If the Democrats were to win the House and Senate and the White House, what should be the agenda?

[kentuck]

I would think one of the first lines of business would be to reform the present tax system? Fix the loopholes.

Secondly, the tax breaks for moving businesses overseas should come to an end. It is time.

Thirdly, no dollars stashed and hidden in foreign accounts would be guaranteed and protected by the US Government. If their currency were to fail, that would be their problem, not the American people's problem.

Fourth, to fix Obamacare, there should be Medicare For All. Anybody can buy into it. Anybody that wants to keep their present insurance would be permitted to do so. However, those that are uninsured or wish to sign up for Medicare For All would be permitted to do so.

There should be a leveling of drug prices in this country. It should be required. Drugs in America should not cost more than it does in other countries.

That would be a good start for this progressive.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Education

The age of ignorant deplorables has to end.

[Foggyhill]

4. This long haul job, gotta insure democracy is protected firdt

[C_U_L8R]

38. Yes. Very much a long haul job.

Media needs to become more responsible too.
All of us can do a part in lifting society higher
(vs dragging to the depths)

[Foggyhill]

2. Supreme Court, voting reform, campsign finance reform, health csre

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Fix Obamacare first.

Even if it's just to add a public option. That will keep it alive.

If we have control of Congress, it's not likely to last long. Do as much as you can with the time you have improving the one thing the opposition hates and wants to destroy.

[Foggyhill]

6. PRotecting democracy is the key to the future

Nothing can be done in just 2 years
That's why the 1965 laws lead to this juncture to demolish the GOP, now it's time to finish the job

Good old days for trump voters is pre 1965, that says everything

[Qutzupalotl]

7. The ACA was written and passed in 2 years

so surely adding a public option won't take that long.

I don't disagree about campaign finance reform, but much of that will be taken care of by a supreme court that will overturn Citizens United.

[Foggyhill]

8. Voting reform had been thrown back to congress

After the Supreme Court décision, who then did nothing which led to all those voter suppression effort

[Qutzupalotl]

49. If ACA implodes due to R obstruction, Ds will be blamed.

All the voting reform in the world won't help us if no one wants us in office.

I am being hyperbolic here, but you get my drift. Health insurance collapse means the party's over.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Minimum wage....

then the big stuff. MW could be a fairly easy lift.

2. Supreme court nomination

3. Start on Obamacare update

[eissa]

9. Student loan debt

We have a generation starting out in life up to their eyeballs in debt. Marriage, home ownership, saving, etc. are all out of reach while they struggle to pay off their debts with jobs that don't pay enough.

[lapfog_1]

10. Sad to say, but the very first order of business is one of national security

The anti-terrorism task force will need money to start investigating the white supremacists and alt-right traitors.

[Thor_MN]

39. I don't disagree that they need to be investigated, but in terms of priority?

Terrorism is flashy, but extremely rare. There are daily risks that endanger and kill far more people than terrorism.

Put it on the list, but not in first place.

[Jason1961]

54. Good point

If we'd passed comprehensive gun control measures before this wouldn't be a threat now.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. It's possible, after the election, 9 states including CA will have legal recreational cannabis

It's time to get the Federal government out of the pot prohibition business by removing it from the CSA - and allowing state-legal cannabis businesses access to the banking system.

[Cakes488]

20. Yes!!

[pangaia]

12. Arts education in all schools beginning in.pre-school.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

13. minimum basic income

[TXCritter]

14. Science education & climate change

End the wars
Fix our educational finance system
Fix Obamacare
Restore anti-trust prosecutions
Break up the trusts & monoplies
Reclaim hidden tax revenue
De-incentive exporting jobs

[ronnie624]

15. An Apollo-style effort to mitigate the effects of global climate change,

absolutely MUST top the priority list. Little else matters in the foreseeable future.

[ebbie15644]

16. My number one priority

Is to find a way to get money out of the political system. I think if that could be achieved all the other things would be easier to achieve

[tinrobot]

17. Climate Change

Nothing is more urgent and important.

[roamer65]

18. Turn Medicare into a single payor and remove the FICA cap.

No more "buying" into health insurance. It is "cradle to grave" like Canada. Fund it by a payroll tax and cuts to defense spending.

Remove the cap on payment of FICA taxes. If you make $5M, you pay it on every damn ounce of it.

[Johonny]

19. I agree fix tax system to remove the artificial budget deficit and kill a major GOP talking point

second fix problems with Obamacare

third fix predatory lending from payday loans to student loans

four free or have a trial for everyone in Gitmo (it's time)

five name Obama for the open court vacancy. They refused to follow the constitution so * them. Obama has 60% approval and is qualified for the job. He's the perfect replacement for Scalia.

six encourage people like Van Jones to run for office in the mid-terms. Don't run away from Hillary but aggressively run in every district and tout accomplishments.

seven appoint a special prosecutor to look into Trumps business (just kidding

eight federally fund abortion. Fuck it, it's time. Women deserve federally funded health care options.

Nine infrastructure spending. It's time to make a modern America.

[Volaris]

21. Publicly-funded elections via federal tax, and corporations are NOT persons re: donations

That's first, because if the pols are going to be beholden to money-donors, it has to be OUR money they're beholden to, or we will be right back here in the future.

[Calculating]

22. Minimum wage

And regulating big pharma. Also fix abominations like citizens united if possible.

[GaYellowDawg]

23. Supreme Court first.

With just one litmus test for a putative Justice: repeal Citizens United and, in the strongest possible language, establish that corporations are not people.

Second: remove the cap from Social Security and Medicare taxes. Double the penalties for delayed payment of these taxes.

Third: remove tax breaks for moving businesses overseas. Require, as part of the bill, that a corporation's location for tax purposes be the country in which they make the most in profits, rather than the location of their "corporate offices." Establish economic sanctions against "tax haven" countries.

Fourth: Remove "under 65" provision from Medicare and make it optional for anyone to join it or not, their choice. Auto-enroll anyone who shows up at an emergency room or doctor without insurance.

Fifth: begin works program for infrastructure repair similar to WPA under Roosevelt. Offer full student loan remittance for 5 years of reduced pay service in that program.

Sixth: Greatly expand funding and personnel to combat foreign hackers. Treat any hacking by foreign powers as an attack by their armed forces; defeat them and retaliate in greater force.

That's it for legislative initially - in terms of executive actions, I think President Clinton should immediately communicate in the strongest possible diplomatic terms that the United States honors our commitment to NATO and, in the process, inform Putin in the strongest possible diplomatic terms that further aggression will not be tolerated.

[RainCaster]

24. Liberalize the hell out of the Supreme Court, then kill CU

Let all the old guard liberals on the bench retire. Replace them with left wing liberals that are young enough to affect policy for another 4 decades. Then nail the coffin over Citizens United. That decision never should have happened. And bitch slap all those red states that are trying to defend planned parenthood.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

25. Supreme Court first and foremost

No more 4-4 non-decisions.

Then a blitz of Medicare for All, overrule Citizens' United, fix the infrastructure (get good jobs going -- and support unions along the way), strengthen foreign ties, reinstate the Voting Rights Act and then start chipping away at the rest.

The secret is to hit them hard on Day One, and not wait a couple of months as Obama did, which gave the GOP a chance to regroup and block him at every turn.

Hillary may get a mandate. She might also get the entire Congress. Use it to push a liberal agenda through, or at least use that as a starting point for negotiations, with the goal being to always end up with a center-left result.

[davsand]

26. Not to be a crepe hanger, but I doubt much progressive action would happen.

It has already been stated that there is zero interest in any meaningful health care reform beyond shoring up the Obama care cash cow for insurance companies. There is zero interest in any reduction in student loan interest rates or free college--even for lower income families. There is no interest in stopping fracking. There is minimal interest in stopping trade deals or pipelines.

Pretty much it will be business as usual except MAYBE we'd see a couple SCOTUS appointments that are not as bad as the dead one that left the open seat we have right now. You might see women added to the Selective Service registration, and maybe they could manage to pass a few feel good resolutions regarding women's pay.

Nice dream to think about a Dem controlled Congress, but I honestly think it will be a complete waste.

Sorry.


Laura

[ronnie624]

28. There's no need to apologize.

We're an apathetic, ignorant lot, generally speaking. That's not a good source of political capital for tackling the important issues.

[Missn-Hitch]

29. I don't know.

IF we get both houses, it should be an aggressive agenda.

We should approach this opportunity as if it will only last for 2 years. Tax reform and massive investment in infrastructure are a couple of things I hope get accomplished.

I do understand your cynicism though. Cheers.

[radical noodle]

27. Jobs because that will satisfy the most people

Then quickly on to the other things.

We'll have to fight off all the lies that Trumpkins will be telling about the administration. Maybe she can make him the czar of narcissism to make him feel important.

[Foggyhill]

30. Jobs is too vague and a grabbag

It cannot meaningfully be done in2 years beyond investments in infrastructure

[radical noodle]

44. It doesn't have to be done in 2 years

if they set it up at the beginning with things like green energy, infrastructure, minimum wage increase and the other things she's talked about. It would also include raising taxes on the wealthiest. Set the foundation. Of course it won't happen all at once, but get it going and then go on to other things while the economy turns upward for the little guy. Economies turn slowly and climate change (green energy) does as well, so they are important to change early.

Then on to immigration, criminal justice reform, and all the other important things to do. I actually think she'll set a lot of things in motion at the beginning. She won't have a learning curve going in.

JMHO of course.

[Shankapotomus]

32. Campaign finance & election reform

No more of these money driven campaigns.

Each candidate gets a government website page to lay out their case and a fixed amount of money for travel and that's it. No more relying on companies and American citizens for private cash to run campaigns.

No more buying politicians or favors.

[lovemydog]

33. A new new deal.

Criminal justice reform.

Close tax loopholes for the rich.

Expand the Affordable Care Act & move toward a single payer system.

Immigration reform.

Increase the minimum wage.

Appoint strong liberals to the Supreme Court and the federal courts.

I know all of these things can't be done overnight. I see it as continuing & strengthening the improvements begun during the Obama Administration.

[Freddie]

34. Infrastructure

Put thousands to work in good jobs fixing our roads and bridges.
Pass the ERA with new language including LGBT.
Remove the FICA cap and increase SS benefits.
Guaranteed paid leave for new parents. Paid sick time for all.
An end to "on demand scheduling" so all workers have a predictable schedule.

[Freddie]

35. End gerrymandering

Find a way. Absolutely ridiculous that politicians choose their voters and not the other way around.

[Retired George]

36. 70% tax rate on millionaires restored

And anyone advocating war shall be legally required to have at least one of their kids in the military on active service.

[kentuck]

37. If the past is any indicator...

The first thing the Democrats will do is look to work with the Republicans.

[Richard D]

40. Global warming

First and most important. If that isn't dealt with everything else is moot.

[Sunsky]

41. Supreme Court #1

Immigration reform, criminal justice reform (if Democrats have control of the branches of government and neglect to work on these two, we will lose Hispanics and African Americans [me] for years to come- mark my words), fix Obamacare, wall street, tax and campaign finance reform (in that order).

[Coyotl]

42. The whole platform.

[Stinky The Clown]

43. Decriminalize ALL drug use. Define addiction as a disease.

End the stupid War on Drugs. Arrest and prosecute drug dealers above street level, but make low level user-dealers misdemeanors. Stop arresting users at all.

Drug addiction is an epidemic in this country.

[kentuck]

45. Isn't this something the Democrats should be thinking about?

What do they do if they are given power by the people? Do they prove themselves worthy of our support?

[LWolf]

47. First on the agenda:

A self-examination and detox of the party removing the neo-liberal disease. Then they could move on to:

2. Get rid of Citizen's United, and reform elections by making them 100% publicly funded and using some sort of IRV system.

3. Re-regulate and make public again all the de-regulated and privatized public services that have been decimated since the Reagan revolution.

4. Re-focus attention away from global empire and war, and towards domestic infrastructure and programs that benefit the 99% and move social justice issues forward.

Without that first thing, though, the rest could not happen.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

48. LOCK DONALD TRUMP UP!

but honestly I wouldn't shed tears if they did.

[AwakeAtLast]

50. Change some of the Congressional rules

No Hastert rule ( )

Fix filibusters

[underpants]

51. KEN BONE for Secretary of Hugs

[Jason1961]

52. WHEN we take back the House & Senate

I'd like to see

1) First and foremost we need to get a very Progressive SCOTUS Justice in place. Hopefully Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Breyer retire during her first term so that she can make the appointments.

2) Second Issue we need to have the courage to tackle is gun control. I know it's a tough fight but we can't constantly shy away from a fight every time the Republicans and the NRA start screaming. I think after the beating their going to get when Trump drags their Party down their spirits will be low and we'll be able to keep the momentum of the election going and finally accomplish some meaningful gun control measures. While we should move to an eventual outright ban on all guns we can't do it overnight so I'd be very happy with a ban on assault weapons, ban on high capacity clips, universal background check, registration, licensing (with intense mental health screening and safety training) and stiff penalties for violating these laws. This will be a great start to joining the rest of the civilized world and make our streets much safer for everyone.

3) Universal Healthcare, if we can win the gun control battle this one will be easy. People are already getting fed up with their health insurance companies so I think the time will be right to finally set this in stone. While a lot of very smart people point to how much time it takes to

4) Tackling minimum wage, after the gun control and universal healthcare fights are won this one should be next. Every American has a right to a living wage, especially the poorest Americans. This issue reaches everyone and will be something that will make a huge difference in their lives; and they'll thank us for it in 2020.

5) Immigration, we need to create a path to citizenship for these families that are already here and the ones that are coming. Personally I like the idea of settling them in the South to start making States like Texas Purple but of course they can live wherever they like. These people will help balance out the white majorities that are entrenched and obliterate any remaining white minority rule.

With these 5 changes I think Hillary would be a shoe in for 2020 and would firmly build upon the foundations Obama has laid.

It will be a very exciting four years.

[scscholar]

57. Right about guns. We need to get rid of them.

NY and CT passed some good confiscation laws. We can do that nationally.

[Jason1961]

58. All we need is courage

Once we have the power all we'll need is the courage to act.

The only guns I would be in favor of people having (with Licensing, Registration, Rigorous Mental Health and Back Ground Checks) are muskets.

[kentuck]

59. That would probably be returning to the "original" definition in our Constitution?

Some people believe in the strict letter of the Constitution. Muskets would be legal and constitutional.

[Warren DeMontague]

63. The idea that the Democratic Party is about to run around "confiscating" guns is a RW meme

it's bullshit. Extremism is the GOP platform that wants to outlaw birth control. You're going to have Republicans throwing women in prison for using the pill well before there is ever going to be any federal "gun confiscation".

Listen to our candidate. We support common sense gun regulations, which is not "we're coming to take away your six-shooter, yosemite sam"

[davidn3600]

56. That's always a risk

35 year olds are very young and almost certainly won't think the same way when they are 65.

[LonePirate]

55. Priority #1 = eliminating the Senate filibuster so we can pass everything else

[Go Vols]

60. Make voting compulsory

by mail or at polls would head my list.

[NobodyHere]

61. Get a Supreme court judge appointed

[ohnoyoudidnt]

62. Campaign finance reform.

That is the key to make sure we can get and keep the right kind of people in congress for all the other needed changes.

[ananda]

64. Anything Sanders and Warren want for the American people!

That would be fine with me.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

65. Supreme Court, Then Universal Health Care

The Supreme Court will take care of many of the problems that exist right now. Then we give the Republicans what they want and repeal Obamacare........and replace it with nationwide Single-Payer. The question is will there still be a group of "blue dog" Democrats who will once again stand in the way of single-payer, leaving us with yet another faint shadow of it?

[Kablooie]

67. We should continue the sequester and shut down the government!

Oh ... sorry. I have dyslxeia.

Ahem...

We should cancel the sequester and fund the government to reasonable levels again.