Fracking is descending on Michigan: The oil and gas industry has already snatched up millions of acres of mineral rights in Michigan to greatly expand fracking throughout the state. At every stage of the drilling process, fracking puts the Great Lakes, and the waterways that feed them, at risk of water contamination, toxic waste spills and more. The Governor is holding a public forum on his energy policy on Monday 3/25. Take action now to make sure your voice is heard. Tell Governor Snyder to stop the spread of fracking before it pollutes the Great Lakes.

Senator Diane Feinstein's hard work on this issue will finally come to a Senate vote in the next few weeks. This is our chance to encourage Senators Baucus and Tester to show some backbone by supporting national monitoring of gun sales.

We all know that campaign financing has devolved into bribery pure and simple. Because of this, representation is proportional to the amount of money offered, not "one person, one vote".

Florida House Republicans are refusing to hear HB 591 (sponsor Mark Pafford, D.) which is a bill to require summer camp operators to have background checks. The Palm Beach Post did an investigation and found child rapists and other convicted felons to own or work at summer camps with virtually no oversight to protect our children. There is no place for partisan politics when our children's safety is at risk.

Car owners are required to register their cars and carry automobile insurance to cover any damages their cars may cause. Guns can be even more deadly. Gun owners should not be treated more favorably than car owners. In the event of death or injury, victims and their families should be compensated through insurance instead of being forced to rely on public assistance

Democracy is dead. The political cartel is now in place. Collusion between parties and members serves their own and business interests.

JOBS! We can help create jobs in our city and stimulate our economy.

Iam tired of going to the VA clinics and watching men and women who seved in the military be treated like #.

I would like to see The Bush Administration brought to trial for the crime of lying to the American Cingress, the American People, The United Nations, and the World. To gain justice for all those who died in a needless war.

the social security fund belongs to the american taxpayers,not congress,or the whitehouse.If congress wants to do some thing raise the cap,or leave it alone.

The Washington Post of March 21st reported that the bipartisan 'Gang of Eight' senators had approved a plan pushed by lobbyists of large US technology companies such as IBM and Intel to double H1B visa allocations. If this plan was adopted, the prospects for current and perspective American IT workers would become even bleaker than now. Not only would they face being displaced by a wave of cheaper foreign workers, foreign companies use the H1B visa to allow their workers to come to the US and be trained by the American workers they are displacing. If we wish to keep the promise of middle-class jobs for any more than a tiny minority of Americans, we must stop the Gang of Eight's plan.

The use of the electoral college for electing the President of the United States should not last another election. Because of this laughably outdated system, the candidate who receives the most votes can lose the election. This has already happened twice in American history and once in our lifetimes. If that weren't enough, the current state-by-state system is also weighted against states like New York that have the misfortune to have a predictable majority. While the concerns of people from sharply divided “swing states” like Iowa receive lavish attention from presidential hopefuls, the concerns of New Yorkers get virtually ignored on the campaign trail, except when the candidates drop by to pick up their big money contributions. In the last two months of the 2012 presidential election, the presidential and vice presidential candidates of both parties did not even visit New York once. The battleground state of Ohio got 73 visits. We need to replace the state-by-state system of elections with a national popular vote. It was thought that doing this would require a constitutional amendment at the federal level. However, all that is required is for states representing 270 electoral votes to agree to commit their presidential electors to whoever wins the popular vote. This proposal is called the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,” and it has already been voted into law by a host of other states, from Maryland to California, representing 132 electoral votes. Here's the link: http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/. New York should join them and put the project past the halfway point. This bill has passed the State Senate twice in the last two years with large, bipartisan majorities and odds are, if it was voted on in the State Assembly, it would pass. But it has never been brought to a vote in the State Assembly, most likely due to the reluctance of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Speaker Silver needs to allow the legislation to be introduced for an up or down vote, so that New Yorkers can have a more equal voice in choosing our next President. You don't need to wait four years to let your voice be heard. Sign on now! And tell your friends about this exciting opportunity to make our votes count.