Mike Bloomberg

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines."

Candidate's Twitter Feed, 2020

"And now, despite his promise not to cut Medicaid, he's proposing a block grant program that will do exactly that, hurting low-income children and families across America. We need a president who will achieve health care coverage for everyone, and I will get it done."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"His plan will provide permanent protections for Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, shielding them from deportation and putting them on a pathway to citizenship. Additionally, the plan will expand immigration legal services."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"The ACA made great strides in helping people who don't get health insurance through an employer afford coverage in the individual market. Mike would reverse the Trump administration's attempts at sabotage: He would expand enrollment efforts, restrict the sale of health plans that don't meet ACA standards, and defend the law against politically motivated lawsuits."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Require point-of-sale background checks for all gun sales and finally close the private sale loophole, which enables prohibited people to buy guns simply by finding unlicensed sellers at gun shows or on the Internet."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Foster collaboration between the public and private sectors to improve access to climate data. Through a new public-private sector hub for climate data, up-to-date data and maps, including FEMA's flood maps, and other tools that communities can use in planning and decision-making will be made available to state and local decision makers.

"Provide technical assistance to states, cities, territories and tribes to augment their ability to generate and use data on the effects of climate change. This technical assistance will also help engage the public to understand climate change's potential impacts and the effectiveness of resilience strategies.

"Leverage federal research capacity to advance innovation and cutting-edge strategies for making communities resilient to climate impacts."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Mike will work with Congress to codify Roe v. Wade into law, guaranteeing legal access to safe abortion in all 50 states. He will also partner with Congress to repeal the Hyde amendment, which bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of incest or rape. In addition, his plan includes a pledge to abolish a new rule put into place by President Trump that bans Title X organizations from providing abortions (even if they are funded separately) and from referring patients to other abortion providers. Abolishing this rule will expand reproductive health care to four million low-income women supported by the Title X National Family Planning, and nearly 17 million more women ages 15-44 who receive Medicaid benefits."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Mike will also increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, indexed to inflation, and ensure affordable child care, paid family leave and the right to sue employers for harassment and discrimination."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Mike will work with Congress to codify Roe v. Wade into law, guaranteeing legal access to safe abortion in all 50 states. He will also partner with Congress to repeal the Hyde amendment, which bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of incest or rape. In addition, his plan includes a pledge to abolish a new rule put into place by President Trump that bans Title X organizations from providing abortions (even if they are funded separately) and from referring patients to other abortion providers. Abolishing this rule will expand reproductive health care to four million low-income women supported by the Title X National Family Planning, and nearly 17 million more women ages 15-44 who receive Medicaid benefits."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Ramp up appliance efficiency standards and health-related pollution restrictions, including by taking carbon pollution into account, to shift to zero-pollution standards for new appliances and equipment as fast as possible, consistent with 2025.

"Expand and upgrade Energy Star to focus on shifting to electric appliances, and to educate people about pollution impacts, in addition to energy savings benefits.

"Adopt aggressive national energy efficiency targets for utilities and encourage the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to enact rules that encourage energy efficiency and ensure a fair market for demand response to support grid-interactive buildings."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"End all subsidies for fossil fuels - amounting to billions of federal dollars annually - including closing tax loopholes, ending tax breaks for drilling new oil and gas wells and deductions for royalties paid abroad, and eliminating excessive tax deductions for declining well production."

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"Quadruple the federal R&D investment in clean energy and a clean grid to at least $25 billion a year.

"Provide financial support to accelerate the use of clean-energy technologies. This includes extending and expanding solar and wind tax credits and, at the same time, create new tax incentives for private companies to improve clean-energy technology, including battery storage and green hydrogen.

"Help rural electric co-ops and public power agencies finance and manage the clean energy transition.

"Develop solutions to ensure that low-income families have equal access to clean energy."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Mike is proposing tax reforms targeting the wealthiest people and corporations in the country, to pay for critical priorities like health care, infrastructure, education, climate resilience, and affordable housing. Mike believes that the current tax system is deeply unfair because it taxes income from capital at a much lower rate than income from work, allows accumulated wealth to pass from generation to generation with little or no tax due, and provides countless loopholes that the rich can exploit to reduce their taxes still further. To improve the nation's tax system and make it fairer for everyone, Mike proposed raising rates on high-income taxpayers, taxing capital income more equitably, closing loopholes, and bolstering enforcement."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"The nation's transportation network is crumbling. Mike's plan will repair 240,000 miles of roads and 16,000 bridges by 2025, and allocate $850 billion over 10 years to critical capital investments in roads, bridges, dams, and other infrastructure - helping to create millions of jobs. Jobs created under the plan will have strong Davis-Bacon/Buy American labor protections, and Mike will ensure workers are selected from low-income and minority communities through boosted apprenticeships and training programs. He will establish a $1 billion annual 'pothole' fund to make emergency repairs and expand Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding to $30 billion a year. Require that states devote a quarter of their grants to fixing any local bridges in poor repair. And, over the next five years, Mike will triple funds annual federal investment in public transit, including $12 billion per year in a new operating assistance program to improve service and attract new users. Mike will ensure that transit is accessible for seniors and those with disabilities. And, he will also triple funds for local alternative transportation projects, including bike lanes."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"The first step is to create a Medicare-like public option - health insurance that would be administered by the federal government but paid for by customer premiums. In rolling out this option, priority would go to the uninsured, including low-income people who are in states that haven't expanded Medicaid under the ACA. A public insurance option would improve consumer choice and increase competition in the private insurance market, pushing down everyone's premiums. People of modest means who buy the public option would be eligible for the same subsidies that would apply on the health insurance exchanges."

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Mike will also end construction of Trump's ineffective wall, invest in smart security measures and upgrade our ports of entry to protect the border and increase efficiency."

Other, 2020

"Bloomberg pledges to pursue 'quiet, sustained, and firm diplomacy' with North Korea to achieve the country's total denuclearization. He focuses on the need for strong U.S. alliances, which he says Trump has weakened.

• "He told CFR that his ultimate goal would be total denuclearization, but that he would pursue an interim agreement to freeze North Korea's nuclear stockpile at current levels and halt further nuclear weapons production in exchange for some sanctions relief.
• "He says that dealing with a 'rogue state' such as North Korea requires close relationships with other countries in the region, and that Trump has undermined U.S. alliances.
• "He says there is no 'attractive' military option for responding to North Korea's nuclear program."

Other, 2020

"Bloomberg supports canceling some debt based on income, he told The Post. 'Together, the federal and state governments should make a new commitment to improving access to college and reducing the often prohibitive burdens debt places on so many students and families,' Bloomberg wrote in a 2018 New York Times op-ed."

Other, 2020

"After the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last week published a story on where other Democrat presidential hopefuls stand on Iran, a spokesman for the candidate got in touch to clarify where Bloomberg stands today.

"'Mike was initially against the Iran deal but thinks it was a mistake for President Trump to unilaterally walk away from it,' the spokesman said.

"Trump abandoned the agreement in May 2018 over the objections of the other parties: Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.

"'While the agreement was not perfect - it did not address Iran's ballistic missile program, and it gave the regime political cover to step up its aggression in the region - the US had an obligation to keep its word once the agreement was in place,' the spokesman said. 'The US withdrawal has allowed Iran to abandon its own obligations under the deal and has left the world with few tools to stop it.'

"The spokesman also said what Bloomberg would do to redress Trump's withdrawal from the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, going into more detail than most of the other candidates.

"'The first thing to do is re-establish the coalition that realized the danger of Iran marching toward a nuclear weapon. Collective pressure will be needed to change Iran's behavior,' the spokesman said. 'This should be the starting point for the use of diplomacy. We should also be prepared to employ the leverage that sanctions have provided.

"'Next, Iran must come back into compliance with the JCPOA requirements. That will require addressing the advances it is likely to make between now and next year - advances that could shrink its breakout time. After rejoining, in order for any new arrangement to be sustainable, we must also be ready to address other inadequacies in the deal, which include the need to extend fast-approaching sunset clauses, curtail Iran's ballistic missiles, end its destabilizing regional activities and institute more intrusive monitoring.'"

Candidate's Website, 2020

"Notify the U.N. to re-enter the Paris Agreement and significantly increase the U.S. commitment to reduce emissions to lead the world by example, aiming to meet the targets science tells us are necessary to reverse climate change and remain at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming."