Senator Kirk recently voted against the Student Loan Affordability Act, which aimed to keep interest rates low for students for another two years. Instead, he voted for another proposal that could see interest rates skyrocket up to 8.5%. 64% of students have student debt upon completion from college in Illinois (where the average student loan debt is $26,440) and 337,440 students in Illinois are Stafford Loan borrowers. Students in Illinois can't afford more debt, and on July 1st, student loan interest rates are set to double from 3.4% to 6.8%. We need Senator Kirk to stop voting for proposals that will hurt students in Illinois and the rest of America.

A class of neuroactive insecticides known as neonicotinoids are destroying our planet's bee population. We ask for the United States government to ban the use of these dangerous pesticides, which are already banned in Europe. These neonicotinoid pesticides are decimating our planet's bee population - as much as 90% in some places. If left unchecked, they could destroy our world’s ability to grow enough food to feed its population. We call for the Obama administration, United States Congress, and the EPA to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and protect our bees. These harmful pesticides are also poisoning other animals, and the toxic effects are bound to affect human beings. According to a study performed by the American Bird Conservancy, neonicotinoids are lethal to birds and to the aquatic systems on which they depend. A single corn kernel coated with a neonicotinoid can kill a songbird. These studies represent the canary in the coal mine. Who knows what the long term effects on our children are going to be? Would you help protect the health of our children and the environment for future generations?

Senator Rubio recently voted against the Student Loan Affordability Act, which aimed to keep interest rates low for students for another two years. Instead, he voted for another proposal that could see interest rates skyrocket up to 8.5%. 51% of students have student debt upon completion from college in Florida (where the average student loan debt is $25,600) and 462,048 students in Florida are Stafford loan borrowers. Students in Florida can't afford more debt, and on July 1st, student loan interest rates are set to double from 3.4% to 6.8%. We need Senator Rubio to stop voting for proposals that will hurt students in Florida and the rest of America. El Senador Rubio acaba de votar en contra del Acta "Student Loan Affordability" (Accesibilidad de préstamo estudiantil) que tenía el propósito de mantener los intereses bajos para los estudiantes por dos años más. En vez de eso, el votó por la otra propuesta que pueda ver los intereses dispararse hasta 8.5%. %51% de los estudiantes tienen deuda estudiantil al terminar la universidad en Florida, (donde el promedio de deuda estudiantil es $25,600, y 462,048 estudiantes en Florida son prestadores del fondo "Stafford.")

Security Officers live in near poverty while providing safety and protection for some of the wealthiest tech companies in the world. It's time for wealthy corporations in Silicon Valley to provide good jobs for Security Officers.

Senator Portman recently voted against the Student Loan Affordability Act, which aimed to keep interest rates low for students for another two years. Instead, he voted for another proposal that could see interest rates skyrocket up to 8.5%. 68% of students have student debt upon completion from college in Ohio, where the average student loan debt is $24,760. Close to 400,000 Ohioans are Stafford loan borrowers. Students in Ohio can't afford more debt, on July 1st, student loan interest rates are set to double from 3.4% to 6.8%. We need Senator Portman to stop voting for proposals that will hurt students in Ohio and the rest of America.

We feel that to begin to repair our badly damaged immigration system, reform must be just and effective. S 744, he Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, is the best chance we've had in decades to address what most Americans consider to be a broken system. We urge Senators Chambliss and Isakson to vote yes on S 744 and begin allowing new Georgians to step out of the shadows and have the opportunity to earn a path to citizenship.

Major grocery store chains representing more than 4,600 stores across the United States, such as Target, Aldi, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Giant Eagle, and Meijer, have committed not to sell genetically engineered seafood. Now we are asking Kroger, the nation’s largest conventional grocery store chain, to follow suit. Unless Kroger signs the Pledge for GE-Free Seafood, it and its subsidiaries, which include Ralphs, Fred Meyer, GFC and Food 4 Less, may soon be selling genetically engineered salmon and other genetically engineered seafood. The Food and Drug Administration has strongly suggested that it won’t likely require genetically engineered fish to be labeled, leaving consumers with no way of avoiding them. Through the Pledge for GE-Free Seafood, however, stores and restaurants can make clear to consumers their policies against selling genetically engineered seafood. If Kroger and its banner stores agree not to sell genetically engineered seafood, it could be one of the last steps to make sure GE seafood is dead in the water in the United States.

Outside pro-fracking groups are increasingly showing interest in our community. That's why Fort Collins residents are coming together to make sure we have all the facts before we risk public health, safety, property values and our water for this heavy industrial activity. Let's get all the facts before we allow outside corporations to make the decision to frack for us.

Do you have $10,000 to spare so that you can dine with Tea Party Republican Paul Ryan in Baltimore? I didn’t think so, but that’s how much billionaire Mitt Romney’s former vice-presidential running mate is asking for if you want to be a “Presidential Sponsor” for the Republican Party’s annual Red, White and Blue Dinner in Baltimore on June 20. It’s not often that someone like Paul Ryan comes to town, and maybe it’s because he knows that most Marylanders don’t support his extreme right-wing policies that hurt the working class while benefitting Ryan’s 1% campaign donors. As part of his austerity agenda, Ryan has fought tooth and nail against efforts to increase the federal minimum wage – which has remained stagnant since 2009 As he visits Baltimore tell Rep. Paul Ryan and his Tea Party allies to stop opposing a raise to the federal minimum wage! Raising the minimum wage is one of the issues I care most passionately about, and that’s why we’re fighting to increase Maryland’s minimum wage. Unlike the tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires that Paul Ryan supports (that do nothing to help create jobs), raising the federal minimum wage would stimulate our economy from the bottom up. Raising the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would increase GDP by about $32.6 billion and create approximately 140,000 net new jobs. I don’t know about you, but I think that sounds pretty good Join me in telling Rep. Paul Ryan to stop opposing a raise to the minimum wage – hard work deserves fair pay!

Recently, environmental leaders in the Rhode Island General Assembly have pushed forward a bill that would rein in greenhouse gas emissions to levels consistent with what science says we need to reach to avoid the worst effects of global warming. But to get the bill over the finish line in the last weeks of the legislative session, we'll need Rhode Islanders all over the state to weigh in with their representatives. Send a message to your state rep and senator: Support the Climate Solutions Act.

Our parents and grandparents shouldn't have to choose between paying an electric bill or buying the medicines they need to stay healthy. We need to push the Senate Finance Committee to put a crucial bill on the floor: one that could save taxpayers and Medicare recipients $billions.

We too are Human Beings Created by THE MOST HIGH and Citizens of The United States of America, and we have been left out of your agendas. We are not the middle class that you speak about all of the time. Our living areas are run down and blighted and our income levels are mostly below the poverty line. We demand an Executive Order to provide block grants for free college education for all people in poverty and for all of the descendants of chattel slavery in our cities and other areas. In addition each family member of descendants of chattel slavery should receive a cash award of $50,000 per person. And be allowed to relocate to any area in the world with their money. We demand your full support of HR 40, sponsored by Congressman John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Finally a set aside fund for business development and housing repair for all residents living in poverty in the inner cities of America. Deadline December 1, 2013.