Our elected officials are so disconnected from the American people. As citizens, we need to hold our representatives (e.g.; Congress and Senators) accountable. One way of doing this is to have daily,weekly, and or monthly 'report cards' of how and what they are doing. For example, this report could be displayed daily on t.v., in the newspaper, and online. These officials in Washington, D.C. would each be reported/documented on: 1) How and what they voted for 2) How many days they showed up for work 3) What bills they created 4) How many filibusters they voted for 5)What perks they rec'd at taxpayers' expense..etc. These officials should not get a 2nd term, nor get paid retirement pensions if they don't do their job or don't show up for work, and if they are only focusing on advancing their political agenda! If we did this at our jobs, we'd be fired!

Children all across America are dying every day needing an organ transplant.

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It's the fans and their money that support the team through good times and bad. They shouldn't have to pay out more of their hard earned cash to watch their team on t.v. If your city's team is playing it needs to be broadcast on a local station.

My son attended The School of the Immaculata and was bullied for months. Staff refused to help us. My son became suicidal and had to be hospitalized. We called the police on his bully and my kids were expelled for it. Protecting our children from teachers that refuse to help a victim of bullying is a must.

I would like the govenment to look into the procedures of hospital's medics of walking into your hospital room, providing no service, and then charging Medicare and the patient a fee when they have done nothing (no service) for the patient and yet charge Medicare and the patient. I was recently hospitalized for orthopeadic surgery and noticed this in my billing. Some of these medics charged Medicare daily for no service.

Donny was wrongly convicted of 2 crimes: Murder and Rape. He was also done wrong because of Police and other officials CORRUPTION. Donny is an innocent man who did not do these crimes. Read his story and the evidence will show you the truth: http://misnfits.blogspot.com/

The majority of Americas want the same rights as people from other countries, namely the right to know what we ingest. We want all food to include labeling stating whether or not the product was manufactured using GMO's or GE's.

The emergency financial manager in Detroit now indicates, if Detroit goes into bankruptcy, the art in our 130 year old internationally renowned Detroit Institute of Art could be sold to pay debts!

In just a matter of days, immigration will take center stage in the Senate. We've been fighting for this moment for years. But just as we're getting to primetime, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a handful of other senators are teaming up to undermine the bill we've fought so hard for. In fact, Sen. Cornyn just introduced a “sweeping amendment" that could undermine the Senate's immigration bill as we know it. And if that isn't bad enough, now Senator Cornyn is pressuring the Republicans in the "Gang of 8" to support his proposal. The Republican Senators in the "Gang of 8" are powerful members of their party. They have a huge role in deciding which changes to the bill will succeed or fail. If they decide to, they can stop Senator Cornyn's poison pill amendment in its tracks. And if these Senators truly care about passing reform, they will stand with our community -- not pander to hypocrites like Sen. Cornyn. Tell the Republican Senators in the "Gang of 8" to stand with our community, not Sen. John Cornyn. We've been down this road before. For years, Sen. Cornyn has portrayed himself as pro-immigrant, but his actions have shown the opposite. In 2007, Senator Cornyn even gave a speech on the Senate floor about the need to pass immigration reform…only moments after voting against the Senate’s immigration bill. We have a real chance of passing immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented Americans. The Senate bill was written by a bipartisan group, passed committee by an overwhelming vote, and is widely supported. But Sen. Cornyn isn't interested in passing it -- he just wants to stick around long enough to derail it. Don't let his old tricks crush the dreams of 11 million Americans. Please join us in telling the Republican Senators in the "Gang of 8" to stand with the 11 million Americans without papers. Now is not the time to play politics with 11 million dreams.

The Illinois Legistlature has passed a huge bill to update election laws. Included in that bill is a requirement that Lake County create an Election commision. This unfunded requirement will cost Lake County taxpayers $600,000 that we do not have. The text of the paragraph relating to the creation of the election reads: "any county with a population of more than 700,000 persons … that borders another state and borders no more than 2 other Illinois counties." Lake County is the only county inthe State of Illinois that meets that specific criteria.

Total loan forgiveness for ALL Nurses no matter the field or location of the job. Teachers receive loan forgiveness, but not all Nurses do. I applaud teachers but Nurses need to be held in the same regard. We work overtime, are on our feet all day taking care of everybody's family members, sacrifice time with our families to take care of yours, the list goes on. As it stands now only certain fields of Nursing are partially forgiven for their loans for example working in a low income area or rural area. I believe all Nursing loans should be forgiven regardless of where you work. Nursing is a selfless profession and loan forgiveness should be an act now and for past nurses.