Our public playgrounds are not handicapped friendly for children with special needs. My 6 year old son is blind and developmentally delayed and loves being out doors. The baby swings are too small and he is not safe to swing on the backless leather strap swings. The wood chips makes it impossible to move the wheel chair. Our children would like to be able to enjoy the playground along with their family and friends and not be socially separated. Please add both handicapped swings and rubber matting in our public playgrounds to include the special needs community.

Removing the automatic pay increase Congress receives

Obama Care has caused a devastating pay-cut to millions of part-time workers in the U.S. "According to the new health-care legislation, all businesses must pay FULL TIME HEALTH CARE to all employees who work 30 hours or more in a seven-day week."1 Normally, we were permitted to work up to 30 hours plus Sunday (Sunday was not counted as part of our work week). Personally, I work six days a week (including Sundays) and receive a weekly pay-check of or about 200 dollars and, as such, already live in poverty.This current legislation will force me and my co-workers to seek previously unsought public assistance, which should be distributed to those who are truly unable to work. This legislation is preventing millions of willing, able-bodied employees from working more than 30 hours per week. Most companies have cut each part-time employee to 28 hours or less per seven-day week, to avoid any fines. Sundays must not be included in our 30-hour work week limit. 1(http://www.local338.org/)

After a highly successful campaign resulted in massive advertiser boycotts of WABC, the station that carries Rush Limbaugh's daily lunacy, profits have plummeted. The head of WABC has put the blame directly where it belongs -- on Rush Limbaugh and his offensive statements, including those about Sandra Fluke where he went as far as to call her a "slut" for speaking out in favor of access to birth control.   Rush has decided that instead of owning up to the damage he's done to WABC, he'll simply move to rival station WOR if WABC keeps being a big meanie and blaming him for the lost revenue. Let's convince WOR not to give him an escape route.

I am not affected personally, but as I consider all people to be my brethren and sisters I stand by their side in all ways. The term "illegal" also tends to destroy families. My support will always be for families also.

Senator Dianne Feinstein is a sponsor of the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. But she's remained silent on whether she'll vote to protect LGBTQ immigrant families when the Uniting American Families Act is introduced next week! We need her to take a stand!

Senator Richard Blumenthal CT is asking to be including the "Little Dreamers" as an amendment of S.744. But there are a group of dreamers who also must be included.

We've all been personally affected by this issue. VERY few of our elected officials show genuine concern for our Country as a whole or the needs and concerns of its citizens while in office.

Petition concerns protecting social security , medicare , workplace rights to go along with employee benefits.

I'm a student in an Environmental Science class and we are learning the negative effects of genetically modified organisms on local farmers and the environment. By labeling the food that contains GMOs, we can help our community make better choices about who they support through their purchases.

From the research I've read, fracking is highly dangerous to our health and our environment.

I could lose my home in Florida because it is underwater and my mortgage payments are too large for me to handle since the economic recession has severely shrunk my retirement investments. Reducing the mortgage principal to the actual value of my home would shrink my mortgage payments to a manageable level.