My husband is affected by the furlow, while the taxpayers pay for the IRS employees (and I am sure others) to take "team building vacations". Think of the total cost of all the Governement Departments that do this.

1) Public funding, equal money 2} No negative campaigning 3} Six weeks of campaigning only

According to the Congressional Research Service the Republican majority in the House of Representatives has spent 80 hours of House floor business and nearly $50 million tax payer dollars holding 37 votes to repeal Obama's Health Care Act. They knew beforehand that ALL of these votes would fail but they called for them anyway. This is an obvious and blatant waste of both the taxpayer time and money.

Remove this tyrant from office by every means a.s.a.p.

Former Secretary of State and Unites States Senator Hillary Clinton, who represented the people of New York state, is a front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. Though she's yet to announce her candidacy, if Mrs. Clinton ran, she'd be the clear favorite. Another likely candidate is New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo, who served as Attorney General during Secretary Clinton’s time in the Senate and as cabinet member in President Bill Clinton's administration. Governor Cuomo has shown he can make things happen when he wants to, but he’s not exercising his legendary influence right now for fair elections. The governor is arguably the most powerful man in the state of New York - certainly in the New York Democratic Party. Though the governor is on record in support of a fair elections bill, this handful of obstructionist Democratic Senators couldn't possibly block this legislation if Governor Cuomo made it a true priority. The governor needs to hear from someone who's represented New York before, who's been a vocal proponent of public financing, and who can give him a run for his money in 2016. We need Hillary Clinton to make a statement now!

Former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, who ably represented the people of New York, is on the record in support of fair elections. New York needs her now as much as ever! Secretary Clinton, we call on you to use the powerful influence of your advocacy for fairness in elections to get the New York Senate to do the right thing for all New Yorkers. Governor Cuomo has shown he can make things happen when he wants to, but he’s not exercising his legendary influence right now for fair elections. The Governor is arguably the most powerful man in the state of New York, certainly in the New York Democratic Party. This handful of Senators couldn't possibly block this legislation if Gov. Cuomo made it a true priority. Now, the Democrats in the senate need to hear from someone who's represented New York before, who's been a vocal proponent of public financing. We need Hillary Clinton to make a statement now!

America accepts the basic premise that only politicians should go to Washington. As only other politicians are allowed into Washingtons' inner circles, all politicians must necessarily be removed, and we must allow real people a chance to fix our nation before it is too late!. America needs to find 535 good people, provably honest, to travel to Washington and change America for the better, then return home to their lives, as it was in the beginning of the USA. Create a HiHo.com in your home state. Let people log on with their stories of the good people in your area,check those persons out and get them on the ballot next election cycle, and let's get everyone to vote away from the corrupt two-party system.Let's send honest people who can't be bought to Congress, end lobbies,eliminate the "Career" of politics and make some changes for the people, instead of continuing the hemorrhage that is American Politics.

The sequester is just another name for obstruction. The political agendas of our Congressmen should not deter proper and needed legislation to run our Country in the black. The common ground is the welfare of the USA and bickering is no on that agenda.

the inefficiency of our government has gone on for too long; by dividing the FDA into two agencies efficiency can be fostered.

California is getting ready to strike a blow against Citizens United by passing SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, a bill that would shine a bright light on the shadowy interests who depend on secrecy to influence elections. The full Senate just passed it on an overwhelming vote of 28-11. SB 52 (authored by Senators Mark Leno and Jerry Hill, sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign, and endorsed by over 300 organizations and leaders) would mandate clear and prominent disclosure of who is behind political TV, radio, print, and mass mailer ads - on the ads themselves. SB 52 will stop special interests from hiding behind fake committee names by requiring ads to show their actual original contributors. SB 52 now moves to the Assembly, where Assembly Speaker John Pérez was one of 44 Assembly co-authors of the previous California DISCLOSE Act (AB 1648 authored by then-Assemblymember and now-Congressmember Julia Brownley) that passed the Assembly before running out of time to reach the Senate last August. Our elected officials deserve praise when they stand up for transparency and disclosure as powerful as SB 52, so sign the petition to thank them today!

The US Chamber of Commerce is conducting an email survey regarding the role of the IRS in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

All of the politicians are making over 100K a year for working about 5 months a year. They aren't doing their jobs and are collecting more benefits for free than any of us can dream of. These companies that are buying "our" politicians to sway their votes is unconstitutional. Our politicians are all millionaires from these companies, so that do not act in our interests. It should be illegal!