• Limit the number of a President's Vacations
    While on the campaign trail, Donald Trump stated in a CBS 60 Minutes interview that "There's just so much to be done, I don't think we'll be very big on vacations." Trump and his Republican cronies were outspoken critics of Barack Obama’s vacation time and publicly criticized him for it. Now, barely 4 weeks in, the 45th President has taken a total of 25 hours worth of vacation, traveling to Florida each time on the tax payers dime. Where is the accountability? Holding the highest office in the world is a job that requires significant time getting up to speed- which means that a newly elected official should be spending more time doing his JOB! This spending is reckless and destructive to the economy. Sign this petition and say NO MORE! Let's put integrity back in the White House and tax payers' money where it belongs.
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  • Don't Kill Big Bird to Fatten the Pentagon
    Half of our federal income tax dollars already go to the bloated Pentagon and its corporate contractors. The U.S. already spends more on its military than the next seven countries combined. [1] Now President Trump wants to increase the bloated Pentagon budget by another ten percent, by cutting most federal agencies that aren't "involved in security." [2] The Trump budget would completely defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which the CPB president warned could cause “the collapse of the public media system." [3] The Trump proposal would also cut Meals on Wheels, which uses volunteers to deliver warm meals to more than a million older Americans every week. [4] In their statements opposing the Trump budget, neither nor Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer [5] nor House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi [6] mentioned Trump’s proposal to add more bloat to the Pentagon. The reason for their silence surely wasn't public opinion: a recent poll found that 58 percent of Americans oppose the Trump plan to increase Pentagon spending by cutting other agencies. [7] Urge Congress to oppose any increase to the bloated Pentagon budget by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison 2. https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-27/proposed-trump-budget-said-to-boost-defense-spending-cut-epa 3. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-cuts.html 4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-meals-on-wheels_us_58caeda5e4b0ec9d29da217c 5. http://thehill.com/policy/finance/321333-schumer-trump-budget-would-benefit-wealthy-over-middle-class 6. http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/22717/ 7. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-08/majority-of-americans-oppose-trumps-proposed-increases-to-the-defense-budget
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  • Stop House Bill 18
    The bill’s provisions would allow insurance companies to control the medical care of injured workers by mandating a specific drug formulary that severely limits the prescribing of necessary medications, preventing workers from receiving the treatment they need to get better. House Bill 18, masquerading as an attempt to reduce opiate usage, would ultimately allow insurance companies to profit at the expense of the injured worker’s pain, suffering and decreased quality of life. We also encourage you to email or write your State Representative directly about this issue. You can find their contact information here: https://democracy.io/#/
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  • Remove Ivanka from the White House
    The Executive Branch of the United States is not a family business and we need seasoned policy professionals representing our interests in the White House. Nepotism laws exist for a reason. The Trump administration is blatantly snubbing its nose at the law by not assigning Ivanka Trump an official title and salary, but bestowing on her all of the powers of a high level government officials.
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  • Don't let Trump's budget destroy the Superfund Program or the EPA
    I lived at Love Canal—which was the catalyst for the national Superfund program—with my two small children. More than 20,000 tons of chemical wastes were buried in our community—causing disease and painful illness. My daughter had a rare blood disease, and my son suffered from many medical problems, including liver disease, asthma, and epilepsy. Our house was worthless and our American dream taken away through no fault of our own. Fifty-six percent of our children were born with birth defects. I am also old enough to remember the black smoke of the steel mills, the rivers catching fire and sickness and death in communities that surrounded the factories. The magnitude of cuts suggested by this administration will take America back decades. There is no gentle way to state the obvious: Donald Trump's priority is corporations over people, children, and the planet. These cuts will gut the agency removing protections for American families. Cuts in the EPA budget mean no one is watching the polluters. No one will be there to make the polluters pay for cleanup and the costs of sick children from asthma, cancer, birth defects, and so much more. Rather than weakening the EPA and environmental protections, we should be strengthening rules to protect communities from the impacts of factory farms, fossil fuel production and use, and other pollution sources, and we should be working to ensure all people have access to clean water, safe food, and a livable climate.
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  • Make government one of the people again
    I am tired of being represented by elected officials who have no skin in the issues they legislate. It is time that our representatives in government, get back to being one of the people, if they are truly to represent all of our interests. -You can't legislate health care law, when you get full coverage for free. -You shouldn't refuse a (minimum) wage increase to others but raise your own. Any salary increase to elected officials should be tied to a minimum wage increase. -You can't pass laws that favor 401k in lieu of pension, or talk social security reform, when you are guaranteed a large pension, even if convicted of corruption or other illegalities. -No election contributions above $100.00 from anyone. Only Individual contributions are acceptable, by check or money order only. Including political action groups and committee members, as well as lobbyist. -If corporations are people, then they should be subject to the same tax, criminal, and bankruptcy laws as regular people; and not something different. -Electoral districts should conform to the lines of a strict uniform geometric grid. -Ongoing multi-year, unresolved issues that distract the legislation, and don't have a concise resolution, should be put to vote to the citizenry, via a referendum, at the next state or federal election. -All votes by a legislative representative at the state and federal level should be made public to its constituents via the internet on a single government managed website within 24 hours. -Vote for the interests of the people you represent, not your personal belief and/ or interest, or that of a political party. Be an American citizen first.
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  • Tell Congress: No Trump war!
    Donald Trump requested $54 billion in additional funds for things like war jets, air craft carriers, and nuclear weapons--even as his budget cut deeply into the U.S. State Department's diplomatic efforts. A day later, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that "all options were on the table" with regard to addressing increased tensions with North Korea--including, as Tillerson noted, a pre-emptive military strike on North Korea. And, to make matters worse, Trump has taken to Twitter, seemingly seeking to goad or shame China, which is a long-time ally of North Korea. Trump's reckless Pentagon spending, coupled with Tillerson's bellicose rhetoric, should prompt all congressional lawmakers to state right now that they will not support a Trump administration's war of choice. MoveOn members championed strategic and lasting diplomacy with Iran and were the backbone of the resistance to the Iraq war. Let's make it clear to Members of Congress that we're prepared to once again flood the streets in cities and towns across the country to stop Trump’s war making.
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  • Big Bend Park Destruction
    This park should be off limits to anything that can defile it, not to mention the ecosystem.
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    Created by Warren Bryant
  • Stop Federal Funding of Trump's 3 Million Golf Weekends
    Trump is enriching himself on the backs of taxpayers while cutting funding to programs that aid taxpayers. This is not fiscal responsibility.by Congress, Senate, or Trump.
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  • Congress: Save Rookery Bay and the National Estuarine Reserves
    The 110,000-acre Rookery Bay Reserve is one of the few remaining pristine estuaries in the nation, providing for recreational boating and sportfishing, an essential refuge for wildlife, supporting thousands of local jobs and generating millions of dollars through tourism, recreational boating and sportfishing.
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  • Demand that your representatives PROVE they have actually read and understand a bill before they ...
    I'm sick of government officials either apparently not knowing the contents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act, or flat-out lying about it. I MADE THE EFFORT TO READ IT, THEY CERTAINLY COULD! Sponsors of bills should provide an overview quiz, and if a representative cannot pass it, he or she should not be allowed to vote on it, and that should be made public. That will inform their constituents whether their representatives are actually doing their jobs, are incompetent, or are playing us for fools. ENOUGH NONSENSE ALREADY!
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    Created by Connie Akers
  • Asking for a category other on ID cards
    Current id cards are with only two choices of gender ie. Male or Female. that is a binary restriction for people who do not identify as male or female. Options that would be easily offered and appropriately identifying people in the terms that are accurate include: Agender Androgyne Androgynous Bigender Female to Male (FTM) Gender Fluid Gender Nonconforming Gender Questioning Gender Variant Gender Queer Intersex Male to Female (MTF) Neither Neutrois Non-binary Other Pangender Trans Trans* Trans Female Trans* Female Trans Male Trans* Male Trans Man Trans* Man Trans Person Trans* Person Trans Woman Trans* Woman Transfeminine Transgender Transgender Female Transgender Male Transgender Man Transgender Person Transgender Woman Transmasculine Transsexual Transsexual Female Transsexual Male Transsexual Man Transsexual Person Transsexual Woman Two-Spirit
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