• Congress should live under same laws as the USA citizens
    It's time for the United States Congress to live and work as those who have elected them. The laws they make should apply to them as well as every other citizen -- same benefits, same healthcare, same retirement benefits, same leave without pay as all other government employees are required to take during government shutdowns.
    503 of 600 Signatures
    Created by Maureen Levy
  • Pay cuts for all members of Congress and the President of the United States.
    All U.S. citizens have been and are affected by the Congressional shutdown.
    469 of 500 Signatures
    Created by Lesley Woodward
  • Support CR at pre-sequester levels
    Nobody wanted the sequester. It is still robbing hungry people of food, children of Head Start programs, and other innocent people of critical support. In the current budget crisis, the Senate has passed a continuing resolution that maintains the sequester, in a major concession to the GOP. However, the American people don't want these terrible cuts, and never did.
    31 of 100 Signatures
    Created by James Marshall
  • Call the Vote!
    This shutdown has been created by a few reckless Republican representatives; all Speaker Boehner has to do is call the vote!
    989 of 1,000 Signatures
    Created by Judy Adams
  • Congressional Entitlements
    Members of Congress ask Americans to contribute to their own health insurance and retirement. Yet these people enjoy the best health care and retirement anyone could wish for. The members ask us for sacrifice while they give up nothing.
    831 of 1,000 Signatures
    Created by mark rain
  • No more government entitlements
    I want everyone who is the government including the President and Governors and Mayors, etc. that why they turn 65 they go on our Social Security and Medicare and not us paying for theirs with our money that we are being taxed on., also, when you have lotto and it's suppose to go into the school or road services, damn it, do it, don't say it's going into our (OUR) general funding., what that means, it's going into your funds for your own retirement plan!! same on our government, that's why I don't vote, you all stink!!!!
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Joan Wells
  • No "entitlements" for Congress
    It is unfair and unjust for our Federal, State and Local Government officials to receive different benefits and entitlements than that of the citizens they represent.
    12 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Andrea Letts
  • Impeach John Boehner
    I want the federal government to be open for business.
    14 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Marna Schoenwald
  • Speakers Shouldn't Be Tyrants Constitutional Amendment
    Speaker of the House, John Boehner, is abusing his power for personal gain. He refuses to put the budget to a vote because there are enough votes for it to pass. He would rather shut the government down and hurt the American people than lose the backing of the Tea Party.
    15 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Erin Short
  • Hold 'em Accountable Constitutional Amendment
    The Tea Party is hurting the American people and holding the government hostage because it didn't get its way. And the Speaker of the House is abusing his power for his own personal gain.
    565 of 600 Signatures
    Created by Erin Short
  • No Congressional Pay Until a Budget is Passed
    Nothing will get accomplished if the members of Congress are still getting paid. If the people of the United States must suffer because of the fighting in Washington, so must Congress.
    278 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Shawn
  • Speaker Boehner, let them vote!
    Speaker John Boehner is the only person who can schedule votes in the House of Representatives. The votes to pass a 'clean CR' exist. Speaker Boehner should schedule such a vote immediately and stop catering to the extreme right wing of his party. Speaker Boehner, put your pride aside, put your country first and put our government back to work!
    610 of 800 Signatures
    Created by S. Khalsa