Day One: Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation."
Will they shred the First Amendment to do so, just as with McCain-Feingold?
Day Two: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
1. Will the Congress rubber-stamp the provisions of a politically-motivated committee just to give us all warm fuzzies that something is being done, (as with the Patriot Act?) or will they debate these issues on the floor before voting for them on the merits?
2. Should I expect better national security
planning from the party that believes war should be a last resort? That rejects certain strategies just because they are "pre-emptive" or "unilateral"? That fears to take certain steps for fear of making terrorists angry? That, as sitting Congressmen, publicly impugn and ridicule the President and the Secretary of Defense, knowing that they are making propaganda for jihadists? That failed to respond effectively to terrorism for eight years, while defunding and down-sizing the military? That's some good planning, there.
Time remaining until 100 hours: Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, maybe in one step. Cut the interest rate on student loans in half. Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.
Why should government be doing any of these things? They may or may not be good ideas for private groups to do, but they are beyond the perview of government in a free society. Such government intervention usually leads to a slow economy, higher unemployment and stunted medical innovation.
Broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds _ "I hope with a veto-proof majority," she added in an Associated Press interview Thursday.
Shall we publicly fund abortions while we're at it, or shall we acknowledge that children deserve legal protection before and after birth?
All the days after that: "Pay as you go," meaning no increasing the deficit, whether the issue is middle class tax relief, health care or some other priority.
Does anyone expect that to happen? And with the more statist of the two parties?