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Make the 2020 Census count -- NO citizenship questionLast week, the Supreme Court announced it would decide whether the Trump administration can add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census questionnaire -- which will be sent to every household in the nation next year. The Court’s decision could have serious, lasting consequences. Experts suggest that including such a question would discourage legitimate responses, especially from communities of color -- leading to an inaccurate count. Getting this count right is critical to making sure our government works for everyone. The Census shapes our nation’s democracy, public policy, and funding for an entire decade. It determines everything from congressional districts to local resource allocation -- like school funding, the number of fire houses in our neighborhoods, and highway and road repair budgets. It’s up to us to tell the Supreme Court loud and clear that We the People deserve a fair, unbiased Census in 2020. Let's show that Americans nationwide are ready to make sure that we all count. Add your name to protect the Census and keep a citizenship question off of the questionnaire.378 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Common Cause
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Commissioner Ron Beaty: Resign NowHomophobic and bigoted rhetoric has no place in Massachusetts and elected officials should represent constituents not ridicule them. Barnstable County Commissioner Ron Beaty has perpetuated bigoted views against the LGBTQIA+ community and he should step down from public office.209 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Bay State Stonewall Democrats
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Students 4 DC Statehood, Officially YoursWith the support of the names enclosed, we hope to encourage the transformation of the District of Columbia from a territory, to the fifty-first state.20 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Dakota C Miles
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Leveling Medical Requirements for Enlisted DOD Service Members Wishing to Commission to the Offic...After 15 years of honorable service in the Navy and seven combat deployments, Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent was seeking to commission in pursuit of a Ph.D. in military psychology. SCPO Kent was denied entry into Officer Development School because she was deemed medically unfit under medical standards for accession (DOD Instruction 6130.03) due to a brief bout with thyroid cancer two years prior. SCPO Kent sought a medical waiver from the Navy under MANMED Chap. 15. The Navy denied it. However, under medical standards for retention, the Navy simultaneously deemed SCPO Kent medically fit to deploy to Manbij, Syria where a suicide bomber killed her on January 16, 2019. This is an indefensible outcome as a result of a discriminatory DOD policy. In the wake of SCPO Kent's death, the Navy changed its waiver policy on February 5, 2019. However, if a service member is deemed medically fit to deploy to a war zone, they should not need a waiver for a commission in the officer corps. Thus, the DOD needs to change its medical standards for commissioning to obviate the need for a waiver altogether.1,490 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Sherwet H Witherington
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National Emergencies Act Fight BackThe Constitution ensures checks and balances between different branches of government, these guard against abuses of power. My kids learned that as early as first grade, and as an elected official in my hometown I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. Emergencies such as wildfires, floods, and hurricanes have left millions of Americans homeless and destitute, resources and attention need to be focused on these emergencies and on the protections afforded everyone under our Constitution and Democracy.605 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Arabel
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National Emergency? Get your priorities straightTax dollars are being WASTED as the deficit climbs, while our neighbors are hurting.40 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Brenda Allington
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Payday Lending is Just Another Name for Loan Sharking!Exclude predatory Payday lenders from exploiting middle class & poor borrowers by charging obscene interest rates as high as 400%. Re-establish Usury laws to reasonable returns and enforce the laws.28 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Duane Daum
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MN Legislators: Pass HF 111 and SF 711The Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Minnesota as outlined in these bills examine will the systemic causes behind the violence that indigenous women and girls experience; collect data on violence against indigenous women and girls, including data on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls; and make recommendations for violence prevention. We call on all Minnesota legislators to pass these important bills.62 of 100 SignaturesCreated by MMIP Task Force Fargo-Moorhead
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Stop dumping on Ilhan Omar, she's rightI'm angry that Democrats are attacking Ilhan Omar. They are putting the interests of Israel over American values like free speech and justice. It's sickening.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Patrick Horgan
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Request Trump's Tax Returns NowDonald Trump has demonstrated his disrespect for the American people by refusing to make public his tax records. The American people deserve to know if their president is working in the interests of foreign agents. They also have a right to know if he has evaded his responsibilities to pay his fair share of taxes. Only by seeing his tax returns can we obtain answers to these essential questions. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Richard Neal, the only Democrat with the power to request the president’s tax returns, has inexplicably delayed making the request despite overwhelming support from the American people. Tell Richard Neal that we have waited long enough to see the president’s tax returns.22,125 of 25,000 SignaturesCreated by Eleanor Eagan
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Congress Must GoCongress does nothing for the American people. Not only are the obsolete, they are corrupt and are the voices of the sociopathic wealthy. Let's send them home to get real jobs with no medical and no retirement. We can fire them now. We can represent ourselves from our computers. We the People need to take control of this bu!!@#%! now!2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by John Hren
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Make election day a federal holiday — not Columbus dayAmericans have fought hard for our democracy in countless ways over the decades. Soldiers have fought and died to preserve it, and activists have struggled throughout our history to expand and protect the right to vote for all our citizens. We all deserve a day to honor and practice democracy on Election Day in November. By switching out Columbus Day as a federal holiday and exchanging it for Election Day, we make sure we are celebrating and advancing real American values, not glorifying a legacy of colonialism and genocide.14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Eli Kasargod-Staub