Congress should have the same benefits as Americans. They should not have their own pension plans, medical insurance, and should not have more than 2 weeks vacation like the general public. They think they are above everyone else and laws don't apply to them.

While we get data each week on how America's business community is doing re productivity...how about an ongoing analysis of the biggest most inefficient, highly paid, business of all: Government state and federal?? How many hours are they working? How many vacation days? What other perks do they give themselves that do not add to their productivity?

With the Fiscal Cliff "talks" going nowhere fast and the President holding his ground, taxes will go up on everyone, entitlement programs will be hit, etc. Instead of having talks that go nowhere or passing a note back and forth only to get shot down...tell the President he should hold his, congress' and the senate's pay checks hostage. Why should anyone be compensated for a job that isn't being done?

Senate and Congress pay and benifits and retirement.

Term limits on U.S. senators & representatives

Speaker of the House John Boehner has shown not to be a true fiscal conservative. he is a big govt republican and does not side with the people anymore. Sign my petition to remove Mr Boehner from office and reinstate the 4 fiscally sound conservatives who are upholding their oaths

If congress does not come to any agreement regarding the impending fiscal cliff, then I will not vote for any incumbent (Republican or Democrat) in 2014 or 2016.

After seeing what is going on in the House and Senate, Time to have changes instead of these politicians retiring with all the benefits that they have voted for themselves.

Anonymous Banks ,who sale Bank foreclosure homes that do not properly show personal Identification to sell ,without legal identification, scriptures and Property of ownership with a statement of said Home for sale, should not be aloud nor permitted to sell a home. If a loan buyer has no information of the Bank who is making the sale of the home get cut in this wrong act, The buyer is the person who may loose everything. The person who buys that home may be in jeopardy having problems and possibly penalties. If the buyer does not know that, that seller had the wrong ID, who sold them the home. May loose the loan money, the house and may even go to jail because there was no legal authority present when the Foreclosure seller did the sale .All buyers should be protected from these frauds they should be protected from Banks who do not use proper documentation and Identification to make foreclosure sales homes. Maria Celia Hernandez 12-5-20-12

The middle class has bail out the banks and big business. We deserve a bail out. The country requires the middle class support for finances. The wealthy class should be willing to support this country by doing it fair share of the burden. They have reaped all the profits on the backs of others. Now is the time to stand for America and not greed.

In Texas, we should be expanding the right to vote, not restricting it. For this reason, we want our state legislature to pass a bill that will allow voter registration on the same date that elections are held in Texas.

Dear President Obama, I request that, during the swearing-in ceremony for your second term, you consider laying your hand upon a copy of the Constitution instead of upon the Bible and that you eliminate all trappings of religious faith from the ceremony. The reasons for this request are as follows: -Having the Chief Executive sworn in with a Bible is an obvious violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment as it clearly represents a preferential acknowledgement of one religious belief (Judeo-Christianity) over all others. -The Constitution represents the set of rules that applies to all Americans regardless of race, sex or creed, whereas religious texts only apply to the adherents of their particular faith. -The Constitution is the document that you swear to defend in your oath of office. -The Bible contains passages that are supportive of mysogyny, homophobia and genocide. It also offers advice on how to properly treat slaves without once stating that owning other human beings is morally wrong. -None of the governments described in the Bible are democratic. -The words "so help me God" are not a part of the official oath as stated in the Constitution and when said by a member of the government being sworn into office represent another violation of the Establishment Clause. Obviously the choice to remove all forms of faith from a presidential inaugural will be controversial and cause outrage among your political foes as well as many of your supporters. But in the interest of obtaining true religious liberty in our country, this outrage will be well worth facing and the ensuing debate healthy and well worth having.