Sources for the Contrasts Between Republicans and Democrats

In the states, the Republican legislatures have passed multiple prolife laws. Thirteen states, all Republican, now protect children in the womb starting at conception. Six states, all Republican, protect them at either 6 or 12 weeks.

Multiple prolife bills have been introduced by Republicans in the US House and the Senate, and hundreds of bills in the state legislatures.es.

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

On January 23, 2025, the House passed H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, by 217–204. 216 No Republicans voted against it. Only one Democrat voted for it. The bill would require health-care practitioners to provide appropriate care to an infant born alive after an attempted abortion and transport the infant to a hospital.

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202527

Life at Conception Act — 2026

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), joined by Republican senators including John Boozman, Marsha Blackburn, John Kennedy, Roger Wicker, Tommy Tuberville, Kevin Cramer, Bill Hagerty, Jim Banks, Steve Daines and others, introduced legislation that would recognize the right to life as applying to human beings from conception. The bill seeks to extend Fourteenth Amendment protections to unborn children.

https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-introduces-the-life-at-conception-act

Most secure border ever - no illegal entries

For 16 consecutive months, Border Patrol released no apprehended migrants into the United States. Daily apprehensions were down 94% compared with the Biden administration. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin described the situation as the most secure border in American history.

https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/E517DFFF6E0074E64AE87F3DB208B34D98A80EB6

The Laken Riley Act became federal law on January 29, 2025. It requires DHS to take certain inadmissible aliens into custody when they have been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitted committing specified crimes including burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting and assault of a law-enforcement officer.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5?hl=laken+riley+act&s=1&r=1

One Big Beautiful Bill. The 2025 reconciliation legislation included major funding for border security, including: More than $46 billion for border-barrier construction; $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities; More than $7 billion for additional Border Patrol/CBP personnel and support; Funding for border-security technology; Increased detention capacity; Funding for ICE and immigration enforcement.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1?hl=H.R.+1&s=2&r=1

Highest number of deportations

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports more than 605,000 involuntary/formal deportations (removals by ICE and CBP) and an estimated 1.9 million voluntary self-deportations (totaling over 2.5 million departures) since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025. [1]

No illegal entries into our country

Illegal border crossings have fallen to historic lows under President Trump, while the U.S. Border Patrol went an entire fiscal year without releasing a single apprehended illegal immigrant into the country.

https://www.forth.news/lists/dhs/Cg5xcdoZ77oX5auWYTGLd?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Lowest crime and murder rates in history

The FBI's final 2025 Uniform Crime Reporting data, released August 14, 2026, show that the national violent-crime rate fell 9.3% from 2024 to 2025. The FBI says that is the largest year-to-year decline in its national violent-crime estimates since those estimates began in 1936. FBI

The 2025 murder rate fell to 4.1 per 100,000, tied with 1955 and 1956 for the lowest rate in the FBI's national estimate series.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-2025-reported-crimes-in-the-nation-statistics

Lowest poverty rate in decades

The recent Reuters headline regarding the record-low poverty rate is: "US poverty rate dips to lowest on record, Census Bureau says". [1]

The article, published on September 15, 2026, details how the official U.S. poverty rate fell 0.5 percentage points to 10.2% in 2025. This represents the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking the metric in 1959. Concurrently, real median household income rose 2.6% to an all-time record high of $87,460. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Drastically reduced drug deaths

The United States has experienced a remarkable decline in drug overdose deaths, particularly deaths involving fentanyl and other opioids.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overdose deaths have fallen for three consecutive years, beginning in 2023, with especially large reductions in 2024 and 2025, and continuing in 2026.

https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-channel/index.html

More Americans working than ever

The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.1% in August 2026, down from 4.3% in August 2025. American jobs reached a record high, with approximately 159 million nonfarm payroll positions nationwide.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.htm

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_10022026.htm?trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_x-social-details_comments-action_comment-text

Stronger GDP

The Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDPNow model projected U.S. real GDP growth at a 5.0% annualized rate for the third quarter of 2026 as of September 25.

https://www.atlantafed.org/research-and-data/data/gdpnow/current-and-past-gdpnow-commentaries

Record high stock market

The U.S. stock market has posted substantial gains over the past two years, with major indexes reaching historic highs in 2026. According to figures reported by the Associated Press, the benchmark S&P 500 has climbed more than 33 percent since October 2024, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen approximately 20 percent and the Nasdaq Composite has surged nearly 47 percent.

https://www.barchart.com/story/news/29030276/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-monday-10142024

https://www.newser.com/article/a0a577dfd12f63ee6780a56ab02b55c4/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-tuesday-10132026.html

Inflation reduced

Inflation has fallen substantially from the four-decade high of 9.1 percent recorded in June 2022. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual inflation rate stood at 3.7 percent in September 2026, more than five percentage points below its 2022 peak.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/consumer-prices-up-9-1-percent-over-the-year-ended-june-2022-largest-increase-in-40-years.htm

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_10142026.htm

Median household income up

Median household income reached a record high in 2025. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, inflation-adjusted median household income rose 2.6% to $87,460, the highest level recorded since the Census Bureau began its comparable series in 1967.

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2026/demo/p60-289.html

Largest tax cuts in history

President Donald Trump signed one of the largest tax-cut packages in American history into law on July 4, 2025. According to the Tax Foundation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is projected to reduce federal tax revenues by approximately $5 trillion over ten years, while permanently extending major provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and providing additional tax relief for workers, seniors and businesses.

https://taxfoundation.org/blog/obbba-largest-tax-cut-in-american-history/

New manufacturing plants

Manufacturing construction and investment have surged, with companies announcing and breaking ground on major new U.S. factories in semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials and other industries. Major announcements include Micron's planned $200 billion U.S. semiconductor investment, Eli Lilly's more than $50 billion U.S. manufacturing expansion, and TSMC's third Arizona semiconductor fab.

https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/current/index.html

$21 trillion being invested in America (the most in history for any country on earth)

In September 2025, the Trump administration had secured commitments for $21 trillion in new investment in the United States.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/investments/

Fewer government regulations than ever

2025 has been characterized as the “best deregulation year in history.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/12/32750/

Smaller government bureaucracy

The Trump administration has significantly reduced the size of the federal bureaucracy. According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the federal civilian workforce declined by more than 264,000 employees between January 2025 and August 2026.

https://data.opm.gov/explore-data/analytics/workforce-changes?ftag=MSF0951a18

More secure elections and voter ID

President Trump and Republicans have advocated strongly for the Save America Act, which would strongly increase election security nationwide. Its commonsense measures, that enjoy strong public support across the board, have been consistently opposed by Democrats in the Congress. The House was able to pass it. The Senate, because of the filibuster, could not.

States across the country have enacted additional election-integrity measures, including expanded voter identification requirements and new procedures for verifying voter eligibility. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 36 states now have laws requesting or requiring identification at the polls, while several states have enacted additional voter ID and citizenship-verification legislation in 2026.

https://www.ncsl.org/news/details/voter-citizenship-bills-top-lawmaker-to-do-lists-in-2026

Iranian terrorist regime decimated

The U.S. Intelligence Community assessed in 2026 that Iran's regime was largely degraded, with its conventional military power-projection capabilities largely destroyed and its strategic position significantly degraded. The intelligence community said Iran would likely require years to rebuild its military, missile and UAV capabilities.

In his UN address, Trump said:

"All 159 ships of their navy are now lying at the bottom of the sea."

He went on to describe the loss of Iran's air force, radar systems, air defenses, and most of its missile and drone manufacturing capacity, adding that its economy was also devastated.

He characterized Iranian inflation as exceeding 300%.

Source: Full transcript — Trump's September 22 UN address. The relevant passage is approximately 9 minutes and 25 seconds into the speech.

His numerical breakdown — July 13, 2026

At remarks on July 13, Trump gave an especially useful set of figures.

President Trump also portrayed Iran as having gone from a dominant regional military power to one whose conventional forces had been largely dismantled.

Source: Full transcript — Trump's July 13 remarks. See approximately 14:34–15:16 and 18:19–19:03.

Terrorists killed

U.S. military counterterrorism operations have killed senior ISIS and al-Qaeda-affiliated leaders in Iraq, Syria and Africa. According to U.S. Central Command, American and partner forces killed more than 20 ISIS operatives and captured more than 300 in Syria during the year preceding January 2026. Additional operations eliminated senior terrorist leaders, including ISIS commanders in Iraq and Nigeria.

https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4382189/us-forces-kill-al-qaeda-affiliate-leader-linked-to-isis-ambush-on-americans-in/

School choice promoted and funded

The Trump administration has promoted and expanded federal support for school choice. In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to prioritize educational choice, and legislation signed in July 2025 established a new federal tax-credit scholarship program to help families access educational alternatives, including private and religious schools. The program is scheduled to begin in January 2027.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2025-09-26_R48724_da18a2246a1d86ea2b5b596c180a573e47ae1c10.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/

Parental rights strengthened

The Trump administration has taken steps to strengthen enforcement of parental rights in education. In 2025 and 2026, the U.S. Department of Education increased enforcement of federal laws protecting parents' access to their children's educational records. In October 2026, the Departments of Justice and Education announced additional enforcement actions and reaffirmed schools' obligations to respect parental rights under federal law.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-department-education-and-us-department-justice-reaffirm-parents-are-not-terrorists-and

Religious freedom strengthened and enhanced

Through legislation and executive action, the Trump Administration and the Republican Congress have done more to protect and enhance religious freedom than any other time in American history.

See, for example, the list of “250 Victories for People of Faith” at https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/09/president-trumps-top-250-victories-for-people-of-faith

In 2025, President Trump established a Religious Liberty Commission to identify threats to religious freedom and recommend additional safeguards.

The administration also issued government-wide guidance protecting religious expression in federal workplaces, and in July 2026, the Department of Justice directed federal agencies to strengthen enforcement of existing religious-liberty protections.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/acting-attorney-general-blanche-issues-updated-guidance-strengthen-federal-religious-liberty

Anti-Christian bias punished

The Trump administration has taken action against anti-Christian discrimination, establishing a Justice Department task force to investigate alleged violations of religious liberty and directing federal agencies to correct discriminatory policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also reported a $15 million settlement in March 2026 involving workers, many of them Christians, who were denied religious accommodations.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/task-force-publishes-report-eradicating-anti-christian-bias-and-restoring-religious-liberty

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-delivers-administration-priorities-and-president-trumps-executive-orders

Prolife activists freed from prison

On January 23, 2025, President Donald Trump granted pardons to 23 pro-life activists convicted of federal offenses related to protests at abortion facilities. The pardons resulted in the release of activists serving prison sentences, including Lauren Handy, who had been sentenced to nearly five years, and Bevelyn Beatty Williams, who had received a 41-month sentence.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/16/president-trump-saved-my-life-pardoned-pro-lifers-reflect-incarceration-newfound-freedom/

Private health insurance protected

The Trump administration has strengthened enforcement of federal conscience protections for private health insurers and health plans that decline to cover abortion. In March 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services announced investigations into 13 states over allegations that their abortion-coverage mandates violated federal conscience-protection laws.

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-ocr-investigates-thirteen-state-abortion-coverage-mandates-under-federal-conscience-law.html

Sources for Democrat Plans

Unlimited Abortion

The Democrat Platform states, “

In the states, the Democrat legislatures have consistently removed protections for the unborn, passed laws and Constitutional amendments for unlimited abortion (such as Massachusetts ______) Ten states, all Democrat, and the District of Columbia (also Democrat) allow abortion until birth.

In Congress, Democrats have introduced the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 which would protect abortion before viability without a gestational limit stated in weeks. It would also protect abortion after viability when the treating provider judges it necessary for the patient’s life or health, and allow states to permit it in additional circumstances. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/12

Booker, Duckworth, Hirono, Smith, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Allow Use of U.S. Foreign Assistance for Abortion Care Overseas

Let Iran Get a Nuke

Barack Obama sent loads of money Democrats have supported the Iran nuclear agreement; critics argue those policies could leave Iran closer to a weapon. That is a criticism you can make, but it differs from saying Democrats want or would allow Iran to have one. The agreement itself states that Iran would not seek, develop, or acquire nuclear weapons.

Appease terrorists

Biden’s $6 Billion Ransom Payment to Iran Fuels Their Terror Machine

https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/commentary/bidens-6-billion-ransom-payment-iran-fuels-their-terror-machine?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Obama’s administration used a $400 million payment to Iran as leverage for Americans’ release in 2016.
Reuters reported that the State Department withheld the cash until it was assured the prisoners had been freed. https://www.investing.com/news/politics-news/u.s.-says-payment-to-iran-used-as-leverage-for-prisoners'-release-421187

End Aid to Israel

On July 15, 2026, 103 House Democrats voted for an amendment that would have removed $3.3 billion in proposed military financing for Israel from the fiscal 2027 State Department spending bill. The official House roll call is at https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026243?utm

Democrat candidates this year regularly take positions criticizing Israel and supporting its enemies.

Increase inflation and government spending

The package boosted spending power while the economy was recovering and supply remained constrained. More demand competing for limited goods, services and workers put upward pressure on prices.

San Francisco Fed researchers estimated in October 2021 that the plan would raise inflation by approximately 0.3 percentage point per year through 2022. https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2021/10/is-american-rescue-plan-taking-us-back-to-1960s/

Representative Bobby Scott (D–Virginia): $17 federal minimum wage

Scott introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, which would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2030. His announcement. bobbyscott.house.gov

• Price concern: Businesses could pass higher labor costs to customers.
• Government spending: CBO’s analysis of the earlier $15 proposal found that higher prices would increase costs for federal programs, including health care. CBO analysis.

Senator Patty Murray (D–Washington): expanded federal child-care assistance

Murray and Scott reintroduced the Child Care for Working Families Act in 2025. It would subsidize eligible families’ child care, cap their payments at 7% of income, and fund expanded child-care availability. Murray continued advocating for it in June 2026. Her 2026 statement. Senator Patty Murray

• Government spending: Expanded subsidies and provider funding require additional federal spending.
• Inflation concern: As an economic inference, subsidies could increase demand before providers expand capacity.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D–New York): extended ACA insurance subsidies

In January 2026, Schumer advocated a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. His announcement. democrats.senate.gov

• Federal costs: CBO estimated that a permanent extension would add approximately $350 billion to deficits over 2026–2035 before offsets. CBO estimate. www.cbo.gov

Increase taxes

The 2024 Democratic national platform called for raising the corporate income-tax rate to 28%, increasing taxes on millionaires’ investment income, and protecting people earning under $400,000 from federal tax increases.

Annual wealth tax Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Brendan Boyle; reintroduced March 2026 2% annually on net wealth above $50 million, rising to 3% on the portion above $1 billion. This taxes accumulated wealth, rather than just annual income. https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-jayapal-boyle-45-lawmakers-renew-push-for-wealth-tax-on-ultra-millionaires-and-billionaires/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Millionaires surtax Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Don Beyer; reintroduced April 2026An additional 10 percentage points on income above $1 million for individuals or $2 million for married couples, including wages and investment income. https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-beyer-renew-push-for-millionaires-surtax-to-invest-in-working-families?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Higher estate taxes Sen. Chris Van Hollen; reintroduced March 2026Raise the top estate and gift tax rate from 40% to 45% and lower the estate exemption to $3.5 million per individual or $7 million per married couple. https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-introduces-bill-to-strengthen-social-security-by-ending-republicans-tax-giveaways-for-ultra-wealthy-estates?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Increase government regulations

Senator Warren Price Gouging Prevention Act could discourage suppliers from responding to shortages

During a shortage, higher prices can encourage businesses to bring additional supplies into the affected market. If companies fear penalties for legitimate price increases, they may be less willing to do that.

Democrats PRO Act could increase employers’ compliance costs and complicate contracting

The National Federation of Independent Business argues that the bill’s stricter worker-classification rules would make independent-contractor arrangements harder to maintain and increase government involvement in business operations. NFIB represents businesses and opposes the bill. NFIB’s objections. nfib.com

Restoring Justice for Workers Act. Ending mandatory workplace arbitration: could make disputes slower and more expensive

Moving more employment disputes into court could increase legal fees and the time needed to resolve claims. Research commissioned by the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform reports faster resolution in arbitration than litigation.

Larger government bureaucracy

1. A new federal paid-leave office — Kirsten Gillibrand and Rosa DeLauro

The FAMILY Act, introduced in September 2025, would create an Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration, headed by a deputy commissioner. It would administer a national paid-leave benefit, requiring applications, eligibility decisions and benefit payments.

This is a direct example of proposing a new federal administrative office. Read the bill. govinfo.gov

2. A federally administered Civilian Climate Corps — Ed Markey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Their September 2026 proposal would establish a Civilian Climate Corps administered through AmeriCorps, offering service opportunities to 1.5 million participants over five years for conservation, clean-energy and climate-resilience projects.

It would expand federal program administration and oversight. Official announcement. markey.senate.gov

3. Additional FTC funding and enforcement responsibilities — Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin

The Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025 would provide $1 billion in additional Federal Trade Commission funding, expand price-gouging enforcement and impose additional corporate reporting requirements during exceptional market disruptions. Official proposal

Taxpayer Funding of Transgender Surgery

The 2024 Democratic Party platform says: “Democrats will vigorously oppose state and federal bans on gender-affirming health care.” It also says the Biden administration protected access to health care and coverage, “including medically necessary gender-affirming care.” - https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2024-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf

Elimination of Cash Bail

Some Democratic-led jurisdictions have eliminated cash bail. For instance, Illinois abolished the requirement to post monetary bail under its pretrial law.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext?DocName=072500050K110-1.5&utm

Divert funding away from police

Scott Stringer, then New York City comptroller — proposed cuts.

In June 2020, Stringer proposed cutting $1.1 billion in NYPD spending over four years through fewer officers by attrition, reduced overtime and other savings. He wanted funding and responsibilities shifted toward social workers, counselors and community violence-prevention programs.

Official announcement. comptroller.nyc.gov

2. New York City’s Democratic leadership — approved budget changes

The June 2020 budget agreement reduced and restructured NYPD spending while funding youth, education and social-service programs. It also moved $500 million from the police capital budget, allowing investment in community centers and public-housing broadband.

City Council’s budget announcement. Press

3. Teresa Mosqueda, then Seattle council budget chair — supported redirection

Mosqueda explicitly committed to defunding police in June 2020. Her subsequent proposed budget package described redirecting police savings toward community-based safety responses and alternatives to policing.

Her initial statement and budget proposal. Seattle City Council Blog

4. Cori Bush, then a Democratic representative — explicitly advocated shifting funds

In a 2021 CBS interview, Bush said: “We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets.”

Watch/read the CBS interview.

Make police personally liable

Democrats have introduced an Ending Qualified Immunity Act, and the platform supports the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Say “Limit or end qualified immunity in civil rights lawsuits against officers.”

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr3602ih?utm

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/14

End Photo ID

Senate Democratic leaders opposed the 2025 SAVE Act - the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act—that was intended to ensure that only U.S. citizens can register to vote in federal elections. Its main change was to require applicants to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering, rather than relying on the existing registration attestation alone.

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025102

Open the border and end deportations

President Joe Biden, in blatant contradiction to existing law, opened our border and allowed millions of people to flow in illegally.

Congressional Democrats consistently opposed funding for the completion of the border wall.

Some Democrats have proposed major limits on immigration enforcement. For example, Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced an Abolish ICE Act in 2026, and Rep. Valerie Foushee backed legislation to defund ICE and remove its detention authority.

https://thanedar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-shri-thanedar-introduces-the-abolish-ice-act

https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-valerie-foushee-cosponsors-legislation-to-defund-and-dismantle-ice

Abolish ICE

1. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D–Michigan): the Abolish ICE Act, January 2026

Thanedar introduced H.R. 7123, explicitly titled the “Abolish ICE Act.” His announcement said it would dismantle ICE and end its current enforcement authority. In announcing the proposal, he said ICE “cannot be reformed and must be abolished.” thanedar.house.gov

Official announcement · Bill text

2. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–New York): October 2026 statement

Her campaign website also explicitly calls for abolishing the agency. ocasio-cortez.house.gov

Official statement · Campaign policy page

3. Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan and Adriano Espaillat: legislation introduced July 2018

These three Democrats introduced the Establishing a Humane Immigration Enforcement System Act, proposing to terminate ICE within one year of enactment and transfer its critical functions to other agencies.

Jayapal stated: “We should eliminate the agency as it stands and start from scratch to restructure its functions.” Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

Official announcement and statements

DEI in federal programs

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202100538

Men in women’s sports

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00100.htm

Taxing unrealized capital gains

The proposal would tax annual increases in the value of tradable assets, such as stocks, even if they had not been sold. It would apply to taxpayers with more than $1 billion in assets or more than $100 million in annual income for three consecutive years.

https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-cohen-beyer-introduce-the-billionaires-income-tax-act

Deny Parental Rights

1. California: restricting mandatory parental notification

Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1955 in July 2024. It prohibited schools from requiring staff to disclose a student’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression without the student’s consent, unless otherwise required by law.

2. Democratic attorneys general: defending a school’s refusal to allow religious opt-outs

California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general defending Montgomery County, Maryland’s policy in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The district had withdrawn notice and opt-out opportunities for elementary instruction involving certain LGBTQ-themed storybooks.

Parents could not excuse their children from instruction they believed conflicted with their religion.

3. Washington: exceptions to notifying parents when minors enter shelters

Democratic Senator Marko Liias sponsored SB 5599, signed by Democratic Governor Jay Inslee in 2023. It expanded circumstances in which licensed shelters could notify the Department of Children, Youth and Families instead of parents when a runaway minor was seeking or receiving gender-affirming treatment or reproductive health services.

4. In abortion-related legislation, Democrats consistently oppose any parental involvement laws, and in the state constitutional amendments they support on abortion, parental rights are routinely suppressed.

Suppress religious freedom

The Democrat Party consistently treats assertions of religious freedom as “discrimination.”

The Obama Administration imposed the “HHS Mandate” on nearly all employers across America, trying to force them to include contraception and early abortion in health insurance. Multiple dioceses and ministries, including Priests for Life, had to go up to the Supreme Court to defend their religious freedom in this matter.

Andrew Cuomo: strict limits on church and synagogue attendance

In 2020, New York’s Democratic governor imposed 10- or 25-person attendance caps on worship services in designated COVID zones, while some businesses could admit substantially more people.

In Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, the Supreme Court blocked those caps, finding the religious challengers were likely to succeed because the restrictions treated worship less favorably than certain secular activities. Cuomo defended them as public-health measures. Supreme Court decision. supremecourt.gov

Gavin Newsom: restrictions on home prayer meetings

California’s rules limited gatherings—including home prayer and Bible-study meetings—to three households, while allowing some comparable secular activities under different conditions.

In Tandon v. Newsom, the Supreme Court granted an injunction in April 2021, concluding that California treated comparable secular activities more favorably and had not justified the unequal treatment. Supreme Court decision. supremecourt.gov

Rob Bonta and other attorneys general: opposing religious curriculum opt-outs

California’s Democratic attorney general joined 19 attorneys general supporting Montgomery County’s refusal to allow religious opt-outs from certain elementary lessons involving LGBTQ-themed storybooks.

Imprison prolife activists

Pro-life activists received prison sentences following prosecutions by the Biden administration’s Justice Department. President Trump pardoned them.

https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/president-trump-pardons-23-pro-lifers-targeted-by-biden-justice-department-under-the-face-act

Outlaw private health insurance

The House proposal would:

• Create a federal health-insurance program covering residents, with a two-year transition.
• Prohibit private insurers from selling coverage that duplicates the federal program’s benefits.
• Prohibit employers from providing duplicative coverage. Most existing employer-sponsored insurance would therefore be replaced.
• Allow supplemental private insurance for benefits the federal program does not cover. govinfo.gov

The key provision is Section 107, which says it would be unlawful for:

“a private health insurer to sell health insurance coverage that duplicates the benefits provided under this Act” govinfo.gov

Read the bill, H.R. 3069.

This would replace most private insurance, rather than automatically make doctors and hospitals government-owned.

Fill the Supreme Court with leftist justices

Some Democrats have proposed expanding the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen justices, creating four additional seats. That could change its ideological majority.

1. Add four Supreme Court seats

Senator Ed Markey and Representative Hank Johnson championed the Judiciary Act, introduced in 2021 and reintroduced in 2023. Supporters included Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith and Jerrold Nadler. It would create a 13-justice Court. Official announcement.

If enacted under a Democratic president and a Senate willing to confirm that president’s nominees, four new liberal justices could shift a 6–3 conservative majority into a 7–6 liberal majority.

Markey explicitly linked expansion to changing the Court’s balance in July 2024, saying: “the most direct and immediate solution is to expand the Supreme Court.” His statement.

2. Introduce term limits and scheduled appointments

In July 2026, Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Cory Booker, Richard Blumenthal and Alex Padilla introduced a separate proposal for 18-year terms on the Court’s full docket and one new appointment every two years. This would regularize appointments for presidents of either party. Official proposal.

Increase number of Democrat Senators by granting statehood to DC and Puerto Rico

Washington, D.C.

• 2025 Washington, D.C. Admission Act — H.R. 51 and S. 51. Democratic Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced the House bill; Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced its Senate counterpart. It would admit D.C.’s residential and commercial areas as a state while retaining a smaller federal district.
  Van Hollen’s January 2025 announcement · House bill · Senate bill. vanhollen.senate.gov
• Biden administration’s explicit endorsement, April 2021. Its official statement supported H.R. 51, saying it would provide D.C. residents full representation in Congress while maintaining the federal district.
  Official administration statement. Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act, 2021. Democratic Representative Darren Soto and Republican Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón introduced legislation establishing a process for admitting Puerto Rico as a state.
  Official announcement · Soto’s remarks supporting statehood. Congressman Darren Soto
• Puerto Rico Status Act, November 2023. Democratic Senators Alex Padilla, Martin Heinrich and Catherine Cortez Masto proposed a binding process allowing Puerto Ricans to choose statehood, independence, or sovereignty in free association with the United States. Padilla’s official announcement · Heinrich’s explanation.

End the filibuster

Senator Elizabeth Warren explicitly called for ending the filibuster so the Senate could pass voting rights legislation. Her official Senate website published her remarks under the title “Warren Calls on the Senate to End the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights.” This was a public call for abolition, rather than a successful rules change. www.warren.senate.gov

4. President Joe Biden — June 30, 2022

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden supported creating an exception to the Senate filibuster to pass federal legislation protecting abortion access. His proposal would have allowed that legislation to advance without the usual 60 votes needed to end debate. His endorsement did not itself change Senate rules. www.wgbh.org

5. Vice President Kamala Harris — September 24, 2024

During her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris called for eliminating the filibuster for legislation restoring federal abortion protections. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio, she said, “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” She supported allowing such legislation to advance with a simple majority.