Congress has been Irresponsible and Uncooperative for too long while enjoying a great salary. The last Congress, which was the 112th , was the least productive Congress since 1947. Congress is NOT as productive as it should be. The fiscal cliff approaches, and Congress is still not prepared to resolve it. If appropriate legislation is not enacted, our Country and the average citizen will suffer.

We are students creating advocacy for a student-run bike hub on campus to promote education, health, leadership, transportation efficiency and bicycle safety. Building a bike center would support and empower current Vandal cyclists and encourage others to ride their bikes!

My sister have been rejected when she applies for a job due to a MISDEMEANOR that she committed SEVEN YEARS AGO!!. She has not committed any crimes since. She has been unemployed for almost two due to this form of discrimination. We should not allow corporations to prevent able-bodied citizens who have the ability and desire to work: therefore this process should end.

I am on a one-woman campaign (with many others!) to get our environment picked up and clean. On my daily bicycling rides (appr. 10 mi.), I pick up aluminum cans along the road. This makes my riding time twice as long and sometimes I am exhausted by the 25 to 100 times I get off and on my bicycle. It hurts my eyes and heart to see how careless people throw anything by the side of the road. If we could charge a deposit on beverage containers, people would be less likely to throw them out of the car; people could supplement their income by getting cash for what they picked up and children would be inspired to check and clean up as they too could cash in what they retrieve. This is a win-win solution to a terribly ugly situation.

Cardinal Law scandalized the people of the Boston Archdiocese by his coverup of priests who sexually abused children. Instead of being censured, he was given a post in Rome. He should not be allowed to vote for the next Pope as a representative of the Catholic Church.

Rep. Al Green of Texas has introduced a bill to raise the minimum wage to 15% above the Federal Poverty level for a family of two (one adult and one child) and that figure would be adjusted every four years. The current minimum wage cannot support a family or a single person in many areas of our country. Raising the minimum wage would help eliminate poverty and homelessness in our nation. Congress must move Rep. Green's bill, H.R. 229, from committee to the floor of the House for a vote.

Seth MacFarlane’s performance at the Academy Awards ceremony this year was not only misogynistic and sexist, it was not very funny. It’s clear that, at least when it comes to seeing women primarily in terms of their appearance, and especially their boobs, there are no limits to what a host of the Oscar show may say. So, we demand that next year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ask a woman and feminist to host the show, while giving her free reign to present a feminist take on Hollywood. And since it might make for a better show if the host is actually funny, we strongly suggest the Academy ask Sarah Silverman to host.

Animal education is also a top priority in our communtiy and funding will support the awareness. More pets and animals are dying due to lack of funds.

Stop messing around with medicare & medicade for seniors or disable people.

I want to jointhemovement to get our government to stop the global devistation that this horrid corporation is causing

Homework effecting kids

Federal and state minimum wages are supposed to protect workers from poverty -- that's why when the cost of living increases, the minimum wage is raised. We raised it in 1991, in 2009, and President Obama has proposed another increase to help the thousands of families whose minimum wage incomes aren't enough to pay for food and shelter. But because of a deal lobbyists made with Congress decades ago, the minimum wage for waitresses and other workers who are tipped is still frozen at only $2.13 an hour. As a result, restaurant servers have 3 times the poverty rate of the rest of the US workforce. More than 70% of servers are women, and many are single mothers. This needs to stop. In any plan to raise the minimum wage, we demand a promise not to cut out tipped workers.