• Hey Congress, we STILL need a jobs bill!
    Congress has been fiddling while American families burn. It has to stop. Our national infrastructure needs hundreds of billions of dollars of work, and millions of Americans are unemployed and desperate for jobs. It is time for Congress to put petty politics aside and do the work Americans need it to do.
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    Created by Keith Rouda
  • Permit City Cycle Tours to operate in New Orleans
    We are calling on the New Orleans City Council and Mayor Landrieu to permit the City Cycle to operate in New Orleans.
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    Created by Lisa Boe
  • No representation no pay
    stop paychecks and benefits to Congress and Senators until they star listening and representing us. They need to earn their pay. No more free lunch
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    Created by David Colas
  • Anthropoids for Free Enterprise in Athens, GA
    With a 39% poverty rate, Athens-Clarke County cannot afford the longstanding NIMBY tactics practiced by a tiny coterie of political extremists. Signing this petition acknowledges the Constitutional establishment of private property and free enterprise under our democratic republic. We call on our elected officials to help businesses bring jobs to those who desperately need them, which will help take them out of public housing and off welfare.
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    Created by Mr. Weird F. Menace
  • Energy Efficiency Subsidies
    Whether our country moves toward adopting wind, solar, geo-thermal, or other ways of heating, cooling, or providing electricity for our homes and businesses , energy efficiency is key in reducing the demand for power while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs right off the batt. Homes, institutions and business account for the majority of our energy use. We need to provide incentives to businesses, public buildings, and private homes to install comprehensive energy saving measures.
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    Created by Erlend Kimmich
  • MDOL Revision of Work Week definition for overtime pay
    Many employers are overlapping schedules so that one workweek overlaps into a second workweek. Because of present labor laws on over time and what is defined as a workweek, the employer is exempt from paying overtime or from giving a day off to the employees even after they've worked for 40 hours. Many employees are working 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 full time consecutive work days without a day off and with no overtime pay.
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    Created by Linda Anthony
  • Get the 99% Deficit Proposal Heard in Congress
    Ask the Congressional Super Committee to consider taxing the super-wealthy and tax-dodging corporations instead of cutting critical social programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. A deficit reduction proposal has been researched and prepared by Occupy Washington, DC. You can read the entire text at: <http://october2011.org/blogs/kevin-zeese/99-s-deficit-proposal-how-create-jobs-reduce-wealth-divide-and-control-spending>
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    Created by Jay Heyman
  • Support Mass Transit benefits!
    Federal tax law allows employees to use pre-tax dollars to pay for their commuting expenses. In 2012 the maximum tax-free discount to each employee for TRANSIT will be $125 per month, but for PARKING it is $240 per month!! This is a change from last year when congress had the levels equals for parking and transit. Commuters who use mass transit should get the same benefit as drivers!!!
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    Created by Ellen Pomes
  • Start Fighting Back!
    The airwaves are full of commercials with Bill Clinton saying there should be no new taxes and President Obama saying we need to tax the wealthy. There has been zero response from the Democratic National Committee or Bill Clinton refuting these commercials. This pathetic behavior needs to stop. We the democratic people demand that you start fighting back now.
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    Created by Dennis Cox
  • Ban the Box: Equal Opportunity Employment
    Many individuals with criminal records get turned away by putting on their application they have been convicted of a crime. By "Banning the Box" we can help these individuals get recognized for their skills rather than their pasts. Please help create safer communities and lower the rate of recidivism!
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    Created by Chad Montgomery
  • Allow Student Loan Refinancing For All
    Americans carry more student loan debt than credit card debt. Federal Loans lock in an interest rate that is currently unchangeable. This petition urges the President to allow borrowers to refinance their student loan interest rate to a lower, more rational rate. Banks are borrowing money at less than 1% interest yet many student loans are locked in at nearly 7.5% Reducing interest rates will allow debtors to repay their borrowed money but at a rate that allows us to actually have a life, rather than working only to repay debt. This is not debt forgiveness, but debt compassion.
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    Created by Chris Niro
  • Contract for the American Dream
    Please sign our petition asking Rep. Mike Honda and Rep. Zoe Lofgren to support "The Contract for the American Dream." We will deliver our petition to them at the "Jobs Not Cuts" Rally. Please join us: "Jobs Not Cuts" Rally January 9, 2012 at 5:30 San Jose City Hall Rotunda 200 East Santa Street San Jose, CA 95113 Email: [email protected] webpage: DreamMenders.org
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    Created by Dream Menders