Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Bio | Lizzie Fletcher worked as a lawyer in Houston, Texas prior to her political career. She was educated at Kenyon College and William & Mary Law School. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Texas |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Texas |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election TX-07 | TX-07 | Yes | Running | 45.0% |
Campaign Financing | Fletcher's campaign contributions are mostly comprised of individual contributions. Her second highest proportion of contributions comes from PACs. |
Voting Rights | Fletcher has made it a priority to increase voting rights and has voted for H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, which helps protect people's representation. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Advocates for expanding healthcare access to everyone Fletcher wants to continue working towards universal healthcare. She sees the Affordable Care Act as a means of reaching increased coverage and thus would like to protect and maintain the ACA. |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Fletcher generally advocates for socialized healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | Fletcher would like to bring down costs and prioritize the consumers over corporate profits in the healthcare market. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Promotes LGBT rights Fletcher was an original co-sponsor of the Equality Act, a bill banning discrimination against LGBT people. Thus, she is committed to staying true to her campaign promises that vow her solidarity with the LGBT community. |
| Taxes | Nuance | Supports some taxes Fletcher sees the GOP's imposition of tax cuts as trying to scam the average American citizen. While she has expressed support for extending deductions and capital credit for small businesses, her position on large corporations remains unclear. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Is unsupportive of a flat tax rate Fletcher sees the GOP's imposition of tax cuts as trying to scam the average American citizen. While she has expressed support for extending deductions and capital credit for small businesses, her position on large corporations remains unclear. |
| Abortion | For | She is pro-choice. With an influx of anti-abortion legislation in Congress, Fletcher stands in opposition to those trying to take away women's reproductive freedom. She would like to guarantee individuals' right to make healthcare decisions and that includes women. |
| Gun Control | For | Supports regulations on guns Fletcher has continually cited gun violence in her attempts to help pass legislation. She has voted in favor of H.R. 1112 which requires more comprehensive background checks to become a gun owner. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has not yet expressed a clear opinion on the issue Fletcher has continually cited gun violence in her attempts to help pass legislation. She has voted in favor of H.R. 1112 which requires more comprehensive background checks to become a gun owner. |
| Government Interference | For | Fletcher generally supports government interference. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Before her career in politics, Fletcher was a co-founder of Planned Parenthood Young Leaders. |
| Welfare | For | Is an advocate of welfare programs Fletcher opposes efforts to cut funding to welfare programs. In addition, she believes the programs should not be privatized. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Fletcher does not have an explicit position non stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Fletcher has not taken an explicit stance on the death penalty. N/A |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Fletcher's opinion on mandatory minimum prison sentences is unknown. |
| Military Spending | For | Fletcher supports defense spending as seen by her vote in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act which raised funding. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Fletcher is an advocate of continuing to wage the War on Terrorism on internal terrorism as well as threats abroad. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Fletcher supports international interaction. Fletcher has applauded the bipartisan United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement which essentially negotiated the terms of NAFTA. She believes international trade is a key component to a thriving economy back home. |
| United Nations power | For | Fletcher recognizes the legitimacy of the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Against | Opposes white nationalism |
| Free Markets | Nuance | Generally opposes free markets except in some cases By and large, Fletcher sees government interference as a healthy part of a mixed economy. However, she does believe in withdrawing interference from the market in special cases such as small businesses. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Fletcher has not taken a stance on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | For | Fletcher supports affirmative action as a means of moving towards equality. |
| Government Spending | For | Fletcher would like to see more investment in infrastructure to help increase economic growth. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Fletcher has not taken a stance on charter schools. |
| Common Core | Unknown | No explicit stance on Common Core N/A |
| Clean Energy | For | Advocates for clean energy Fletcher voted in favor of H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which helps address climate change. In addition, she is a proponent of investing in the US' clean energy economy as a means of creating jobs. |
| Religious Freedom | Against | Is not a proponent of religious freedom Fletcher's priority is not to uphold the freedom to practice religion among individuals and businesses. Instead, she is willing to curb this freedom to champion LGBT rights. |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Supports the separation of church and state |
| Slavery Reparations | Against | Fletcher opposes over-generalized Leftist policy such as reparations. |
| Border Control | Nuance | Fletcher is supportive of increased security with a legitimate path to citizenship. Fletcher would like to guarantee immigrants a path to citizenship given specific requirements. She believes these requirements should involve substantial security such as restrictions on those with criminal records. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Fletcher has not made a statement on this issue. |
| DACA | For | Now that DACA is under attack, Fletcher believes that it is more important than ever to protect DACA. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No explicit stance on sanctuary cities |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Fletcher does not think there is enough research yet to fully advocate for the legalization of marijuana. |