It’s time for Congress to enact a Robin Hood tax (also known as a financial transaction tax) to help ordinary people and the planet. The Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2013, H.R. 1579, introduced by Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), would put a miniscule tax on Wall Street transactions to generate hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue each year to support education, employment, health care, HIV/AIDS research and treatment and the fight against climate change, here at home and around the world. Please contact your representative and ask her/him to cosponsor this important legislation to establish a financial transaction tax on Wall Street.

Thousands of homebound seniors will not get a hot meal tonight because Congress has cut funding for Meals on Wheels as part of the sequester. For millions of seniors, Social Security isn't enough to lift them out of poverty and hunger. In the past decade, there was a 78 percent increase in senior hunger.

VOTE COMING UP: URGENT ACTION NEEDED! A nationwide ban on abortion after 20 weeks is under debate in Congress, even though an appeals court has only recently called one such ban "blatantly unconstitutional." These pointless theatrics waste time and do nothing to protect women's health. Research shows that barriers to access only lead to unsafe abortion. If Congress is truly concerned about women's health and safety, they should work on improving access to safe abortion care. Congress will begin debate soon and could vote as early as this week, so sign the petition now!!

All current and future retirees are concerned about our retirement safety net.

These are NOT Lps they are BARBIE DOLL toys !!!!! Stand up for what's right! Theese new Lps r CRAP. Ya I said it CRAP!! We need the 2005-20012 not the 2013 barbies !!!

Thanks to thousands of Mainers speaking up, both the House and Senate voted to pass LD 718, which will label genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Maine. The Maine House of Representatives voted 141– 4 in favor of the bill. The Maine Senate voted 35-0 in favor of the bill. The bipartisan support for this issue has been incredible! But we still need your help to make history. The success of this bill is now in the hands of our Governor. Please sign this petition and share widely. Ask Governor LePage to sign LD 718 into law to label GMOs. Thank you to everyone who has helped get us this far. Now, let’s make the final push to make GMO labeling the law of the land in Maine!

I want to keep the US out of the Syrian war between two fighting sects of Islam. This is their war, not ours.

Children are being forced to carry extremely heavy book bags every day to school. It is unhealthy for them and could cause them physical damage. There should be a limit imposed on the amount of pounds allowed in children's bags.

The Turkish government is turning one of the few parks in central Istanbul into a shopping mall. It will be constructed inside fake Ottoman military barracks from a century ago. A lot of my friends in Turkey are gravely concerned by the violent suppression of protest over this. The Turkish government might be less hard-line if it was not confident of unwavering support from the Unites States government.

Thousands of cats and dogs entering the NYC Animal Care & Control Shelter System are killed in a broken, archaic, money wasting system. Taxpayers and animal loving New Yorkers deserve better! The No Kill Equation is sweeping the country, saving upwards of 95% of the precious lives in shelters that formerly killed our pets. New York should be a model for the country, saving lives and money with a new paradigm. It's time to take killing off the table! Time to get the poor, abused carriage horses out of traffic, heat, snow and car fumes. That's what we want from the next Mayor of New York!

I am a physician licensed in the state of Illinois. I believe many of my patients must forgo the benefit or buy illegally this beneficial and otherwise harmless substance. It is currently classified as a class 1 narcotic with no benefit. This is the list; heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote. This is clearly wrong.

Breast-feeding is the best possible start to a baby's life. TRICARE, the health care coverage for American military families, does not cover breast-feeding supplies for their families - except in extreme circumstances - although breast pumps are now required to be covered by the Affordable Care Act (aka "Obama-care"). More than 600,000 families in the United States have members on active duty, and about 40% of all active duty military personnel are parents. Almost all of these families receive their health care coverage from TRICARE (aka: Humana, Inc.). For some reason, TRICARE is exempt from the Affordable Care Act's policies. The World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the American Academy of Pediatrics - among many others - recommend EXCLUSIVE breast milk feedings for babies under six months old. Please join me in asking for support for our military families' most vulnerable additions.