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THE 2022 ELECTIONS LEGISLATION BRIEF IS COMPLETE
THE 2022 ELECTIONS LEGISLATION BRIEF IS READY FOR YOU!
AN AMAZING START
We’re two for two! The first two issues CommonSense Americans chose were surprise billing and infrastructure. Both when Congress passed surprise billing legislation in 2020 and when it passed physical infrastructure in 2021, leading Members of Congress said we played an important role.
Crucial to our rapid success is that everyday Americans from across the country and political spectrum have been joining at a rate that vastly exceeds our expectations. We believe the American people will be the nation’s saving grace. We are far less divided on policy issues than the media and politicians think. We hunger for a different kind of politics where Americans come together to find practical solutions wise enough to attract support across our divides.
We recently asked members of CommonSense American to take the first step and help us choose issues. We had a balanced group share which issues they thought were most promising. We’ve also been especially impressed by how rapidly interest in our briefs and results is growing in Congress. In fact, we played an important role in passing legislation ending surprise medical billing, the very first issue we tackled. Our conviction is stronger than ever that the four-step process will make it easier to pass commonsense solutions in Congress.
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Total Members
Balanced Geographically
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WHAT WE’RE DOING RIGHT NOW
It's time to identify issues.
We need the help of everyday Americans to identify issues where there are both meaningful solutions and good prospects for bipartisan action.
1. IDENTIFY ISSUES
Our Members identify solutions with the greatest promise of attracting broad, cross-partisan support.
These issues fall into two categories including substantive issues (such as healthcare, the debt and deficit, and immigration) and democratic reform issues (such as election reform and the partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts).
2. DEVELOP BRIEFS
Our staff develops a thorough policy brief on each issue.
These are policy briefs, not position papers. Our staff doesn’t draw conclusions about what the right answers are, but works hard to make the strongest case for each competing perspective.
3. WEIGH IN
Each member reviews the brief to which they’ve been randomly assigned and weighs in on the policy questions.
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WEIGH IN4. SHARE YOUR OWN VIEWS
Each member shares their own views with their members of Congress.
We don’t take policy positions as an organization. Instead, we follow the principle of Loyalty to Conscience. Each member shares their own views whatever those views are. This provides a reflection of what Americans–Republicans, Democrats, and independents–think having had a chance to review a non-partisan brief.
SELECTED ISSUES
Our Members identified CommonSense Solutions from the competing perspectives presented in the brief.
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