Mitchell Berman
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
Wisconsin
Current Position: Nurse
Running For: House Representative - District 1
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against tariffs on lumber and building materials
- Against cuts to Social Security and Medicare; supports lifting the income cap on Social Security contributions
- For protecting SNAP and local food programs; supports family farm programs including crop insurance and dairy support
Business & Labor
- For raising the federal minimum wage
- For preventing private equity from purchasing single-family homes
- Against private equity acquisition of hospitals
- For the PRO Act protecting workers' right to organize and unionize
- Against subsidizing corporations that move jobs overseas
Health Care
- For restoring ACA subsidies and against Medicaid cuts in the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
- For creating a public health insurance option to compete with private insurers
- For capping out-of-pocket prescription drug costs and expanding Medicare drug price negotiation; supports $35 insulin for all Americans
- Against privatization of VA healthcare; supports increased VA staffing and passing the Richard Star Act for combat-injured veterans
Education
- For fully funding public education, protecting the Department of Education from dismantlement, restoring Pell Grant value, and investing in vocational training
Environment
- For climate change action including clean energy investment, PFAS cleanup, protection of public lands from drilling and mining, and making polluters pay for environmental damage
Civil Rights
- For reproductive freedom and a woman's right to reproductive healthcare; opposes political interference between patients and doctors
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For overturning Citizens United and requiring full disclosure of political funding; against dark money in elections
- For banning stock trading by members of Congress, the president, vice president, and their families while in office
- For closing the revolving door between Congress and lobbying firms
- For holding Supreme Court Justices to binding ethics and transparency standards
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For congressional authority over war declarations; opposes current military engagement with Iran