GOVERNMENT AND LAW
Campaigns, Elections, and American Institutions
We support:
235. Automatic/Same-Day Voter Registration
236. OCE/RVRA/IRV/RCV
237. Iowa’s redistricting system used nationwide
238. absentee/early-voting
239. mandatory election audits
240. truth in political advertising
241. 5-year lobbying ban on Federal/State elected/appointed officials leaving government
242. paid federal/state election holidays
243. vote-by-mail
244. comprehensive congressional-ethics/CEC-reform
245. mandatory release of state/national candidates tax-returns
246. [MINORITY REPORT TO STRIKE 245]
247. [MINORITY REPORT TO REPLACE 245 WITH: “mandatory release of state/national candidates' tax-returns as condition of ballot inclusion”]
248. Johnson Amendment
249. Iowa’s judicial merit-selection-system
250. Iowa constitutional amendment requiring full funding for co-equal judicial-branch
251. government transparency
252. publicly funded campaigns/elections
253. standardizing election poll-supervision, ballot type/tabulation
254. re-examining [501(c)(4)] political-activity
255. requiring political activity transparency–including funding
256. caucus system improvements
257. [MINORITY REPORT TO STRIKE 256]
258. open-source software/paper-trailed voting-systems
259. VOICE/Fair-Elections-Now-Act
260. limiting campaigning-time
261. [MINORITY REPORT TO ADD: “campaign/debate processes including third-party candidates”]
We oppose:
262. Citizens United
263. superdelegates
264. [MINORITY REPORT TO STRIKE 263]
265. corporate personhood
266. [MINORITY REPORT TO ADD: “Electoral College”]
267. Super-PACs
268. official languages
269. gerrymandering
270. national constitutional convention
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
We support:
271. community right to enact laws protecting health/safety of natural persons/environment
272. repealing 2001 USAPA and 2008 FISAAA
273. providing tax-credits/employment bonding programs
274. barring law enforcement officials from sexual activities with suspects/detainees
275. limiting “cavity searches”
276. Miranda Rights
277. separating church and state and returning to pre-1954 pledge of allegiance
278. fully-funding Iowa Legal Aid
279. individual/legal entity right to BDS any country/corporation
280. freedom of speech and press
281. restoring VRA(1965) entirely
282. renaming Columbus Day
283. DC/PR/Guam/Territory right to statehood
We oppose:
284. RFRA
285. national ID
286. warrantless-searches/electronic–drone surveillance
287. non-church religious-exemptions from anti-discrimination laws
288. presidential self-pardons
289. subverting civil-rights
Consumer Protection
We support:
290. strengthening/expanding/vigorously enforcing anti-trust laws
291. penalties that deter corporate malfeasance
292. personal financial responsibility for law-breaking elected officials
293. government official insider-trading laws
294. foreclosure safety-net
295. CFPB: fully-funded independent agency
296. GDPR-level PII data protection
We oppose:
297. robocalls
298. utility deregulation/privatization
299. limiting court access
300. “Pork-Barrel” amendments
Criminal Justice
We support:
301. legalizing cannabis
302. vacating non-violent drug-offense past sentences
303. ending war-on-drugs/treating drug-addiction as public health issues
304. mentally-ill/addicted offender treatment programs
305. specialty-courts
306. de-escalation/bias programs/training/improving police-community relations
307. independent investigations of deaths involving police/corrections
308. fully-funding/timely rape-kit processing
309. equitable funding for public defense/prosecution
310. juvenile sentencing/incarceration reform
311. citizens’ review boards
312. HCPA
313. contemporary Nordic inmate-rehabilitation-model: 
a. rehabilitation not punishment
b. increasing rehabilitation programs for recently released individuals
c. inmate minimum wage
d. restorative justice
e. incarceration alternatives
314. EJI
315. community policing
316. reforming civil/criminal forfeiture laws
317. victims’ services
318. [MINORITY REPORT TO ADD: “legalizing/taxing/regulating all recreational-drugs”]
319. preventing/identifying/treating human trafficking victims
320. prosecuting “white-collar” crime
321. classifying abortion clinics/provider attacks as domestic-terrorism
We oppose:
322. requiring supreme court super-majorities on constitutional questions
323. charging defendants for: court-appointed-attorneys/probation/community service/jail-rent
324. shackles/restraints during childbirth
325. for-profit jails/prisons
326. capital punishment
327. mandatory-minimum sentencing
328. bail-system abuse
329. law-enforcement militarization
330. “Stop-and-Frisk” policies
331. NDAA indefinite-detention provisions
332. civil/criminal statutes of limitations on child-abuse/sexual-abuse cases
333. ex-offender housing-discrimination
Government Services
We support:
334. prosecuting government officials charged with quid-pro-quo bribery offenses
335. full-access to ALL public records excepting PII
336. substantive funding for: 
a. safe/reliable/well-maintained bridges/roadways
b. secure ports/water supplies/infrastructure
c. rural county/city (emergency) services
d. FVPSA/VAWA
e. Division of Tobacco Use and Control
f. Public Broadcasting
g. Art in State Buildings
h. SHS projects/goals
i. prisons
337. USPS Banking
338. VOCA compensation going to victims
339. fully-funding/enforcing federal/state mandates
340. COLAs including medical costs/food/energy
341. local/international food-aid programs
342. State Bank of Iowa
We oppose:
343. eminent-domain for private-profit
344. nepotism
345. fast-track congressional voting without public debate
346. tax-cuts defunding public programs
347. privatizing/outsourcing government services/assets
Gun Safety
We support:
348. guardian accountability for minor negligent-gun-access
349. public/private property gun-free zones
350. updated version of the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, restricting: 
a. silencers/suppressors
b. bump-stocks
c. high-capacity-magazines
d. fragmentary-rounds
351. [MINORITY REPORT TO ADD: “updating/amending the 2nd-Amendment”]
352. mandatory safety/proficiency training
353. [MINORITY REPORT TO STRIKE 352]
354. expanding NICS
355. firearm transfer universal background checks
356. registration
357. waiting periods
358. just-cause Sheriff discretion issuing Concealed-Carry
359. mandatory liability insurance for gun/ammunition owners/sellers/manufacturers
360. GVROA(2017)
361. mandatory reporting lost/stolen firearms
362. reasonable gun-regulation/responsible gun-ownership
363. gun buybacks
We oppose:
364. open-carry
365. Dickey Amendment
366. NCCR
367. private post-1968 firearms transfers without serial numbers
Immigration
We support:
368. state/federal DREAM/DAPA/DACA/TVDL/UAFA
369. resolving visas/permanent-residency backlogs/prioritizing family unity
370. Visa denial/removal judicial review
371. refugee classifying unaccompanied minors
372. adult/minor-refugee/asylum-seeker resettlement programs
373. immigration reform eliminating biases/reflecting skills needs/respecting national security needs/providing quicker-clearly-defined citizenship pathways
374. undocumented immigrant DL/vehicle registration
375. expedited vetting Syrian/Yemeni refugees
376. reinstating Governor Robert D. Ray’s refugee-programs
377. requiring/funding immigrant/minors/guest workers legal representation
378. applying fair-labor laws/due-process to all
We oppose:
379. detaining undocumented minors
380. immigrant detention/deportation quotas
381. locally enforcing federal immigration laws
382. mass raids/related enforcement practices
383. religious exclusion
384. “papers please”
385. unnecessary travel-bans
386. abrogating birthright-citizenship
Internet and Telecommunications
We support:
387. publicly-owned/universal HSIA
388. modernized “Fairness Doctrine”/equal-time rule
We oppose:
389. internet censorship
390. warrantless bulk-data collection
391. cyberbullying
392. FCC’s “UHF Discount” allowing media monoliths
Taxes and Social Security
We support:
393. charitable-giving tax-deductions
394. Veterans Exemption
395. restoring TIF’s original purpose
396. “public-assistance” penalties for large employers
397. fair/just tax-code including progressive-taxation of capital/increasing top-marginal tax-rate
We oppose:
398. chained CPI
399. raising retirement age/cutting SS-benefits
400. taxing: unemployment/workers’-compensation/disability/SS-benefits
401. refundable corporate tax-credits
402. corporate tax-loopholes
403. SS-fund diversion
404. corporate-welfare
Transportation
We support:
405. Complete-Streets
406. crash-prevention engineering
407. Main Street Iowa
408. helmet laws
409. ET3/Hyperloop/High-speed Rail/light-rail feeder-systems
410. backseat passenger seat-belt law
411. transportation alternative-energies
412. rural-transportation expansion
ACRONYMS USED IN THIS SECTION
501(c)(3) – a tax-exempt organization
501(c)(4) – a tax-exempt and non-profit social welfare organization
BDS – Boycott, Divest, Sanction
CEC - Citizens Election Council
CFPB - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
COLA – Cost of Living Adjustment
CPI – Consumer Price Index
DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
DAPA – Deferred Action for Parents of Americans
DC – District of Columbia
DL – Drivers License
DREAM – Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors
EJI – Equal Justice Initiative
ET3 - Evacuated Tube-Transport-Technologies
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FISAAA - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (of 1978) Amendments Act (of 2008)
FVPSA – Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation
GIVFAP - Grow Iowa Values Financial Assistance Program
GVROA - Gun Violence Restraining Order Act of 2017
HCPA - Hate Crimes Prevention Act
HSIA - High-Speed Internet Access
ID - Identification
IOWA - Best State in the United States of America
Johnson Amendment – a provision in the U.S. tax code, since 1954, that prohibits all 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates
IRV – Instant Runoff Voting
NCCR - National Concealed Carry Reciprocity
NDAA - National Defense Authorization Act
NICS – National Instant Criminal Background Check System
OCE – Office of Congressional Ethics
PAC - Political Action Committee
PII – Personally Identifiable Information
PR – Puerto Rico
RCV - Ranked Choice Voting
RFRA - Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Robert D Ray - Mythical creature, a Republican that embraced immigration
RVRA – Restoring Voting Rights Act
SHS – State Historical Society
SS – Social Security
TIF – Tax Incremented Financing
TVDL – Temporary Visitor’s Driver’s License
UAFA – Uniting American Families Act
UHF - Ultra High Frequency, In this context the name of a rule allowing single-company ownership of TV stations reaching up to 72% of households vs. 39%
USAPA- USA Patriot Act
USPS – United States Postal Service
VAWA – Violence Against Women Act
VOCA – Victims of Crime Act
VOICE – Voter Owned Iowa Clean Election
VRA - Voter Rights Act