John Fetterman
Centrist
Democrat
Senator
Pennsylvania
Current Position: Senator from Pennsylvania
Running For: N/A
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For investments in rural broadband and critical infrastructure
- For protecting Social Security from cuts
- For the Better Care Better Jobs Act to invest in home- and community-based services
- For raising taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations to ensure they pay their fair share
- For suspending the federal gas tax to provide relief at the pump
- For manufacturing technology including defense, clean energy, and microchips in America to compete with China
Business & Labor
- For farmers' rights to repair their own equipment and taking on Big Agriculture to support small farmers
- For bringing manufacturing back to America and reducing reliance on overseas production
- For the PRO Act to expand workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively
- For raising the minimum wage to at least $15/hour
- Against bad trade deals that send jobs overseas; supports reversing trade deals that hurt American workers
Health Care
- For universal pre-K and childcare funding
- For lowering Medicare eligibility age to 60 and expanding benefits to include vision, hearing, and dental care
- For allowing prescription drug importation from other countries and limiting drug costs for all Americans
- For expanding Medicare benefits to include vision, hearing, and dental care
Education
- For increased public school funding
- For tuition-free community colleges
- For reducing student loan debt burden
Environment
- For transitioning to clean energy while preserving union jobs in the natural gas industry
- Against taking donations from the fossil fuel industry
- For investing in clean energy technology manufacturing in America
Civil Rights
- For expanding VA health care access, increased funding, and granting collective bargaining rights to VA staff
- For improved grant and loan opportunities for farmers of color
- For same-sex marriage rights; officiated same-sex weddings in 2013 before Pennsylvania ban was overturned
- For the Equality Act to extend civil rights protections to sexual orientation and gender identity
- Against conversion therapy practices
- For strengthening anti-harassment policies on school and college campuses
- For abortion rights; supports passing the Women's Health Protection Act to enshrine abortion access into federal law
- For repealing the Hyde Amendment
- For supporting Planned Parenthood against attacks
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For abolishing the filibuster to protect democracy and pass legislation
- For expanding voting rights and campaign finance reforms to get big money out of politics
- Against partisan gerrymandering; supports preventing politicians from picking their voters
- For banning Members of Congress from holding or trading stocks
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For comprehensive immigration reform including pathway to citizenship for frontline workers and young people, modernizing visa and asylum systems, and border security investments
- Against forever wars; supports ending prolonged military engagements
- For prioritizing diplomatic efforts and effective foreign aid programs over defense contractor profits
- For supporting Ukraine against Russia's attack
- Against withdrawing from NATO without congressional approval
- For U.S. military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities; supports destroying Iran's nuclear program
- For U.S. intervention in the 2026 Iran war and regime change in Iran
- For Israel's military actions in Gaza; opposes ceasefire that allows Hamas to remain functional
- Against two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- For sanctioning the International Criminal Court over warrants against Israeli officials
- For U.S. military aid to Israel, including Iron Dome funding
- Against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel
- For Trump's proposed U.S. acquisition of Greenland
- Against Chinese government ownership of agricultural land in the U.S.
- Against U.S. acting as 'world's police officers'; described as non-interventionist
Public Safety
- For legalizing cannabis nationwide; supports descheduling marijuana, expunging nonviolent marijuana conviction records, and preventing industry monopolization
- For providing law enforcement with necessary resources while prioritizing oversight and accountability
- For universal background checks for gun purchases
- For red flag laws
- For efforts to remove illegal guns from streets
- For criminal justice reform including diversion programs for nonviolent offenders and sentencing reform
- For second chances and pardons for deserving individuals in the criminal justice system