Executive Summary

The Business Plan for America is a practical governing framework, built by business leaders in consultation with policy experts, to answer that call. It advances three core goals:

To deliver on these goals, the Plan identifies strategic priorities and offers actionable policy recommendations. This update sets out an emerging business perspective on the challenges of AI, including safety and data centers. The Plan will continue to evolve and expand, addressing new subject areas and incorporating feedback from experts and business and political leaders. We believe the American people are best served by a rigorous debate on the issues facing the country, and we look forward to that exchange of views.

The window to act is narrow. The Plan therefore begins with “Delivering for Americans: A To-Do List for the Next Congress”: a focused set of priorities, drawn from the broader Plan and built to draw support across party lines, that the new Congress can advance now. We believe that by setting the machinery of government working against bipartisan priorities we can build vital muscle memory for action to tackle increasingly ambitious goals. Beyond that, leaders shaping the 2028 presidential campaign must define a stronger path forward, translating public demand into not just winning campaign messages, but a credible governing agenda.

What follows is the latest in a series of policy papers laying out Leadership Now’s vision for what comes next.