Wall Street has been an engine for income inequality. It is time it became an engine for growth in the real economy where 99% of Americans live. We need to return Wall Street to its original purpose of serving as a bridge between investment and American businesses that create jobs. No more gambling with other people’s money instead of investing in America! Out of four deficit-reducing proposals, this “Robin Hood Tax” is estimated to bring in Six Times As Much ($352 Billion) as the nearest option, President Obama’s Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee at $61 Billion. [Financial transaction tax: JCT 2011 estimate of “Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act” (S. 1787, H.R. 3313)] The timing is perfect because the European Union is enacting a Financial Transactions Tax in eleven Eurozone nations (90% of the Eurozone GDP) including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Belgium. Thirty nations have transfer taxes including Australia, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and the UK. The United States is behind on using this easy-to-collect tax to help solve our deficit as many other nations are doing. Wall Street used to pay its fair share and there was “Prosperity for All”. We need to require it of them now when it is “Austerity for All--Except for Them”. [For more information on Financial Transactions Taxes, see the page of articles by the Center for Economic and Policy Research: http://www.cepr.net/index.php/issues/fst/]

Gov. Fallon has refused to take Federal money to expand medicaid in Oklahoma. When Oklahoma ranks near the bottom in health she has put politics above the well being of Oklahomans.Almost 200k Oklahomans could be helped by expanding Medicaid

The imminent importation of drone tactics from the war on terror into the U.S.A. is the most perilous development in the world of civil liberties. When combined with high-definition cameras, facial recognition technology, infrared technology that can see through walls, or cellphone interception technology, surveillance drones pose a very real threat to a citizen's civil liberties and rights of personal privacy. Domestic intelligence and law enforcement agencies have no business spying on us in our own backyards. Now is the time to oppose the Dept. of Homeland Security and any other agencies involved in these activities.

These animals need the state to step in. We have to be their voices, this facility stinks, it's filthy, the only hope these animals have are the volunteers that go there twice a week. The shelter does not follow the guidelines set forth by mandated laws as to what each animal must have. I was there, I cried for the animals, now something must be done on their behalf

The cruel and inhumane treatment of horses

I, among most African Americans believe we are way past due OUR Reparations. We still are called 2nd class citizens but built most of America through hard slavery of 400 years and still get spit on by White America. We must make a stand.

Please don't allow the NRA to hijack this vote. Please sign the petition and tell members of the Senate Judiciary Committee it's time for common sense gun laws. Background checks are proven to help keep gun out of lawbreakers hands. Aurora theater shooter James Holmes would not have passed a background check. The Senate must do the right thing!

Its not fair to be banned from getting married because your other half is the same sex.

we should legalize pot, the state can make alot of money, taxing, and oregon has always been a forerunner about alot of things. please help us with this

I live on a fixed income and have watched my taxes skyrocket. Property owners in New Jersey should not correct any deficit due to lack of funds to restore the Jersey shore. We already pay the highest taxes in the nation! Social Security and the Tax Rebate were not increased for 2 years while property taxes rise. We can't freeze them until age 65 and live in NJ for 10 years. I think we've paid more than our fair share!

I have been a cosmetologist for 12 yrs and take great pride in my complex education and skill that it takes to be a licensed cosmetologist. The health and safety for all consumers will be at risk if they pass the deregulation. And thousands of beauty operators would be robbed of there license and skill...... It would also put thousands of beauty colleges and salons out of business. No one can run a salon with untrained unskilled employees.

As members of Congress's bipartisan "Gang of 8" working on an immigration reform proposal, Arizona Republican Senators Jeff Flake and John McCain will be key votes on legislation to fix our broken immigration system this year. We need these Senators 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.