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Susan Wild on Government Reform

 

 


Get dark money out of politics

Q: What are your top three priorities in office?

A: My campaign is all about Families, and that's why my top priorities in Congress will be:

  1. establishing a Medicare for all system, so no family has to face bankruptcy due to medical bills or choose between receiving health care and putting food on the table;
  2. protecting Social Security at all costs, so no seniors face financial uncertainty after a lifetime earning their benefits and playing by the rules; and
  3. implementing campaign finance reform to get dark money out of politics and shift influence from Big Oil, Big Pharma, and the billionaire class back to the working class.
Source: League of Women Voters Q&A on 2018 Congress PA-7 election , Sep 9, 2018

Protect Social Security at all costs

Q: What are your top three priorities in office?

A: My campaign is all about Families, and that's why my top priorities in Congress will be:

  1. establishing a Medicare for all system, so no family has to face bankruptcy due to medical bills or choose between receiving health care and putting food on the table;
  2. protecting Social Security at all costs, so no seniors face financial uncertainty after a lifetime earning their benefits and playing by the rules; and
  3. implementing campaign finance reform to get dark money out of politics and shift influence from Big Oil, Big Pharma, and the billionaire class back to the working class.
Source: League of Women Voters Q&A on 2018 Congress PA-7 election , Sep 9, 2018

National holiday for elections; automatic voter registration

Q: What will you do to ensure that the voting rights of all Americans are protected and that our elections are accessible and secure?

A: Protecting voting rights isn't just an important political topic right now; it's nothing short of the story of our republic--from the 15th Amendment and the women's suffrage movement, to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In recent years, efforts to chip away at this progress show the fight isn't over. When the Supreme Court struck a blow to the VRA four years ago, it was an affront to democracy and we must continue to fight back. I suggest we start by expanding the VRA, making it more explicit in protecting all Americans' right to vote, regardless of skin color, national origin, or criminal record. I also support making Election Day a national holiday and automatic voter registration. To protect the integrity of our elections, I favor the use of paper ballots--because as we all know too well, if it's electronic, it can be hacked.

Source: League of Women Voters Q&A on 2018 Congress PA-7 election , Sep 9, 2018

Statehood for the District of Columbia.

Wild co-sponsored H.R.317

Congressional Summary: Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia.

Opponents reasons for voting NAY: (DCist.com, Sept. 2014): The Argument Against: Congress does not have the authority to grant statehood to D.C.; the 23rd amendment, which gave D.C. three electoral votes, would have to be repealed before statehood was granted. Washington is a wholly urban, one-industry town, dependent on the federal government far in excess of any other state. Moreover, with Congress no longer having authority over New Columbia but dependent on it, New Columbia could exert influence on the federal government far in excess of any other state.

Supporters reasons for voting YEA: [Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC; the District of Columbia has one representative to Congress and no Senators; Rep. Holmes can introduce bills but her vote does not count]: This 51st state would have no jurisdiction over the federal territory or enclave that now consists of the Washington that Members of Congress and visitors associate with the capital of our country. Those would remain under federal jurisdiction. The New Columbia Admission Act was the first bill I introduced in 1991. Statehood is the only alternative for the citizens of the District of Columbia. To be content with less than statehood is to concede the equality of citizenship that is the birthright of our residents as citizens of the United States.

Source: New Columbia Admission Act 15_H317 on Jan 13, 2015

Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access.

Wild voted YEA For the People Act of 2019