Priorities for a Democratically controlled congress

Last edited Nov 19.  This will be updated when priorities are identified. 

This has been referred to as "Project 2028", we will see if the name sticks. 

Once they are back in charge the Democrats face the challenge as to what to do.  If you look to the UK or example, their conservatives,  their MAGA equivalent, were voted out last year, only to have the labor party struggle as to what to do next, and have come up with priorities that are silly, and not helpful at all.

For America, the priorities need to be:
Overturn Citizens United.  
    Corporations ARE NOT PEOPLE!  This is the highest priority as the flood of money will defeat all the other priorities.

Universal Health Care
    Oddly enough, with the Republicans killing the Obamacare subsidies, this may make this very doable, unifying those that can no longer access health insurance.  This needs to include abortion rights.

Impeach Donald Trump until it takes

     Pick one item.  Treason, impeach.  When the Senate votes to acquit, pick another.  Like violating 9 of the first 10 amendments. When the Senate votes to acquit, pick another.  Like the emoluments clause.   When the Senate votes to acquit, pick another. Committing fraud, like selling "Swiss Watches",  When the Senate votes to acquit, pick another. Defying the Supreme Court.   When the Senate votes to acquit, pick another. The list is endless. And he is adding to that list almost daily.  Just yesterday, agreeing to sell to the Saudi's F35 jets in exchange for continued business dealings with the desert kingdom.  By picking just one impeachable item and focusing on it, the trials are very short.  Make the Senate justify their votes.  With their reelection prospects dimming each time.

    Is this going to be expensive and a waste of time and money?  Yes.  Worth it, equally yes!  If he is allowed to flaunt the rules without penalty, then we are done as a country.  And that never ends well.  And if he is busy defending himself every other week in Congress, that is less time he is destroying the country.

Pass the Equal Rights Amendment.  If this includes Abortion rights, then so much the better.  Otherwise Codify a Woman's rights to her own body.

Fix the immigration system.  Lets put that word "illegal" to bed for good.  Our current system allows for a fixed number of immigrants per country.  So Luxembourg (total number of actual applicants is about zero) is allowed the same number of immigrants as Mexico.  One existing exception is Ireland, which is allowed double the number.  Because Teddy Kennedy wrote the law way back when. 

Adjust the Tax brackets.  Introduce new brackets for over 10 million a year, and above.

Raise the exception for Social Security tax from $160,000 to something in the millions.
      
Pass the 3 of 6 of these items, and the Democrats can be assured the presidency in 2028.  Fail, and the Republican controlled media will eat us alive.  

Other items:
Defund ICE.
    We have to assume this organization is so corrupted as to be unsalvageable.

Defund Trump's pet construction projects.  The Arc-de-Trumpf and the ballroom. 

Defund foreign aid to Argentina.  40 Billion?  For what?

Put teeth in the Emoluments clause.  

Ban Stock Trading to members of Congress, and to the President, Vice President. the Cabinet and their staffs. 

Set an age or term limits to the Supreme Court.

Raise Federal minimum wage, and index it to the inflation rate.