We need to pass the People's Bill of Rights to change how Congress works to eliminating the gridlock and partisanship and have them solve our the people's issues rather than just catering to special interests.

NC politicians, both parties, pass laws and bills that affect every citizen of this state. We expect them to live by those as well to save monies for the state of NC. We would like them to earn $5 over minimum wage and have Medicare as their main insurance or state insurance, as other state employees.

One of the ways we voters have been kept in a democracy of limited effectiveness, is by keeping us blind to the true amount of public support towards any given issue. The first thing we need to do is find a way to remove the blindfold and make our government representatives and agencies face a public that can see issues in which the public vision is widely shared and when the public’s shared vision is or is not being represented. Polls are not good enough. Accuracy of polls can be questioned for many reasons. We need more than polling. We need a public way of submitting registered issue votes to the government and its agencies. Something that is much better than individuals calling, writing, and even meeting with representatives and public officials.

Unlimited, often secret spending from billionaires and multinational corporations has hurt this country and our election process. If this continues, this corrosive system can result in a government for the highest bidder, rather than of, by, and for the people.

I have held public office several times in my life. Now as a retired small business owner, I can be overwhelmed by big money with no disclosure coming into my Tier 1 community and "buying the media". Complete transparency and full disclosure of all monies and resources to a person and/or political party every 30 days should become normative.

The Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United decision has been an unmitigated disaster for the American people. It is imperative that the Constitution be amended so that it clearly states that corporations are not people and should not have the same rights as people.

Unlimited, often secret spending from billionaires and multinational corporations has been a disaster for democracy. If we do not act, money will continue to inundate our elections and allow the interests of those powerful donors to take precedence over the interests of voters. This corrosive decision greatly helps to make the government accountable to the highest bidder, rather than to the people.

The Democratic Republic of the United States of America has been negatively effected by passage of the Citizens United legislation that allows for unlimited and anonymous political campaign donations and stands as a repugnant trend in money over and above civil values. The Citizens United legislation that was largely funded by "special interest groups" who seeks to enrich themselves and concentrate their power in direct opposition to this nations best interests regarding sustainable clean energy, a "family friendly economy" and civil rights. Most importantly, many of my fellow Americans are deeply concerned about the greater ability of subversion of our nations political process by enemies foreign and domestic by the allowances of Citizens United.

Unlimited, often secret campaign contributions from billionaires and corporations have undermined the core of the democratic process. If we do not act, money will continue to flood into our election process and will overwhelm the voices of voters. This corrosive system can result in a government for the highest bidder, rather than of, by and for the people.

The Supreme Court's ruling in Citizen's United vs. the Federal Election Commission(2010) basically states that when it comes to campaign contributions, corporations should have the same rights as individuals. Getting corporate money out of politics is critical to restoring democracy and the power of our vote. Please join us by signing this petition to Congressman Cleaver to co-sponsor a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizen's United!

Unlimited and often secret spending from billionaires and multinational corporations has been a disaster. If we do not act, money will continue to inundate our elections and overwhelm the voice of voters. This corrosive system can result in a government for the highest bidder, rather than of, by, and for the people.

Co-sponsor amendment to overturn Citizens United.