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| Begin the Constitutional amendment process to require a balanced budget with a two-thirds majority needed for any tax hike. |
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| Permanently repeal all tax hikes, including those to the income, capital gains, and death taxes, currently scheduled to begin in 2011. |
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| Every bill, in its final form, will be made public seven days before any vote can be taken and all government expenditures authorized by any bill will be easily accessible on the Internet before the money is spent. (Proposed by: Steve Kulik, Gonzales, Texas; and Steve Hollis, San Francisco, CA) |
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| Require each bill to identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to do what the bill does. (Proposed by: Brooke Storrs, Midland, MI) |
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| Greatly improve affordability of health insurance by permitting all Americans access to all health insurance plans sold anywhere in the United States through the purchase of insurance across state lines and allow small businesses and associations to pool together across state lines to buy insurance. |
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| Adopt a simple and fair single-rate tax system by scrapping the internal revenue code and replacing it with one that is no longer than 4,543 words—the length of the original Constitution. |
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| Impose a statutory cap limiting the annual growth in total federal spending to the sum of inflation rate plus the percentage of population growth. |
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| Allow all Americans to opt out of Social Security and Medicare and instead put those same payroll taxes in a personal account they own, control, and can leave to whomever they choose. |
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| No regulation or tax on the Internet. |
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| Improve American education by reforming the broken federal role through eliminating ineffective and wasteful programs, giving parents more choices from pre-school to high school, and improving the affordability of higher education. |
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| Authorize the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of energy creation, lowering prices and creating competition. |
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| Prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using funds to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine in any form, including requiring “localism” or “diversity” quotas. (Proposed by: Lori Roman, Annapolis, MD) |
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| Create a Blue Ribbon taskforce that engages in a complete audit of federal agencies and programs, assessing their Constitutionality, and identifying duplication, waste, ineffectiveness, and agencies and programs better left for the states. |
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| Block state and local governments that receive federal grants from exercising eminent domain over private property for the primary purpose of economic development or enhancement of tax revenues. |
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| Prevent the EPA from implementing costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation’s global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures. |
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| Place a moratorium on all earmarks until the process is fully transparent, including requiring a 2/3 majority to pass any earmark. |
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| All “lawmaking” regulations must be affirmatively approved by Congress and signed into law by the president, as the Constitution requires for all laws. (Proposed by: Jim Armstrong, Morgantown, WV) |
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| Begin an audit of the Federal Reserve System. (Proposed by: Judy Pierorazio, Parkville, MD) |
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| The federal government should not bail out private companies and should immediately begin divesting itself of its stake in the private companies it owns from recent bailouts. |
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| Begin the Constitutional amendment process to require Congressional term limits. No person shall be elected to the Senate more than twice or to the House of Representatives more than 4 times. (Proposed by: Marylou Petriccione, Raleigh, NC) |
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| All regulations will be “sunset” after 10 years unless renewed by Congressional vote. |
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| Broadcast all non-security meetings and votes on C-SPAN and the Internet. (Proposed by: Matthew Lewis, Alexandria, VA) |
