Distracted drivers are POOR drivers and threaten us all. Public safety should be our number one concern. Outlaw cell phone use and texting while driving.

My husband and I are both very involved with a local youth football organization, here in Dover Pa. Last week he was voted in as Head Coach for the Rink's. Then 5 days later the board states that they have received parent complaints about him related from a PERSONAL issue with the Bullying of our son! They were afraid he would not be a "good fit" for this position due to that PERSONAL issues with the other organization! These two sports programs have absolutely nothing to do with each other! Buddy has compassion and is a dedicated coach who has NEVER showed un- sportsmanship like conduct! He gave 110% coaching, never missed a pratice or game! I know their are much BIGGER problems in the world....but we are just a small town, in rural Pennsylvania and any support for my husband would mean the world to our family!

As a member of Congress's bipartisan "Gang of 8" working on an immigration reform proposal, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake will have a major role fixing our broken immigration system. We need Sen. Flake to support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants currently living in the United State without papers. Most of these immigrants have lived in this country for more than a decade and have come to America to seek a better life for their families. They are Americans-in-waiting who are ready to fulfill the requirements of our citizenship process - to study English, pay taxes, maintain a good record and be of good moral character. Instead of focusing only on the border, we need a new approach that is better for families and makes more economic sense.

Governor Cuomo's SAFE Act strengthen's NY's gun safety laws and provides for background checks for all gun purchases, closing the gun show loophole. Every day, nearly 34 Americans are murdered with guns. According to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, 74 percent of NRA members support common sense restrictions like criminal background checks for anyone buying a gun. Residents of Tompkins County care about reasonable public safety measures and not special interest groups to help stop gun violence.

We should move money form other scientific research to sustainability research.

Background checks are the only systematic way to stop felons, domestic abusers and other dangerous people from buying firearms. But federal law only requires background checks for gun sales at licensed dealers. In the U.S., an estimated 40% of gun transfers take place without going through a licensed dealer, including online and at gun shows. That means that in 2012, 6.6 million guns were sold with no background check for the buyer. Criminals and other prohibited gun buyers know how to exploit this loophole, and they do. A national survey of inmates found that nearly 80% of those who used a handgun in a crime acquired it in a private transfer. Background checks take a couple minutes to complete, and they save lives. Since the system was created, it has blocked more than 2 million criminals, domestic abusers, seriously mentally ill people and other dangerous people from buying guns at licensed dealers. Congress should pass The Fix Gun Checks Act (H.R. 137), which would require a criminal background check for every gun sale and take steps to get all of the names of felons, domestic abusers, and the dangerously mentally ill into NICS. Gun owners nationwide strongly support this common sense proposal: a 2012 survey by Douglas Schoen found that 88% of gun owners -- including 86% of NRA members -- support criminal background checks for all gun sales. Eighty-five percent of Missourians support mandatory background checks for all gun buyers. Please join us to reduce gun violence.

The "Safe Carry Protection Act", S.B. 101 was successfully curtailed for this past legislative session but has come up again as HB875. The "Act" would allow guns to be carried , in k-12 schools, in churches in bars and certain government buildings. The premise being it would make people "safer". If you do not believe it will make you safer, please sign this petition. It is after all a matter of life or death. More guns in more places carried by more people will not make it safer for people, it will in fact make it more dangerous. This is a "public safety" issue, not a 2nd Amendment issue.

The USDA is considering approval of a horse slaughterhouse in New Mexico

We are petitioning the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament to allow all Chicago residents to participate in the competition.

We demand that you rescind your decision to authorize and enable the U.S. Navy to cause such obvious and unnecessary harm to our ocean’s wildlife by not granting the permit that the they seek.

Aren't we all tired of the political games with our congress putting themselves and their parties ahead of the American people? Somehow they need to be directly affected by economics like the rest of the country to stop this childish activity.

We are both disabled, and Social Security doesn't really make ends meet. We can squeak by if I find a part-time job, but the job market is the worst I've seen in my 60+ years! We're afraid of losing our apartment!