This petition is regarding the PELL Grant eligibility drop, from 16 semesters to 12, in the 2012 Transportation Bill. Damaged students include all those to which all of the following criteria apply: Low income, returning/non-traditional, attending a 4 year STEM program at an accredited state university full-time, and were attending full-time when the bill went into effect. Without congressional reconsideration and an amendment clause, many may never finish their degree; leaving thousands of people with education debt they will never be able to pay off. I have personally been financially and emotionally burdened by this cut, to the extent that the stress has now begun to affect my health. I am not alone in this. There are thousands of similarly affected adult students across America; all debating whether to take out high interest loans to cover tuition for the next 2 years, or to just quit half way through and cut their losses. I beg you to sign this petition to add an amendment clause to the bill, excluding this injured minority of students.

I am 67 years old. Fortunatley for me my husband is still working and I have health insurance through him but sooner or later I will need medicare. I have a whole host of medical issues. Without medicare I will not be able to afford my medical care.

As a retired senior and social security recipient, I do not support any benefit cuts or increase the age requirement to these programs. The deficit reduction savings can be achieved by negotiating with drugs companies to reduce cost and until all corporations tax loopholes and off shore tax havens are eliminated! Seniors, the middle class and the poor did not cause the debt problem. We the people had to bail out wall street and the banks. Now these same anti government republicans are trying to eliminate what we the people have paid for. If the " job creaters" were so much better than we the people, why did our we the people have to save them?

North Carolina is enjoying unprecedented growth in feature film, television series and commercial productions as a direct result of our balanced, sustainable Film Incentive Program. With annual in-state spend approaching $500M in 2013, North Carolina was home to Iron Man, The Hunger Games and hosts ongoing series like Banshee and Homeland. While our 25% incentive attracts Hollywood productions looking to save money through tax-rebates, the vast majority of the money spent in-state is driven to "below-the-line" tradespeople like carpenters, production assistants, electricians, grips, make-up artists, catering and craft services freelance employees. Local hotels, restaurants, retail stores and industries that support the filmed-entertainment industry reap millions of dollars from visiting productions due to the Film Incentive Program. In the long-term, NC needs new tax legislation / tax reform to lure long-term investment from companies looking for a new, permanent home. However, the NC Film Incentive Program should not be altered or dismantled, as doing so will simply drive productions to other states (LA, GA, OH, NY, NM among others), who have chosen to maintain their Film Incentive Programs as freestanding legislation that is unencumbered by reforms and designed to deliver rapid growth. North Carolina Film Incentives Put North Carolina To Work! Now you can like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KeepNCFilmIncentives

This is about getting legislation to adopt into law a specialty plate for Disc Golfers in North Carolina. We need signatures to let Congress know that we are serious about getting a specialized plate. Signatures are needed to assert the effort.

Don't let's these crooks get away with taking your home!! Make them pay!! They got bailed out and left the people holding the bag!! Either they pay a minimum $100,000 or everyone stop doing business with Cw/Bofa!! They can't stay in business if no one banks with them no matter what the government does!! Get together people they want to pay you $840.00 for taking your home!! Are you going to let that happen?

Currently school boards are able to decide when to hold their meetings, even if the meetings are held at time when the population most impacted by their decisions is not able to participate. High School students participating in a Democracy in Action Initiative crafted a idea that school boards in the state should be required to hold meetings at a time when students, parents and employees can attend, after school hours. Senator Jeremy Ring and Representative Richard Stark recognizing that the students were on to something agreed to propose the legislation in the State Legislature.

Vote against cuts to Social Security Benefits, MedCare, Medi-Cal/Medicaid!!! We cannot endure any more setbacks considering our cost of living in CA. Why must the poor, elderly and disabled ALWAYS be an easy target for budget cuts. If you were to trade income and benefits with those of us, YOU wouldn't last 12 days!!!!

Dionte has been in Dallas County-Lew Sterett for 4 1/2 years and he is still there awaiting a retrial; Dionte was sentenced to Life in Prison and he is being wrongful accussed and with a continued bond over a million dollars;

My father is 80 and he always is struggling with high medicine cost. He believed that all the work he did in life would afford him a safety net. I am appalled for all the disrespect the elderly is receiving. Rep Davis you have stood for great issues impacting people in our community. This cause has one of the greatest reasons to be supported-helping our fathers and mothers after they retire.

Please join me in asking the California Legislature to pass SB 323, ending tax breaks for youth groups like Boy Scouts of America that discriminate against members based on their sexual orientation. I grew up in the Boy Scout tradition. I started out as a Cub Scout, transitioned through Webelos, and ended my Boy Scout journey as a Life Scout, one rank below Eagle. My closest friends were other scouts. Scouting stands for the finest qualities of humanity: self-reliance, creativity, and an appreciation of nature. Most of all, we were taught how to act as responsible, respectful citizens. This is why the Boy Scouts’ continued policy of excluding members based on their sexual orientation is so upsetting to me. It flies in the face of the very values that the scouting tradition professes to teach. As a straight ally, I can't sit idle while the current leaders of the Boy Scouts disgrace this once-proud American institution with their personal bigotry. Boy Scouts of America needs to do the right thing and change their policy to allow openly gay members. Right now, SB 323, sponsored by Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Los Angeles) aims to give the Boy Scouts a nudge in the right direction by eliminating tax exemptions for groups that practice discrimination. Please ask the California Legislature to help pass SB 323. California should lead on this issue if Congress won’t. Ending this tax break is the right thing to do, for the Boy Scouts and any other youth group in California which discriminates against members based on sexual orientation.

It's about our Health and our Health Care in Colorado! And, we want to VOTE FOR the Colorado Health Care Cooperative in November 2013! We need affordable, quality health care for all Coloradans NOW! Let us vote! Let us decide! We need it now! We cannot wait!