No Labels Awards 'Problem Solver Seal of Approval' to Congressman Alan Lowenthal

No Labels, a national organization dedicated to a new politics of problem solving, has awarded its "Problem Solver Seal of Approval" to California Democrat Alan Lowenthal for his support of the group's year-long effort to create a National Strategic Agenda, a roadmap for the nation based on goals shared and supported by both parties.

No Labels is calling for America's leaders to support a new governing process to build a National Strategic Agenda centered on four goals. These goals – chosen with input from a nationwide survey that No Labels conducted last fall – are:

• Create 25 million new jobs over the next 10 years;
• Balance the federal budget by 2030;
• Secure Medicare and Social Security for another 75 years; and
• Make America energy secure by 2024.

"Disagreements over specific policies or politics aren't the only causes of perpetual gridlock in D.C.," said No Labels founder and CEO Nancy Jacobson. "Our leaders haven't defined a shared vision about what our country's goals are. The National Strategic Agenda will enable our leaders to build a detailed roadmap for where we as a nation should be going and how we will get there. We commend Rep. Lowenthal for his support of this effort and his willingness to challenge the status quo on Capitol Hill."

The National Strategic Agenda, with specific policy proposals to address each of the four goals, will be developed over the course of the next year through working groups and meetings all over the country with members of the public, community and business leaders, and elected officials and policy experts. Rep. Lowenthal will be among those participating in the process. The comprehensive agenda will be unveiled in New Hampshire in October 2015.

More than 80 members of Congress have already endorsed the campaign for a National Strategic Agenda.

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No Labels is a national movement of Democrats, Republicans and independents dedicated to a new politics of problem solving. With a network of hundreds of thousands of citizens and local leaders across America and almost 100 allies in the U.S. Congress, they have proposed reform ideas that have been introduced with support across the aisle, passed by Congress, and signed into law, including No Budget, No Pay. In 2014, No Labels called on America's leaders to commit to a new governing process to create a National Strategic Agenda, which will be developed with input from those all across the political spectrum. Find out more at www.nolabels.org.