Changes in Government
2. CONGRESS MAKES THE LAWS
America should not be governed through administrative decree.
Congress writes laws.
The Executive Branch executes laws.
Courts interpret laws.
Federal agencies may establish technical rules necessary to administer legislation where Congress has clearly authorized them to do so.
They should not independently decide major questions of national policy.
Congress should not deliberately pass vague legislation and then allow unelected agencies to make politically difficult decisions Congress was unwilling to make itself.
Major federal regulations with substantial economic or constitutional consequences should require affirmative congressional authorization.
7. FAIR DISTRICTING
Voters should choose their representatives. Representatives should not choose their voters.
Congressional and state legislative districts should be drawn using neutral standards.
Maps should consider:
• Equal population
• Constitutional voting protections
• Geographic continuity
• Reasonable compactness
• Communities of interest
• Existing municipal and county boundaries where practical
Districts should not be deliberately designed primarily to guarantee partisan control.
Proposed maps, underlying data, methodologies, and alternatives should be public before final adoption.
The same standard applies whether Republicans, Democrats, or MPA control a state.
8. POLITICAL COMPETITION
America belongs to its citizens.
It does not belong to two political parties.
MPA supports reform of unreasonable barriers affecting:
• Ballot access
• Independent candidates
• Third parties
• Debate access
• Election administration
• Candidate qualification rules
MPA does not seek preferential treatment.
We seek equal treatment.
If a rule would be considered unfair when used against Republicans or Democrats, it should not be used against a new political movement either.
9. MONEY IN POLITICS
Political speech is protected.
Political corruption is not.
MPA supports comprehensive reform targeting the ability of money to purchase access, favoritism, contracts, legislation, or government influence.
Major political contributions and expenditures should be transparent and traceable to their true lawful sources consistent with constitutional protections.
MPA supports strong enforcement against:
• Straw donors
• Political bribery
• Hidden foreign funding
• Fraudulent campaign reporting
• Illegal coordination
• Deliberate concealment of political funding
Money may fund political speech. It should never purchase government power.
10. LOBBYING & INFLUENCE-PEDDLING
Americans have a constitutional right to petition government.
That right must remain protected.
But professional influence-peddling should not become legalized bribery.
MPA supports:
• Banning lobbyist gifts
• Strong revolving-door restrictions
• Disclosure of significant lobbying contacts
• Disclosure of lobbying expenditures
• Restrictions on lobbyist fundraising for officials they directly lobby
• Strong anti-bribery laws
• Restrictions against regulators immediately joining companies they regulated
• Greater transparency involving legislation drafted or materially influenced by outside interests
Citizens may petition government.
Government is not for sale.
11. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
The government works for the American people.
The American people therefore have a presumptive right to know what their government is doing.
MPA supports a Disclosure by Default policy.
Government should proactively publish:
• Federal spending
• Contracts
• Grants
• Subsidies
• Congressional votes
• Major regulatory evidence
• Agency methodologies
• Public financial disclosures
• Lobbying contacts
• Government audits
• Inspector General findings
Legitimate exceptions remain for national security, victims, minors, sensitive personal information, active investigations, and similarly compelling interests.
Secrecy should be the exception, not the operating system of government.
69. REGULATORY REFORM
Every significant federal regulation should answer:
1. What law authorizes this?
2. What problem exists?
3. What evidence supports intervention?
4. What will it cost?
5. What liberties does it restrict?
6. Is there a less restrictive solution?
7. How will success be measured?
8. When will the rule be reviewed?
Rules that repeatedly fail should be modified or repealed.
70. SIMPLE, READABLE GOVERNMENT
Americans should be able to understand the laws governing them.
MPA supports:
• Plain-language government communication
• Searchable legislation
• Reasonable review periods before major votes
• Clear comparison with existing law
• Stronger restrictions on unrelated provisions hidden in legislation
• Public explanations of major bills
Members of Congress should know what they are voting on.
Citizens should know too.
PROPOSED / DRAFT — EQUAL JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY
Business executives, elected officials, law-enforcement officers, regulators, and other people in positions of authority should face the same criminal definitions, charging standards, defenses, due process, sentencing factors, and punishment as an average person accused of the same conduct under comparable circumstances.
Status, wealth, employment, political affiliation, or institutional influence must not produce special leniency or selective prosecution. Public position also must not justify harsher treatment unless abuse of authority is a specifically defined element or sentencing factor established by law.
Cases involving powerful officials should use transparent recusal rules, independent investigation where conflicts exist, evidence-preservation requirements, and written explanations for major charging or declination decisions consistent with legitimate privacy and investigative needs.
PROPOSED / DRAFT — FEDERAL RESERVE PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY REFORM
The Federal Reserve should operate exclusively in the public interest and be structurally accountable to the American people. Because the current system combines federal public authority with regional Reserve Banks whose member banks hold stock and participate in selecting some directors, reform should remove preferential governance influence by the private institutions the system regulates.
MPA proposes stronger public representation in regional-bank governance, enforceable conflict-of-interest and recusal rules, transparent procurement and financial reporting, regular independent audits that protect genuinely sensitive market operations, and timely public explanations of major policy decisions.
Congress should define the Federal Reserve’s statutory goals and accountability standards. Day-to-day interest-rate decisions should remain insulated from personal political retaliation or demands for short-term electoral advantage. Net earnings should continue to serve the public through the U.S. Treasury after lawful operating costs and reserves.
This proposal does not endorse a retail central-bank digital currency. MPA opposes government systems that can track, restrict, or program lawful individual transactions.
Status: Proposed / Draft — not yet formally adopted.
Last updated: August 24, 2026.
Version: Draft 0.2.
PROPOSED / DRAFT — STATES STAY IN CHARGE, WITH A HIGHER BASIC STANDARD
States should remain in charge of their own schools, roads, police systems, licensing, local services, and other responsibilities that the Constitution does not give to the federal government.
Washington should not run every state the same way. Nebraska, New York, Texas, and Maine have different populations, economies, and local needs. States should be allowed to choose how their programs work.
However, state sovereignty does not allow a state to violate the Constitution, deny equal protection, hide public results, or provide dangerously weak basic protections.
WHAT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT MAY DO
When the Constitution gives the federal government authority, Congress may establish a basic nationwide minimum. Examples may include constitutional rights, due process, accurate public reporting, interstate commerce, food and medicine safety, interstate pollution, cybersecurity, trafficking, and security standards for federal elections.
A national minimum is the lowest acceptable result. A state may create stronger protections or use a different method, but it may not fall below that basic result.
CONGRESS MUST EXPLAIN ITS AUTHORITY
Every proposed federal requirement must state:
• Which part of the Constitution authorizes it
• What national or interstate problem it addresses
• Why the matter cannot be handled adequately by individual states
• What it will cost states and taxpayers
• How success will be measured
• When Congress will review it
Congress must pass major national policies itself. A federal agency may carry out a law, but it may not invent a new law that Congress never approved.
WASHINGTON SHOULD NOT SEND STATES AN UNPAID BILL
If the federal government orders a state or local government to operate a substantial new program, it should provide the necessary funding or identify a direct and compelling constitutional reason why the state must pay.
Federal officials should not gain political credit for a program while forcing state and local taxpayers to cover an undisclosed cost.
STATES MAY USE DIFFERENT METHODS
States do not have to copy one federal program design. A state may use its own approach when it meets or exceeds the lawful national minimum.
All states should report results using common, understandable measurements so citizens can compare cost, quality, safety, and performance. A different method is acceptable; hidden or misleading results are not.
If a state falls below a lawful minimum, the first response should normally be notice, public reporting, technical assistance, and a reasonable correction period. Stronger enforcement is appropriate for continued refusal, fraud, misuse of funds, or violations of constitutional rights.
Status: Proposed / Draft — not yet formally adopted.
Last updated: August 24, 2026.
Version: Draft 0.4.
UNDER REVIEW — NATIONAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
The following subjects are active areas of research and public consultation. Inclusion here does not establish an adopted party position. Each area should ultimately include a detailed proposal, constitutional analysis, fiscal impact, advantages, tradeoffs, evidence, sources, publication date, update date, and version history.
1. COST OF LIVING & ECONOMIC SECURITY
Under review: inflation; housing affordability; healthcare, food, energy, utility, and insurance costs; wages; employment; taxes; competition; domestic production; and supply-chain resilience.
Related existing pages: Taxes, Workers’ Rights, Consumer Rights, Healthcare, Energy, and Owner Rights.
2. GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY & EQUAL JUSTICE
Under review: equal charging and sentencing for politicians, executives, officials, and ordinary citizens under comparable facts; government ethics; congressional stock trading by officials, spouses, and dependents; blind trusts; disclosure deadlines; lobbying; campaign finance; conflicts of interest; transparency; independent investigations; and corruption penalties.
Related existing pages: Changes in Government, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Reform, and Consumer Rights.
3. FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY & MONETARY POLICY
Under review: price stability; interest-rate policy; Federal Reserve governance; regional Reserve Bank structure; member-bank influence; audits; conflicts of interest; banking competition; financial stability; currency stability; emergency lending; and central-bank independence with public accountability.
The Federal Reserve is a hybrid public-private system, not an ordinary privately owned bank. Reform proposals must describe its structure accurately. MPA’s existing draft opposes a retail central-bank digital currency capable of tracking, restricting, or programming lawful personal transactions.
Related existing pages: Changes in Government, Taxes, and Privacy Rights.
4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA CENTERS & DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Under review: AI safety and accountability; employment displacement; training-data rights; personal-data use; copyright; deepfakes; misinformation; election manipulation; government surveillance; cybersecurity; critical infrastructure; data-center electricity and water use; grid expansion; ratepayer protection; zoning; noise; land use; tax incentives; and developer-financed infrastructure.
Related existing pages: Energy, Privacy Rights, Consumer Rights, Workers’ Rights, and Constitutional Amendments.
5. LGBTQ+, SEX-BASED RIGHTS & PERSONAL PRIVACY
Under review: equal treatment; violence and harassment protections; sex-based bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, shelters, prisons, detention facilities, schools, and athletic categories; private or single-user accommodations; medical-transition standards; parental rights; religious liberty; conscience protections; and compelled speech.
Related existing pages: LGBTQ+, Personal Rights & Freedoms, Healthcare, Education, and Constitutional Amendments.
6. IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP & BORDER SECURITY
Under review: border enforcement; lawful immigration; asylum processing; visa overstays; employment verification; citizenship; deportation priorities; due process; treatment of children; trafficking; detention standards; and cooperation among federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
Related existing pages: Immigration, Law Enforcement, Foreign Affairs, and Criminal Justice Reform.
7. HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION
Under review: affordability; insurance competition and portability; hospital consolidation; prescription prices; rural access; mental-health capacity; addiction treatment; fentanyl and trafficking; overdose prevention; medical price transparency; reproductive policy; medical privacy; and limits on public-health emergency powers.
Related existing pages: Healthcare, Disease, Drugs, Consumer Rights, and Constitutional Amendments.
8. FEDERAL BUDGET, DEBT & GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Under review: annual deficits; national debt; entitlement and Social Security solvency; procurement waste; improper payments; program evaluation; tax reform; government efficiency; emergency spending; balanced-budget rules; and plain-language public accounting.
Related existing pages: Changes in Government, Taxes, Constitutional Amendments, Military, and Healthcare.
9. ELECTION ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
Under review: voter identification; citizenship and registration accuracy; accessible lawful voting; paper records; risk-limiting audits; election-system cybersecurity; early and absentee voting safeguards; transparent counting and observation; certification disputes; recount standards; and protection against intimidation or political interference.
Related existing pages: Changes in Government, Constitutional Amendments, Privacy Rights, and Personal Rights & Freedoms.
10. HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS & INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY
Under review: housing construction and supply; zoning; starter homes; rent and ownership costs; homelessness; mental-health and addiction connections; emergency shelter; property taxes; homeowners insurance; disaster risk; building standards; and protection against predatory practices.
Related existing pages: Owner Rights, Taxes, Healthcare, Drugs, and Consumer Rights.
11. COMPETITION, TRADE & DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
Under review: antitrust enforcement; monopolies; corporate concentration; tariffs and consumer costs; reciprocal trade; domestic manufacturing; small-business competition; agriculture and food security; supply-chain resilience; and national-security industries.
Related existing pages: Consumer Rights, Owner Rights, Workers’ Rights, Foreign Affairs, Energy, and Taxes.
12. FAMILIES, CHILDREN & EDUCATION
Under review: family stability; childcare affordability; parental rights; child-protection due process; year-round education; three school meals; weekend meal access for participating children; mastery-based promotion; fair and comparable grading; school choice; student debt; career education; and responsible classroom technology.
Related existing pages: Education, Personal Rights & Freedoms, Healthcare, and Taxes.
ADDITIONAL AREAS REQUIRING DEDICATED REVIEW
• Crime, policing, and criminal-justice reform
• Gun rights, gun violence, and due process
• Energy reliability, affordability, and environmental stewardship
• Free speech, online censorship, and platform power
• Agriculture, food security, and property rights
• Military readiness, veterans, and foreign intervention
• Cybersecurity, ransomware, and critical infrastructure
• Emergency powers and constitutional limits
• Disability rights and accessibility
• Disaster preparedness and insurance affordability
• Public health and pandemic authorities
• Infrastructure, transportation, and permitting
• Regulatory reform
• Veterans’ healthcare, benefits, employment, and reintegration
• Population decline and long-term family policy
STATUS AND ADOPTION RULE
Every subject in this agenda remains Under Review unless a separate issue page expressly labels the language as an Official Adopted Position. Research notes, public comments, staff drafts, and proposed language must never be represented as adopted policy without formal party approval.
Status: Under Review — no official position adopted through this agenda.
Last updated: August 24, 2026.
Version: Review Agenda 0.1.