The Big Idea - Page 3

September 4, 2020

Sen. Tom Udall's Big Idea: Expand federally protected land – a lot

Western Democrats want to add conservation protections to at least 30 percent of undeveloped land and 30 percent of the ocean within U.S. territory by 2030. 

August 28, 2020

Debbie Dingell's Big Idea: Dethrone Iowa, New Hampshire as first presidential primary states

As soon as the 2020 election is over, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., will get to work on her longstanding political goal to reform the presidential primary process -- so that Iowa and New Hampshire no longer vote first. 

August 21, 2020

Georgia AG Chris Carr's Big Idea: Coronavirus liability protection for businesses

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and other Republican AGs are pushing to protect businesses reopening during the coronavirus pandemic from lawsuits that may arise from customers who claim they contracted the virus in the course of dealing with them.

August 14, 2020

Mitt Romney's Big Idea: Prevent Social Security and Medicare from going bankrupt

Sen. Mitt Romney would create special committees to craft fast-track legislation to preserve federal trust funds.

August 7, 2020

David McIntosh’s Big Idea: Fund school choice options for parents amid coronavirus

David McIntosh, president of The Club for Growth and a former Republican congressman from Indiana, has what he believes is a solution to the problem of schools being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic: give parents greater flexibility should their districts decide to keep classrooms shuttered this fall.

July 31, 2020

Sen. Tammy Duckworth's Big Idea: A Marshall Plan for coal country

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., wants to give struggling coal communities a jolt of new federal investment and help transition out-of-work miners into new jobs and cleaner energy production. 

July 24, 2020

Stephen Moore’s Big Idea: Replace federal income tax with national sales tax

Stephen Moore, a member of President Trump’s economic recovery task force and an economist at FreedomWorks, has a bold idea for how to reinvigorate the economy.

July 17, 2020

Ivanka Trump’s Big Idea: Overhaul government hiring to prioritize job skills over college degrees

Trump, a co-chair of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, has urged the government to engage in hiring practices to “better recognize the talents and competencies of all Americans” it hires.

June 26, 2020

Robert Johnson's Big Idea: $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans

Johnson, the first black billionaire in the United States, has put a price tag on the debt America owes to African-Americans at $14 trillion.

June 19, 2020

Sen. Josh Hawley’s Big Idea: Allow Americans to sue Big Tech for selective political censorship

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wants to give Americans the ability to sue major tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter if those companies are believed to engage in selective censorship of political speech.