Suzanne Bonamici

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Oregon - District 1

Current Position: US House Representative OR-1

Running For: House Representative - District 1

Policy Positions

Against Trump's tax cuts for corporations and billionaires; supports repealing them and implementing progressive tax policy
Against Trump's tariff policies, describing them as chaotic and driving up prices
For federal funding to make child care and early childhood education affordable and accessible
For increasing funding for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) to incentivize affordable housing construction
For converting unused buildings into affordable housing
For protecting Social Security and Medicare from privatization
For providing Social Security recipients with cost-of-living adjustments
For updating the Older Americans Act to fund Meals on Wheels and protect vulnerable seniors including the aging LGBTQIA+ population
For legislation to support non-profit theaters and arts venues as economic development tools

For raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour
For enforcing antitrust laws against unfair corporate practices
For supporting labor unions and protecting workers' rights to organize and collectively bargain
For providing 12 weeks of paid family leave and at least seven job-protected paid sick days
For expanding access to capital for small businesses, especially for women, veteran, rural, and minority-owned businesses; supports removing unnecessary restrictions on credit unions serving small businesses

For universal health care with Medicare for All as an option on the table
For lowering prescription drug costs and supports the Inflation Reduction Act's insulin cost cap for seniors
For increased investments in the National Institutes of Health for medical research
Against Republican efforts to take away health care coverage and raise premiums
For access to family planning, contraception, and affordable reproductive health care services

For making higher education debt-free and expanding federal student aid programs like Pell Grants and Federal Work Study
For the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and keeping student loan interest rates low
For the bipartisan Arts Education for All bill

For confronting the climate crisis and transitioning to renewable energy; supported the Inflation Reduction Act
For achieving net-zero emissions no later than mid-century and net-negative thereafter
For the Save Our Seas Act to address marine debris

Against book banning and censorship in schools
For LGBTQIA+ equality and ensuring LGBTQIA+ students feel safe in schools
For reproductive rights and abortion access; voted to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land and opposed the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision
For the Equality Act and LGBTQIA+ rights protections
For legislation to help LGBTQIA+ Americans age and retire with dignity and security, free from discrimination
For funding the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities

For expanding voting rights and voter participation; supports vote-by-mail systems and automatic voter registration; against voter suppression tactics
For banning Congressional stock trading, stronger regulations on lobbyists and corporations, and campaign finance reform
Against Trump administration policies; opposes what she characterizes as illegal defiance of Constitutional separation of powers and centralization of Executive branch power

For creating a fair and just immigration system including easier pathways to citizenship and processing asylum claims
Against ICE operating without oversight and conducting deportations without due process
For legislation requiring clear identification of ICE agents during immigration arrests and limiting executive branch powers to order federal enforcement in cities

For increasing funding for behavioral health services and addiction treatment
For gun violence prevention measures including universal background checks, assault weapons ban, closing the 'boyfriend loophole' for domestic violence cases, and extreme risk protection orders; supports the bipartisan Safer Communities Act