We U.S. Citizens are "expected" to pay our own way with OBAMA CARE and/or other health and retirement benefits. "I" am tired of paying for extravagant trips, parties, entertainment, absurd benefits, etc. In a similar vein, I think is criminally wrong to offer $$$ to other countries when our own citizenry is in need. I COULD GO ON & ON & ON!!! :(

Congress had not done nothing but pent there whole time Fighting President Obama.Everytime he put a bill out that will help American people they knock everyone down Enoug is Enough.

Congress had not done nothing but pent there whole time Fighting President Obama.Everytime he put a bill out that will help American people they knock everyone down Enoug is Enough.

New York is in the grip of a political crime wave. In the last 7 years, 32 New York State elected officials have been arrested, indicted, convicted, jailed, censured or resigned in disgrace. New York's legislators are more likely to lose their seat through arrest than at the polls. Regardless of party or ideology, these wrongdoers share one thing: they abused their positions of public trust and perverted our democracy to pursue personal gain. We must change this culture of corruption by changing the system. This requires public financed Fair Elections to attract candidates who will not be beholden to special interests, but will work for the public good. And we have only six weeks left in the session to do it! Maine, Connecticut, Arizona, and New York City have public financing systems. The cost for New York State would be just $2 per voter PER YEAR, less than a cup of coffee per year! In Connecticut, 75% of candidates have chosen to run with public financing alone. This has made an amazing difference in the integrity of politics and policy in that state. We the undersigned demand that New York's legislature and Governor enact meaningful, transparent, enforceable public financing of elections now, including limits on and disclosure of campaign contributions. We must ensure that the pay-to-play culture in Albany is eliminated.

If the US President the most powerful person in the world can only serve two terms, then why is it that the US House and US Senate can serve for life?.

The country faces high unemployment, war, crime, gun violence and other high priority things. It is time to stop the Republicans from spreading stupid conspiracies, they are a waste of time and resources.

I petition our congress to receive the same insurance, the same retirement plan, and a pay decrease of at least 20%.

Congress paying their fair share and putting in Honest ,productable wor days.

I feel that one can serve only master at a time. No matter what coiuntry in which a person holds citizenship, partial allegiance is not possible and should not be allowed either in Congress or in any other branch of government I would also include the State Department as well as the military services. If one wants to serve they should be willing to give up citizenship in another country A number of countries do not permit service by dual citizenship holders. The U.S. should be one of them.

Citizens United. We are all affected by this wrongful Supreme Court ruling. Oregonians should ask that it be repealed in their state. It is ruining democracy in our state and our country.

We need direct democracy at the federal level to counteract the influence of corporate lobbies on Congress. Apartheid was ended in South Africa only through a national referendum. We need a constitutional amendment establishing a national referendum as a direct expression of the will of the people.

Child poverty has dire consequences. Nearly all social problems in United States are heavily correlated with child poverty. Children who grow up in poverty are less healthy, trail in emotional and intellectual development, are more likely to drop out of high school and are less likely to find steady work as adults*. Poor children also are likely to become the poor parents of the future. *A high school dropout costs taxpayers as much as $288,000, according to the research organization The Policy Group for Florida’s Families and Children. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, in the United States, a child is born into poverty every 32 seconds and 21 percent of children in the U.S. live in households with income below the federal poverty level. It is outrageous that the richest country in the world tolerates children living in poverty in America today. This movement believes that ending child poverty in the United States must be the highest priority of government. The economic future of our country and the stability of the communities we live in depend on achieving this goal. The objective of citizen-led, non-partisan, non-profit Movement To Petition The End of Our Children’s Lives of Poverty is to inform our political, business and civic leaders, and the parents and people of this city, about this issue, build support for measures that will end child poverty and give children the best chance to be successful. We call upon the President and Congress to make ending child poverty their highest priority so that children do not live in poverty in America. I will only vote for those who do so.