Lower the tax rate for persons taking early withdrawls from their 401ks.Taxed at the capital gains rate with no penalty. As a long term unemployed construction worker I would like to use my monies for schooling and basic survival.

Yes, all the State has been affected.

Republicans in Congress are contemplating raising the eligibility age for Medicare. I am 61 years old, suffer from a broken back, and recently had a heart attack. I cannot afford to wait another two years for Medicare.

I have 12 grandchildren!

The congress needs to move away from the pledge that Norquist made them sign! It was not right for him to put that pressure on them! He should be jailed for such an act because its almost like trying to bribe a police officer or someone! And then get it done! Boehner and them can be replaced come election time and they better realize this! Please ask Obama if he could be tried with is it called extortion? And ask him to please investigate it! Thank you

The country is about to be threatened into intentional default and massive downgrade of its debt.. i.e. if the Republican House of Representatives is allowed to use a 1917 debt limit law as blackmail forcing tax and spending concessions from the Democrats.

Cuts for all Politicans.....

Let's END Homelessness, poverty, lack, and want first in Long Beach, California and then within our noble nation, the great United States of America. We are facing a devastating loss of interest in reading throughout our country, and the best way to fight that sure demise is to GET AUTHORS ACTIVATED. If every author interested in publishing in the U.S.A. hired the homeless, the long-term unemployed, parolees, the addicted, et cetera to promote their work, we could end social ills that have plagued our nation since its inception. Give each person who signs up with an author AN EQUAL SHARE OF FIVE PERCENT OF YOUR MONTHLY PROFITS and you have suddenly employed people who in many cases have lost all hope.

I believe that this present Congress has got to be the worst Congress we have had in all the years I've been around. Politicians have began to make serving in political positions a career and family heritage (the Bushs') not serving the people.. Warren Buffett has some great ideas about the politicians... who really want to represent the people. Please read the list of demands as citizens for people who really want to serve the people

we need the representatives to pledge to americans,that's why we elect them.they are there to do what the people want,not glover norquist.they should not ever pledge to anyone but the people.lets, let them know if they pledge to anyone other than the people we will vote them out.

We are all affected by the policy of fighting two wars on a "credit card" while the richest 2% not only profited from the war in many cases, but also didn't have to pay their fair share of taxes on that income.

Everyone is affected by the lack of leadership and not caring about the plight of the middle class. We need the people we vote into office to represent us not big business or Wall St.