• STOP THE WASHINGTON INSANITY!
    Call to action to pass the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
    358 of 400 Signatures
    Created by Bob Welch
  • USA OPEN HOUSE
    ALL WE THE PEOLPE SHOULD CALL SOMEONE TO CALL SOMEONE HOME TO BARACH OBAMA.
    28 of 100 Signatures
    Created by BISHOP, CEPHAS RICHARDSON
  • Separation of Politics and Money
    Our politicians pass laws that have been bought and paid for by corporate and special interests. If we want a government that is truly "by and for the people" we must separate politics from the obscene amount of money it currently consumes. In order to get a government that cares about the citizens more than the big-money donors, we must radically reform campaign financing.
    47 of 100 Signatures
    Created by KJ Lowry
  • Congressional Term Limitations
    For many years and several Presidential terms now, our government shows more and more everyday how the most serious issues facing our Congress are decided by political wars, self-interests and pocket-lining, rather than what serves the best interests of our taxpayers and citizens. We propose that TERM LIMITATIONS be imposed on the members of our House and Senate so that matters may be dealt with more objectively and in favor of the people. Several states saw the benefit of term limitations long ago and they are self-imposed. The vast majority of states have not been willing to see the benefit to such a policy. We would suggest that a member of the House not serve more than three consecutive terms and a member of the Senate not more than 2 consecutive terms. Currently, 60-78% of voters support this measure. Please show your support for a stronger, more effective government that is once again FOR THE PEOPLE and not just the players in Congress. Help to ENACT TERM LIMITATIONS NOW!
    66 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Richard C. Pinches
  • Government Anti-Corruption Petition
    We need to fight against corruption in our government! I haven't talked to anyone, no matter their political beliefs, that doesn't think this is the root of most if not all of our problems. So i've come up with this short list of remedies to fight against the corruption that is crippling our great country. 1. Publically fund all campaigns local, state and national. 2. Cap the amount of money each candidate could spend proportionate to the office they are seeking. 3. Require all media as a condition of their license to operate in this country, to provide equal time to all qualified candidates and their views. 4. Outlaw the lobby system. Make receiving gifts or money etc. i.e. any compensation or promise of such an act of treason and punishable as such.
    55 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Keith Koelling
  • Congressional Reform Act of 2011
    Congress enjoys privileges that are not afforded the American people. They vote themselves pay raises, have private health care plans, tenure and high pensions regardless of terms of service. It is time to equalize Congress with the American people they serve and help them perform citizen service as envisioned by our founding fathers.
    45 of 100 Signatures
    Created by andrea lynn jobe
  • Out Lobbyists
    All lobbying needs to be out in the open - no more hidden conversations, quid pro quo deals. The withdrawing of the E.P.A. recommendations on Clean Air is just another in a horrendously long line of examples where our elected officials have been bought off by big corporations. It is the last straw.
    186 of 200 Signatures
    Created by Beatrice Shushan
  • Corporations are not people
    Many problems in campaign financing stem from corporations financing political campaigns. Their right to do so stems from them being considered "people" under the law. Laws can be changed.
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Bruce Korb
  • Petition to Reform the United States Congress
    Members of Congress have made a very nice deal for themselves and representing their own interests and the interests of the very wealthy and well to do. Other than line their own pockets, the U.S. Congress seems to accomplish less and less while spending more and more. The United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are BROKEN. This is how you fix them.
    81 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Kevin McConnell
  • Citizen Imposed Congressional Term Limits
    The Supreme Court in its rulings held that money is speech and bestowed personhood upon nonhuman entities such as corporations. These decisions have effectively ceded the control of the governmental processes to a minority economic class and administered a coup de grâce to majority rule. The concentration of the national wealth, due in major part to these decisions, has resulted in a dangerous concentration of political power.
    87 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Lewis Walsh
  • Take a Stand for State's Rights and Personal Freedom: Co-sponsor HR 2306
    For the first time since 1937, lawmakers have introduced a bill into the House of Representatives to end federal marijuana prohibition. Over the past 70+ years, the federal criminalization of marijuana has: 1) Failed to reduce the public’s demand for or access to cannabis. 2) Imposed enormous fiscal and human costs upon the American people. 3) Promoted disrespect for the law. 4) Reinforced ethnic and generational divides between the public and law enforcement. After seven decades of failure, it is time for an alternative approach.
    12 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Shawn Betz
  • Congressional / Senate Reform Act of 2011
    1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below: A. Two Six-year Senate terms B. Six Two-year House terms C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms 2. No Tenure / No Pension. They collect a salary while in office and receive no pay when they are out of office. 3. All elected officials (past, present & future) participate in Social Security. No longer will Social Security funds be allowed to be accessed for any other purpose than what it was intended for in its origin. All funds in the retirement funds move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and they participate with the American people. 4. Officcials can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 5. Officials will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 6. Officials lose their current health care system and participate in the same health care system as the American people. 7. Officials must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people - to include tax laws. 8. All contracts with past and present officials are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with them. They made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress and the Senate is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their terms, then go home and back to work.
    34 of 100 Signatures
    Created by BETTY NEWBOLD