Before the passage of "CONTRACT WITH AMERICA," Newt Gringrich's conservative doctrine of promises, Congress had to vote for any pay raises. Hidden within the Contract With America was a law to end that practice and to give Congress and the President automatic pay raises based on COLA. Instead of voting to get a pay raise, Congress now just has to vote to stop an automatic yearly pay raise--something they have not done once. Middle Class American's are hurting and losing jobs to overseas countries. Some of the off-shoring of jobs is actually promoted by these same companies being able to deduct the moving expenses to go off-shore and overseas. Meanwhile, Congress and the President keep getting automatic COLA raises every year. Middle Class American's do not work in any job that provides an automatic pay increase. Why should members of Congress and the President be given such a blessing of the American taxpayer? Congress' approval rating is the lowest in history--meaning they are not working FOR the American people in any significant way. Yet, again, Congress keeps getting a COLA-based income raise yearly. Members of Congress spend more time out of Washington raising more and more money for their own re-election, which means they spend less and less time in Washington passing laws and bringing jobs back to hard-working deserving American taxpayers who actually pay the salary of these members of Congress. This has got to stop! The American taxpayer needs to remind each member of Congress that they work for us--not for the corporations, not the Lobbyists, not the Special Interests. The American taxpayer needs to end Congressional and Presidential automatic pay increases and demand that Congress return to the very public and open system in place ever since our nation's founding: that is, having to VOTE for their pay increases. The gravy train has long ended for the average Middle Class taxpayer (if there ever was such a time for the average taxpayer/worker in America), and it is time that Congress and the President feel the strain of living on ever decreasing incomes that "We The People" have now come to learn to do as our economy crumbles due to policies written in Congress to encourage off-shoring of American jobs. It is time "We The People" end the gravy train for members of Congress and the President that the Contract With America put in to place and to petition our members of Congress to end all automatic pay increases and return to voting for each and any pay increase.

First we had GMO grains and vegetables snuck into our food supply, then salmon... now pigs!! This has to stop. period.

This national petition is aimed at MoveOn's 7.5 million members. MoveOn has been helpful by sending out 8,300 emails asking 'should MovOn support this petition,' and 13.7% responded, but now we need to show that there is even more support for amending the constitution by simply stating 'Corporations are NOT people and Money is NOT speech' Please sign this petition, there are still 7,491,700 MoveOn supporters that have not yet seen it...and pass it on. See the full text of the amendment at movetoamend.org/amendment

STOPPING OUR CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVES FROM CONSIDERING THEMSELVES AS AN ELITIST GROUP

The Speaker of the House, Rep. Boehner (R-OH 8th District) refuses to bring Sandy Aid to the floor for a vote. This petition proposes the immediate expulsion of Rep. Boehner (R-OH 8th District) from the 112th and 113th Congresses, under Article 1 Section 5 of the US Constitution for disorderly behavior and criminal negligence. The States affected by Super Storm Sandy are some of America's oldest. Since States like New York, New Jersey and Connecticut fought to form this Nation 236 years ago, no storm has done more damage to the landscape of our coast. Rep. Boehner's inaction is unconscionable. He elevates partisan ideology over the needs of his fellow citizens and brings shame to our Capitol, to our Founders and to us all. Please sign this petition urging his immediate removal.

SO MANY THING NEED TO BE DONE AN OUR CONGRESS IS KICKING THE CAN ,THEY ARE WORRY ABOUT REELECTION INSTEAD OF WHAT NEED TO BE DONE FOR THE COUNTRY.

Americans will have to be witness to another political stalemate in March regarding debt limit. Diverse, vital issues are being ignored by our elected officials. Could be time to organize a march on Washington to bring attention to issues and to illustrate citizen frustration.

Senate and House Reps have to much power by their rich supporters, This position shouldn't be a carreer. After 2 terms go home and find a regular job like all americans.

Our government has been distorted and subverted by special interests' ability to buy influence. We will never have honest representation as long as lobbying is legal and condoned. We need men of principle to stand up and say no to undo influence and do the jobs they have been voted in to do: represent the people.

The union workers, blue collar workers, state and local gov'ts workers have had their pensions and benefits slashed. It is time to severely reduce the pensions and health care benefits of Members of the House and Senate of the US. I like many of you, have a lousy and expensive health care plan. For middle and lower income bracket Americans payroll taxes hit us hardest. Everyone except the elected Congressional Reps. make huge sacrifices and feel economic pain.

POOR PERFORMANCE OF CONGRESS, REPUBLICANS DUE TO THEIR OBSTRUCTIONISM AND REFUSAL TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS AND THE PRESIDENT

My wife, the primary breadwinner, has had her benefits eaten away by politicians who enjoy untouched pension and health benefits. All the while these same politicians use/borrow and deplete from her pension plan pool adding unpaid I.O.U.,s.