If/When Democrats control the Congress again, what are the Top 3 agenda

[Pryderi]

1. Lasting Election Reform
2. Roll back the tax cuts to the wealthy
3. Fix Medicare.

Those are mine, what are yours?

[NanceGreggs]

1. Can't argue with YOUR choices ...

... looks like the Top Three to me, too.

[LincolnMcGrath]

2. Election Security

Repeal Right to Work Nationwide

Universal Healthcare

[Frances]

3. Bring back the fairness doctrine on radio and TV

nt

[OzarkDem]

30. Agree n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. I disagree...

slightly.

1. Lasting Election Reform
2. Roll back the tax cuts to the wealthy
3. Universal Health care


:)

[Independent_Liberal]

5. Hey, those are my top 3.

In that order too.

:)

[Erika]

6. How about bringing our troops home from Iraq?

Since we're losing troops daily. See at www.icasualties.org

To those of us with family members over there that is the top priority.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. So much to fix

1. Voting rights
2. Roll back tax cuts
3. Media reforms: a) Break up media monopolies b) Restore fairness doctrine

[NativeTexan]

8. Mine go like this...

1. Roll back tax cuts for the rich.

2. Completely repeal, then rework and rename the "Patriot" Act.

3. Return power to the legislative branch that was stolen then raped by this bunch of thugs.

[CAG]

9. 1. True security efforts

1. True security efforts.
- this would include
a. stop pissing off every other country in the world
b. stop plundering natural resources of every other developing country in the Wolfowitz World Bank Web
c. securing ports
d. going after al queda instead of Iraqi citizens

2. Curb health care spending.
- this would include
a. educate citizens that industries averaging 20% profit margins in most of history are called "THIEVES" (ie, big pharma)
b. eliminate direct to consumer advertising from big pharma
c. eliminate bribes to health care providers (otherwise known as free dinners, speakers bureaus, "consultant fees", sponsored trips) from big pharma
d. allow medicare to negotiate prices

3. Protect american jobs
a. penalize outsourcing

[alfredo]

10. Let's see

1. Bring the troops home, (saving billions a month)
2. Repeal tax cuts. (saving billions more)
3. Use some for debt reduction, the rest to undo the damage done by the tax cuts for the rich, and his war.

[Lindacooks]

11. Here's mine:

1. Impeachment over NSA and illegal war
2. National Health Care
3. Roll back tax cuts to the wealthy

and if I could have a 4, it would be election reform and elimination of paperless voting machines.

[Lasher]

12. Oboy, this is like wishing what you're gonna get for Christmas

1. Open investigations on everything the pukes have shielded from oversight.
2. Rescind all of Bush's tax cuts for individuals and corporations.
3. Universal health care.

[f-bush]

13. to me it would be...

Restoring Civil Rights
Restoring Fiscal sanity ie no tax breaks for the wealthy
and the third would be a comprehensive universal health care plan!

[serryjw]

14. My 3.......

1) Try Bush & Co for war crimes
2) Schedule trial in THE HAGUE
3) Decide what prison Bushit & Co will spend the rest of their lives in...( All countries can 'bid' on it!)


4) Take America back

[AndyTiedye]

15. #1 is IMPEACHMENT!

1. IMPEACHMENT
2. End the War
3. Start cleaning up the mess the elephants leave behind.

[flaminbats]

16. three issues for a Democratic Congress

1) impeachment
2) peace
3) open the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to the public at a group rate

I would love to see this President veto #3..is it good enough for him but not for the taxpayer?

[BattyDem]

17. It's hard to pick only three ...

but the first things that popped into my head are:

1) Election Reform (which means guaranteed voting rights for all and a voter verified paper trail - no more corporate ownership of voting machines with secret software!)
2) Universal health care (In a democracy, health care should be a RIGHT, not a privilege!)
3) Media Reform, which means break up the media monopolies, reinstate the Fairness Doctrine and make sure that the news media tells the truth. If they call it news, it must be fact, not fiction. (If we had a REAL media, we wouldn't have most of the current problems we face. Informed people don't vote for selfish idiots and they don't tolerate shit from the government!)

Of course, we need to get rid of the Patriot Act, rollback the tax cuts for the wealthy, reinstate civil rights, get out of Iraq, mend fences all over the world and prosecute every member of BushCo - but I think it would be easier to do that if our votes are counted fairly and accurately, if we're healthy and not strangled by medical bills, and if we're well informed. :-)

[Sadie5]

18. Financial reform

The banks are no better than loan sharks.

[TankLV]

19. Impeachment.

Investigations - all of the crimes during the past 6 years. Open up Cheney's files, DEMAND all items that were never given. Especially secret ENERGY meetings.

Imprisonment - of ALL REPUKE criminals.

[MiniMe]

20. I would have to add stop the domestic spying programs

[IndianaGreen]

21. End the war

End the war

End the war

We cannot do shit until we end this war!

[Pryderi]

22. There's so much that needs to be fixed, Impeachment is far down on my list

[SuperWonk]

23. Got to agree...

Election reform is high on my list as well (as well as the war).

Don't know if anyone caught wind of the press conference this morning.

National Popular Vote launched their campaign aimed at making every person's vote count (for once) without having to amend the constitution.

A very timely issue: http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/npv/

[mtnester]

24. Permanent Election reform

or no one will ever get the chance for the rest of everyone's list.

Once we retake part of congress and maybe the WH, it will be YEARS just cleaning up messes...some decisions may be unpopular too....

Election reform..election reform..election reform

[SuperWonk]

25. You said it!

I think this election reform movement will be huge for us, if people take this issue out of the back of their closets and give it the attention and change it has had coming for a while.

[Uncle Joe]

26. 1# Impeach Bush/Cheney (I think we can get a group rate)

2# Do what they can to save the planet from global warming.
3# Make a resolution to draft Al Gore. The solutions to all the other problems will flow from this.


Honorary mention
4# Make Al Gore's Birthday a national holiday.

[AngryAmish]

27. Cleansing our nation

The rot goes deep and we must make sure that they never get a chance to ruin our nation.

[Hosnon]

28. National Security needs to be at the top...to win and maintain control. nt

[OzarkDem]

29. Change #3

to national health care (as in single payer)

I'm with you on the first two.

Also add campaign finance reform and lobbying reform.

In this order

1. Campaign finance reform
2. Lobbying reform
3. Election reform
4. Tax cut rollbacks
5. Single payer health care system

Remove the chokehold of outside influence on Congress and the rest of the agenda is much easier.