Shannon Taylor

Liberal

Democrat

N/A

Virginia

Current Position: Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney

Running For: House Representative - District 1

Policy Positions

For breaking up illegal corporate monopolies in big tech, big pharma, and big banking through legislation to increase market competition

For a lifetime federal lobbying ban on former members of Congress on behalf of corporations they regulated while in office
For banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office; personally pledges not to buy or sell any stock while serving
Against accepting corporate PAC money as a candidate or member of Congress; pledges to reject all corporate PAC contributions and work to end their influence in Washington
For a constitutional amendment to limit presidential pardon power to prevent presidents from pardoning family and friends; opposes Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden and Trump's pardon of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
For 12-year term limits in the House of Representatives; personally pledges to serve no more than 12 years regardless of whether term limit legislation passes
For overturning Citizens United v. FEC via constitutional amendment; supports co-sponsoring the DISCLOSE Act to require Super PACs to disclose their largest donors

For mandatory jail time (at least one year) for members of Congress caught stealing $10,000 or more in taxpayer funds, including tax evasion, with no plea deals or deferred judgment
For police accountability measures; created a deputy for police integrity position in her office to review use-of-force accusations and body camera footage in response to the murder of George Floyd