Many Americans have contributed to the unemployment fund for a significant period of time while gainfully employed. After losing their jobs through no fault of their own and continuing to searching for jobs on a daily basis and going to interviews, many are still unemployed. Citizens in this predicament will cease contributing to the economy and supporting our local merchants without extended benefits. If unemployment is truly "insurance," these Americans should be able to collect on that "policy" now that they qualify. Please pass the pending legislation to extend unemployment benefits, including Tiers 2, 3 and 4.

The cost of this program pails in comparison to spending in government in other areas. I'm unemployed but I am not a freeloader. I try every day to find a job and volunteer my time in my community. The economy isn't fixed yet and there are hundreds of us competing for the same poorly paying jobs. Food banks are running out of supplies. Resumes are fading to that yellowish color inside of dusty briefcases. I'd rather see the economy fixed, but until then, I just want to pay my mortgage, utilities. And for a bag of dried beans each week. What are your personal financial concerns?

Until a viable jobs bill is instituted and more jobs are provided the American unemployed deserve their unemployment benefits to continue- that's what unemployment insurance was created for!

Breaking news: House majority leader Eric Cantor is working on a hawkish bill that would torpedo President Obama's interim agreement with Iran by setting unrealistic goals for the final deal. A bill in the Senate would add sanctions now. The President is THE negotiator for the United States and needs space to work with his Secretary of State and staff. Iran is cooperating; let's exploit this opening for long-term peace.

I have been unemployed since July and know personally the importance of these much needed employment benefits. The money we receive goes right back into the economy for housing, utilities, food, gas, the basics of life.

As a Jewish American who sees peace with Iran as essential to a broader Middle East peace, I am appalled by hawkish efforts to put a stranglehold on The President's negotiations with Iran.

I am the leader of 1200 out of work people that are members of Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA www.nhnusa.org and a Jobs Advocate on a national basis.

Future generations are going to run out of trees and Iron ore. We must start recycling before it is too late.

IM STARTING THIS PETITION BECZ TOO MANY OF OUR LOVE 1S ARE WRONGLY BEEN DEPORTED MOST WITHOUT SEEING A IMMGTATION JUDGE AND MOST NOT NOTIFYING THERE LOVE ONE UNTIL THERE IN THERE OWN COUNTRY MY SPOUSE OF 14YRS WAS WRONGLY DEPORTED BACK TO MEXICO WITH OUT ANY CLOTHES BUT THE ONES ON HIS BACK AND NOT NOTIFYINGE ME HIS US CITZEN WIFE EVERYDAY I SUFFER AND CRY FOR MY SPOUSE IM LIVING IN #ELL NOT KNOWING IF YOUR LOVE ONE IS ALIVE OR NOT I WOULDNT WISH THIS ON MY WROST EMENY THIS HARSH AND CRUEL PUNSHIMENT NEEDS TO STOP WE ARE ALL HUMAM BEEN AND SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE ONE OUR LOVE ONES SHPULDNOT BEEN PUNSIHED FOR TRYING TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY IN THE USA ALL THERE WANTING TO DO IS LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM I WANT MY HUSBAND HOME HE DERSEVE TO BE HERE AS SO MANY OTHERS PLEASE SIGN AND PASS THE REFORM BILL SO ARE LOVE 1 WILL NOT HAVE TO SUFFER AND LIVE IN PAIN WITJOUT THERE LOVE ONES AS SUCH AS I AM THANK YOU

There are thousands of working moms and dads with full-time jobs — sometimes two or three jobs — who some days cannot afford to put adequate food on the table. Governor Jay Inslee called on legislators to increase the minimum wage in his State of the State address. We need our legislators to act now and raise Washington's minimum wage!

AT&T has plans to install a cell tower at the corner of Retford and Kettring. We need to oppose this move for several reasons a. Spoils the look of the neighborhood there by affecting home values b. Might affect the health of residents c. There is already a cell tower on Cherry road near Stonewater that houses T-mobile and seems like it should be able to host AT&T equipment as well. Why build multiple towers?

We believe that Cpl. Farrell Gilliam was killed in action! On January 5, 2011, our beloved 25 year old Farrell stepped on an IED while on a dismounted patrol with his unit, (3/5 Marines, Lima Co.) in the Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He suffered many catastrophic injuries, including the amputation of both legs above the knee and several open fractures of his right arm including a 6 inch segment that is missing bone and tissue. His worst injury however was to the right side of his chest and abdomen, which took the full impact of the explosion, and left him completely eviscerated as a result of the blast. With the help of Hospital Corpsman HM3 Brown, HM3 Gojar, Cpl Griff, and Lcpl Gutierrez, lifesaving measures were immediately undertaken to stop his bleeding in the field. He fought for his life in the back of the Marine transport truck which raced him back to camp. He fought for his life as he was Medi-Vac'd from base camp to a hospital in Kandahar where he underwent 9 hours of damage control surgery. He fought for his life as he was medi-vac'd again to Bagram Hospital in Afghanistan, where he underwent further damage control surgery. He fought for his life as he was flown to Landsthul Germany, where he underwent further surgery and again as he was flown to the US, arriving state side, on Janury 9, 2011 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland (outside Washington DC), with trips to the OR continuing every other day since then. But Farrell is a fighter! The Doctors have said that to survive an abdominal wound like his is one in ten million - they rarely see them because nobody ever survives them. Farrell was a fighter and after three years of fighting he succumbed to further injuries from which he did not recover. We believe Cpl. Gilliam was killed in action and the fight he gave in trying to recover makes him worthy to have his name placed with his other fallen brothers on the Camp Pendleton, Operation Enduring Freedom, 5th Marine Regiment Wall. Please sign our petition in agreement of this cause.