• Advertising Abuses on Cable TV
    This petition asks the rules about advertising be applied to cable TV. Cable TV has almost continuous advertising through pop-up windows that distract greatly from the program being watched. I notice that the actual ads do not allow channel identification because it would detract from the message.
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    Created by L. Rettich
  • Stop Drone Assassinations without due process
    We are a country of laws and targeting Americans or foreigners without producing evidence or charging them, without due process, without allowing them to surrender is contrary to our founding core principles as a nation. We must uphold the values that have guided this country from the beginning and provide for the filing of charges and the judicial system to work out justice according to the evidence. We have three branches of government for a reason, to provide necessary checks and balances.
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    Created by Mike Ellison
  • Consumer Protection Gone Wild!
    Broadens the scope and depth of the consumer protection agency to go way beyond just banks.
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    Created by Gary Amstutz
  • Abolish Appraisal Management Companies
    Appraisers are being ripped off by the banks. Many banks have created AMCs which take a big bite out of the appraisal fee yet the homeowner thinks the fee goes to the appraiser at closing. Instead the fee goes to the 'Appraisal Management Company' or the bank which is a new layer of bureaucracy providing no service. The AMC and the banks live off the back of the appraiser without doing any of the work.
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    Created by Dr. Linda Lewis Cooper
  • Reinstate the Glass Steagall Act
    The 2008 meltdown is attributed to the deregulation of the Glass Steagall Act > Also called The Banking Act was instituted in 1933 to separate the workings of commercial and investment banks. In 1999 under Bill Clinton it was deactivated so banks could enlarge without oversight. The reinstatement of this bill is the single most important step toward a balanced economy..
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    Created by patricia frame
  • Repeal the "Citizens United" Supreme Court Decision
    "Citizens United" is a recent Supreme Court decision that basically equates corporations with people and money with speech. Both of these actions are civil rights issues, as corporations are NOT equivalent to persons, and there is not an equality of wealth from person to person or between person(s) and corporations. This is similar in nature to the 'separate but equal' arguments that supporters of apartheid gave back in the early 1960's.
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    Created by Cynthia Hollis
  • Visa Charge to consumers
    The Visa Company is trying to find loop holes in yet again trying to make an extra buck. 10 states said no, and who want to cross or wait to shop until we visit one of these states? I know for a fact that each store who does this will lose my business all around. This is just another way to make a buck, the Visa was protected by bank once and they were losing a lot of money I guess from not allowing money to be spent when folks didn't have any money. Charging all the over draft fees, when the banks knew they consumer didn't have the funds. Since check books are not used much anymore, folks just guess sometimes about their balance.
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    Created by Zo
  • Nationalize the USA's Energy Industries
    Stop the greedy rich from robbing us at the gas pumps. Put an end to letting Wall St. force you decide between keeping your family warm in the cold months or putting food on the table!
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    Created by Robert B. Hyde
  • No cronyism in Sandy cleanup
    After Sandy, Governor Christie awarded a $100 million no-bid contract for hurricane cleanup to AshBritt Inc., a Florida-based company with deep political connections and a reputation for overcharging for their services. Then AshBritt hired key political players to help convince local governments to follow the Christie Administration and give them yet more no-bid contracts. And it’s not over. The most recent contract for AshBritt doesn't just cover Sandy cleanup -- it's for all future disasters. Even worse, the head of AshBritt's lobbying firm is giving Governor Christie a $3,800 a plate fundraiser this month. This is everything that’s wrong with New Jersey politics and it has to stop. The state should cancel its contract for future work with AshBritt and investigate the Sandy cleanup process to make sure taxpayer dollars were well spent.
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    Created by Bill Holland
  • Coal Terminal and Coal Trains
    The Coal terminal in Bellingham, AND the coal trains that impact the whole WA State coast are a short term money-maker for a corporation at the expense of the health, environment, job security and air and water quality of the entire coast and islands (huge coal ships going through). There is no long-term benefit to anyone in WA State.
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    Created by Patricia Banasky
  • Repeal Section 632 of Fiscal Cliff Bill
    enables 1/2 Billion dollar break to Amgen, a biotech firm, slipped into bill enacted into law by Congress recently.
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    Created by S. Fife
  • Stop limiting mobile Data!
    Data plans that have become ridiculous. It's all about money. But it should be about an individuals needs!
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    Created by Elizabeth Ross