The Big Idea August 21, 2020 Georgia AG Chris Carr's Big Idea: Coronavirus liability protection for businesses Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and other Republican AGs are pushing to protect businesses reopening during the coronavirus pandemic from lawsuits that may arise from customers who claim they contracted the virus in the course of dealing with them.
The Big Idea August 14, 2020 Mitt Romney's Big Idea: Prevent Social Security and Medicare from going bankrupt Sen. Mitt Romney would create special committees to craft fast-track legislation to preserve federal trust funds.
The Big Idea August 7, 2020 David McIntoshâs Big Idea: Fund school choice options for parents amid coronavirus David McIntosh, president of The Club for Growth and a former Republican congressman from Indiana, has what he believes is a solution to the problem of schools being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic: give parents greater flexibility should their districts decide to keep classrooms shuttered this fall.
The Big Idea July 31, 2020 Sen. Tammy Duckworth's Big Idea: A Marshall Plan for coal country Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., wants to give struggling coal communities a jolt of new federal investment and help transition out-of-work miners into new jobs and cleaner energy production.Â
The Big Idea July 24, 2020 Stephen Mooreâs Big Idea: Replace federal income tax with national sales tax Stephen Moore, a member of President Trumpâs economic recovery task force and an economist at FreedomWorks, has a bold idea for how to reinvigorate the economy.
The Big Idea July 17, 2020 Ivanka Trumpâs Big Idea: Overhaul government hiring to prioritize job skills over college degrees Trump, a co-chair of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, has urged the government to engage in hiring practices to âbetter recognize the talents and competencies of all Americansâ it hires.
The Big Idea June 26, 2020 Robert Johnson's Big Idea: $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans Johnson, the first black billionaire in the United States, has put a price tag on the debt America owes to African-Americans at $14 trillion.
The Big Idea June 19, 2020 Sen. Josh Hawleyâs Big Idea: Allow Americans to sue Big Tech for selective political censorship Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wants to give Americans the ability to sue major tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter if those companies are believed to engage in selective censorship of political speech.
The Big Idea June 12, 2020 Jim Jordanâs Big Idea: Enact FISA reform to fix 'system-wide problem' Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, says reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is paramount to protecting U.S. citizensâ right to privacy, warning that if a president of the United States can fall victim to misconduct, so can the average American.
The Big Idea June 5, 2020 Sen. Rick Scott's Big Idea: Impose congressional term limits Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., says he doesn't think that politicians should get to make careers out of working in Washington.Â
The Big Idea May 29, 2020 Rep. Tim Ryan's Big Idea: Giving Americans a mental timeout The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and officials to discuss their moonshot â whatâs the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, theyâd implement to change the country for the better?