The law states that hearsay does not hold up in a court of law but that is exactly what is happening. No one has done any fact digging to collaborate his stories. The G.A.L. wrote a motion to the judge all because of something he said including a 4 page letter that was nothing but hearsay, assumptions and opinions. That is why he has full custody because with the letter and 4 other caseworkers saying the same thing I had no chance at fighting. I received only minimal visitation that lasted a couple months. She and her dad do not get along and when he gets frustrated he calls the police and says she is being "unruly" and to take her to JDC then she mostly lives in a group house for troubled teens. I prefer her there if she can't be with me because of her fathers verbal, mental and even physical abuse. No one will listen to my side of the story or my daughters. This is outrageous. People in these positions should know that they're two sides to every story and that there are bitter ex's out there. All my visitation was up to her father. When she in the group home I would attend parent groups and a mini, 15min session with my daughter once a week and that was all I got to see her for a while. I didn't see her for Thanksgiving, Christmas or new years. She went to the psychiatric ward for attempting suicide and he wouldn't let me visit her there either. When she was in JDC seemed to be the only place he could not stop visitation. He was also not telling me when her court hearing were or anything that was going on with her. I had to request a court appointed lawyer to get notified of her hearings. The first one I was notified of (4 months after he received full custody) the G.A.L. put through for a no contact order because of the medication I am prescribed and that the doctor insists that I stay on. The main thing is drugs and alcohol which I have not drank for 5 years and am currently in a program that I have been in for 3 years that has kept me off of opiates. As I mentioned earlier she has a 4yr old half brother. That case has been closed for almost a year on him and since my ex had something to do with the outcome of my son he lives with my cousin who is his guardian. When she got the letter for legal custody it was worded so that we could come up with our own arrangements. His guardian is very protective of him and wouldn't let me have him so much if I were so "unfit" My husband and I have him almost 4 days out of the week and wake up to go over and put him on the bus for pre-school. On the other hand I am so "unfit" I can't even see my 15yr old. I am afraid to mention this at any of the court hearings because my son has already been through enough and I want him to be left alone and out of "the system". All I ever wanted was my fair chance and I didn't think that was asking too much but I never got it and neither did Haeligh. I ask that this case and workers on the case be investigated for any way they might have broke the law or not done their job to the best of their abilities. Haeligh needs to receive some justice and have her entire family.

Nobody wanted the sequester. It is still robbing hungry people of food, children of Head Start programs, and other innocent people of critical support. In the current budget crisis, the Senate has passed a continuing resolution that maintains the sequester, in a major concession to the GOP. However, the American people don't want these terrible cuts, and never did.

This shutdown has been created by a few reckless Republican representatives; all Speaker Boehner has to do is call the vote!

Members of Congress ask Americans to contribute to their own health insurance and retirement. Yet these people enjoy the best health care and retirement anyone could wish for. The members ask us for sacrifice while they give up nothing.

I want everyone who is the government including the President and Governors and Mayors, etc. that why they turn 65 they go on our Social Security and Medicare and not us paying for theirs with our money that we are being taxed on., also, when you have lotto and it's suppose to go into the school or road services, damn it, do it, don't say it's going into our (OUR) general funding., what that means, it's going into your funds for your own retirement plan!! same on our government, that's why I don't vote, you all stink!!!!

It is unfair and unjust for our Federal, State and Local Government officials to receive different benefits and entitlements than that of the citizens they represent.

I want the federal government to be open for business.

Speaker of the House, John Boehner, is abusing his power for personal gain. He refuses to put the budget to a vote because there are enough votes for it to pass. He would rather shut the government down and hurt the American people than lose the backing of the Tea Party.

The Tea Party is hurting the American people and holding the government hostage because it didn't get its way. And the Speaker of the House is abusing his power for his own personal gain.

Nothing will get accomplished if the members of Congress are still getting paid. If the people of the United States must suffer because of the fighting in Washington, so must Congress.

Speaker John Boehner is the only person who can schedule votes in the House of Representatives. The votes to pass a 'clean CR' exist. Speaker Boehner should schedule such a vote immediately and stop catering to the extreme right wing of his party. Speaker Boehner, put your pride aside, put your country first and put our government back to work!

Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, then it will only take three days for most people in the U.S. to receive the message. Don't you think it's time? THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!