free the guantanamo prisoners. we the people of the usofa have 166 people held in guantanamo prisons. the military admits over a 100 are on a hunger strike. over 80 of these men have never had any charges made against them. its time president obama releases them.

The imprisonment of innocents, the torture by oversized feeding tubes continues. Please pay attention - these men are preparing to die - to lose the one thing they have had for these 11 years - each other!

This petition is about the need to stop the practice of placing and keeping children and teenagers who are capable of learning at their full potential without special education in special education and to undo all the harm that is caused to a person of any age as a result of that person's having been a student in special education in even the slightest degree.

After serving in the Navy and honestly earning an advancement in rank, going through all the proper procedures. Because of transfer in duty. Advancement in rank was reneged. And to this day correction of military records still denied, even with accurate and vivid proof.

Dear Mr. President and distinguished members of the senate & house. We the People of the United States want you to reduce the retirement age to 50 & generate more revenue to support our great Social Security program. Please contribute all taxes collected from the lottery & all other gambling-gaming profits & winnings to our Social Security program so that ALL retiring Americans win.

US foreign policy must stop endangering the lives of innocent civilians to achieve its goals. The use of drones in foreign lands have killed thousands of non combatants including hundreds of women and children.

“The inside-the-beltway world of Washington, DC rarely deals with truly foundational economic issues. When they do, it is only because they are being forced to by crisis or a political movement forcing something onto center stage. Over the past few decades, we have watched the steady destruction of the American middle class by the massive expansion of the low wage worker economy – it’s time that we banded together to fight back. The first step in that fight legislatively is the introduction of Sherrod Brown and David Vitter’s bill taking on the Too Big To Fail banks. Brown and Vitter’s Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness (TBTF) Act puts serious pressure on “Too Big to Fail” banks in a variety of ways, and those banks are doing some serious squealing as a result. The bill would force the TBTF banks to stop playing some of their most egregious accounting games and make the TBTFers keep almost twice the percentage of capital reserves.”

Illinois is the ONLY state in which health authorities are required by law to notify school principals of the names of students that test HIV-positive. Principals can then disclose the information to any school personnel they like. A bill before the senate, HB 61, would repeal this invasive and unnecessary requirement. Please tell Illinois’ senate to pass HB 61! Read more about this dangerous law. http://www.hivhealthreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HIV-YES-on-HB-61-factsheet-4-18-2.docx

As a consumer I would rather pay more at Walmart than support subhuman working conditions and wages in other countries for cheaper products. I want people worldwide to have safe working conditions, and wages that pay the bills each month. I won't go back into Walmart until workers get wages at 75% cost of living, and a minimum 36 hour work week in both the US and abroad. I also won't go into the store, until worker safety is assured abroad as it is in the US.

I had surgery for my a birth defect in my brain, and I did not have anyone to help guide me through this confusing time. As a teenager, I just felt like I had to go along with everything the doctors told me and just accept my new life. I believe that if people who have traumatic Brain Injuries, had better advocacy, there would be less crime and suicides.

This is only one example of how people in Congress have voted themselves special advantage over the citizens they serve. They receive low to no cost health insurance that is far superior to the average citizen. How can they have any idea how to craft health care policy when they do not have to experience it first hand?

Camila Vallejo as a leader of the Chilean Student Movement has been a pioneer in the empowerment of students in the 21st Century and an inspiration for young people across the world. The Movement and Vallejo’s own ideals reflect the values of the State of Florida as laid out in the State’s constitution: “The education of children is a fundamental value of the people of the State of Florida. It is, therefore, a paramount duty of the state to make adequate provision for the education of all children residing within its borders.” In modern times there has not been a student leader that has more personified these values and empowered young people than Camila Vallejo. The organizing and community-building that she helped to lead is not unique to Chile or even to South America, but are ideas firmly entrenched in American history as well. The Civil Rights Movement, LGBTQ Movement, Women’s rights, and other struggles for marginalized people in the United States show that we share many values of history and community with Vallejo. With the University of Central Florida having the largest student population in the United States, her presence, sharing of experience, and encouragement will help thousands of students continue the tradition of fighting for fair, affordable, and accessible education in Florida and across the country. With Florida continuing to go through tough economic times, and problems directly affecting students such as budget cuts, annual tuition increases, and mounting student debt, we need an empowered student body to address these issues. Thus with Chilean students facing many of the same problems and with their movement in a maturing spot, having Camila Vallejo speak is more appropriate and relevant than ever.