Micah Lasher
Progressive
Democrat
N/A
New York
Current Position: State Assemblyman NY-69
Running For: House Representative - District 12
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For repealing Trump tax breaks for the wealthy and restoring cuts to social safety net
- For massively expanding federal investment in child care
- For expanding housing tax credits and increasing rental assistance funding and eligibility
- Against Republican cuts to Medicaid
- For ending Republican tax penalty on student loan forgiveness
- Against Trump's tariff policy; supports repealing tariffs as harmful to small businesses
- For shutting down the government rather than funding what he characterizes as Trump administration's 'fascist policies'
Business & Labor
- For raising the federal minimum wage and indexing it to inflation
- For the PRO Act to make it easier for workers to join unions
- For a moratorium on new data center construction pending environmental and cost impact review
- For AI regulation including antitrust investigations into major AI companies, binding international treaties on AI risks, banning AI use for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, privacy protections, and the AI Civil Rights Act
- For a national wage insurance program to ease tech-driven job displacement
Health Care
- For Medicare for All or a similar universal healthcare plan
- For strengthening the Affordable Care Act and extending its subsidies
Education
- Against dismantling the Department of Education and cuts to education funding
Environment
- For transitioning to clean energy, curbing carbon emissions, and rejoining international climate agreements including the Paris Climate Accord
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; supports passing the Women's Health Protection Act to restore abortion rights nationwide, opposes any national abortion ban, supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, and supports preserving access to abortion pills, IVF, and contraception
- For LGBTQ+ rights; supports the Equality Act prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, codifying protections for transgender individuals including access to gender-affirming care, and opposing anti-trans federal and state efforts
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against Trump administration policies; supports using every procedural tool to obstruct Republican agenda, aggressive oversight hearings on ICE, tariffs, vaccine policy, and DOJ weaponization
- For the For the People Act to expand voting rights and tighten dark money regulation
- For the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore original 1965 Voting Rights Act protections
- For banning stock trading by members of Congress
- Against corporate PAC money in campaigns; supports ending corporate spending in campaigns
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For abolishing ICE
- For reasserting congressional authority over foreign policy and strengthening the War Powers Resolution; prioritizes diplomacy with military action only as a last resort
- For rebuilding and strengthening NATO alliances and relationships with democratic nations
Public Safety
- For universal background checks for all gun sales and transfers, reinstating the assault weapons ban, and a national Red Flag law