proposing the Choose Medicare Act to expand public option access

For limiting American oil use and expanding alternative energy; against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and federal subsidies for oil exploration; supports reducing oil use by 40% by 2025 and funding hydrogen automobiles
For stronger restrictions on mercury use and ending commercial whaling

For abortion rights; opposes restrictions on late-term abortion, opposes bans on abortion procedures at military installations, opposes measures denying minors the right to cross state lines for abortions, and supports protecting and restoring reproductive rights
For affirmative action policies, including expanding such policies and setting aside highway funds for women and minorities
For LGBTQ rights; voted against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, supports job discrimination and hate crime protections for LGBTQ people, supports transgender rights including opposing bans on transgender military service, and pushed to restore visas for same-sex partners of LGBTQ diplomats

Against the Iraq War; voted against authorizing use of force against Iraq in 2002
Against Trump's approach to Iran, opposing further military escalation and war
Against continued U.S. backing of Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen (reversed earlier support by 2019)
For condemning Azerbaijan's offensive operations against Artsakh and Turkey's role, calling for immediate ceasefire and supporting Armenia's right to self-defense
For withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, supporting Biden's 2021 withdrawal decision
For a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and foreign workers, guest worker programs, and immigrant access to Social Security; against making English the official national language and against fencing the US-Mexico border; co-sponsored the DREAM Act
Against Trump's ICE and DHS immigration enforcement funding, including quota-driven immigration raids
For blocking a sale of bulldozers to Israel, but against blocking a sale of 1,000-pound bombs to Israel