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Possible Issue Group Ideas


  • Statehood or independence for Puerto Rico
  • Use of MySpace for employment/college background checks
  • Medical power for teens and parents
  • Ex-Felon Voting Rights
  • Forbid "riders" to legislation (pork spending that has nothing to do with the issue at hand)
  • Increase funding for faith-based initiatives
  • Translators for non-English speaking defendants
  • Re-districting Reform
  • Title IX reform
  • Censorship
  • Hate Crime Laws
  • Drug Testing
  • Eliminate Electoral College
  • Open Primaries in Illinois
  • Congressional District Method for Electors in Illinois
  • Legalization of Land Gambling
  • Welfare Reform
  • No Reclamation of Adopted Children
  • Gun Ownership (Concealed Weapons/restrictions...)
  • Student Rights
  • Work Programs in Prisons
  • Sufficient Warnings at Railroad Crossings
  • Ban Curfew Laws
  • Fetal Rights
  • Minimum Wage
  • Eminent Domain
  • Public Smoking
  • School Vouchers
  • Flat Tax/Consumption Tax
  • Ban Inheritance Tax
  • AIDS research
  • Iraq Policy
  • End Cuban Embargo
  • Most Favored Nation Status in China
  • Iran Policy
  • Social Security for Braceros
  • Close School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Cooperation
  • Limit Punitive Awards in Lawsuits
  • Animal Rights/Cosmetic Testing on Animals
  • Pay College Athletes
  • Reform Endangered Species Act
  • Euthanasia
  • Unbiased Science Curriculum
  • Three Strikes Laws
  • Internet Schooling
  • Ban all Landmines
  • Reform Social Security
  • Ban Human Cloning
  • Government Funded Healthcare
  • Funding for Alternative Energy Sources
  • Organ Donations
  • Air Pollution Standards
  • Campaign Finance Reform
  • Protect the Rainforest
  • Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards for SUVs
  • Mandatory Military Service
  • Drill in ANWR
  • Handicap Accessibility in Public Places
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Selective Service for Women
  • No strikes for teachers
  • Tort Reform (McDonalds Coffee)
  • Flag Burning
  • Tattoo Ordinances
  • Compulsory Education until 18
  • Coercion of Terrorists
  • Fat Tax (tax fast food)
  • Equal School Funding
  • Car Insurance (boys vs. girls)
  • National ID card to vote
  • Naturalized President
  • Re-define citizenship
  • Ban frivolous government intervention in private business (foi gras)
  • End Title IX
  • Racial Profiling
  • End No Child Left Behind
  • School Nutrition Bill
  • Presidential Line Item Veto
  • Repeal NAFTA
  • Darfur Resolution



Community High School
326 Joliet St.
West Chicago, IL 60185
(630) 876-6200