The Big Idea October 30, 2020 Ron Wyden's Big Idea: Defend Section 230 and prevent a 'government speech police' Sen. Ron Wyden is one of the original authors of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that has come under intense fire in recent years, and he thinks it's getting a bad rap.
The Big Idea October 28, 2020 Ro Khanna introduces 'Big Idea' legislation to bring Silicon Valley jobs to middle America Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced legislation this week in the House to make a massive $900 billion investment in science and technology to expand Silicon Valley jobs to America's heartland and to ensure the United States retains its technological edge over China.
2020 Presidential Election October 23, 2020 Jo Jorgensen's Big Idea: A truly market-based system of health care, like Lasik surgery The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and figures to discuss their moonshot — what’s the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, they’d implement to change the country for the better?  Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party's 2020 presidential nominee, discusses a market-based health care vision.
The Big Idea October 16, 2020 Sen. Shelley Capito's 'Big Idea': Expand broadband access to bring tech jobs to rural America Sen. Shelley Capito has been pushing to expand broadband access to rural communities for years.Â
China October 9, 2020 Cory Gardner's 'Big Idea': Keep pace with China in the space race and prevent it from stealing American IP Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., believes in taking special precautions to protect the United States against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One of his proposals is to pump more money and attention into the space race to prevent China from taking hold of the final frontier in an effort to enhance its own power and harm American citizens.Â
The Big Idea October 3, 2020 Ron Johnson's 'Big Idea': Don't stop investigating Trump-Russia probe 'until we have uncovered the truth' The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and figures to discuss their moonshot – what’s the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, they’d implement to change the country for the better?Â
Supreme Court September 25, 2020 Rep. Doug Collins' 'Big Idea': A constitutional amendment to block court packing Rep. Doug Collins has proposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit a change to the size of the Supreme Court until 10 years after enactment of any legislation that would alter the number of seats on the high court.Â
The Big Idea September 18, 2020 Betsy DeVos' Big Idea: Funding students, rather than systems for school choice Betsy DeVos shared her overall vision for school choice in America and rethinking government funding for education in an interview with 91±¬ÁÏ.
The Big Idea September 11, 2020 Sen. Ben Sasse's Big Idea: Get cameras out of Senate hearings Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., is suggesting a bold proposal for how to calm the raging political atmosphere while making Washington run more efficiently in the process: remove cameras from Senate committee hearings.
The Big Idea 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.Â
The Big Idea 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.Â