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!

Congress Can't Seem To Get Anything Done And Are Too Bogged Down In Bipartisan Issues !!

According to the news stations Terry Bransted, Governor of Iowa , proposed to give himself a raise of $10, 000. What has he done to desire a raise after the short time he has been in office. And are the tax payers paying for this. Dave Lobseck gave his raise back. I believe we need to see what Bransted will do first. Iis history repeating itself.

PERTAINING TO A DOCUMENT I A VICTIM OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION HAS WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE 2 DO WHAT THEY ARE PAID 2 DO PROSECUTE THE CRIMINALS

The need for our representatives to raise large war chests coupled with the availability of special interest money has corrupted our Democracy. Let's apply our collective wisdom and creativity to end the need for large campaign war chests and get special interest money out of the political process.

The Federal Reserve is a private bank that controls our nations economy and is more beholden to the bankers who caused the financial problems than the American people. The Fed has never been audited by congress and its time for full transparency.

In the United States, when big industries are accused of massive wrong doing which harms the public, resources, and/or employees, the Federal government steps in and creates regulations. We The People are concerned about the harm the Federal government is causing by passing unpopular legislation. We are concerned about government spending. We are concerned about earmarking, and about passing bills full of "pork". We The People of the United States demand the Federal Government to make public and easily accessible all up coming legislation translated in laymen terms, we also demand the Federal Government to accept a non-affiliated third-party to audit Federal Government spending.

From Code Talkers to the cavalry, more than 200,000 Native Americans have proudly served our country and they have enlisted at rates far exceeding those of other ethnicities. Yet, they lack a special place to honor those who have served. Senate bill 1046 allows the new National Museum of the American Indian to begin raising private funds for a new memorial right on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Show your support for our Native American heroes by asking Congress to support a Native American Veterans' Memorial.