In the 2008 election, and now in the 2012 election, we've had issues about candidates' characters come up. Many, if not all, of these issues could be laid to rest by making 4 items available to all voters as soon as the national conventions are done, and the standard-bearers (both parties) have accepted the nominations.

to outlaw all lobbist and spectulators from goverment actions bills any items that have to do with wallstreet banks comodities markets

With Congress' approval rating at record lows, why not do something about it?

This is about campiagns that smear the opponent. With a wad of cash a candidate can overrun the airwaves with misleading information about the opposition. If a candidate is going to bring up an issue, a position, or a peronal attack on an opposing candidate, the attacking candidate should have to pay for equal time for the victim to respond.

While unemployment, underemployment, the economy, the housing crisis, diminished equity/ individual net worth’s, energy costs and the Federal Deficit have changed dramatically the group whose job it was to prevent and protect us Congressional Senators and Representatives are not shared the burden. Their pay, benefits, retirement accounts and expense accounts have improved while most of their constituents have gone the opposite direction.

No more Norquist pledges!

Congress is pushing to reduce or end needed programs that citizens have paid into most of their lives, yet they do nothing about their own costly entitlements. Billions of dollars could be gained each year if elected officials were placed on the same retirement and medical programs, with the same age requirements, as all other government employees.

Since there's truth in advertising for the public/commercial issues, there should be "whole truth" in political advertising. Freedom of Speech should not apply to lies/out of context utterances.

Both sides of the aisle have, will or are screaming about the National Debt and the need to get it lower yet they refuse to even look at the number one best tool toward a balanced budget - a line item veto. Every past President has lamented not having one but Congress will not listen

The obscene amount of money spent in this election cycle is contaminating the Body Politic. President Obama was responsible for passing Health Care Reform (The Affordable Care Act). Now we need him to take leadership on appointing Supreme Court Justices that will take a favorable position on overturning Citizens United.

Government officials are exempt fro most of the laws they pass. This guarantees separation of Officials and the people they govern.

We the people no longer find the current legislative practices fair to the public. We have a situation where the FOX has been left in charge of the Hen House scenario. 1. Congress should work for a retirement just like any other federal employee. 2. Congress should have medical benefits while in office which are the same as that received by any other federal employee. 3. Our soldiers serve 20 years in order to receive a full pension, so should any members of congress. 4. Retired members of congress must use the benefit of Social Security and Medicare, the same as any other citizen. They may purchase supplemental and prescription insurance the same as any other citizen. 5. Bills brought before congress are subject to veto by the president on a line by line expense basis. We need to eliminate bills which members can not support because it contains amendments that append other legislation to a bill. We need to have a congress that serves the needs of the PEOPLE and not the whims of their political party. The current retirement and benefit system afforded a President and Vice President shall remain as currently implemented. Both offices are demanding and deserves all the perks afforded present and past occupants of both offices. No one person may collect remuneration for more than one office however.