Cori Bush

Former U.S. representative · lost 2026 House primary

Her 2026 campaign advocated Medicare for All and workers' organizing rights; DSA's election record shows a primary loss on August 4.

CAMPAIGN POSITION: CORI BUSH CAMPAIGN · 01.22.2026 ↗

PARTY & ORGANIZATION RECORD

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POLICY → HISTORICAL SYSTEM

proposed

Medicare for All

CURRENT MECHANISMSupports universal publicly financed health coverage.

DOCUMENTED HISTORICAL CONNECTIONSSTRUCTURAL LINKSOVIET SOCIALISTUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics · 1936 Constitution · Article 120

Structural link through nationwide public financing and administration of healthcare.

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THE AMERICAN TEST

These are the constitutional provisions and founding structures each proposal must survive. A policy is labeled unconstitutional only when controlling law supports that conclusion; unresolved threats and tensions remain plainly identified.

AUTHORITY DEPENDS ON THE ENACTED MECHANISM

LIMITED, ENUMERATED FEDERAL POWER

Article I and Tenth Amendment

Test the claimed federal power, the Necessary and Proper connection, and powers reserved to the states or the people.

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THE VERDICT STANDARD

Follow the mechanism. Name the ideology. Test it against the Constitution. Show the historical result. No party label, campaign language, or modern rebranding overrides that record.

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