From CREDO: ...the Republicans now in control of the Senate and House will do everything in their power to advance their Tea Party agenda – including what Democrats refused to do, like getting rid of the filibuster for legislation, using reconciliation to pass bills with only 51 votes, and continuing to refuse to compromise in the face of Democrats all too willing to cave preemptively. President Obama can no longer credibly suggest that there is a bipartisan path to progress – though his advisors may urge him to do just that. He needs to take executive action. He must refuse to cave to Republicans. He cannot waste time negotiating with bad faith partners who have no intention of compromising ever. Here are 10 things President Obama needs to do immediately -- and 10 things that aren’t likely to happen if we don’t make him do it. 1. No deals on cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. 2. Strengthen the power plant carbon rule to make it your boldest action yet on climate. 3. Immediately suspend deportations of millions of aspiring Americans until comprehensive immigration reform can be passed. 4. Don’t commit ground troops to Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria. 5. Reject Keystone XL, and apply the climate test to all federal decision making. 6. Save the Internet by making Net Neutrality the law of the land. 7. Empower your Federal Election Commission to enforce election laws and limit money in politics. 8. Fill all federal judicial vacancies before the end of this Congress. 9. Fight back against the Republican war on women with NO compromises. 10. Use federal powers to end abusive, militarized and biased policing targeting African Americans and Latinos.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:16:48 +0000
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