Policy Reform Agendas Resources

While America's deepening economic woes cast a pall over the nation, long-term U.S. fortunes are profoundly threatened by parallel crises of cost, quality, access, and equity in health care and higher education. Once-proud symbols of national greatness, these sectors no longer deliver world-class results, are increasingly inequitable, and elicit growing discontent from many Americans. The U.S. health care bill is $2.3 trillion, 16 percent of gross domestic product - roughly double the percentage for Western Europe, Canada, Japan, and other rich countries.read more >>

The following statement was issued by the Brennan Center for Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters, Public Citizen and U.S. PIRG. The statement is followed by the groups' government integrity reform agenda for the 111th Congress:
Our organizations worked hard to pass the landmark ethics and lobbying reforms that were enacted in the 110th Congress. At the time, we said that our next major battle would be to reform the way federal campaigns are financed. read more >>