My niece works for the national parks and she has three children ( 4-month old twins and a two year old); they need to be fed and so does she. How is she going to buy food and pay her mortgage? I know you all are not having economic change, because we are paying your salaries with our money. Are you not ashamed? Please forget that you do not like President Obama and be patriotic, for the people. We want the Obamacare (as you Republicans call it)!

Republican extremism has impacted me. My family's plans to visit our national park are on hold. This is a trip that we have been planning for many months and now have had to scramble to adjust.

Republican extremism has to stop; your irresponsible government is causing innocent people to suffer.

Republican extremism has impacted me in this way: friends of mine are now out of work as a result of the government shutdown. I am concerned for both my wife and myself about our Social Security and Medicare benefits.

Are you feeling the impact of the government shutdown firsthand? Do you know of a friend, neighbor, or family member who is being directly impacted? Is your business feeling the impact from delayed contracts, funding, or because people can no longer purchase your product due to being laid off? Please share your story with Georgia's Republican Congressmen so they will know how their actions are hurting real people. When you sign this petition, you can add a note beginning with "Republican extremism has impacted me in this way:"

Personally affected by manslaughter by cop. Tell of the "training game" that was in action that day of the shooting. Is Uncontrolled firing of ammo no threat to the public ? Excessive Force is not "Thatta Boy' Acceptable!

The shutdown has caused uncertainty in major economic decisions my household makes. Not knowing the current budget--or if there will be a budget--delays purchases I intended to make.

Americans are tired of the congress not listening to the people, now with the govt shut down I have two children not working, no benefits, and families to take care of, how are they suppose to pay bills and groceries? Let congress live like us!

I am a graduate of the CFPA Program in Creative Writing. It taught me everything I know about writing and allowed me to follow my passion when I was only 14. I discovered not only who I was as a person while studying there, but also that my voice was valuable and powerful. Creative writing is a unique art in that what we learn from it will follow us our whole lives. With the constant testing and standardization in English classrooms, creative writing classes are an essential place where students can come to understand that writing can heal us and enchant us--it is an art that makes us human and should have as much attention as any other art form. Please sign this petition to save the CFPA Creative Writing Program, and pass it on to anyone who believes that our students deserve better than this.

Because of issues of surveillance on innocent, law-abiding Americans, being more than just electronic, American's are increasingly under threat of additional violations of losses of free speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion, but most importantly, law abiding American's being free of intrusions of their privacy at home and simply walking down the street, associating with whomever they please, without apprehension of electronic, personal or remote (i.e., micro-drones and/or bugging of homes, workplaces, autos, etc.) surveillance, for no reason that can be justified, per FISA Court regulations...

I work in a legal center and my colleagues are wasting good time trying to figure out what to do about the shutdown when they should be focused on other needs like helping domestic violence victims in court. This is ridiculous!

Our elected representatives are playing a game of "Chicken" with the Federal Government. Some in Congress are holding our entire government "hostage" while they attempt to change an existing bill they don't like. Their actions, and theirs alone, caused the Federal Government shutdown. "Somebody" should pay, and since Congress caused it, they should pay for its consequences...