John Barrasso
Conservative
Republican
Senator
Wyoming
Current Position: Senator from Wyoming
Running For: N/A
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (COVID-19 relief)
Health Care
- Against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); voted against it in 2009, voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and helped draft a Senate Obamacare repeal bill in 2017
Education
- For prayer in schools; voted in favor of prayer in schools during Wyoming State Senate tenure
Environment
- Against EPA regulation of carbon dioxide emissions; introduced a bill in 2011 to prevent the EPA from limiting CO2 emissions and opposed Obama's climate change policies
- Against electric vehicle tax credits; co-introduced a bill to remove tax credits for electric cars
- For energy permitting reform; co-introduced the bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 to speed permitting for fossil fuel and electric power transmission infrastructure
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; shifted from pro-choice (1996) to pro-life position, sponsored legislation to treat killing of pregnant woman as double homicide, and voted to prohibit federal funding for abortion
- Against same-sex marriage; voted against gay marriage during Wyoming State Senate tenure
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against requiring congressional approval for the 2026 Iran war; called such efforts 'obstructing the president'
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against sanctioning Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline through diplomatic means; sponsored legislation to make sanctions against European companies partnering with Gazprom mandatory
- For Ukraine support; visited Kyiv during the Russo-Ukrainian War and expressed support for Finland joining NATO
- Against blocking arms sales to Israel; voted against two motions to block weapons sales to Israel
Public Safety
- For the death penalty; co-sponsored the 'Thin Blue Line Act' which would have required the death penalty for anyone convicted of killing a first responder
- Against expanded background checks for gun buyers; voted against a 2013 bill that would have expanded background checks for all gun buyers
- Against the FIRST STEP Act, a federal prison reform bill