🌲 The Evergreen Pact

Safeguards by riders and administrative standards

For working people: keeps programs steady while courts review new actions.

Checks on executive power: blocks publication and authentication of non compliant actions by instruction to the Office of the Federal Register and the Government Publishing Office. Requires certifications and a public dashboard by committee directive.

How we pass it: riders and committee reports in the funding bill.

Communications and Seals Integrity

For working people: stops misleading rollouts and keeps rules clear so families and small businesses are not whipsawed by sudden changes.

Checks on executive power: no Federal Register publication, no official hosting, and no use of official seals for new actions without a compliance identifier. Limits mass personnel moves that start during an impeachment period. Requires fast notice on pardons.

How we pass it: Financial Services and General Government title in appropriations.

Defense emergency approval to spend pilot

For working people: keeps emergency powers from being used as a backdoor to bypass Congress. Protects readiness and safety with clear carve outs.

Checks on executive power: if a national emergency is declared during an impeachment period, the Department of Defense cannot spend under it unless Congress approves within seven legislative days. Exceptions for life and safety. Two year sunset.

How we pass it: add as a narrow subtitle to the annual defense authorization law.

Continuity expansion, government wide

For working people: prevents sudden policy shocks that raise costs. Keeps agencies focused on core services.

Checks on executive power: extend approval to spend beyond defense. Add a short administrative hold on processing pardons issued during an impeachment period with life and safety and court order exceptions.

How we pass it: authorizing bill or next defense authorization law.

Energy Savings and Lower Bills

For working people: bigger rebates, simple local programs, and community solar that cut utility bills. No new taxes on working families.

Checks on executive power: requires public dashboards and fraud controls so funds cannot be repurposed by executive offices.

How we pass it: suspension calendar or energy title in appropriations.

Fair Food and Grocery Competition

For working people: stops junk fees and exclusionary supplier deals so checkout prices are fair.

Checks on executive power: requires rapid reporting on enforcement so the executive branch cannot slow walk cases in the dark.

How we pass it: suspension calendar or a commerce title.

Good Jobs and Skills

For working people: more apprenticeships and faster paths into good jobs. Pay training programs for outcomes, not seat time.

Checks on executive power: locks program rules and reporting in law and in public dashboards so agencies cannot quietly change eligibility.

How we pass it: labor and health title with outcome bonuses.

Child and Dependent Care

For working people: lower copayments, more seats, and stable staffing so parents can work.

Checks on executive power: locks eligibility and payment rules so they cannot be changed without Congress.

How we pass it: health and human services title with offsets.

Housing Permitting Modernization

For working people: faster permits mean more homes near jobs and lower rents without raising taxes.

Checks on executive power: requires public queue time targets and prevents agencies from creating hidden delays.

How we pass it: transportation and housing title.

First time homebuyer three percent mortgage

For working people: a stable low rate with fraud analytics and strong guardrails helps renters become owners.

Checks on executive power: requires public oversight and prohibits off budget workarounds.

How we pass it: banking and housing authorizing bill or pilot direction to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Tax Fairness

For working people: a fifteen percent minimum on large book profits and closing offshoring loopholes funds childcare and housing without raising taxes on working families. Expands the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Checks on executive power: puts clear tax rules in statute and requires timely public data so the executive branch cannot delay enforcement silently.

How we pass it: finance and tax committees.

Clean Campaigns and Elections

For working people: bans corporate political action committee money and speeds up disclosure so voters can follow the money.

Checks on executive power: makes dark money harder to use for pressure on agencies and rulemaking.

How we pass it: financial services and general government title.

Congressional Vote Justification

For working people: clearer lawmaking and published vote explanations so people can hold leaders to account.

Checks on executive power: single subject discipline reduces giant catch all bills that delegate too much power to agencies.

How we pass it: House and Senate rules plus a statute where possible.

Universal Healthcare

For working people: automatic coverage with a national benefits floor. Lower prescription prices. True mental health parity. No new taxes on working families in this step.

Checks on executive power: sets coverage rules in statute with public oversight so they cannot be changed by executive order.

Social Security solvency

For working people: ends taxation of benefits for most retirees. Protects the monthly check. Does not raise taxes on working families.

Checks on executive power: locks financing rules in statute so they cannot be weakened by executive action.