Give every President One (1) eight (8) year Term.

Article One, Section 8, states that congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Impost and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare, but all duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...

I am petitioning the Office of Personnel Management to redefine members of the House and Senate as contract workers or temporary employees ineligible for federal benefits. As such, members of Congress will no longer receive the healthcare, pensions, and other benefits of being a federal employee. On average they receive in excess of 20,000$ in tax free benefits per year in addition to their 174,000$ salaries. In addition, I am petitioning Speaker of the House and The Senate Majority Leader to introduce a bill reducing the 6 figure salaries of each member of Congress in the interests of reducing the federal budget deficit. The bill should clearly state that each member of Congress shall receive an annual salary set at the median income of their state or district. This salary will be pro-rated on a daily basis. Members traveling outside of their home districts or outside the city limits of Washington DC will forego salary for those days in which they are absent.

Congress cannot vote on their own pay raises, it must be voted on every 4 years

Petitioning for needed change is okay. Making that change by passing an Initiative is better. SignOn.org should have a process for signing Initiatives, as well as petitions

the coming election

It's simply that as Legislators, elected & sworn to serve the citizens of the U.S.A., they should have no exclusive right(s) to taxpayer paid Health & Life Insurance; as well as Pension provisions. They are NOT privileged citizens, in these matters any more than any citizen. They should pay & contribute to their own financial future just like every citizen.

The amount of money being spent on State and Federal Campaigns is obscene after the passage of the Supreme Court Ruling which allowed Corporations to be "people". These Super PACS are spending monies that could be better spent on education, infrastructure, police/firemen salaries and yet these corporations are the first to say NO when asked to increase state and local budgets.

term limits for congress and house as it was originaly supposed to be. go to washinton for a couple of years do what the people want then go homer and farm again time for the next guy.. too many get in office get rich and really dont do much , we need fresh blood

Our congress has done nothing to help our nations decline. It is self serving and out of control . We need a leadership that has compassion for the struggles of our working class , an edcution that is superior instead of failing , and a system that meets our senior citizens needs . there is a saying theres to many chiefs and not enough indians . so eliminate the congress we now have and put the govennors of each state to work , maybe then they won't have time to play around on tax payers money .

A letter writing campaign by ordinary citizens, asking legislators to sign a Pledge of Reform, prior to the 2012 elections, could remove the dysfunction and negative influence of money from our government. Public participation with the COMMITTEE TO REFORM CONGRESS at www.ctrc.us/ could force Congress to reform.

It's all about dividing the "United States" into fifty Cantons, patterned after the Swiss model. The residents of each Canton would vote for three main purposes that the Canton population stands (and works!) for, like carpentering, or enghineering, or 'you-name-it'. Banks would be limited to dealing within each Canton (i.e., no Inter-Cantonese deals.) Each Canton would have it's own militia, and would provide volunteers to serve the National defense. And, of course, whatever else the Canton freely votes for.