HERE IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO DO IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS
President-elect Donald Trump meets supporters after his
acceptance speech at the New York Hilton Midtown.
Natalie Keyssar for NPR
At the end of October,
Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days
in office.
The plan (below) outlines three main areas of focus: cleaning up
Washington, including by imposing term limits on Congress; protecting American
workers; and restoring rule of law. He also laid out his plan for working with
Congress to introduce 10 pieces of legislation that would repeal Obamacare,
fund the construction of a wall at the Southern border (with a provision that
Mexico would reimburse the U.S.), encourage infrastructure investment, rebuild
military bases, promote school choice and more.
On Wednesday, Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell mostly
made nice with
Trump but also shot down or expressed little enthusiasm in some of his plans.
On Trump's proposal to impose term limits on Congress, McConnell said, "It
will not be on the agenda in the Senate." McConnell has been a
long-standing opponent of term limits, as NPR's Susan Davis reports. "I
would say we have term limits now — they're called elections."
McConnell also threw some cold water on Trump's infrastructure
plans, calling it not a top priority.
McConnell did say repealing Obamacare is a "pretty high
item on our agenda" along with comprehensive tax reform and achieving
border security "in whatever way is the most effective." But he also
declined to discuss the Senate's immigration agenda further.
"We look forward to working with him," McConnell said.
"I think most of the things that he's likely to advocate we're going to be
enthusiastically for."
Below is the 100-day plan Trump's campaign released in October,
called "Donald Trump's Contract With The American Voter."
What follows is my 100-day action plan to Make America Great
Again. It is a contract between myself and the American voter — and begins with
restoring honesty, accountability and change to Washington
Therefore, on the first day of my term of office, my
administration will immediately pursue the following six measures to clean up
the corruption and special interest collusion in Washington, DC:
* FIRST, propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits
on all members of Congress;
* SECOND, a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce
federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and
public health);
* THIRD, a requirement that for every new federal regulation,
two existing regulations must be eliminated;
* FOURTH, a 5 year-ban on White House and Congressional
officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service;
* FIFTH, a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf
of a foreign government;
* SIXTH, a complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for
American elections.
On the same day, I will begin taking the following 7 actions to
protect American workers:
* FIRST, I will announce my intention to renegotiate NAFTA or
withdraw from the deal under Article 2205
* SECOND, I will announce our withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific
Partnership
* THIRD, I will direct my Secretary of the Treasury to label
China a currency manipulator
* FOURTH, I will direct the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade
Representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact
American workers and direct them to use every tool under American and
international law to end those abuses immediately
* FIFTH, I will lift the restrictions on the production of $50
trillion dollars' worth of job-producing American energy reserves, including
shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal.
* SIXTH, lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital
energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward
* SEVENTH, cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change
programs and use the money to fix America's water and environmental
infrastructure
Additionally, on the first day, I will take the following five
actions to restore security and the constitutional rule of law:
* FIRST, cancel every unconstitutional executive action,
memorandum and order issued by President Obama
* SECOND, begin the process of selecting a replacement for
Justice Scalia from one of the 20 judges on my list, who will uphold and defend
the Constitution of the United States
* THIRD, cancel all federal funding to Sanctuary Cities
* FOURTH, begin removing the more than 2 million criminal
illegal immigrants from the country and cancel visas to foreign countries that
won't take them back
* FIFTH, suspend immigration from terror-prone regions where
vetting cannot safely occur. All vetting of people coming into our country will
be considered extreme vetting.
Next, I will work with Congress to introduce the following
broader legislative measures and fight for their passage within the first 100
days of my Administration:
1. Middle
Class Tax Relief And Simplification Act. An economic plan designed to grow the
economy 4% per year and create at least 25 million new jobs through massive tax
reduction and simplification, in combination with trade reform, regulatory
relief, and lifting the restrictions on American energy. The largest tax
reductions are for the middle class. A middle-class family with 2 children will
get a 35% tax cut. The current number of brackets will be reduced from 7 to 3,
and tax forms will likewise be greatly simplified. The business rate will be
lowered from 35 to 15 percent, and the trillions of dollars of American corporate
money overseas can now be brought back at a 10 percent rate.
2. End The
Offshoring Act. Establishes tariffs to discourage companies from laying off
their workers in order to relocate in other countries and ship their products
back to the U.S. tax-free.
3. American
Energy & Infrastructure Act. Leverages public-private partnerships, and
private investments through tax incentives, to spur $1 trillion in
infrastructure investment over 10 years. It is revenue neutral.
4. School
Choice And Education Opportunity Act. Redirects education dollars to give
parents the right to send their kid to the public, private, charter, magnet,
religious or home school of their choice. Ends common core, brings education
supervision to local communities. It expands vocational and technical
education, and make 2 and 4-year college more affordable.
5. Repeal
and Replace Obamacare Act. Fully repeals Obamacare and replaces it with Health
Savings Accounts, the ability to purchase health insurance across state lines,
and lets states manage Medicaid funds. Reforms will also include cutting the
red tape at the FDA: there are over 4,000 drugs awaiting approval, and we
especially want to speed the approval of life-saving medications.
6. Affordable
Childcare and Eldercare Act. Allows Americans to deduct childcare and elder
care from their taxes, incentivizes employers to provide on-side childcare
services, and creates tax-free Dependent Care Savings Accounts for both young
and elderly dependents, with matching contributions for low-income families.
7. End
Illegal Immigration Act Fully-funds the construction of a wall on our southern
border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing
the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2-year
mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S.
after a previous deportation, and a 5-year mandatory minimum for illegally
re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions
or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties
for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.
8. Restoring
Community Safety Act. Reduces surging crime, drugs and violence by creating a
Task Force On Violent Crime and increasing funding for programs that train and
assist local police; increases resources for federal law enforcement agencies
and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders
behind bars.
9. Restoring
National Security Act. Rebuilds our military by eliminating the defense
sequester and expanding military investment; provides Veterans with the ability
to receive public VA treatment or attend the private doctor of their choice;
protects our vital infrastructure from cyber-attack; establishes new screening
procedures for immigration to ensure those who are admitted to our country support
our people and our values
10. Clean
up Corruption in Washington Act. Enacts new ethics reforms to Drain the Swamp
and reduce the corrupting influence of special interests on our politics.
On November 8th, Americans will be voting for this 100-day plan to
restore prosperity to our economy, security to our communities, and honesty to
our government.
This is my pledge to you.
And if we follow these steps, we will once more have a
government of, by and for the people.
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