Maxine Dexter
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
Oregon - District 3
Current Position: US House Representative OR-3
Running For: House Representative - District 3
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For expanding the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and National Housing Trust Fund
- For rental assistance and down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers
- For strengthening rent stabilization laws to prevent massive rent hikes
- Against privatizing or rolling back Social Security or Medicare
- For eliminating the Social Security Tax Cap
Business & Labor
- For closing corporate taxation loopholes and ensuring billionaires pay their fair share
- For increasing federal minimum wage to $15/hour and tying it to inflation
- For eliminating the lower minimum wage for tipped workers
- For passing the PRO Act to protect workers' right to unionize
- For nationwide paid family and sick leave for all workers
Health Care
- For treating addiction and mental health as public health crises rather than criminal justice issues
- For expanding access to Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) including for incarcerated individuals
- For adopting a single-payer healthcare model with comprehensive coverage including behavioral health, vision, dental, and prescription drugs
- For rigorous regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and private equity investors in healthcare
- For expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, hearing, and mental healthcare
- For a universal healthcare system and universal long-term care benefit as part of Medicare
Education
- For free breakfast and lunch for all public school students nationwide
- For universal pre-K education across the country
- For tuition-free public community colleges
- For full funding of IDEA at 40 percent level to support students with disabilities
- For broad-based student loan debt cancellation and refinancing options
Environment
- For passing a Green New Deal to create good-paying jobs
- For transitioning to 100% clean electricity nationwide
- For banning new fossil fuel infrastructure development on public lands and offshore
- For banning 'forever' PFAS chemicals from consumer goods
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights and expanding access to reproductive healthcare nationwide
- For protecting doctors from persecution for providing abortion or gender-affirming care
- For the Equality Act to ensure equal treatment for LGBTQ+ individuals in employment, housing, and public accommodations
- For expanding access to gender-affirming healthcare
- For ending conversion therapy
- Against raising the retirement age
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For the impeachment of Donald Trump and invoking the 25th Amendment
- For passing the Stop Insider Trading Act to prohibit insider trading in Congress
- For the impeachment of cabinet members Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and Howard Lutnick
- Against accepting contributions from AIPAC, Big Pharma, Big Oil, tobacco companies, or firearm manufacturers
- Against members of Congress owning or trading individual stocks
- For ending Citizens United and removing big money from politics
- For passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to ensure voting access
- For the For the People Act to limit money in policymaking, end partisan gerrymandering, and create stricter ethical standards
- For expanding national vote-by-mail
- For ending the electoral college
- For expanding statehood to Washington D.C.
- For counting ballots postmarked before election day
- For eliminating loopholes that allow politicians to conceal income sources
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For dismantling and abolishing ICE
- Against funding for ICE and CBP until agencies end unconstitutional raids and restore due process
- For protecting and codifying DACA and establishing a clear pathway to citizenship for immigrants
Public Safety
- For comprehensive criminal justice reform prioritizing treatment over punishment
- For closing the de minimis loophole to crack down on fentanyl imports
- For releasing the full and unredacted Epstein Files
- For banning ghost guns (non-serialized and undetectable firearms)
- For safe storage legislation requiring gun owners to secure weapons when not in use
- For expanding federal background checks for gun purchases
- For closing the 'Charleston loophole' to ensure completion of background checks
- For Red Flag laws to prevent firearm suicides and mass shootings
- For preventing domestic abusers under restraining orders from having firearms
- For reauthorizing the federal assault weapons ban