Progressive Resolutions For 2013

[ProSense]

Progressive Resolutions For 2013

By ThinkProgress

1. Reform the broken immigration system. <...>

2. Enact sensible gun safety laws. <...>

3. Secure higher wages and benefits for workers. <...>

4. Enhance oversight of the drones program. <...>

5. Adopt a more effective federal drug policy. <...>

6. Embrace progressive monetary policy. <...>

7. Reform the filibuster. <...>

8. Minimize risky bank transactions. <...>

9. Repeal the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act. <...>

10. Advance national standards for federal elections. <...>

11. Secure paid sick and parental leave. <...>

12. Invest in infrastructure. <...>

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/12/31/1356591/progressive-resolutions-for-2013/

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[Bad_Ronald]

2. Great list! Too bad we don't have enough genuine progressives in D.C. to help

us enact all of those things.

[Takket]

3. filibuster reform

Would reforming the filibuster only require a vote from the senate, or would it have to pass the senate/house and be signed by obama like a normal bill?

[Freddie]

4. More:

13. Find a way to end gerrymandering
14. Protect a woman's right to control her own body
15. Proceed with implementation of the Affordable Care Act
16. Raise or end the FICA wage cap

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Let's do these things! And then some!

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