Introduced in 1949 by the FCC, The Fairness Doctrine required holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a way that was honest, equitable and balanced. In 1969 it was upheld by an 8-0 vote by the Supreme Court. Since it was repealed under President Reagan in 1985, we have had a proliferation of partisan talk radio, Fox News and the most partisan government of my lifetime. Reinstating the act could be key to bringing sanity back to our politics.

The gridlock in both the House and Senate seems to be controlled by Deep Pockets, not the majority opinion of the representative's constituency. I don't want to wait until November for a change...besides, I approve of how my representatives are voting. I want the gridlock to stop now and the representatives to follow the will of the people who have elected them in good faith.

More work and less pay? No way. But Reps. Eric Cantor and John Boehner and other corporate bought-and-paid-for politicians want to change that. Cantor has prioritized legislation—H.R. 1406—that would let corporate CEOs get out of their legal obligation to pay cash overtime to workers and replace it with the "promise" of time off in the future. If this bill passes, it would change decades of labor law that have protected the 40-hour workweek and fair pay for workers. Workers who work overtime would be paid nothing and be given the “promise” of time off in the future—whenever the boss gives permission to take it, of course. A lot of workers depend on the extra money they get from “time-and-a-half” overtime pay just to make ends meet. This proposal would take that extra money away, and workers who take “time off” would never see a bump in their paycheck. This bill also would undermine the 40-hour workweek by making it cheaper for CEOs to demand long hours from employees. Boehner, Cantor and other right-wing legislators want you to think this is about “flexibility” for workers. But the only people who’d get flexibility from this legislation would be bosses, not employees. Corporations already have the “flexibility” to give time off whenever they want. What they would gain through this bill is the “flexibility” to pay nothing for overtime work, and then tell workers to “take off” when business is slow. Don’t let Boehner, Cantor and our corporate politicians erode fair pay and the 40-hour workweek. Sign the petition to Congress NOW.

This bill would create an entirely new, transparent and ungameable set of capital rules for the nation's banks. It requires banks to hold a significant amount of capital in a rainy day fund. In addition: 1) bankers won't be able to manipulate rating agencies; 2) off-balance sheet assets, derivatives and liabilities must be included in stating a bank's assets; 3) Megabanks will be forced to increase their capital or bring down their size. Help Brown & Vitter wage war on the financial machine (lobbyists) to move the bill forward.

“The inside-the-beltway world of Washington, DC rarely deals with truly foundational economic issues. When they do, it is only because they are being forced to by crisis or a political movement forcing something onto center stage. Over the past few decades, we have watched the steady destruction of the American middle class by the massive expansion of the low wage worker economy – it’s time that we banded together to fight back. The first step in that fight legislatively is the introduction of Sherrod Brown and David Vitter’s bill taking on the Too Big To Fail banks. Brown and Vitter’s Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness (TBTF) Act puts serious pressure on “Too Big to Fail” banks in a variety of ways, and those banks are doing some serious squealing as a result. The bill would force the TBTF banks to stop playing some of their most egregious accounting games and make the TBTFers keep almost twice the percentage of capital reserves.”

As a consumer I would rather pay more at Walmart than support subhuman working conditions and wages in other countries for cheaper products. I want people worldwide to have safe working conditions, and wages that pay the bills each month. I won't go back into Walmart until workers get wages at 75% cost of living, and a minimum 36 hour work week in both the US and abroad. I also won't go into the store, until worker safety is assured abroad as it is in the US.

The oil and gas billionaires the Koch brothers are trying to purchase the Los Angeles Times! It’s part of a larger bid to buy the Tribune Company’s media assets, which includes TV stations and major newspapers across the country in addition to the Times. Charles and David Koch laid out a three-pronged, 10-year strategy to buy America. The first two pieces of the strategy are educating grass-roots activists and influencing politics. To achieve their goal they have devoted their fortunes to bankrolling climate change denial, union busting, and the Tea Party. Over time the brothers have assembled a complex political infrastructure that supports their radical conservative agenda. The third piece of their strategy is media. Now, they want to expand their radical right-wing propaganda to communities across the country by “Fox-news-ifying” local papers like the Times. It’s a frightening scenario when a free press is actually a bought and paid-for press. We can’t allow respected journalistic institutions to become mouthpieces for the Koch’s self serving political agenda.

There is a matter I would like to bring to your attention and ask for your help with for a number of federal oversight employees and in the best interests of the American taxpayers. This situation is not a singular one. The problems continue and present real economic and real national security threats to all of us. Defense Security Service Special Agents investigated and reported federal security violations of Advanced Technology Programs at the Boeing Company to the responsible agencies having security and contract oversight. When the Dept. of the Navy and the Defense Security Service refused to act on the criminal findings, all evidence was then reported to members of Congress, and they also refused to investigate Boeing. Senators and Representatives, for years, have refused to act upon any reports of illegal activity at the Boeing Company for fear of the political consequences they would face if they fail to act in Boeing’s best interest. It is time for Congress to represent the American people, not The Boeing Company. Our elected politicians must protect the interests of the nation, not the special interests of Boeing. Congress must initiate an investigation of Boeing’s influence peddling in Washington in order to stop the fraud, and to stop the loss of highly classified Advanced Technologies to our nation’s enemies and potential future adversaries. And those responsible for such losses or compromises, must be held accountable for the years of theft of their competitors technologies and the loss of those technologies to foreign countries.

This amendment is to restore and maintain, indefinitely, representational democracy.

Filed an insurance claim after my husband saved my life, by stepping over me, after a driver ran the stop sign. Fas forward 12 months later the insurance company (Geico) refused to pay the claim. When a claim is filed, the insurance company should not avoid responsibility and accountability, especially when it is a matter of life and death as was in this case.

Most ellected condidates are not coming to Goverment for the people's welfare but their ambition is reach the personal gain as fame and that is why so many unresolved issues that drugs this country to abyss. We vote for the conditates without have chanse to find out the truth about them most of them sponsored by someones " big money" which expect the candidare "pay them back". It is a Catch 22 since the most of canditates are "doomed" for the people from the very start. We need honest people who are willing ot give their Lives for the humanity not for their and someone rich pockets. STOP THE DRIVES OF BIG MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKE POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE OT RUN FOR A CONGRESS NOT THE PRIVILAGE ONES...

While repairs or searches for replacement of cars involved in accidents happens, it's common for insurance to be sold that is represented as providing a rental car that is the same quality as the original one, at no charge to consumers. There is the impression that consumers may use any car rental company, but in reality, the insurance company pays a rate that is acceptable to only a couple of car rental companies with whom long standing contracts are in place to accept amounts that aren't competative with existing car rental rates. Those contracts need to be outlawed, so consistent rental rates exist, for all car rental companies. Car remtal companies coerse consumers to pay non conforming, much higher fees for damage done during the period of time the car is rented. That has resulted in monthly contracts held with tepair companies that agree to keep any needed repairs to cars, within a monthly amount. When many cars require repair in a month, "corners may be cut", and when few cars require repairs in a month, the costs to renters for a repair increases, beyond the standard in different communities. That cost, which must be bourne by consumers. The rental cpany sets the prices for cars they repair, to reflect their costs. That practice needs to be more standardized, as consumers are made to pay highly inflated costs for repairs, then. The only alternative is being banned from renting any car in the future from that company. When the former situation exists with insurance companies having preferential agreements, that renders Consumers liable for imcreased car rental costs, which negates the prise that such rentals aren't covered, as intimated and constitutes false advertising! Blackballing comsumers should be outlawed!