Donald Trump's legislative priorities

January 21, 2017 at 2:19AM
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y, as he is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family while he formally signs his cabinet nominations into law, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in the President's Room of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence, Jared Kushner, Do
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y, as he is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family while he formally signs his cabinet nominations into law, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in the President's Room of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In October, Donald Trump listed the legislation he would work with Congress to introduce quickly:

• An economic plan designed to expand the economy 4 percent a year and create 25 million new jobs through tax reduction and simplification. Lower the business rate from 35 percent to 15 percent.

• Establish tariffs to discourage companies from laying off their workers in order to move to other countries and ship their products back to the U.S. tax-free.

• Use public-private partnerships and private investments to spur $1 trillion in infrastructure projects over 10 years.

• Fully fund the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico.

• Enact new ethics reforms to "drain the swamp" and reduce the influence of special interests.

• Redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their choice. End Common Core and bring education supervision to local communities.

• Repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with health savings accounts, the ability to purchase health insurance across state lines and let states manage Medicaid funds. Cut red tape at the Food and Drug Administration.

• Create a task force on violent crime and increase funding for programs that train and assist local police; increase resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs.

• Rebuild the military by expanding military investment; provide veterans with the ability to receive public VA treatment or attend the private doctor of their choice; protect vital infrastructure from cyberattacks.

• Allow Americans to deduct child care and eldercare from their taxes, provide incentives to employers to provide on-site child-care services and create tax-free dependent-care savings accounts for both young and elderly dependents, with matching contributions for low-income families.

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