- See Michael Lawler's sponsored bills →Michael LawlerRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$10.0M raised
- Cait ConleyDemocratic✓ Verified$9.7M raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | Michael LawlerRepublican | Cait ConleyDemocratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Lawler supports delivering tax relief to working families, seniors, and small businesses to help them keep more of what they earn. Lawler votes consistently yea on bills supporting technology use, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention. | Conley supports growing the economy by investing in education, expanding apprenticeship programs, capping student loan interest rates, and modernizing school infrastructure to prepare kids for future jobs. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Cait Conley supports growing the economy by investing in education, expanding apprenticeship programs, capping student loan interest rates, and modernizing school infrastructure to prepare kids for future jobs 1. Michael Lawler votes consistently yea on bills supporting technology use, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention 2. | ||
| Healthcare | Lawler supports making healthcare more affordable and accessible, including extending ACA subsidies and increasing funding for vulnerable hospitals. Lawler votes yea on acts reauthorizing EARLY Act, rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities. | Conley supports lowering healthcare costs by creating a public insurance option, defending the ACA and Medicaid, expanding Medicare, capping insulin prices, and protecting reproductive rights. Conley says Medicaid cuts have caused 37,000 people in NY-17 to lose access to healthcare. |
| Immigration | Lawler votes yea on multiple immigration-related acts including Secure America, DHS support, BOWOW Act, deporting fraudsters, and special interest alien reporting, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | Conley proposes reining in abuses at ICE. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Cait Conley proposes reining in abuses at ICE 1. Michael Lawler voted yea on multiple immigration-related acts including Secure America, DHS support, BOWOW Act, deporting fraudsters, and special interest alien reporting, but voted nay on a national emergency resolution 2. | ||
| Public Safety & Crime | Lawler supports law enforcement and cracking down on crime to improve public safety. Lawler votes yea on bills enhancing prison staff safety, protecting privacy, veterans' 2nd amendment rights, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Conley has a background in national security and cybersecurity, working to protect critical infrastructure and election systems to keep Americans safe. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Cait Conley has a background in national security and cybersecurity, focusing on protecting critical infrastructure and election systems to keep Americans safe 1. Michael Lawler voted in favor of bills that enhance prison staff safety, protect privacy, support veterans' Second Amendment rights, improve cashless bail reporting, and aim to keep violent offenders off the streets 2. | ||
| Abortion | Lawler supports protecting IVF services and finding common ground on abortion. | Conley supports passing Roe v. Wade into law to protect a woman’s right to make personal healthcare decisions including access to abortion, contraception, and IVF. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Lawler fights against wasteful government spending and supports tax credits for families and small businesses. Lawler votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and related appropriations acts. | Conley supports cleaning up corruption by banning members of Congress and the White House from trading stocks to prevent profiteering from policy decisions. |
| Energy & Environment | Lawler supports reopening Indian Point Nuclear Energy Center and an all-of-the-above energy strategy including natural gas, nuclear, and renewables. Lawler votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | Conley supports modernizing energy infrastructure, investing in renewable energy projects like wind and solar, lowering electric bills, and addressing water contamination from PFAS. Conley proposes regulating monopoly utility companies by tying their profits to performance. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Lawler supports a strong national defense, military preparedness, and defending allies like Israel. Lawler votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, but yea on defense authorization, veterans clinic naming, and Ukraine support acts. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |