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Disability issues
Gabbard has cosponsored several bills important to the disability community and opposed the 2017 ADA Education and Reform Act as she believed it would effectively dismantle the ADA and impose undue requirements on individuals with disabilities before they could sue businesses for violating accessibility laws.

Economy and financial reform
Gabbard has advocated for financial reform since first running for Congress, including such measures as restoring the Glass-Steagall Act and breaking up too-big-to-fail banks. She supports eliminating corporate income tax breaks for "offshoring" and in 2016 led protests against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, criticizing both the deal itself and the secrecy surrounding the negotiations: "Because of a woeful lack of transparency, the American people know very little about his this agreement will benefit multi-national corporations at the expense of the American worker." In 2019, she introduced the Wall Street Banker Accountability for Misconduct Act. During the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak, Gabbard supported a temporary universal basic income of $1000 per month.

Education
Gabbard supports making community college tuition free for all Americans while making all four-year colleges tuition free for students with an annual family income of $125,000 or less. The tuition would be funded by a new tax on trading stocks and bonds.

Family policy
Gabbard co-sponsored the Family Act legislation to grant employees 60 days of paid, job-protected leave to care for a newborn child or for any family member for medical reasons. She advocates universal basic income to allow one parent to either provide childcare themselves at home or to pay for childcare. She also advocates for expanding pre-kindergarten education to all Americans.

Gun control
Gabbard has an F-rating from the NRA and a 100% rating by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Gabbard supports comprehensive pre-purchase background checks, closing loopholes in laws regarding domestic violence and suspected terrorism, and a ban on military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines.

Sex work decriminalization
In March 2019, Gabbard told BuzzFeed News, "If a consenting adult wants to engage in sex work, that is their right, and it should not be a crime. All people should have autonomy over their bodies and their labor." In February 2020, she echoed that in a statement to Reason. The sex worker advocacy group Decriminalize Sex Work gave her a grade of A− on sex work decriminalization, making her the only presidential candidate to get a score above a B−.

Veterans Issues
In 2014, Gabbard introduced a bill to allow veterans not getting timely healthcare from the Veterans Administration to get care from non-VA medical providers. This bill was incorporated into the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act passed later that year. In 2015, Gabbard and Scott Perry (R-Pa.) launched a Congressional caucus dedicated to helping post-9/11 veterans and introduced legislation with Chris Stewart (UT-02) to expand veterans’ healthcare options. In 2016, working with John Kline (R-MN), Gabbard amended the National Defense Authorization Act expanding military retiree access to health care and, as co-chair of the Post 9/11 Veterans Caucus, helped introduce and pass the Forever GI Bill to extend and improve the GI Bill benefits granted to veterans, surviving spouses, and dependents. In 2019, together with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), she introduced the Retired Pay Restoration Act to expand retirement benefits for disabled veterans.

Women's issues and abortion
Gabbard was an original cosponsor of bills to transfer decision-making in military sexual assault cases from the chain of command to experienced trial counsel to determine the appropriate trial path to pursue; hold congressional perpetrators personally and financially accountable for sexual harassment abuses of power; expand pro-bono legal services for domestic violence survivors; and revise and reauthorize various programs and activities to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Gabbard supports reproductive rights, her early opposition to abortion changed by her military experience in Iraq seeing "the destructive effect of having governments … act as moral arbiters for their people." While she has a 100% voting record with both Planned Parenthood and NARAL, she opposes abortions during the third trimester of pregnancy, "unless a woman's life or severe health consequences is at risk."

In December 2020, Gabbard introduced a bill to ensure a healthcare practitioner exercises proper care if a child survives an abortion.