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John Kennedy

Nationalist
Republican
Senator
Louisiana

Current Position: Senator from Louisiana

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

Economic Policy

  • Against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 COVID-19 recovery package
  • Against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  • Against the Inflation Reduction Act

Business & Labor

  • Against the Chips and Science Act

Education

  • For removing federal government involvement in curriculum and classrooms

Environment

  • Against the Green New Deal
  • For American energy independence and unleashing oil and gas production

Civil Rights

  • Against abortion rights; believes every life is precious and that California and New York should not dictate Louisiana's laws on this issue

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • Against the certification of Arizona's electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election
  • Against Trump's first and second impeachments
  • Against confirming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
  • Against the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol attack

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • For building a border wall and securing the Southern border
  • Against sanctuary cities and taxpayer funding for them
  • For criminalizing visa overstays and ending the visa lottery system
  • For installing a special inspector general to track U.S. aid to Ukraine

Public Safety

  • For Second Amendment rights and protecting the right to bear arms
  • For supporting law enforcement and against defunding the police
  • Against early release of violent offenders from jail
  • Against the First Step Act criminal justice reform bill
  • For classifying drug cartels as terrorist organizations
  • For increased prison sentences for fentanyl dealers
  • For protecting gun ownership rights of veterans who receive VA financial assistance