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What does it say about America when the government goes on strike? When employees of a company go on strike, the company just hires new people. Maybe that is what we need, fresh blood in office. The government is designed to serve us the people, not special interest parties. We need to take the corruption out before it festers.

Studies show that the typical American only has a few months’ worth of expenses in their savings account. Individuals who work for the government cannot afford to go unpaid for significant periods of time. They did their job and are willing to continue to work for their livelihood, Congress should learn from their example. The shutdown of the government impacts more than the bank accounts of families, it affects children with cancer who were going to sign up for cancer treatment trials and now can't. The government shutdown hampers the ability of the government to react in any crisis situation because the civilian workers who support our military are not there to assist in normal operations. The government shutdown creates a vacuum in spending, which will weaken our economy in a time where we just started to build momentum. The government shutdown closes parks and national monuments to children, family and individuals who go there for recreation, vacations or field trips. The government shutdown will cause many hardships both in DC and across the Nation. Let's not let it continue.

As the world's #1 cooking show network, Food Network plays an important role in the choices consumers make every day. They have been silent about Genetically Modified Food, obviously in favor of their profit margin and to keep the advertising dollars coming in from the Big Food Industry. Tell Food Network to take a stand and say "NO to GMO!" or at least be honest and come out in favor of GMO's so we can "Say No" to them. Get off the fence Food Network! Take a stand!

I am frustrated with inaction by the House and the Senate. All of them have not collectively represented the needs and welfare of our country.

The now infamous Citizens United ruling gave corporations a Constitutional right to influence elections through unlimited spending. This spending has a major impact on who gets elected and how public policy is crafted. There is a movement to reverse the effects of this Supreme Court ruling and regain control of our government. Several US Representatives have proposed resolutions to amend the US Constitution and establish that money is not speech and corporations do not have the Constitutional rights granted to people. Rep Nancy Pelosi speaks often about the need to do something about this problem, however she has not signed on to any of the existing legislation, nor has she written her own resolution to remedy this issue.

Last night, on the NBC Nightly News, Congressman Huelskamp said the government shutdown would not have a big affect on people. In actuality, some families will now struggle to feed their children, pay the bills and the rent. If the congressman thinks it's no big deal, how hard is he working to get the government up and running again? Tell Congressman Huelskamp the shutdown IS a big deal and he needs to realize that.

Shutdown leader Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is exercising more control over the House Republican caucus (and thus the agenda of the entire House of Representatives) than Speaker of the House John Boehner. Speaker Boehner needs to take back his gavel, take some control, and stop letting some Tea Party Senator use the House to hold America hostage to his extremist demands.

With the clock ticking down to the important state elections in November, Virginia is attempting to eliminate voters from the rolls who are also registered in other states -- ostensibly to stop "fraud." But Virginia city and county voter registrars have already noted a high error rate in the lists of voters identified by the state board of elections as registered to vote in other states. The purge could disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters and get them removed from the voter roles *without any warning to them whatsoever.*

Texas students deserve better than to have their education undermined by the insertion of religious creationism in biology textbooks to undermine the teaching of evolution. Because it's such a large market, Texas's standard could also impact textbooks sold to schools nationally.

This is a matter of grave concern. House Republicans are willing to risk delaying new Social Security benefits and student loans, military pay and other government services – all in the name of re-fighting a battle they lost three years ago.

During a time when Duke is continuing to charge it's customers for nuclear plants that are either closed, or not going to happen, I strongly feel that some of that money could be deferred to the Sunsense Progam so it can run continuously. If each house had it's own little power station, it would only benefit Duke and our out dated and over used grid. I'm tired of being thrown into a pit, waiting for the bell to ring, then competing for the little bit of funds that Duke put into the program. It should be an ongoing program and be treated a little more civilized.