Daniel Biss

Where they stand.

The issues

• Lowering the Cost of Essentials — Putting Working Families First

  Wants to lower housing and child care costs, pass Medicare for All, and cap family child care spending at 7% of income.

  “I’ll fight for legislation to make sure no family spends more than 7% of their income on child care.”

  Source for Lowering the Cost of Essentials — Putting Working Families First, on Daniel Biss’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Combating Income Inequality By Taking on Wealth Hoarding

  Wants a wealth tax on billionaires, a rollback of Trump tax cuts for top earners, and higher corporate tax rates.

  “We should implement a modest wealth tax on the assets of billionaires and ultra-millionaires to fund the priorities we all care about.”

  Source for Combating Income Inequality By Taking on Wealth Hoarding, on Daniel Biss’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Cleaning Up Corruption and Restoring Trust in Our Democracy

  Wants to ban congressional stock trading, ban partisan gerrymandering, overturn Citizens United and create small-donor public matching.

  “I’ll champion federal legislation to ban partisan gerrymandering, and to ensure districts are compact, contiguous, and protect communities of interest.”

  Source for Cleaning Up Corruption and Restoring Trust in Our Democracy, on Daniel Biss’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Protecting Social Security, Medicare, and a dignified retirement

  Says he will oppose cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and supports raising Social Security benefits.

  “In Congress, I’ll vote against any legislation that makes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid”

  Source for Protecting Social Security, Medicare, and a dignified retirement, on Daniel Biss’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

From Daniel Biss’s campaign website. Summaries are ours; anything in quotation marks is copied word for word from the linked page. Read the full platform (opens in a new tab) ↗

The promises

• AccountabilityClock is ticking

  Never trade stocks while serving in Congress

  “I don’t own any individual stocks, and I pledge never to trade stocks while in Congress.”

  Campaign website, Cleaning Up Corruption page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗

• AccountabilityClock is ticking

  Refuse corporate PAC money

  “I’m not taking a dime of corporate PAC money, because the only people I’ll answer to are the people of the 9th District.”

  Campaign website, Cleaning Up Corruption page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗

• HealthClock is ticking

  Vote against any bill that cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid

  “In Congress, I’ll vote against any legislation that makes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid”

  Campaign website, Protecting Social Security page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Cost of livingClock is ticking

  Champion a bill raising Social Security benefits $200 a month, funded by taxing income over $250,000

  “If elected, I’ll champion Congresswoman Schakowsky’s bill that would increase benefits by $200 a month — $2,400 a year — paid for by applying the Social Security tax to incomes over $250,000.”

  Campaign website, Protecting Social Security page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗