Senate Republicans have already declared their intention to block the confirmation of ANY Obama Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. This is a truly radical refusal to fulfill the Senate's constitutional obligation to vote on Supreme Court nominations, giving reasonable consideration to the president's nominees. The American people deserve better - they deserve a fully-functioning democracy, and that includes a Supreme Court with 9 Justices on the bench.

We, the undersigned residents of Bloom Township, oppose the approval of the certificate of need application requesting an expansion of the St. James-Olympia Fields Hospital until provisions are made to retain emergency room services and 24 hour access to care for the needy at the St. James-Chicago Heights Hospital campus.

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Representative Richard Hanna (Republican) of Central New York's District 22, we who have signed, many of whom are your constituents, and all being your fellow citizens, call upon you to Vote NO to the implementing legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Below is the email I received from Representative Hanna today explaining why he is considering voting yes to sell out the American middle class to Asia. We MUST respond LOUDLY and with SOLIDARITY... By signing NO, you DO NOT Represent your constituents with a vote of yes for the TPP. He says we will get lots of jobs, however he isn't saying what kind they will be. Will we get lots of jobs, ya, sure, in sweat shops maybe, if we lower our sights enough to compete for those. Rep Hanna we also want to know, how much did they pay you? Did you get any nice "speaking" gigs lately? By the way, what will your job be when you leave congress after this term? How much will you be making, and who do you plan to work for? We are sure we will have tons of jobs in those nice new sweat shops they bring over from Vietnam! Your grandchildren sure are going to look cute in them too! Do you know that the Tran-Pacific Partnership will allow foreign transnational corporations who pay no U.S. taxes and have no allegiance to our democracy or the well being of our citizens, to set up shops here in OUR country and fill them with laborers from places like Vietnam? Oh and here is the real kicker, THEY DON'T have to pay them according to our laws. Oh no, no, that would hurt their profits! Have you lost your mind?! No WE DON'T WANT NAFTA 2.0!! Representative Hanna We The People call upon you to Learn More about TPP and to not sell out our democracy and our middle class to Asia! NO is the ONLY vote we will accept from anyone who claims to represent us on the TPP! http://www.citizen.org/documents/analysis-tpp-text-november-2015.pdf February 16, 2016 Thank you for contacting me regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). I appreciate hearing from you. As you know, the final agreement of the TPP was announced on October 5, 2015 by representatives from the twelve nations who are participating in the negotiations. This concludes more than seven years of negotiations between the United States and several other countries. The TPP has now been fully unveiled to the public pursuant to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation approved by Congress earlier this year. President Obama sent his notification to Congress of his intent to sign the agreement on November 5, 2015, which formally begins the process for consideration by the Legislative Branch. The President must wait 90 days after that date until he may sign the TPP. However, even after the review period, and even after the President signs the agreement, Congress will still vote on accepting the terms of the agreement and the implementing legislation, which likely won't come well into next year. You may view the TPP in its entirety here: https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/trans-pacific-partnership/tpp-full-text. If structured properly, TPP and other pending trade agreements have the potential to be very beneficial for New York. TPP and a new trade agreement with European countries are expected to yield 7,910 new manufacturing jobs in New York. International cheese trade alone is projected to increase by $250 million a year, benefiting Upstate dairy farmers. I look forward to reviewing and debating the exact terms of the agreement here in the House. As I consult my constituents, policy experts, and stakeholders here in the New York 22nd District, I will continue to carefully consider and evaluate the effects of the TPP. I welcome your continued input as the House further considers the TPP, and thank you again for sharing your concerns. While I am sure you may not agree with every vote I cast representing you, you will always know my rationale for the decisions I make on the House floor. I am committed to open government and transparency, which is why I post updates from Washington and explanations for final passage votes on each House bill on Facebook at www.facebook.com/reprichardhanna. Please do not hesitate to contact any of my offices in the future if I or my staff can be of assistance. We work for you. Sincerely, (signed) RICHARD HANNA U.S. Representative

The Virginia General Assembly is considering multiple proposals to defund Planned Parenthood and cut Virginians off from quality, affordable health care. HB1090, sponsored by Delegate Ben Cline, passed the House of Delegates on February 16th and is now headed to the State Senate. A separate budget proposal is also pending. These are political attacks on women's health designed to leave Virginians without access to their trusted health care provider. On behalf of Virginia's women and families, we must stop them immediately.

Help with keeping the TOPS rewards for college students who worked hard to earn it. This award helps many pay for their college education and without it many would not be able to attend school. Many of my close friends and myself don't know what we're going to do since this has happened. It's really the only way we can go to school at a reasonable cost. Also, student loans isn't an option for us! So if you can please help us keep it!

I want the Senate to vote on a Supreme Court nominee that President Obama proposes.

Bernie Sanders has called upon Americans to come together and join a Political Revolution. This call is now giving focus to a mass movement that opposes crony capitalism and the legalized corruption of our current broken political system. While working to elect Bernie, let’s also work to clean House (and Senate!). House Democrats, at their lowest numbers since 1947, will need 30 seats to regain a majority. Let us, to the extent we are able, pledge both time and money to elect a slate of candidates who will be reliable allies for President Sander’s agenda. Right now, there are candidates around the country who support the key items in the Sander’s agenda, they need and deserve our help, support, and enthusiasm!

To get a new Supreme Court justice confirmed during President Obama's time in office.

Ramsey Orta is facing unconstitutional legal punishment for bearing witness to police lethal force. There are several layers in this case where multiple Constitutional rights are being broken: the creation of undo charges as reprimand for filming the police lethal force victim Eric Garner; disestablished checks-and-balances between the court, judge, jury, and police; failure to protect Ramsey as a witness; and the ultimate failure to acknowledge Eric Garner's murder as such named event and that his murderers were police, who should be legally reprimanded. This case affects every citizens' Constitutional Rights.

As a resident of Ohio and a mother of two, I am concerned about the future of our democracy and our environment. Too many voices are being drowned out by big money and the corporate stranglehold on our democracy. Environmental destruction and disenfranchisement must not be allowed to continue in the face of politics and greed.

I live in Boise, which has been kept from enacting several ordinances favored by residences but opposed by the Idaho legislature. If you would like your city or other local jurisdiction to have the ability to enact its own community guidelines, instead of having that ability pre-empted by state laws pushed by groups like the American Legislative Exchange Committee (ALEC), please sign this petition that will then be forwarded to your own state legislators.