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Distribution Paid For By Heartland Workers Center ISSUES FISCHER (R) OSBORN (I) HEALTHCARE Decrease. Since joining the Senate in 2013, has opposed Obamacare. Sponsored an attempt to repeal it. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not affordable, and鈥 many Nebraskans have been hurt by it.鈥 In 2019 voted to keep a Trump-era rule letting insurance companies sell low-quality Obamacare-exempt health plans. Unclear. 鈥(Healthcare) decisions shouldn鈥檛 be made by insurance companies.鈥 Moderna鈥檚 CEO 鈥渕ade $398 million鈥 quadrupling the COVID vaccine price. 鈥淚 will never support handing huge pharmaceuticals [companies] a blank check.鈥 Opposes taxpayers subsidizing employee health care for big companies that don鈥檛 pay a livable wage. IMMIGRATION Voted against a bipartisan border bill in 2024. Prefers 鈥淭rump-era reforms that kept our southern border secure鈥 such as the wall and Remain in Mexico. In 2018 supported a pathway to citizenship for DACA participants. Supports the bipartisan border bill. 鈥淲ithout borders you don鈥檛 have a country.鈥 鈥淲e have to be able to fund our border security, our border patrol better.鈥 鈥淭hen we can work on immigration reform in terms of a clear path to citizenship for the ones who are here.鈥 Increase or decrease government support for healthcare? See guides.vote for online guides with links and sources. ABORTION Ban or legal? CLIMATE CHANGE Should climate change be a top priority? ECONOMY How to improve the economy and make daily life more affordable? EDUCATION Use public funding for private and/or for-profit schools? ENVIRONMENT Loosen or tighten environmental regulations? GUN LAWS Loosen or tighten gun regulation? How to handle immigration? Support a path to citizenship for 鈥淒ACA鈥 participants brought to the US as children? debfornebraska.com osbornforsenate.com Ban. The overturning of Roe v. Wade was 鈥渁 huge victory for the pro-life movement.鈥 Has always been 鈥減ro-life.鈥 Supports banning federal funding for abortions and for any Planned Parenthood activities; would redirect the funding to health centers. Legal. 鈥淧ersonally pro-life鈥 but opposes 鈥渆xtreme national measures to ban abortion.鈥 The 鈥渄ecision鈥 should be 鈥渂etween [a woman] and her doctor.鈥 It鈥檚 about 鈥減rotecting individual freedoms,鈥 not a government 鈥渄ictating morality to its people.鈥 LABOR Make it easier or harder for unions to organize? Easier. Supports the PRO Act, which would make union organizing easier. Announced more than 20 union endorsements. As a mechanic, led the Omaha branch of a successful strike against the Kellogg Co. Mostly no. EVs are being 鈥渇orce[d]鈥 on the public. Supports ending tax credits for EVs. Opposed a $369 billion climate initiative. Supported making it easier for farmers to enter carbon credit markets. Unclear. Supports landowners leasing their land for solar energy: 鈥淚f you own a piece of land, you should be able to do whatever the hell you want on that land.鈥 Harder. Sponsored a 2017 bill to deregulate the railroad industry. Voted in 2022 to block a national railroad strike after unions rejected a deal with no paid sick leave. In 2022 opposed making companies turn certain independent contractors into employees. LGBTQ RIGHTS Limit. In 2022 voted against a bill to protect same-sex marriages in case the Supreme Court reversed legalization decision; bill 鈥渃ould infringe upon religious liberties.鈥 Likely expand. Supports protecting gay marriage. 鈥淚 oppose discrimination for any reason and think people鈥檚 private lives are no business but their own. Reverse 鈥渢he excessive regulation.鈥 The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill started 鈥渢he inflation nightmare鈥; opposes 鈥渞eckless spending.鈥 Voted for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill: 鈥渋nvestments in core infrastructure will grow our economy.鈥 Go after 鈥渃orporate greed鈥 and special interest money in politics. 鈥淕uarantee a right-torepair鈥 one鈥檚 own equipment and cars. 鈥淗old鈥 government agencies accountable for their budgets.鈥 鈥淔ix federal crop insurance subsidies which unfairly favor large operators.鈥 Support local alternatives to big 4 meat packing plants. MARIJUANA No recent position found. In 2015: 鈥淚 do not support legalization.鈥 In 2016 tried to cut Dept. of Justice funds until it had a plan to monitor effects of state-level legalization. Legal. 鈥淟egalize cannabis.鈥 鈥淚t鈥檚 time to鈥 stop wasting taxpayer dollars on putting people in prison for cannabis crimes.鈥 MINIMUM WAGE No. In 2021 voted against raising the federal minimum to $15 by 2025. Yes. A federal increase 鈥渋s an urgent issue for all Nebraska businesses.鈥 Raise to $12/hour nationally so Nebraska won鈥檛 be undercut by neighboring states with lower wages. Unclear. Sees school vouchers and charter schools as a local, not federal, issue. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want the federal government in education. I鈥檝e always been a strong supporter of public schools.鈥 No. 鈥淪trong and well-funded public schools are the backbone of the American education system.鈥 Vouchers 鈥渁llow rich people to get tax credits and funding for their kids to go to private schools, while taking funding away from the public schools.鈥 They 鈥減unish rural areas that lack private options.鈥 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID No. Voted against a student loan payment pause and debt discharge rule. Opposed Biden student debt forgiveness plan. No. Went 鈥渂ack and forth鈥 on student loan forgiveness, decided 鈥渦ltimately鈥 the government shouldn鈥檛 be 鈥渂ailing those folks out.鈥 Would work to lower the cost of college. TAXES Lower. Supports 鈥渓owering taxes for job creators.鈥 In 2017 voted for a bill that included the largest corporate cuts in US history and major tax cuts for the wealthy. Lower middle class and small business taxes by cutting 鈥榳asteful鈥 spending and closing 鈥渓oopholes used by multi-nationals to avoid paying taxes.鈥 鈥淚鈥檓 tired of鈥 the redistribution of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. VOTING RULES Mostly harder. Voted against monitoring states with a history of voter restrictions. Opposed expanding voter registration and voting access. Cannot support 鈥済iving the federal government control over elections.鈥 鈥淭hese are state decisions.鈥 No position found. Mostly loosen. Voted to block EPA air pollution standards for trucks, reduce the scope of the Clean Water Act, limit designation of critical habitat areas, and not fund restoration projects on federal lands. Introduced a bipartisan bill to expand environmental precision agricultural tech. Support at-riskwildlife conservation projects. Likely tighten. 鈥淥ne of our supporters brought their child to an event鈥. I promise you right now, I will do everything I can in office to keep our air breathable and our water and land clean. Nebraska is too beautiful not to fight for.鈥 Loosen. Voted against a bipartisan gun safety bill that strengthened background checks and encouraged 鈥渞ed flag鈥 laws. Sponsored a bill allowing legal carrying of firearms across states. 鈥淚 will continue to fight to protect the Second Amendment.鈥 Mixed. Supports 鈥渞easonable gun safety measures鈥 such as 鈥済un safety education鈥 and 鈥渞ed flag laws.鈥 Is 鈥渇undamentally in favor of the Second Amendment. Lawabiding citizens鈥 must always have the right to bear arms.鈥 Limit or expand LGBTQ rights? Ban or legal? Raise the federal minimum from $7.25 per hour? Support lowering interest on student loans and/or forgiving them? Raise or lower taxes on corporations and wealthier individuals? 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