Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that the GOP will hold its course during Obama's second term. Ending the filibuster is within the realm of possibility by repealing the anachronistic "cloture" rule in the Senate at the beginning of the new session of congress. Give hope and change a real shot at happening by urging your senator to end the cloture rule.

Stop the partisan positions and do what is best for the country. Tear up the no new taxes contracts.

Harry Reid must have the courage to change the filibuster rules in the Senate on the first day of the new congress. This is the only way to achieve the priorities of the President in his second term without facing total obstruction from Senate Republicans.

The November 2012 election is over, and many diverse voices were heard. It is time for our government to work beyond party ideologies and begin doing the work of moving our nation forward in service to ALL U.S. citizens.

Even Mitt Romney admits it. In his concession speech, he said: "At a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work." House Speaker John Boehner said "If there is a mandate, it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground and take steps together to help our economy grow and create jobs." However, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had this to say: "The voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term. They have simply given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together" with a balanced Congress."

In order to avoid any future presidential candidate who has NOT received the popular vote from getting in office, the archaic electoral college (EC) system should be replaced with a more modern, efficient system. When the EC first came in to existence, times were very different and the transfer of information was far slower and inefficient; today information transfer is immediate and it is time to revise our voting process.

As a veteran of the US Armed Forces, I've watched, especially over the last decade, our US Constitution take a real beating with government policies that undermine, disintegrate and flat remove basic human rights guaranteed to US citizens by our Constitution. As a veteran who took an oath to defend and protect the United States of America and her Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, the lack of regard for our Constitution by elected officials in every branch of government - executive: the president and vice-president, legislative: the US Senate and House of Representatives and judicial: the Supreme Court and all other courts of law - is beyond appalling. These elected and appointed governing individuals take the same oath of service upon taking office, yet they are not upholding that oath by selling out to special corporate interests to the detriment, risk and danger of US citizens who elect them to office. One such horrible judicial decision granted "personhood" to corporations. Corporations are concerned with profit, often at great human cost as we increasingly see in our country today. We must restore our Constitution to it's full authority as the law of the land. And the elected and appointed officials who swear an oath to protect and defend the USA and its Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic need to be reminded - upon pain of being removed from office - that their oath of service is not just a string of words to be ignored for personal gain of power or profit. That oath is a sacred trust to the people of the United States of America.

I heard last night in election coverage "2 years & 2 billion dollars later." A president in their first term has to spend the second half of their term campaigning to try be re-elected. This petition is about presidential election reform. It's a circus.

Let us Vote for ourselves! No more Electoral College!

Requesting ALL Of Congress to WORK together, Tell the Republicans to Stop Obstructionism and follow 220 years of History, from the Founding fathers of Compromise and Cooperation to put the PEOPLE of the USA #1 Priority.

In this election 6 billion dollars was spent across our nation to inundate the public in ugly adds and pamphlets. I am sickened by the lies and vicious attacks that are dividing our nation. Corporate interests are spending millions to fund candidates supporting their personal agendas. This is an unhealthy situation for democracy. Let us make our voices heard to our government officials to enact legislation to limit corporate spending.

A Restraining Order against Grover Norquist is herewith Petitioned for holding hostage the Republican Representatives and Senators in the Capitol.