This is petition is to prevent constant legislation being brought to the House or Senate floors for votes and neither party has enough votes to pass or repeal said legislation, (ie Health Care Reform Act vote to be repealed by Republican House 35 times). Every time Congress brings a bill to the floor for voting it cost taxpayers millions of dollars. This is waste that adds to countries deficit and could be cut out completely. One way to target this partisan deadlock in Congress is to penalize the party Headquaters by a fine. Another way is to deduct a 1/2 percent point loss to voters voting priveledges for 3 to 6 months. This is a way to get Congress doing "WE THE PEOPLE", business again and stop partisan gridlock.

Something is broken in Congress. The filibuster has been distorted into a weapon in a partisan war, effectively making legislative progress impossible, imperiling essential policies supported by the American people, and blocking vitally important judicial nominations. As the fiscal cliff negotiations made clear, Washington is deeply divided. The Senate needs to reform its rules in order to ensure that these divisions do not jeopardize the progress we need to make on jobs, climate change, immigration, and more. It's time for the Senate to pass common-sense rules reforms to end routine obstruction and ensure that the Senate will once again be able to address the critical issues facing our country.

"We the People" demand a $12.00 per hour minimum wage. We refuse to work for wages that keep us well below the poverty line. A viable living wage is a fundamental human right, not a luxury!

Algae is one solution to help get the US off of foreign oil, become energy independendent and create new jobs.

Algae is one solution to help get the US off of foreign oil, become energy independendent and create new jobs.

We need to stop chemtrails now! Help us sign this petition to get it to our government, congress and our president. We need to know what and who is spraying these chemtrails everday.We the people have had enough and we are calling on our government to come clean and to stop spraying us with deadly chemicals..

Please sign this petition to ask the Supreme Court to review Judge Trump Barry’s (Donald Trump's sister) decision in the AT&T pension reduction case, and to review the decisions in all other corporate pension cases. Judge Trump Barry stated “I keep thinking of my father’s words, “Work is its own reward.” You know, just keep working no matter how old you get”. (See link to transcript below to see her statement) WHY THIS PETITION IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SIGN, even if you did not work for AT&T: 1. The loss of the AT&T pensions and layoffs has caused significant damage to the US economy, including: a. increased state and federal expenses for unemployment insurance, b. increased state and federal expenses for older worker retraining, c. increased state and federal expenses for food stamps and welfare, d. decreased state and federal tax revenues, e. increased state and federal budget deficits, and f. decreased consumer spending. This is an issue important to ALL Americans! 2. If you’re younger, you may think that a pension issue isn’t important to you. If that’s what you’re thinking, re-read point #1 above. 3. If you’re a former employee of many other national corporations, your pension lawsuit may have been thrown out of the courts. If we can get the Supreme Court to review the AT&T decision, your corporation’s lawsuit may be reconsidered as well. 4. Re-read point #1 above! In 1997, AT&T changed its pension plan from a traditional, defined-benefit plan, to a cash-balance, defined-contribution plan. In 1998, a lawsuit was filed alleging that the conversion was done in an age-discriminatory manner, causing older employees to lose large portions of the amounts that had previously been accrued in their pensions. At the time, this lawsuit was the largest age discrimination lawsuit in US history; 24,000 class members who opted-in, and $2 Billion in damages. I was identified as the employee who had the worst case of “wearaway”; I had 19 years of service at the time of the conversion, but the new plan took away 13 years, leaving only 6 years of my service in the new plan. (See link below to where this fact is mentioned in court documents). I never even had the chance to recover those lost years, because AT&T offshored my job and laid me off in 1999. This happened to tens of thousands of other employees. After this case was stalled in the courts by AT&T for 13 years, it was thrown out in 2011 in the Federal Appellate Court in Philadelphia by a 3-judge panel, presided over by Judge Trump Barry, who is Donald Trump’s sister. Judge Trump Barry showed her attitude against retirement and pensions by stating, “I keep thinking of my father’s words, “Work is its own reward.” You know, just keep working no matter how old you get”. (See link to transcript below to see her statement) The 24,000 class members, who suffered age discrimination at the hands of AT&T via pension reductions and subsequent mass layoffs, never had their day in court. The Courts have thrown out the pension reduction cases of many other national corporations. Because all these pensions have been greatly decreased by corporations having reneged their fiduciary responsibilities to their former employees, there is a cascading significant loss to Federal and State income tax revenue, as well as a significant loss of money going back into the economy through consumer spending. The lead attorney in this case was Stephen Bruce of Washington DC, a recognized expert in the pension field, who had previously testified in Congressional hearings on pension issues. Mr. Bruce had successfully argued a similar case for Cigna employees in front of the Supreme Court, and he won the case (see link to Supreme Court decision below). However, the Supreme Court denied hearing the AT&T case, even though the Appellate court had ruled differently on the AT&T case to the Supreme Court’s decision in the Cigna case. RELEVANT LINKS: Link to Judge Trump Barry’s statement: “Work is its own reward.” You know, just keep working no matter how old you get”. http://erisapensionclaims.com/AT_T/Engers2011/Engers%20v%20AT&T%203rd%20Circuit%20Transcript%20final.pdf (page 30, line 19) Link to Supreme Court decision for the employees in the Cigna lawsuit: http://erisapensionclaims.com/CIGNA/pdfs2011/Cigna%20v%20Amara%20Supreme%20Court%20Opinion%205162011.pdf Link to Bonny Berger’s 13-year wearaway: http://www.erisapensionclaims.com/AT_T/October2004/ReplyBriefEngers.pdf (page 12, paragraph 3)

Gerrymandering - the setting of voting districts by the party in power has gone on for too long and has gotten too extreme. Voting districts no longer remotely reflect rational geographic boundaries or population centers, but instead are drawn just to keep the party in power, in power. We need Federal guidelines to help set rational voting districts, which will hopefully make it easier for the majority of citizens to vote a candidate out of office if they feel they need to.

Lets start an organization: No Rifle Association!

Billionaire Developer Donald Trump is seeking to transform Washington DC's historic Old Post Office into a luxury five-star hotel. And he's looking for a special deal to dodge a local tax. DC taxes pay for our city schools, our local police, our public health services. Donald Trump is worth almost $3 billion. The Federal General Services Administration and the District of Columbia should not give Trump a special sweetheart deal -- he needs to pay his fair share.

American Renaissance (AmRen) is white supremacist organization led by a man named Jared Taylor. They are designated as a hate group by several human rights organizations including the Southern Poverty Law Center. Montgomery Bell State Park will be hosting their annual national conference this year. This conference draws a wide array of other racist and fascist hate groups including the Ku Klux Klan, neo-nazis, holocaust deniers, and others to the park. This constitutes a clear and present danger to public health and the safety of park patrons and the people of Dickson, TN and must be stopped.

Now faced with eviction due to the rented facilities being forclosed upon by the Bank of America, this oasis on a shoestring budget rehabilitates more than 300 birds per year. To many residents, human and feathered, this will mean that there will be no place to turn when they find an injured or orphaned bird. Please help by signing this petition and help us send a united message to the State of Massachusetts, and the CEO, Brian Moynihan, and Anne Finucane of Bank of America for help. We want them to have a heart and help the little creatures that brighten all of our days with the happy sounds and sights they bring to all of us. The wildlife of Massachusetts is a dwindling resource that we cannot neglect. Please sign this pettition and pass it on. NOTE: WEBSITE ADDRESS IS CHANGED TO. www.CAWinc.org