The Congress of the United States must use the true majority vote to run our Governement. We have ALL suffered due to the rules which allow a 60% 'majority'. It is unconscionable in the United States of America...to use this false majority as a way to protect the people of this Country. It is also an unethical way to run our Government...when one small, group of people can block any and all progress which is crucial to the governing of the United States of America.

My annual salary has been drastically cut although my taxes have helped out everybody but me. I feel this country needs to be all for one and one for all. So far we the people of the working poor have cut back as far as we can. Its time for the upper crust of this country to have its share of cut backs. Where is the jobs from the Bush tax cuts?

We need a new party to represent the American people for the first time. A party that will stand up to the special interest groups and fight for Medicare for everybody in the country. We need a party that will stand up to the NRA and corporations who are against Social Security and Medicare.

Judges must take a class to understand the terms and mechanics of what a mortgage is. Genaric terms are so often used the mortgage and they don't have a clue. They need to know the difference between note and mortgage tangable note entangable note proper endoursemts the term endorsed in blank is like a check not just blank the difference between a Baer note and order paper.a note signed in blank is that spells out pay to the order of is order paper and payed to the order of Baer is Baer note . PSA pooling and servicing agreement on file with sec and sould be matched how the note sould be endoursed and the pooling and servicing agreement brought to court should be be verified that the foreclosure mill brought the right one. The meaning of constructive notice and perfection of a lien. A why a foreclosing party must show damage as lost of monies and have their liens recored and paid fees to recorders office. The judge are comming out of retirement and do know any of this stuff and the attorneys representing the he owners don't even know this stuff. This would be a simple check list.

We have a fat-cat Congress refusing to handle the business of the people. When they decided to cut spending to much that benefits every American and would help grow the economy, rather than raise taxes on the wealthiest one percent, they should have been the first to lose their inflated salaries, their pensions, their perks. They should not have the right to vote their own salaries or benefits, and their actions should impact them right along with everyone else.

No one has been able to explain to me why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay on retirement. While Politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full-pay Retirement after serving one term. It just does not make any sense.

We need to end the ability of lobbyists and special interest groups from swaying our elected officials to pass laws and regulations that benefit them rather than the entire nation.

I believe that for too long an internally supervised process has created grave injustice in the salaries and benefits that lawmakers "earn" as "public servants." Throughout the difficulties of the economic recession none of them has had any reduction in salary or benefits, while an extremely high number of Americans who pay the taxes that pay their salaries have had to face major economic setbacks.

Last year, more than 30 states proposed laws that would restrict the right to vote, restrict ballot access and hamper democracy. But luckily not Connecticut. From our landmark Citizens’ Election Program to our adoption of Election Day and online voter registration, Connecticut has always been a leader when it comes to guaranteeing a transparent, participatory and responsive democracy. That's why it's so alarming to see one bill advance in Connecticut that would be a major blow to our democracy. The bill, SB 1146, which would ban cross-endorsement, was recently passed in committee in the legislature, but we've got to stop it. Under the cross-endorsement system, familiar to most Connecticut voters, minor parties can support either their own candidate or the candidate of a major party. This is healthy for democracy. Banning cross-endorsement would narrow the electoral process, limit voter choices, and discourage voter participation, especially from voters who don't feel well-represented already, like students, immigrants and low-income voters. More than 80,000 people voted on a minor party line for a cross-endorsed candidate in 2012. There's no justification for limiting the choices and expression of those voters. The legislature would do our democracy and our citizens a serious disservice if it passes this proposal. Please join me in calling on the legislature to shelve it immediately. Thank you for all you do, Miles Rapoport, Former Secretary of the State of Connecticut and President of Demos

California's courts have endured relentless budget cuts over the past five years, with catastrophic impacts on the public -- and disproportionately affecting the poor, the disabled, the elderly and the very young. This is our third branch of government and a basic tenet of democracy is: Justice for All. We demand that Governor Brown restore funding to the courts and stop the next round of budget cuts, scheduled to take effect in the coming weeks.

Congress is not doing their job. Every year, they are supposed to pass a budget. Because of their incompetence thousands of federal employees are facing furloughs. Everyone in my agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs received furlough letters. Many agencies across the government are facing furloughs. Congress needs to have some accountability.

limit terms in congress just as example of president can only serve max, 2 4yr terms.