John Deaton
Moderate
Republican
N/A
Massachusetts
Current Position: Attorney
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For policies that lower housing costs and encourage development to improve homeownership access
- For requiring independent inflation impact analysis for bills spending over $1 billion federally or $100 million at the state level
Health Care
- For lowering prescription drug costs and increasing healthcare price transparency without expanding government bureaucracy or raising taxes
- For improving veterans' access to quality, affordable care both inside and outside the VA, and reducing bureaucratic red tape
Education
- For expanding school choice and vocational training programs
Environment
- Against the Green New Deal; for balanced energy policies that lower costs and support American energy production while pursuing cleaner alternatives
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For congressional term limits (constitutional amendment limiting service to 3 House terms and 2 Senate terms)
- For banning stock, crypto, and commodities trading by Members of Congress
- For a lifetime ban on lobbying by former Members of Congress
- For barring high-level agency officials from taking board or executive roles at regulated companies for at least 5 years to end regulatory capture
- For requiring all bills to address a single issue only, ending omnibus packages
- For requiring final bill text to be public and searchable for at least 72 hours before any vote
- For withholding congressional pay if budgets and appropriations bills are not passed on time
- For requiring 48-hour disclosure of contributions over $500 to Super PACs or politically active non-profits
- For banning former Members or senior officials from working for foreign governments/entities and closing loopholes for foreign-owned subsidiaries influencing U.S. elections
- For creating an independent, non-partisan ethics commission with subpoena power to investigate pay-to-play allegations
- For abolishing Leadership PACs that allow special-interest funds for personal lifestyle expenses
- For requiring Members of Congress to recuse themselves from votes affecting industries where they or family hold significant financial interests
- For requiring federal candidates to release at least 10 years of tax returns
- For ending budget gimmicks like 'emergency' designations used to bypass spending caps
- For requiring registration and client disclosure for anyone paid over $1,000 to influence federal officials
- For prohibiting government funding of NGO activities that the government itself cannot undertake
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For mandating foreign agent registration for anyone pushing foreign agendas, including from Israel, China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar