What should be on the agenda

Now that it’s more-or-less official that the Senate has gone Blue, it’s time to start talking about what Democrats should want to try and get done.

At the national level:

• Start reinserting some kind of oversight on Presidential action
• Hold hearings on controversial bills passed over the past six years
• Hold hearings on the administration of the Iraq War
• Push a minimum wage increase
• Start real efforts on alternative energy development
• Getting out of Iraq
• Stem cell research
• Balancing the budget
• Border security / Immigration reform
• Bringing back civil rights eroded away with the Patriot Act/Military Commissions Act
• Fixing FEMA
• Putting an end to the Taliban
• Negotiating with Iran
• Talking with the North Koreans
• Getting a handle on corruption

At the state level:

• Strickland should try to push initiatives to increase the technology base in the state.
• Start real efforts on alternative energy development
• Stem cell research
• Balancing the budget
• Fix school funding
• Redistrict. For the love of god, at least get some competitive districts drawn. Democrats have 3 of 5 seats on the Apportionment Board.
• Fix the election process. Get machines we can all trust as reliable and accurate.
• Now I’m dreaming, but get Instant Runoff Voting in place by ‘08. (This’ll never happen, but…)

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