We need to end the fail costly old not working Policies of the Cuban Embargo take Cuba of the Terrorist List. allow all American to travel

An Arizona lawmaker is proposing a bill which would have teachers go through a training in order to keep a gun in the classroom. The solution to the gun issue is not more guns.

State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) has legislation that will allow marijuana to be grown and sold legally in PA. “The modern prohibition of marijuana does a disservice to Pennsylvania by tying up our resources in the prosecution of its users; by depriving us of the revenue that this marijuana could generate; and by denying the Pennsylvanians suffering from terminal illnesses access to a natural medicine that could take away their pain,” Leach said. “It’s time we legalize marijuana and reap the benefits it has to offer.” What benefits could we reap? • Money to balance the state budget. Based on national figures, there is at least $3.4 billion in illegal sales of marijuana in PA each year. If we legalized it and taxed it at 6% it would generate $200 million. If we sold it in the State Wine and Spirit Shoppes, we could generate another $680 million with a 20% markup. • Fewer people in prison, lower costs for taxpayers. Approximately 25,000 citizens are arrested annually in Pennsylvania for marijuana-related offenses, at a cost of some $325 million dollars. • Legal access to a widely used medicine. Marijuana has legitimate medicinal uses and should be available to those who need it without risking arrest or dealing with underworld criminals. • A lucrative cash crop for PA farmers. Those who choose to grow marijuana will have a crop that can reap great profits. • An end to organized dealing in marijuana. Marijuana is the number money-maker for organized crime. Legalizing ends their participation in its trafficking and the associated violence. And that’s just the beginning. It’s time to end the hypocrisy, help to balance our state budget and end the 21st century version of Prohibition.

ANIMALS ARE INNOCENT. THIS IS INHUMANE. LETHAL INJECTION NEEDS TO BE USED, NOT GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My son 16 Christian A. Dotson 16 yr old honor student lived a life of hope and promise! The dreams Christian had were cut short when he was murdered with an illegal gun on the streets of Philadelphia. My son Christian along with many other youths never get the opportunity to live out their dreams, they're just waited on night after night to visit loved ones in dreams! We need stricter gun control laws. RIP Son and the many scores of silenced voices due to gun violence. Christian deserves a vote!

Some legislators are all too ready to throw the powerless under the bus in the name of deficit reduction. Cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, will not only damage the economy, but will be disastrous for the elderly, who already have trouble making ends meet. That's why I've started this petition to Representative Nugent asking him to sign the letter created by Alan Grayson, FL, and Mark Takano, CA, which promises to vote against any proposed cut to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. We need jobs, not cuts to the big three—and our representatives must listen to their constituents.

Utah adoption laws are harmful to the rights of fathers. In a recent case of Terry Achane, it took him nearly 3 years to have his child returned to him after his now ex-wife, Tira Bland, illegally put Teleah Achane up for adoption. Other fathers have similar stories. Tragedies like this, perpetrated by people of poor character, must be stopped.

The State of Vermont currently hands over much of its funds to big out of state banks and Wall St. for safekeeping. Many of us believe that keeping our money in a publicly owned state bank would be a much less risky way to keep public moneys. A state partnership bank would partner with local community banks to help grow the economy of Vermont in ways that would better benefit all Vermonters. S.55 would set up a task force to examine the most efficient ways of managing state funds which is a necessary step on the path to creating a Vermont Partnership Bank.

The White House petition to expand HARP 3.0 #MyRefi is currently up on the White House website and the petition needs to reach 100,000 signatures before there is a response from the President of the United States. HARP 3.0 has not yet become a reality, which has frustrated many homeowners who are still currently struggling to make their mortgage payments and cannot do anything about it. Homeowners that are still “underwater” on their property and/or make less income than before the recession hit cannot qualify for a new mortgage. Currently, if you refinanced using the HARP program before, you cannot use it again or if your loan was endorsed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on or after June 1st, 2009 you cannot take advantage of the program at all. HARP 3.0 would possibly revamp those provisions.

Staten Islanders and Brooklynites in CD 11 call upon Michael Grimm to continue in the direction of ending gun violence, by supporting federal legislative priorities: background checks, ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. He has already signed on to a bipartisan bill increasing penalties and law enforcement for gun trafficking, which is a great start!

I live in Mainlands 4, a retirement community, next to a proposed development that will add over 1,000 residents in a narrow slice of land with only 1 point of ingress and egress. This will create extremely dangerous conditions on the ONLY road leading into and out of the development. There are no sidewalks and the 2 lane street was not designed for an additional 1,000+ vehicles a day. Most of you are aware of how vehemently this development has been opposed from the beginning. We were lied to by past politicians who promised this would never happen. Now it's time for you to right this terrible wrong. Protecting our citizens and our way of life should be your top priority. Do the right thing and stop this hated, ill conceived development. Save our way of life!

Mississippi has joined 32 other states in a coalition to demand the labeling of our food products, many of which have identical legislation before their legislators in the 2013 session.