Lindsay James
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
Iowa
Current Position: State House Representative IA-71
Running For: House Representative - District 2
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For cutting regulatory red tape and rolling back tariffs on building materials to increase housing supply
- For down payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers
- For capping childcare costs based on a percentage of family income
- Against cuts to Medicare; for lowering the Medicare buy-in age to 55
- For immediately reversing federal Medicaid cuts
- Against broad tariffs that have damaged established foreign agricultural markets
Business & Labor
- For holding large utility companies accountable for price-gouging consumers
- For protecting consumers against predatory spread pricing in food markets
- For supporting local family farms and strengthening domestic food supply chains
- For passing a new comprehensive Farm Bill
- For incentivizing small and family-owned farms to grow food for local markets
- For a national Right to Repair law protecting farmers' ability to fix their own machinery
Health Care
- For expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate all prescription drug prices
- For hospital and insurance company price transparency requirements
- For recruiting and retaining more doctors and nurses, especially in rural Iowa
Education
- For protecting the Department of Education and its federal funding for special education, school lunches, and paraprofessional educators
- For expanding vocational and apprenticeship programs in high schools
- For raising teacher pay, benefits, and improving working conditions
Environment
- For fast-tracking new energy sources to lower utility costs
- For sustainable agriculture practices including cover crops, wetlands, and prairies to improve soil health and water quality
Civil Rights
- For restoring Roe v. Wade and protecting abortion rights
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For Congress reclaiming tariff authority to combat rising food costs
- For rejecting corporate PAC money
- For banning congressional stock trading
- For banning members of Congress from becoming lobbyists
- For overturning Citizens United
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For comprehensive immigration reform including increased border security, more immigration judges to reduce case backlogs, and a pathway to citizenship for taxpaying undocumented residents
- For reforming ICE, including new leadership and training methods, refocusing on serious criminal targets
Public Safety
- For closing firearm purchase loopholes
- For mandatory violent history checks for firearm purchases
- For red flag laws
- For banning assault weapons
- For fully funding law enforcement and protecting officer pay and benefits