The New New Deal

[mdmc]

What America is going to need to recover from this setback is a New, New Deal
What will America need to recover? Let's talk about that.
Please don't dominate the rap jack, if you got nothing new to say.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Accounting and Big Data forensic experts by the boatload. /nt

[mdmc]

2. a hiring blitz at the Federal level

[Buzz cook]

3. Election and voting reform

We have always needed that.
Automatic voter registration.
End political Gerrymandering.
Election Day a national holiday.
Universal mail in voting as Oregon.
Election interference and voter suppression a class A felony.
I'd almost say mandatory voting.
Should have done all this when Obama had 60 votes in the senate.

[Polybius]

4. "Should have done all this when Obama had 60 votes in the senate"

Probably earlier. After the 1964 election, we had a whopping 68 Senate seats. In the 70's, there were also times where it was above 60.

[Buzz cook]

6. 1964 we had the solid South.

So a lot of those 68 would be dixiecrats. I'm betting quite a few of them would be against reforms that empower blacks. But yes it would have been good then as well.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. Term Limits! (n/t)

[JMCKUSICK]

7. New new deal to me

Would be a fundamental change to MFA, better SS benefits, a broader interpretation of " promote the general welfare"

[mdmc]

8. I like the sound of that

[Bettie]

9. The most important piece of that

is get rid of Citizens United. This could not have got to this point if not for CU.

But, yes, a New New Deal would be a great thing. Maybe An Updated New Deal....

[mdmc]

10. overturn CU no doubt

thanks for checking in

[wintemark]

11. Reign In Executive Orders

I don't care which party has the Presidency. It shouldn't be that easy to subvert Acts of Congress.

There should also be a constitutional amendment to prevent Senators, like Mitch, from ever playing politics with Supreme Court vacancies ever again. If leaving a seat vacant for 9 months because it is an election year gives the people a say then leaving a vacancy unfilled for 4 weeks during an election year should have also happened. I don't think a constitutional amendment to the effect:

If the Senate fails to confirm a judge appointment within 180 days of the executive submitting a candidate to said appointment, then it shall be assumed the Senate has abdicated its authority and the appointment will be granted.

The executive shall submit candidates for a judge vacancy within 21 days of the vacancy. If the executive fails to submit a candidate for a judge vacancy within 21 days, the Senate shall be given an additional 7 days to confirm the appointment for every day after the 21 days the executive is late. If the executive has not submitted a candidate for judge vacancy within 90 days of the vacancy the United State House Committee of the Judiciary may nominate a judicial candidate for Senate Confirmation. In such event the Senate has 90 days from the date of nomination or the appointment is granted.

Any Judicial vacancy that will be more than 180 days vacant at the time of a Presidential election shall be turned over to the voters effected by the vacancy. Any candidate wishing to fill the vacancy and be included on the ballot shall declare their intentions at least 90 days before the election. Any candidate for judicial vacancy not meeting the 90 day cut off may still run as a write in candidate.


Not that I ever thought about this, lol.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

12. The past eight years have shown us so many holes in our system. We need to fix them.

I had hoped Biden would do that, but he did not. I realize he did not have the Congress to support significant reforms. But I was disappointed, nonetheless.

I desperately want the next democratic administration to fix the issues that the GOP has been taking advantage of to pervert the spirit of our Republic.