I advocate 6 yearTerm Limits for all members of Congress...There should be no retirement or preferred insurance following their service in Congress. They should not be allowed to become Lobbyists for a minimum of 6 more years following their service in Congress and then only for four years.

Non-Productive Lawmakers being paid exhorbitant salaries and giving themselves raises while taking expensive and extended vacations... all on taxpayers dollars!

In the Clear Spending Project, the Sunlight Foundation discovered $1.3 trillion dollars of inaccurately reported federal government spending on the open data website (data.gov). This could be remedied with application of the Digital Accuracy and Transparency Act (DATA), which would standardize reporting by all government contractors and agencies by ensuring complete disclosure of each expenditure, tying it to a specific program and reporting it in a standard data format. DATA passed UNANIMOUSLY by voice vote in the House but is currently stalled in the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee of the Senate.

I live in a city where a relatively unknown rich man spent millions of dollars to campaign to become Mayor. He won. I am tired of rich people, or those who can gain the support of rich people or corporations, buying their way into office. It is time to level the playing field and take away the advantage of big money.

House of Representatives,Limit the number of terms the United States House of Representatives can represent,

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Let's call on President Obama to take whatever executive actions he can muster and push Congress to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) as a first step now.

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Let's call on President Obama to take whatever executive actions he can muster and push Congress to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) as a first step now.

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Let's call on President Obama to take whatever executive actions he can muster and push Congress to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) now.

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Start by passing Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) but then go further. Now!

SNEAKY LITTLE TAX-HR4646 JANUARY 1, 2013, THE US GOVERNMENT WILL BE REQUIRING EVERYONE TO HAVE DIRECT DEPOSIT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS....WONDER WHY? BANKS GOT BIG USING OUR DEPOSIT & TARP MONEY. THEIR SERVICE CHARGE FEE HAS GONE UP RIDICULOUSLY AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY TREAT US LIKE 3RD CLASS CITIZEN AND NOW THEY WANT TO CHARGE US FOR USING OUR OWN MONEY. This is a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution - banks, credit unions, savings and loans, etc. Any deposit you make, or even a transfer within your own bank from one account to another, will have a 1% tax charged. If your paycheck or your Social Security or whatever is direct deposit, it will get a 1% tax charged for the transaction. Keep your eyes and ears open, you will be amazed at what you learn about number of ways you are taxed. if you receive a refund from the IRS next year and you have it direct deposited or you walk in to deposit that check, you guessed it. You will pay a 1% charge of that money just for putting it in your bank. Remember, any money, cash, check or whatever, no matter where it came from, you will pay a 1% fee if you put it in the bank. Some will say, oh well, it's just 1%. Are you kidding me? It's a 1% tax increase across the board. Remember, once the tax is there, they can also raise it at will. And if anyone protests, they will just say, "Oh,that's not really a tax, it's a user fee"! Think this is no big deal? Go back and look at the transactions you made from last year's banking statements. Then add the total of all those transactions and deduct 1%. Still think it's no big deal?

Getting the congress to do their job!

Serving in our Congress is an honor, a privilege in itself in earning the trust of the American people to fairly and completely represent them in the theater of our democracy.