Amy Klobuchar on the issues, in under 500 words

Key facts about Amy Klobuchar:

• Current position: Senator from Minnesota — 12 years served
• Age: 58
• Born: Plymouth, Minnesota
• Undergraduate: Yale University
• Date candidacy announced: Feb. 10, 2019
• % of votes in line with Trump, per FiveThirtyEight: 30.8%
• Previous roles: Hennepin County attorney, corporate lawyer

Her stance on key issues:

• Infrastructure: Introduced a $1 trillion policy rollout in March that would use federal funds and tax subsidies to update U.S. infrastructure.
• Health care: One of 2 Democratic candidates who signed a letter backing Medicare Advantage, an alternative to traditional Medicare.
• Mental health: Released a $100 billion plan to combat mental health problems and substance abuse over the next decade, focused on prevention, treatment and recovery. She wants a chunk of the money to come from opioid manufacturers for their role in the national epidemic.
• Climate change: Backs the Green New Deal. Wants to re-enter Paris climate accord, achieve 100% net zero emissions by 2050, end fossil fuel subsidies and create jobs with heartland workers in mind.
• Criminal justice: Supported the bipartisan First Step Act, a reform of the federal prison system, in the Senate.
• Drug pricing: Urged the FTC to crack down on "pay-for-delay" pharmaceutical deals.
• Sexual harassment: Successfully pushed for legislation mandating sexual harassment training in the Senate.
• Data privacy: Sponsored a bill that proposed regulations for Facebook's data practices. She was the lead sponsor of legislation that would regulate online political ads.
• Opioids: Co-sponsored a bill that would impose a one-cent tax for each milligram of opioids in a pain pill. The funds for the tax would be used for substance abuse treatment.
• Immigration: Wants legislative reform to protect DACA and TPS recipients.

• Gun control: Wants universal background checks, to close gun show loopholes and to ban assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines.
• Education: Released a plan to increase federal funding for public schools if a school's state:
• Increases teacher pay.
• Recommends how to improve school services for working families.
• Prioritizes "workforce readiness" in high school curriculums.
• Creates a way for federal funds to be used for construction and repairs in school buildings.

Agriculture: Wants to raise the debt cap on farm bankruptcies and increase access to federal loan programs.

Key criticisms:

• Staff treatment: Multiple media outlets have detailed Klobuchar's alleged history of emotionally abusive treatment of her staff.
• Pragmatism: Hasn't embraced policies like Medicare for All and free college as many of her fellow 2020 Democratic hopefuls.

1 fun thing:

• According to a Vogue profile, "[s]he loves to brag that when she first ran for Senate, no one would take her calls, so she raised $17,000 from ex-boyfriends."

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