Hi Everyone, Please take a quick moment to sign my petition below. We can’t let our State Legislators get away with this! This session, the Republican-led Legislature has put forth legislation which falls drastically short of fixing the problems that led to the 2012 elections debacle. As members come home to their districts, FL Dems are activating their grassroots network to urge lawmakers to make substantive changes to fully reform Florida's elections system, including but not limited to returning early voting hours to the 14 days voters received prior to the passage of HB1355. That's why I created a petition to The Florida State House, The Florida State Senate, and Governor Rick Scott, which says: It's time for the Republicans to stop the lip service, stop the games and fully reform the elections system they broke today. Will you sign this petition? Click here: http://signon.org/sign/gop-broke-fls-election?source=c.em.mt&r_by=7378787 Thanks! Jim Tate MoveOn.org

Tell Congress "what is good for the goose is good for the gander", support S. 436: Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act,

Governors, as all elected officials, must respect citizen initiatives.

Congressmen have wonderful pay and benefits that are at a cost to taxpayers. Congress needs to provide evidence their performance has justified their salaries and benefits. If they are unable to pass legislation that is for the good of the American people, they should not be allowed pay or benefits. It's called pay for performance and Congress should not be exempt!

Texas is one of 3 remaining states that has yet to actively repeal a law criminalizing the private, consensual, intimate, sexual relations between homosexual people, 10 years after the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated such laws as unconstitutional in 2003. We do not want Texas to place its role in history as the very last state in the nation to repeal this language from the law books. Please stand up and say you want this stigmatizing law to go once and for all!

The Patriot Coal bankruptcy will be a lost health care and pension engine for thousands of mine workers.

The furlough of over 800,000 Department of Defense civilians and countless other federal agencies will negatively impact the safety and security of this nation. Most federal employees are middle-class families who will be faced with the 20 to 40% pay cut this year! They're much better ways to reduce the nations deficit And stop wasteful spending.

Government contracts are quite often given to friends, relatives or supporters of government officials without the process of finding the best price or product. I believe there is over $450 billion in federal contracts that were never up for bid.

We have a Senate majority leader who is denying a vote a filibuster reform and a vote on an assault weapons ban and a high capacity magazine ban. Please call Harry Reid and the your US congress members to let Harry Reid know that he is doing a terrible job and needs to do better.

Supporting these measures will put farmland back into production, give farm and production workers much needed work, and make products made from industrial hemp more available and affordable to all. Many products from paper, fabric, and particle board to plastics, paint, and car parts , as well as many foods and cosmetics can be made here in the USA from industrial hemp. Currently we rely on importing either the raw materials like paper or fabric or finished products from many countries. We can put people to work while saving import duties and taxes.

This must occur at ALL levels of Government both local and federal. Two terms in any elected office. Exceptions could be real jobs like sheriff and fire chief if elected. Do we really need someone in office for 20 years enriching themselves and their associates? All you have to do is examine simple history in your immediate area. This is not an attack on any political party. This could put an end to the type of representation we are experiencing at all levels of Government.

Voting is a fundamental right, and should be as easy as possible. Unfortunately Massachusetts lags behind other states in access to the ballot box. This year, the Massachusetts legislature can take a few simple steps to ensure more people have access to our most fundamental democratic right. - Early voting allows people to vote when it is convenient for them to do so, ensuring that they don’t have to miss work or caring for their families. - Demos, a leading good government and voting rights organization has projected that Massachusetts could see an increase in turnout of 4.9%, with even larger increases anticipated among young voters and African Americans if we implemented EDR. Tell your legislators to remove barriers to exercising our most fundamental democratic right.