Without the filibuster and with more legislation passed, voters could judge their senators on tangible policies and voting records. For those who favor responsiveness over milquetoast compromises, revoking or reforming the filibuster is a step forward.
The balanced budget amendment would enact a permanent austerity policy and represent an overwhelming conservative victory in the fight to shape the nation’s economic system.
With the threat of mass unemployment intensifying, the U.S. must increase its number of skilled workers to insulate the country from an unemployment crisis.
Abortion bans don’t reduce abortions, but easy access to birth control substantially reduces unwanted pregnancies without harming reproductive health.
The Supreme Court is poised rule conservatively on future decisions in a way that shifts the country further to the right.
To stabilize the job market and increase access to higher education, the federal government may soon need to guarantee tuition-free college like many European nations.
From the financial crisis to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and COVID-19, each year seems to bring a new disaster. The federal government should have foreseen and avoided each of these disasters.
Biden’s healthcare policies will face heavy opposition from industry lobbyists, Republicans in Congress, and the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.