Kamala Harris
Party
Democrat
Home State
California
Experience
US Senator for California, 32nd District Attorney of California, and Current 49th Vice President.
Donors
Harris’s campaign is mostly funded through large contributions, with the top contributors being Future Forward USA Action, a left-leaning organization whose mission is to rebuild America’s middle class and American democracy, and the Lincoln Project, which is a political action committee founded by moderate or former Republicans who oppose Donald Trump.
Top 3 Issues
Harris supports legislation to protect access to abortion nationally. She opposes a national abortion ban and has taken steps to urge Congress to restore the reproductive protections originally granted in Roe v. Wade. During her time as Senator before the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, she cosponsored legislation that would limit a state’s ability to limit or burden abortion access. Under the Biden campaign, she has fought for reproductive freedom by protecting FDA-approved medication abortion, supporting those who must travel to seek reproductive health care, and protecting the privacy of patients and healthcare providers
Harris has largely backed Biden’s infrastructure plan such as his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, aimed at revitalizing the economy post-pandemic, alongside investments in significant infrastructure upgrades and climate actions, and his Inflation Reduction Act, which provides funding for small businesses and caped the cost of insulin. For her own agenda, she supports the Economic Opportunity Coalition, which aims to partner the public and private sectors together, resulting in the investment of billions of dollars to create opportunity and grow the wealth of underserved communities. The goal of these investments is to expand access to health care and cut insulin prices, boost educational investments, make housing more affordable, and increase the wealth of American families.
As vice president, Harris has prioritized dealing with the root causes of immigration, specifically from Latin American countries. Last year, she announced that $950 million in pledges from private companies would support Latin American countries to mitigate poverty and violence by supporting farmers and creating textile jobs. As senator, she co-sponsored the Dreamer Confidentiality Act, which prevented the Department of Homeland Security from disclosing information about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or more commonly called Dreamers) recipients to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In 2020, she also co-sponsored the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act, which would “address immigration issues related to COVID-19” by establishing programs that would translate materials and provide telephone hotlines in the specified needed language.
