Expanding Social Security by $800 a month would help those who are disabled and unable to locate housing due to high cost of renting and waiting lists for housing, be able to afford a small rental on their own, thus improving housing for the disabled as well. Housing for disabled Americans is horrendous.

Corvallis has been long overlooked for frequent intercity public transportation. The Oregon Passenger Rail project is currently evaluating options for new and improved routes between Eugene and Portland. One of those proposed routes would come to Corvallis. Decisions are being made now by the Oregon Passenger Rail Leadership Committee that will affect transit in the Willamette Valley for decades to come. We need to ensure that we are not overlooked in this passenger rail overhaul. Our growing college city would boom with reliable connections to Eugene, Salem, Portland.

The American people know that our Social Security system works, and during the economic collapse of 2008 they saw that while their home equity, 401k’s and savings were devastated, Social Security was the one source of retirement security that people could rely on. With so much uncertainty about the future, we will rely more than ever on our Social Security benefits. That’s why now is the time to build upon the one retirement security system that we know we can count on. We can expand Social Security benefits. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) has a proposal that will do just that: The Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013. According to Senator Harkin's office, The Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 (S. 567) would: • Strengthen Benefits by Reforming the Social Security Benefit Formula: To improve benefits for current and future Social Security beneficiaries, the Act changes the method by which the Social Security Administration calculates Social Security benefits. This change will boost benefits for all Social Security beneficiaries by approximately $70 per month, but is targeted to help those in the low and middle of the income distribution, for whom Social Security has become an ever greater share of their retirement income. • Ensure that Cost of Living Adjustments Adequately Reflect the Living Expenses of Retirees: The Act changes the way the Social Security Administration calculates the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA). To ensure that benefits better reflect cost increases facing seniors, future COLAs will be based on the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). Making this change to Social Security is expected to result in higher COLAs, ensuring that seniors are able to better keep up with the rising costs of essential items, like health care. • Improve the Long Term Financial Condition of the Trust Fund: Social Security is not in crisis, but does face a long-term deficit. To help extend the life of the trust fund the Act phases out the current taxable cap of $113,700 so that payroll taxes apply fairly to every dollar of wages. Combined, these changes will increase benefits for current and future beneficiaries while making Social Security stronger for future generations by extending the life of the Trust Fund through 2049. By making millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate as the rest of our do, we can expand Social Security for all Americans. That is what we must do. We need every single member of Congress to hear from their constituents. Tell them you are sick and tired of these conversations about how much to cut from our earned benefits, tell them now is the time to expand Social Security. Tell them to sponsor The Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 (S. 567) or its companion in the House.

This is about Obama's offer of Chained CPI for Social Security and increases in Medicare premiums.

I travel Routes 287 and 80 to get to work each day. I would love to be able to take a train to get to work. As of now, I would have to travel all the way to NYC and change trains or switch to buses several times, tripling my commute. I think others who may travel different highways would like this option, but I don't hear anyone talking about it, so I'm starting my own petition.

The site of Tigers Stadium should be transformed into a communal space that reflects its roots as a historic baseball field.

I would like for congress or some other authoritative body to consider a plan that uses current web technology to computerize the VBA paper files.

While SNAP (ie Food Stamp) benefits are currently protected for Americans who start to receive Social Security retirement or disability checks, this only applies if the SNAP applicant already has some income to report...and people who are totally without an income but dependent on food stamps routinely get their benefits slashed, when they are finally awarded SS help. This is insane, it penalizes the poorest of our elderly & disabled. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are effected..why? Michelle Obama, one of America's strongest 'feed the poor' advocates is uniquely situated to influence the Department of Agriculture's policy that abuses Americans for being poor, let her know what you think.

Whereas, on December 12, 2007, Senate Bill 915, PN 1436 was signed into law as Act 66 of 2007. The goals of the (Act 66) legislation are to enhance service delivery to veterans, increase the number of Pennsylvania veteran claims for service-related disability or pensions filed with the VA, develop methods to increase rates of recovery paid by the VA to Pennsylvania veterans, expand training opportunities for designated Veteran Service Officers, and increase either the number or percentage of Philadelphia veterans enrolled in the VA health care system, and Whereas, there are approximately 88,855 U.S. Armed Forces Veterans living in the County/City of Philadelphia, and Whereas, there is no Director of Veterans Office in the County/City of Philadelphia, and Whereas, on September 11, 2012, the Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless held joint hearings on the City’s preparedness for the influx of returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, and Whereas, Pointman Soldiers Heart Ministry, declared a “ State of Emergency” for veterans in Philadelphia during the 911 hearing because there is no Director of Veterans Affairs Office, and Therefore, this petition is to demands Mayor Michael A. Nutter and Council President, Darrell L Clarke to establish a Director of Veterans Affairs Office in the County/City of Philadelphia, forthwith, to increase rates of recovery paid by the VA to Pennsylvania veterans, expand training opportunities for designated Veteran Service Officers, and increase either the number or percentage of Philadelphia veterans and spouses receiving their earned benefits and preferences.

It is unfair to people who have paid into social security, and then are penalized while others aren't. Please vote for H.B. 1795

Recreational Marijuana tax revenues (HB1318) should include $10 million appropriation to create permanent protective therapeutic housing for people disabled by traumatic brain injuries by recycling TOWERS building of CU Med Hospital at Ninth and Colo. Blvd., Denver, then VA hospital at 1055 Clermont, and other empty buildings like Rosedale Elementary, Denver, and Baker Elementary, Wheat Ridge.

Senior Citizens are being forced to live on the street because of their non-violent backgrounds records. The HUD agents are denying senior citizens to be enrolled into the Federal Government senior cotozens low income housing program because of their non-violent records that are 10,20,30,40,50, years old.