House Democrats need 218 House members to sign their discharge petition to bring "The Fair Minimum Wage Act" [HR1010} to the House floor for a vote by the full House. Because the Democrats by themselves only have 199 House members and no longer control the House they will need 19 Republicans to support their discharge petition to reach the magic number of 218 for a majority of members. The discharge petition is a popular but rarely used tactic to force a House vote when the majority leader doesn't want one. If the Democrats are successful, they expect to win the full House vote which will gradually raise the minimum wage from its current rate of $7.25/hour to $10.10/hour. Raising the minimum wage is extremely important. According to the CBO raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would bring about 900,000 people out of poverty. And it will increase wages for about 16.5 million people. It will also help reduce inequality. And it will reduce the taxpayer burden of subsidizing food stamps, rent subsidies, health insurance subsidies, and other welfare benefits low wage workers often receive because their minimum wage job isn't enough to cover even minimal basic living expenses.

I was really unhappy sitting through the House Finance Committee where three restaurant owners were allowed to make wildly unsubstantiated claims, and were repeatedly brought back to testify. When the chair declined to move the bill, and didn't set a date to bring it back up, I was disappointed and frustrated.

Inspired by the recent Win-Win-Win of the student-driven and community-led minimum wage campaign in San Jose, we students in the East Bay are organizing to do the same here in the East Bay. Only 3 other cities in the entire United States have minimum wages at $10 or more. Let’s add the entire East Bay to that list: Oakland! Berkeley! Alameda! Richmond, Hayward, Union City, Fremont, San Leandro, El Cerrito, Albany, San Pablo, Newark, Piedmont even… It’s time for a living wage, East Bay!

Without the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act borrowers cannot get their loans modified. This will lead to increases in defaults and foreclosures at a time when the housing market is still recovering. Please help our neighbors, friends, and communities by urging your congressional representative to get this law extended!

Please stop the bullying in the workplace. We all need to work together in a healthy and respectable manner. Work should not hurt!!

For equality among all working people. The wealthy inequality has been put into place through lobbying not mass majority votes legislatures that have recieve campaign donations and vote in favor of the donors not constituants.

In brief, this is to support the District 1 Community Development Cooperatives Farm and Ranch TECA budget proposal appeal. We were turned down flat and we may not get a chance to be heard for appeal at all. If you are a CRST member living out of state, going to school, in the military, off reservation, PLEASE make that comment when signing our petition. In our farm and agricultural programs proposal you will see the great thought and foresight in developing our comprehensive proposal which covers all bases. Our proposal will generate cash receipts yearly with the prospect of financial sustainability to our cooperative members. This is unique because of our Treaty RIGHT to farm. Most of our District 1 communities lay in the most poverty stricken county in our Nation, Ziebach County. Our employment opportunities are near non-existent and we want this for not only our able bodied employable members, but to take care of our Elders and create a legacy for our children and grand children. The Oyate Committee turned us down with a slap to the face. We have the legal upper hand for a positive appeal outcome, but we need our entire CRST tiospaye membership support. Let's get it through our government and powers-that-be that we must start our self sustaining lifestyle. This cooperative is not only a vision, but our right, and a venture worth fighting for as a model for the rest of our tribal districts people. One voice can create a stir, but the unity of many voices will create a thunder storm! WE SHALL PREVAIL!

American workers deserve to make a living wage. The President and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have proposed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, but the minimum wage should be $15 an hour because: (1) $10.10 an hour isn't enough to lift full-time workers and their families out of poverty; (2) Unlike 45 years ago, today's typical low-wage worker is not a teenager; he or she provides all or a large percent of family income; (3) The minimum wage would be at least $15 an hour if the minimum wage we had back in 1968 were adjusted for inflation and for the productivity gains we achieved since then; (4) Because some employers now pay wages that don't lift their employees out of poverty, the rest of us pay for their Medicaid, food stamps, housing, and other assistance -- in effect, subsidizing these low-wage employers; (5) Some jobs may be lost by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but many more people will be lifted out of poverty; (6) The economy will also benefit as low-wage workers have more money to spend, thereby creating more jobs; and (7) At a time in our nation's history when 95 percent of all economic gains are going to the top 1 percent, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is the right and decent thing to do.

This is not a new idea. I am restating a request to resolve some of our Country's inequities and modestly redistribute funds back into our social services. I'm starting this petition because I want The President to see how many of us support such a fair tax.

Restoring Emergency Unemployment Benefits even if temporarily to get over the harsh winter that left us struggling & in arrears paying for utilities, taxes, and food! I will change my affiliation & never vote Republican again if the GOP doesn't care how I make ends meet - they don't deserve my vote.

The economy will be directly affected by the government's failure to act. Millions of people will be losing their homes, and applying for welfare and food stamps just to survive. You call this a solution? We are in this situation and it is a living hell.

The Cannabis Plant should be legalized immediately based on racial discrimination. And in reparation for the pain and suffering caused since its prohibition, the multi billion dollar industry should be built in Milwaukee.