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November 13, 2020

Kevin McCarthy’s ‘Big Idea’: 2020 election results a ‘mandate against socialism’

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said this week that the 2020 election was a “mandate against socialism,” touting Republican gains in the House of Representatives and arguing the results show the GOP is the “party of the American worker.”

October 30, 2020

Ron Wyden's Big Idea: Defend Section 230 and prevent a 'government speech police'

Sen. Ron Wyden is one of the original authors of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that has come under intense fire in recent years, and he thinks it's getting a bad rap.

October 28, 2020

Ro Khanna introduces 'Big Idea' legislation to bring Silicon Valley jobs to middle America

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced legislation this week in the House to make a massive $900 billion investment in science and technology to expand Silicon Valley jobs to America's heartland and to ensure the United States retains its technological edge over China.

October 23, 2020

Jo Jorgensen's Big Idea: A truly market-based system of health care, like Lasik surgery

The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and figures to discuss their moonshot — what’s the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, they’d implement to change the country for the better?   Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party's 2020 presidential nominee, discusses a market-based health care vision.

October 16, 2020

Sen. Shelley Capito's 'Big Idea': Expand broadband access to bring tech jobs to rural America

Sen. Shelley Capito has been pushing to expand broadband access to rural communities for years. 

October 9, 2020

Cory Gardner's 'Big Idea': Keep pace with China in the space race and prevent it from stealing American IP

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., believes in taking special precautions to protect the United States against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One of his proposals is to pump more money and attention into the space race to prevent China from taking hold of the final frontier in an effort to enhance its own power and harm American citizens. 

October 3, 2020

Ron Johnson's 'Big Idea': Don't stop investigating Trump-Russia probe 'until we have uncovered the truth'

The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and figures to discuss their moonshot – what’s the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, they’d implement to change the country for the better? 

September 25, 2020

Rep. Doug Collins' 'Big Idea': A constitutional amendment to block court packing

Rep. Doug Collins has proposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit a change to the size of the Supreme Court until 10 years after enactment of any legislation that would alter the number of seats on the high court. 

September 18, 2020

Betsy DeVos' Big Idea: Funding students, rather than systems for school choice

Betsy DeVos shared her overall vision for school choice in America and rethinking government funding for education in an interview with Fox News.

September 11, 2020

Sen. Ben Sasse's Big Idea: Get cameras out of Senate hearings

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., is suggesting a bold proposal for how to calm the raging political atmosphere while making Washington run more efficiently in the process: remove cameras from Senate committee hearings.