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U.S. SENATE

Elizabeth Warren

DemocratMassachusettsCurrently serving

Sworn into the Senate on Source

What they said 122

Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.

All statements (122)Campaign (96)After election (18)In office (3)Unresolved period (5)
Campaign position · Original date not established
Government & elections

Require disclosure of donors behind election spending

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposed requiring organizations that make election-related expenditures, including dark-money groups, to promptly disclose major donors. Super PACs and other dark-money groups would also have to provide enough information for the public to trace funds to the individuals and entities that ultimately supplied them, rather than only to shell organizations.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.

Sources & original wording
Every organization that makes an election-related expenditure - including dark-money organizations - should be required to promptly disclose their large donors.
Original date
Original statement date has not been established. The capture date is not the statement date.
Collected
11/12/2026
Source: Getting Big Money Out of Politics Read the original source
Campaign position · Original date not established
Government & elections

Apply political-ad rules to online advertising

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposed updating campaign finance law to cover internet ads as electioneering communications. Large online platforms would have to keep a public file with information about political ad purchases, like TV and radio broadcasters do, and make reasonable efforts to prevent illegal ad purchases by foreign nationals.

Context: The proposed political-file and prevention requirements apply to large platforms.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Government & elections

Require presidential campaigns to disclose donor titles and fundraising events

AI-assisted summary

Warren called for presidential campaigns to disclose donors and fundraisers given special titles, including finance committee memberships and bundling achievements. Campaigns would also have to disclose fundraiser host committees, invitation names, dates, and locations. Campaigns could still hold events at executives’ homes or recognize bundlers, but voters would be able to see those arrangements.

Context: The proposed requirements apply to presidential campaigns.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Government & elections

Block foreign-influenced companies from election spending

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposed closing a legal loophole by barring foreign-controlled or foreign-influenced companies from spending money in American elections. The restrictions would cover U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies, firms with at least 1% ownership by a single foreign entity or 5% ownership by multiple foreign entities, and trade associations that receive money from those entities.

Context: The stated ownership thresholds are 1% for a single foreign entity and 5% for multiple foreign entities.

Sources & original wording
My plan would close this loophole and ban foreign controlled and influenced companies from spending in American elections
Original date
Original statement date has not been established. The capture date is not the statement date.
Collected
11/12/2026
Source: Getting Big Money Out of Politics Read the original source
Campaign position · Original date not established
Government & elections

Ban corporate PAC contributions to federal candidates

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposed making it illegal for corporate political action committees to contribute to federal candidates. The proposal would prohibit these contributions even though corporations are already barred from giving directly to candidates.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Housing

Require lenders to resolve abandoned “zombie” mortgages

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposes using bankruptcy law to let a homeowner who no longer lives in a property force the lender to complete the foreclosure or otherwise take title. The lender would then assume the property’s ongoing costs, including property taxes and code violations, rather than leaving the former homeowner liable for a property they cannot use. Warren says this is intended to help families move on and reduce abandoned, derelict properties.

Context: The proposal applies to a homeowner who is no longer residing in the property.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Housing

Set a uniform federal homestead exemption tied to local housing costs

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposes replacing varying state homestead exemptions with a uniform federal exemption equal to half the Federal Housing Finance Agency conforming loan limit for the filer’s county of residence. Because that limit varies by county, the amount would reflect local housing markets. Warren says the approach would provide more protection than the then-current federal limit and help address racial inequity in the consumer credit system.

Context: The proposal ties the exemption to the county conforming loan limit; the passage gives $255,200 as the amount for most communities in 2020.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Civil rights & justice

Protect essential family spending during bankruptcy

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposes allowing renters in bankruptcy to keep paying rent when doing so would help them avoid eviction. People who choose a repayment plan would also be allowed to set aside more money for basic needs for themselves and their children, including reasonable spending on children’s books, toys and recreation, and to continue paying union dues to help maintain employment.

Context: The additional protections for children’s spending and union dues apply to filers who choose a repayment plan. The rent protection applies when continued payment would avoid eviction.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Education

Allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposes ending the special bankruptcy treatment of student loans so they can be discharged like other consumer debts. The proposal applies to people who still have student debt after any relief available through her separate student-loan cancellation plan.

Context: The passage discusses student-loan cancellation separately; this statement concerns discharge through bankruptcy.

Campaign position · Original date not established
Civil rights & justice

Reduce bankruptcy paperwork and filing costs

AI-assisted summary

Warren proposes simplifying bankruptcy filings to require disclosure of assets, liabilities, income and expenses, while allowing courts to request more information when needed. Her plan would reverse mandatory pre-filing credit counseling and remove specified requirements on consumer bankruptcy attorneys, while authorizing local bankruptcy courts to create disciplinary panels. It would waive filing fees for people below the federal poverty level, phase fees in above that level, and let filers pay reasonable attorney fees during or after bankruptcy rather than only upfront.

Context: The plan does not specify the fee amounts or the rate at which fees phase in.