So many women today face discrimination on a daily basis--whether in the workplace, at home, in their personal lives, or in any other domain--that goes largely unnoticed by society but that we must work to stop. CEDAW outlines provisions key to ending discrimination against women and to protecting women's equality and fair treatment. It is a United Nations resolution that the United States has not ratified but that cities around the county, such as San Francisco, are acting on and adopting.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge is more than simply a replacement structure for vehicles. The pedestrian/cycling path with its scenic overlooks is like a pedestrian park that will attract large numbers of visitors to Westchester and Rockland counties. To accommodate the swell of visitors, the state plans to build a café, restrooms and parking for 135 cars on Thruway Authority property in Tarrytown. On the Rockland side of the bridge, however, there is no adequate plan to accommodate the large numbers of visitors. The path will abruptly dump users onto a dangerous intersection at a Thruway entrance ramp in the Village of South Nyack. In an attempt to mitigate this problem, local authorities proposed demolishing South Nyack's village hall and replacing it with a 20+ space parking lot. This plan was soundly rejected by most who saw it as unsafe and grossly inadequate. Since then, village leaders have backed away from that plan. This is the largest highway and bridge project in North America today. We urge you and the TZ team to expand the parameters of the project to provide safe and well-designed accommodations that work for visitors and for the Village of South Nyack.

Are veterans who served there are now fighting for their lives and in cases we don't hear about, they are dieing! They did their duty and suffer from it, now it is time to give back to them.

The people of Colorado deserve better than a politician who claims to represent us while selling us out to corporate lobbyist and special interests on swanky yachts. Con Man Cory Gardner claims to be in Washington fighting for the people of Colorado, but his record tells a different story. Gardner has quickly become a creature of the Washington, D.C. insider crowd, taking advantage of every perk offered to him by corporate lobbyists and out-of-state special interests.

A senior student, Chris, needed to run home during his lunch hour to get a text book for a class he had. He asked his friend if he could borrow his car to do so. Friend tosses keys to Chris and he puts them in his pocket and goes to his next class. Administration wants to search the friends car and calls Chris to office because he was in possession of the keys (all of this was completely unknown to Chris). Whatever the issue was regarding the search of the vehicle had nothing to do with Chris but when he gave administration the keys of his friend they saw a small key chain pocket knife and suspended Chris for being in possession of a weapon on school campus, despite them not being his keys and not knowing the keys had this small pocket knife on them. He is now not allowed to attend the Prom, which is unfair when administration has bent rules for other students. Administration cannot pick and choose when to uphold policies for some students and then allow other students to not have consequences for their actions. Chris did nothing wrong and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. We want administration to spend their time upholding the rules and protecting students from the students who are breaking policies and rules knowingly and with intent as opposed to cracking down on an innocent student with a technicality. Please support us in sending Chris to Prom!!!!

This constitutional amendment will bring back political power to the individual voter. It will be easily enforceable and a strong rebuke to the recent supreme court decision on financial contributions.

As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, your support of H. Res 520, co-sponsored by Congressmen Royce and Engle would help protect women and children. This resolution is slated to be voted on in this committee at the end of this month, so your support in vital. This resolution supports 1)an end to attacks on civilians 2) ensure humanitarian aid sent to Syria by the U.S. government reaches those Syrians most in need through Syrian American NGOs (non profits) who have been working on the ground for the past three years, 3) that the US Government no longer recognizes Assad as the legitimate president of Syria.

Vermonters feel passionate about their right to know what's in their food. They made their voices heard through thousands and thousands of emails and phone call to their Senators. Some senators said it's because of boots-on-the-ground and social media outreach that they pushed the bill through. It's proof that organized activism and effective use of social media tools can make a difference. Please encourage Governor Shumlin to sign H.112 into law making Vermont the first state to pass such a law.

We are facing an unincorporated Washington County Ban brought to the commissioners by Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett. He is targeting our facility in Aloha. Last week the Wa Co planning commission rejected the proposed moratorium with a 6 to 3 vote. This week the Sheriff has emailed thousands and thousands of folks in Washington County to try and gain support. We need your support now for Tuesdays battle against this moratorium. Please do not let the County deny access to Dr recommended medication. This decision is made between a doctor and a patient. Not a Sheriff. 4300 card holders in this County deserve the right to their State approved medication. Thank you in advance for reading and signing our petition.

To help show Macy's we want their store in the Chattanooga, TN area. We are tired of driving to Atlanta!

This petition is about empowering the middle class and poor, giving them a voice and making sure our tax system is way more fair than it is now. I want to see this country embrace its people the way it did in the 3 decades after WWII when there was never a top tax rate below 70%. In this period we built the largest middle class in the history of the U.S by investing in all areas of the economy that helped the middle class and poor.

Although safer alternatives exist, about half of the Benzene manufactured in the world is being used in Asia as a washing agent. With no safeguards or ventilation in place , factory workers are succumbing to leukemia at an alarming rate, the number of suicides is shocking as well. Benzene is a proven cancer causing agent. Traces of Benzene remain in consumer products worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUPaAZu_l90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-kJ5Podjw