Mike Lee

Nationalist

Republican

Senator

Utah

Current Position: Senator from Utah

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

Against the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund; was one of two senators to vote against it
For reforms to Social Security; proposed raising the full retirement age to 70 for workers born after 1969 and reducing benefits for higher-income earners
Against the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act, which eliminated the five-month waiting period for ALS patients to receive Social Security benefits; cast the sole Senate vote against it
Against federal aid for the Flint, Michigan water crisis; blocked a vote on $220 million in aid to repair lead-contaminated pipes
For doubling the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child as part of the 2017 tax reform bill

For requiring congressional approval of major federal regulations costing over $100 million; co-sponsored the REINS Act

Against the PACT Act providing healthcare funding for veterans exposed to toxic substances
Against the Affordable Care Act; authored a book critiquing the Supreme Court's ACA ruling and participated in drafting the Senate version of the American Health Care Act, though ultimately voted against it

Against the Paris Climate Agreement; signed letter urging Trump to withdraw the U.S. from the agreement
Against climate change scientific consensus; called it 'little more than a cheap public-relations ploy' and opposes a carbon tax
Against the Green New Deal
For selling public lands to private interests as a budget measure, though later backed down after opposition from hunting and recreation advocates

Against abortion rights; self-described as pro-life
Against same-sex marriage; condemned the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, opposed the Equality Act, and voted against the Respect for Marriage Act
Against NSA bulk collection of private citizen data without a warrant; supported the USA Freedom Act to end bulk data collection
Against the USA PATRIOT Act provisions on roving wiretaps, 'lone wolf' terrorism suspects, and government seizure of tangible items during surveillance
Against ISP privacy protections; voted to repeal FCC rules protecting the privacy of broadband customers

Against the For the People Act, which would expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws, limit partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders
For limiting Supreme Court to nine justices; co-sponsored a constitutional amendment to that effect
For repealing D.C. Home Rule; introduced the BOWSER Act to repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act

For ending U.S. military involvement in Yemen; co-sponsored resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led campaign and invoked the War Powers Act
Against U.S. military strikes on Syria without congressional authorization
For withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Against U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia
For U.S. withdrawal from NATO
For U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations; introduced the DEFUND Act to withdraw the U.S. from the UN
Against applying human rights provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act to U.S. military aid to Israel

For criminal justice reform; co-authored the First Step Act to reduce mandatory minimum sentences, reform federal prisons and sentencing laws, reduce recidivism, and decrease the federal inmate population
For criminalizing pornography; introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act to revise the legal definition of obscenity to criminalize pornography
Against creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot