The Constituent Institute Resources

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Everything we publish. Free to use.

Every policy on our agenda comes three ways: a story for voters, a printable brief for staff and press, and a toolkit for lawmakers. Copy them, print them, and put your own body's name on the resolution.

01The storyFor voters
02The briefFor staff and press
03The toolkitFor lawmakers

5 policies · every figure sourced · updated October 2026

No. 01 · Health care

Medicare for All

The U.S. spends the most on health care and ranks last among its peers. What covering everyone would save.

The story · For voters

Paid in Full

Where $5.3 trillion goes, who it leaves out and what one public plan would change.

11 chaptersRead → The brief · For staff and press

Medicare for All

The evidence, five cost studies, who benefits and who pays.

Printable · 25 notesRead → The toolkit · For lawmakers

Medicare for All toolkit

H.R. 3069 in its own words, a model resolution and seven answers to the industry.

Resolution · 7 answersOpen →
No. 02 · Families

Universal Child Care

Families pay about $13,128 a year for one child. How peer nations, and now New Mexico, fixed it.

The story · For voters

The First Five

The price, the deserts, the workers and what universal care would change.

9 chaptersRead → The brief · For staff and press

Universal Child Care

The 7% cap, the evidence from Québec and New Mexico, who benefits and who pays.

Printable · 16 notesRead → The toolkit · For lawmakers

Universal Child Care toolkit

The Child Care for Working Families Act, a model resolution and five answers.

Resolution · 5 answersOpen →
No. 03 · Democracy

Money in Politics

Record election spending and record dark money. Who pays, who gets heard, and how to change it.

The story · For voters

Bought & Paid For

Where campaign money comes from, what it buys and how to give power back to voters.

8 chaptersRead → The brief · For staff and press

Money in Politics

Citizens United, dark money and the small-donor programs that work.

Printable · 15 notesRead → The toolkit · For lawmakers

Money in Politics toolkit

Model provisions for matching funds and disclosure, a resolution and five answers.

Resolution · 5 answersOpen →
No. 04 · Civil liberties

Privacy & Surveillance

License-plate cameras, Palantir and warrantless spying. Who is watching, and how to stop it.

The story · For voters

Eyes Everywhere

The cameras, the searches, the contractor and the spying at home.

8 chaptersRead → The brief · For staff and press

Privacy and Surveillance

Warrants for Americans' data, community control and open contracts.

Printable · 15 notesRead → The toolkit · For lawmakers

Privacy toolkit

The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, a community control resolution and five answers.

Resolution · 5 answersOpen →
No. 05 · Technology

AI & Working People

Productivity is up, workers' share is at a record low, and AI companies are writing the rules.

The story · For voters

Who Owns the Machine?

The gap, the build-out, the jobs, the robot boss and the lobby.

8 chaptersRead → The brief · For staff and press

AI and Working People

The productivity gap, the first rung of jobs and the laws that protect workers.

Printable · 15 notesRead → The toolkit · For lawmakers

AI and workers toolkit

The Stop Spying Bosses Act, California's No Robo Bosses law, a resolution and five answers.

Resolution · 5 answersOpen →

Using our work

Take it. It's yours.

No. 01

Free to copy

Quote it, print it, hand it out at a town hall. The model resolutions are written to be adapted, with no credit needed.

No. 02

Every figure sourced

Each brief and toolkit carries numbered notes that match a full source list, so your staff can check any number before you use it.

No. 03

Print or PDF

Briefs and toolkits print cleanly on letter-size paper or save as a PDF from the button at the top of each one.