DCCC's Why A Democratic Majority?

This article is from the website of www.dccc.org:

"Why a Democratic Majority?
America Needs a New Direction

With a Democratic majority in Congress we can focus the agenda on the priorities that families care about most, like fighting for health care, working to lower gas prices, making education for our children affordable and a plan for success in Iraq and the broader war on terror. America needs a new direction. House Democrats will lead the way with a Democratic Majority.


With a Democratic Majority...
• With Democrats in charge, we will help lower gas prices and achieve energy independence, crack down on price gouging; eliminate billions in subsidies for oil and gas companies and use the savings to provide consumer relief and develop American alternatives, including biofuels; promote energy efficient technology.

• With Democrats in charge, we will fight to help working families by raising the minimum wage; and repealing tax giveaways that encourage companies to move jobs overseas.

• With Democrats in charge, we will cut college costs, make college tuition deductible from taxes; expand Pell grants and cut student loan costs.

• With Democrats in charge, we will ensure a dignified retirement for our seniors by preventing the privatization of Social Security; but instead expanding savings incentives and ensuring pension fairness.

• With Democrats in charge, we will extend health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans nationwide and fight for affordable prescription drugs, not multi-billion dollar giveaways to pharmaceutical companies and HMOs.

• With Democrats in charge, we will get our fiscal house in order. Under the Bush administration, we have gone from record surplusses to record deficits and it is time for fiscal priorities that don't include mortgaging our nation's financial future on the backs of future generations.

• With Democrats in charge, we will make stem cell research a priority so that we can give a fighting chance to millions of Americans looking for hope. We will overcome President Bush’s stifling limitations on progress and push for necessary cures.

• With Democrats in charge, we will finally enact the necessary reforms of the 9/11 Commission. The findings of the commission are vital to securing our ports, limiting the flow dangerous materials at home and abroad and winning the broader war on terror.

• With Democrats in charge, we will stop selling our natural resources to the highest special interest bidder and work to reverse the dangerous effects of global warming. We will promote alternative energy so that our future is in our own hands and so we can continue to lead the world in innovation and preservation."

Source: www.dccc.org