Sean Casten

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Illinois - District 6

Current Position: US House Representative IL-6

Running For: House Representative - District 6

Policy Positions

For increasing the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour
For enhancing workers' right to organize through the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act)

For expanded veterans benefits including the PACT Act for toxin-exposed veterans, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, and Major Richard Star Act for combat-disabled retirees
For universal high quality, affordable health care and protecting/strengthening the Affordable Care Act
For giving Medicare the power to negotiate directly with drug companies and capping prescription drug costs for seniors at $2,000
For permanently expanding Medicare access to telehealth services

For universal early childhood education and protecting the U.S. Department of Education from dismantlement
For increasing teacher tax deductions on qualified out-of-pocket expenses and ensuring Pell Grants keep up with inflation

Against oil and gas tax subsidies; supports eliminating fossil fuel industry tax breaks
For aggressive climate action including the Inflation Reduction Act, clean energy investments, and requiring military installations to reach net zero emissions by 2035

For abortion rights and comprehensive reproductive healthcare access; cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act and Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act to repeal the Helms Amendment
For the Equal Rights Amendment to prohibit discrimination based on sex
For LGBTQ+ rights including extending non-discrimination protections in employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services through the Equality Act
For allowing transgender people to serve in the military
For codifying the right to same-sex and interracial marriage through the Respect for Marriage Act

For comprehensive voting rights legislation including the For the People Act, Freedom to Vote Act, and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
For making Election Day a federal holiday and expanding vote-by-mail access

For comprehensive immigration reform and finding pathways to citizenship
Against mass deportation policies and supports due process protections for immigrants
For creating pathways to citizenship for DREAMERS and those with Temporary Protected Status

For police reform including banning chokeholds, ending no-knock warrants, eliminating qualified immunity, and ending racial profiling through the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
For comprehensive gun safety measures including background checks, assault weapons ban, gun trafficking prevention, safe storage requirements, and mandatory reporting of stolen firearms