Candidate Comparisons

Jacky Rosen

1. Raise the minimum wage to at least $17/hour
   1. The Democratic 2024 platform says “[Democrats will] work to finally raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15-an-hour.”
2. Close the wage gap – supports
   1. Along with other Senators in 2023, Sen. Rosen introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act, which “addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. Specifically, it (1) limits an employer’s defense that a pay differential is based on a factor other than sex to only bona fide job-related factors in wage discrimination claims, (2) enhances nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) makes it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee’s wages, and (4) increases civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions.”

Sam Brown

1. Raise the minimum wage to at least $17/hour – likely opposes
   1. When discussing the Supreme Court “Americans are tired of a government that wants to get further and further involved in people’s lives, and we’ve seen that not just in who someone is married to but how businesses are limited.”
2. Close the wage gap

Jacky Rosen

1. Enact the Biden administration’s $16 billion Emergency Child Care Funding Request – supports
   1. Sen. Rosen joined other Senators in signing a letter asking “to include robust funding for child care in any supplemental funding package considered by the Appropriations Committee”
2. Establish a comprehensive system for aging and disability care
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We will protect the health and dignity of older adults and people with disabilities by improving long-term care and supporting family caregivers, and we will invest in care infrastructure by raising wages and the quality of care worker jobs.”

Sam Brown

1. Enact the Biden administration’s $16 billion Emergency Child Care Funding Request – opposes
   1. In a debate, Brown discussed the need to limit government spending and elect Senators that would do so, including “it is federal spending that is driving inflation.”
   2. In a radio interview, Brown acknowledged his vision of federal spending cuts will “take money out of programs that people like,” and promised it would “be painful.”
2. Establish a comprehensive system for aging and disability care – likely opposes
   1. During a debate, Brown identified the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Energy, and federal “environmental departments and agencies” as parts of the federal government “we don’t need.” When asked if he would include Medicare and Medicaid in that list, he responded “We can start with what I just described.”

Jacky Rosen

1. Improve the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
   1. The Democratic Platform says “That’s why we’ll keep pushing to restore the expanded Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, which proved so effective at reducing poverty before Republicans let them expire.”
   2. Sen Rosen was one of five Senators to introduced the PACE Act in 2019, which would “modify the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) to (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2019”
2. Make the rich pay their fair share 
   1. The Democratic Platform says “A fair tax code is how we invest in the things that make our nation strong, like health care, education, a clean environment, and the national defense.”

Sam Brown

1. Improve the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit 
2. Make the rich pay their fair share – opposes 
   1. The Republican Platform says they will “make permanent the provisions of the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which was shown to benefit the rich more than other taxpayers. 

Jacky Rosen

1. Create new federal laws that ensure your right and access to abortion do not depend on where you live or how much money you make – supports
   1. The Democratic Platform says “Democrats are committed to restoring the reproductive rights Trump ripped away. With a Democratic Congress, we will pass national legislation to make Roe the law of the land again.”
   2. Rosen helped introduce the Women’s Health Protection Act to enshrine the protections lost when SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade.
2. Enforce existing rights that ensure people can get emergency abortion care at hospitals
3. Eliminate the Weldon and Hyde amendments
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We will repeal the Hyde Amendment”

Sam Brown

1. Create new federal laws that ensure your right and access to abortion do not depend on where you live or how much money you make – opposes
   1. In reference to abortion, the Republican Platform says “We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights.”
2. Enforce existing rights that ensure people can get emergency abortion care at hospitals – opposes
   1. His campaign website says “I will oppose any bill that pushes for federal funding of abortion, late term abortions, or abortion without parental notification.”
3. Eliminate the Weldon and Hyde amendments. – opposes
   1. See above

Jacky Rosen

1. Support the Right to Contraception Act
   1. The Democratic Platform says “Democrats are also working to expand access to birth control, which nine in 10 women have used” and “We will strengthen access to contraception so every woman who needs it is able to get and afford it.”
2. Create federal protections for fertility care
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We will protect a woman’s right to access IVF.”

Sam Brown

1. Support the Right to Contraception Act 
2. Create federal protections for fertility care – supports
   1. Brown said in a statement “ IVF and other similar fertility treatments are a blessing for so many families seeking that joy and we should ensure they remain accessible for them.”

Jacky Rosen

• Oppose book bans.
  • The Democratic Platform says “President Biden has also taken action to support LGBTQI+ youth in foster care; and is fighting book bans that censor LGBTQI+ content.”
• Oppose curriculum bans and support an honest and inclusive education.

Sam Brown

1. Oppose book bans. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they will “CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR CHILDREN”
2. Oppose curriculum bans and support an honest and inclusive education. – opposes 
   1. The Republican Platform also says “Republicans will ensure children are taught fundamentals like Reading, History, Science, and Math, not Leftwing propaganda. We will defund schools that engage in inappropriate political indoctrination of our children using Federal Taxpayer Dollars.”
   2. Brown’s campaign website says “Our classrooms should be focused on educating, not indoctrinating.”

Jacky Rosen

1. Invest in police-free K-12 schools – police make school more dangerous and less safe, particularly for students of color. 
2. Protect students’ rights to free speech, organizing, and assembly free from police violence. 
3. Incorporate social emotional learning, an honest history of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia, and learning materials and books from diverse authors and that highlight diverse stories, in public schools
   1. The Democratic Platform says “We’ve helped districts nationwide train and hire 14,000 more counselors and social workers, so kids can heal from the disruptions of COVID, the fear of gun violence, and more. We increased investments in full-service community schools five-fold, providing health care, nutrition, job training, and other wraparound services for kids at school, investing in their futures and making families’ lives easier”

Sam Brown

1. Invest in police-free K-12 schools – police make school more dangerous and less safe, particularly for students of color. – unclear
2. Protect students’ rights to free speech, organizing, and assembly free from police violence. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform names protesters as terrorist sympathizers and says they will “DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN”
3. Incorporate social emotional learning, an honest history of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia, and learning materials and books from diverse authors and that highlight diverse stories, in public schools – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform also says “Republicans will ensure children are taught fundamentals like Reading, History, Science, and Math, not Leftwing propaganda. We will defund schools that engage in inappropriate political indoctrination of our children using Federal Taxpayer Dollars.”

Jacky Rosen

1. Protect gender affirming care for all
   1. The Democratic Platform says “President Biden has delivered on his promise to ban discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. He has also protected transgender Americans’ access to health care and coverage including gender-affirming care”
2. Clarify through explicit regulations that Title IX protections extend to inclusive protections in athletics.

Sam Brown

1. Protect gender affirming care for all – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says “We will keep men out of women’s sports, ban Taxpayer funding for sex change surgeries, and stop Taxpayer-funded Schools from promoting gender transition, reverse Biden’s radical rewrite of Title IX Education Regulations, and restore protections for women and girls.”
2. Clarify through explicit regulations that Title IX protections extend to inclusive protections in athletics. – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they will “KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS”

Jacky Rosen

1. Pass the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to create stronger recusal standards and an enforceable code of conduct
2. Nominate and confirm judges with a strong record of supporting gender and racial justice issues and who affirmatively declare they will uphold equality, opportunity for all, individual liberty, and the freedom to make personal decisions about our bodies and relationships

Sam Brown

1. Pass the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to create stronger recusal standards and an enforceable code of conduct – unclear
2. Nominate and confirm judges with a strong record of supporting gender and racial justice issues and who affirmatively declare they will uphold equality, opportunity for all, individual liberty, and the freedom to make personal decisions about our bodies and relationships. – opposes
   1. Brown’s campaign website says “I will support federal judges who understand the importance of protecting life.”

Jacky Rosen

1. Protect and expand access to the ballot and restore the Voting Rights Act, including by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
2. Unrig our democracy by abolishing the filibuster

Sam Brown

1. Protect and expand access to the ballot and restore the Voting Rights Act, including by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – opposes
   1. The Republican Platform says they would “SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP”
   2. It also says “We will implement measures to secure our Elections, including Voter ID, highly sophisticated paper ballots, proof of Citizenship, and same day Voting. We will not allow the Democrats to give Voting Rights to illegal Aliens”
   3. Brown’s campaign website says “Voter ID is a common sense and highly effective way to secure our elections immediately.”
2. Unrig our democracy by abolishing the filibuster – opposes
   1. When asked about his feelings about the filibuster during a debate, he said “I think it’s something that protects the minority’s voice…even if Republicans are the minority, we have to be able to protect that voice.” and “the filibuster should stay in place