| IMMIGRATION: | - Supports a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the country
- Supports securing borders – reforms must reduce wait times for legal immigration, improve visa programs and ensure a fair and efficient asylum program
- Will fight to protect the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program
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| CRIMINAL JUSTICE: | - First Chief Justice in the nation to speak out against the use of force in the killing of George Floyd
- Expanded drug treatment and mental health courts
- Expanded School Justice Partnerships – addressing the school-to-prison pipeline
- Supports legalizing and regulating cannabis
- Supports expanding the use of drug treatment and mental health courts
- Supports the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
- Supports reforms that establish accountability, increase transparency and add resources to public safety
- Supports investing in resources for alternative first responders like mental health professionals and substance abuse counselors
- Supports common sense gun safety measures,
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| VETERAN SERVICES: | - Expand investments to increase pay for service members, improve the infrastructure of VA health care facilities, increase resources for military families and expand the range of services the VA provides
- Ensuring federal protections for LGBTQ+ veterans and service members
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| VOTING RIGHTS: | - Opposes extreme gerrymandering
- Supports the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which protect and promote transparency, fair districting, voting by mail, reducing long lines on election day.
- Supports federal voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals
- Supports the Equal Rights Amendment and the Equality Act to ensure our democracy lives up to our foundational values of freedom and equality
- Supports overturning Citizens United to get Corporate money out of politics
- Cheri Beasley’s campaign does not accept Corporate PAC money.
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| CLIMATE: | - Investment in climate-resilient infrastructure
- Expanding the renewable energy industry and ensuring training for clean energy jobs
- Modernizing our electrical grid and building codes to increase energy efficiency
- Hurricane relief and recovery funding
- Preventing efforts to drill off NC Coasts
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| ECONOMY: | - Supports the labor movement, the ProAct, and the Paycheck Fairness Act
- Permanent child tax credit expansion and passing the Federal Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
- Investment in Affordable Childcare
- Expanding programs that provide technical assistance, access to capital, and help for small business owners and entrepreneurs, especially entrepreneurs of color and women
- Investment in improving the quality of life, educational opportunities, and economic stability of rural communities
- Investment in transportation, affordable broadband, clean drinking water, and waste infrastructure
- Supports keeping family farms strong and expanding markets for farmers.
- Building and expanding housing options for the most vulnerable – seniors, low-income families, and veterans
- Expanding homelessness prevention programs that provide rent relief
- Increased pathways to home ownership
- Work to end discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of homes in NC
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| EDUCATION: | - Supports investing in early childhood education, universal pre-K, and fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Increased funding for Title I Schools
- Reforming student loan programs
- Expanding access to community colleges, apprenticeships, and vocational training programs
- Increased funding for HBCUs, Minority Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities
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| HEALTHCARE: | - Supports expanding the Affordable Care Act with a public option and Medicaid Expansion
- Lowering the cost of prescription drugs and protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions
- Increased resources for rural hospitals and health care providers
- Federal funding for Planned Parenthood
- Protection and expansion of access to women’s reproductive health care services
- Creation of a federal paid family and medical leave program
- Ensuring equal pay for equal work and strengthening workplace protections for women
- Expanding affordable childcare that disproportionately impacts women
- Passing the Equal Rights Amendment to ensure gender equality
- Repealing the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from covering abortion services for people enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Supports the Women’s Health Protection Act that will codify Roe v. Wade
- Endorsed by The Planned Parenthood Action Fund
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