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Pass the Stock Act!The Stock Act has been milling around the U.S. Legislature for years collecting dust while waiting for members of Congress to sponsor and promote its passage. The Act is designed to prohibit any member of Congress from investing or divesting in stock based on inside information obtained while working on a committee, having attended other important decision-making meetings, etc. It is illegal for anyone else to buy or sell stock based on inside information, and it should be for Congress as well.10 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Craig M. Belisle
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Governor McDonnell, Take a Balanced Approach to Fixing Virginia's Budget!The Governor has slashed funding for schools, roads, healthcare, and first responders, and with another billion dollar shortfall he may try again. However, there is a better way: a balanced approach that includes bringing in new revenue by closing ineffective or inefficient loopholes will save jobs and protect our economy. We're calling on the Governor to take a balanced approach to this shortfall!637 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Evan Feinman
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Create JobsStop paying your bills online. Go back to mailing in payments. Consequently both big Banks and the US Post Office will have more work! Your payment and identity will be more secure. I created this petition to rally the working-middle class to support itself. A kind of "coporate disobedience" where the simple act of mailing a letter declares we stand our ground together.3 of 100 SignaturesCreated by rdennehy
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Middle Class PledgeThis petition is to commit ourselves and our elected representatives to restoring the American Middle Class. We must unite and and exercise our power to heal our economy and restore prosperity.14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Dean Moulopoulos
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Rep. Amash: Vote to extent unemployment insurance before the holidaysOn December 31, federal unemployment insurance will run out for millions of Americans. Let's sign this petition to show Rep. Amash that we want him to make it a priority to extend the unemployment insurance before he takes his holiday break.54 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Brad Langerak
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Stop Foreclosures NowSTOP IT FROM HAPPENING TO YOU CitiMortgage approached me and offered me a "Home Affordable Modification" which decreased my house payments by $500 per month. After two years in this program and making all payments, I was notified that I did not qualify for the program and CitiMortgage wanted $25,000. Then, I contacted "Hope" and they made arrangements with me and CitiMortgage to have me go back to making my original payment before the reduction. Then, CitiMortgage sold my loan to Vericrest. Vericrest would not let me make a payment unless it was in the amount of $25,000. Since I unfortunately did not have $25,000 laying around, my loan was recorded with Sacramento county for foreclosure. Now I am once again having to spend money to fight them. How is this legal ? And what happened to truth and justice! Stop Foreclosures Now! This effects all of us. Please sign and share.66 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Benjamin R French
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"COO" (country of origin) on every productWe need to be able to tell where any product originally is made, not just “Distributed by” so we can chose to buy American Produced products and bring jobs back to America! If we could tell where the product originated rather than the worthless “distributed by” we see on 75% of the products AND preference buying “ American”, manufacturers would have to move factories back to America! BUT, we can’t buy American if we don’t know where it was made!19 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Dan Kashefska
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Repeal the 2008 Homebuyers Tax Credit repayIn 2008 all those people who brought a house with a mortgage helped our economy, yet they have to pay that $7500 back at a rate of $500 per year out of the tax refunds of those people.11 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Salvatore Marone
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Save the United States Postal ServiceUSPS management is proposing a drastic downsizing and service reduction. In part, it is due to an unreasonable requirement instituted by G.W. Bush through the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, which requires the prefunding of retiree health benefits for 75 years within ten years. H.R. 1351 will relieve the some of the most unfair aspects of this legislation and refund to the USPS part of the current overpayment.21,855 of 25,000 SignaturesCreated by Paul Hines
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Let Seniors use the short tax formSenior Taxpayers must slog through more than 100 pages of incomprehensible 1040 long form instructions or hire professional help,even if they do not claim any itemized deductions. THIS IS A TOTALY UNNECESSARY !! THE IRS SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD OF 15 STATES which allow seniors to use their short tax form when filing state income taxes. FIVE OF THESE STATES distribute free software for these simple state income tax forms, that can be used on any computer which automatically performs all mathematical functions, and compute the taxes due the state or the rebate due the taxpayer; _________________________23 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Roland Boucher
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Boycott Frank and Frary!Pomona College's recent work authorization document check has sent fear throughout this campus considering that the already racist, anti-immigrant climate of the US is at its worst yet. As students, faculty, staff, and supporters, we cannot watch as our fellow community members are intimidated by an action meant to silence us. We must take action immediately and call for at least a minimum of pushing back the December 1st deadline for documents, if not a complete moratorium on the document check. Workers have called for a boycott of Frank and Frary dining halls on Wednesday, November 30th and it is our time now to support them!284 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Anthony F
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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.368 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Keith Rouda