We the People agree with Vice President Biden's feelings about the letter, which he described as "beneath the dignity of an institution I revere." The 44 Democrats and 2 Independents of the Senate only need 5 Republican votes to officially censure their colleagues for committing an egregious breach of international diplomacy with their unwanted and inappropriate letter to Iran. Censure Less severe than expulsion, a censure (sometimes referred to as condemnation or denouncement) does not remove a senator from office. It is a formal statement of disapproval, however, that can have a powerful psychological effect on a member and his/her relationships in the Senate. https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Censure_vrd.htm

We need a loud and collective voice to make sure our concerns are heard. We are tired of having inadequate funding for our schools and want to ensure that they are receiving the best education they can.

As a senior in high school I'm now realizing how expensive college is going to be. Students and parents would benefit from this tremendously.

We the undersigned educators, parents, and concerned citizens recognize the need to educate the whole child. We believe that children are individuals, and that differentiated instruction should occur to meet the needs of students. Valuable instructional time is being lost in order to teach to the tests. Weeks of direct instruction are being lost to prepare and administer the PARCC assessments. Many educators feel that these tests are two full grade levels above students comprehension levels. Moreover, there were no wide scale public hearings held to allow for educator input. Have we learned nothing from the failed mandates of No Child Left Behind? We must stop the reliance of high standards tests as indicators of students future success. We must stop toxic testing!

The U.S. has already spent billions of dollars on the Iraq war based on false information, and this has directly led to the rise of ISIS and extreme instability in the Middle East. As an Iranian-American, I understand the extremely negative impact that sanctions have had on Iranian people's lives. War would make the situation much worse and presents no benefit to the American and Iranian people.

I am an Indian citizen born in an impoverished country that suffered for decades to even feed its own citizens

My grandaughter has Judge Judith Locke of Pittsfield Ma in charge of her future! Judge Locke doesnt care that she doesnt see family, not even her sibling! Judge Locke told me to work visits out with the guardian(which is an isnt allowed near her older sibling because of inappropriate behavor), when I did she stop my visits! Then she tells me to hire an attorney and when I did she says there is no law to allow me to see my granddaughter!! So which is it, does she know?? In the meantime the guardian tells me my 2 1/2 year old grandaughter wakes him up at 6am by bringing him his pants and glasses!(how disgusting) Children are our future and we need to protect them from our failing DCF and JUDGE JUDITH LOCKE! Now the mother of the child is clean and trying to help her daughter to be moved to family and the Judge wants to take away her rights! How does these young parents get their children back?? Not in Judge Judith Locks courtroom!! Please help remove Judge Judith Locke from our courts!

Please sign only if you live in the Cooperstown CSD. We truly appreciate the support of everyone who has signed so far, and are hoping the impact will be greater if most signatures are from taxpayers. • There is no clear statement of the role and responsibilities for the position of Director of Student Services/Executive Principal. • There was insufficient taxpayer input concerning the creation of the position of Director of Student Services/Executive Principal. • Enrollment levels have steadily declined at Cooperstown Central School. o 2010 enrollment: 1,025 o 2014 enrollment: 888 • Cooperstown Central School has a current enrollment of 888 average-needs students, housed in two buildings (Elementary School and High School). Each building has a Principal and shares a Superintendent. The added Executive Principal is unnecessary in a community with a school of this size, given the decline in enrollment as outlined above. • Comparable schools within the region do not have “extra” administrators in order to implement the Common Core curriculum and APPR. Teachers currently in the employ of the school with certifications in administration can take on some of these administrative duties for less cost. • The salary of ~$94,000/year, plus benefits, would be better suited to hiring faculty, support staff, and curricular support, especially in the areas of AIS services, arts programs, extracurricular activities, foreign language, and special needs students. As taxpayers, parents, and teachers, we urge the CCS Board of Education to eliminate the position of Executive Principal/Director of Student Services. Our schools are not in need of increased administration, but rather academic support. The $94,000 + spent annually on this position is not in the best interest of our students, our teachers, our school, or our community.

Because I have been illegally charged with perjured testimony by an LAUSD School Board Member who is also an Asst. L.A. City Attorney, of making obscene, P.C. 653(m), phone calls. I have the highest level proof I did not do this. According to the People v. Johnson Calif. Supreme Court Decision I was to have been dismissed last March 15, 2014. The judge just recently broke every part of the Calif. Supreme Court Decision on my requesting a competent attorney in the Marsden Hearing, People v. Marsden. My friend, Richard Fine, was put into solitary confinement for revealing this in court. This is systemic and must be stopped.

Despite comprising over half of New York State's population, no woman has ever had a seat in statewide budget negotiations. The "three men in a room" insider culture of Albany has come to define politics in the Empire State for many disillusioned voters. Now that the leader of a five-member legislative conference has broken the mold and been allowed into that room, we must shatter the glass ceiling and allow leaders from all legislative conferences, including the accomplished female leader of the 24-member Democratic State Senate conference, to ensure every New Yorker's voice is represented when it counts.

This petition is to request immediate involvement from the DOJ in the recent police shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes. Millions have seen the video which clearly shows police gunning down an unarmed man. The investigation has been turned over to the special investigation unit, headed by the Kennewick Police. Kennewick is an adjacent town whose police force is known for excessive use of force and excessive ticketing. To date SIU has never found an officer at fault for use of lethal force, and by the way the investigation has gone so far there is no reason to expect a different outcome this time. The officers involved have not yet been questioned, and are not barred from communicating with each other. Most of the SIU investigation has centered around Mr. Zambrano-Montes and not the officers involved. An independent autopsy has already contradicted the official one on both the numbers of rounds that hit and where they hit. This petition is a call for an unbiased and fair investigation, not one headed by a police force that's works closely with the one in question and has a history of not holding officers accountable for their actions.

Before the public comment period ends on March 30th, 2015, please go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=BOEM-2014-0096-0001 and express your concerns with the proposed offshore Atlantic oil and gas drilling, plus seismic testing. This could be catastrophic for important commercial and recreational fishing and for coastal communities that rely heavily on tourism. Clean, renewable, wind energy should be explored in these areas, not oil. We do not need a BP oil disaster off our coastline!