House Republicans continue to hold the debt ceiling hostage as a way to get President Obama to agree to the Republicans spending cut ideals. However House Republicans are prepared for an additional $3 million taxpayer dollars to be spent on the legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act of which the president has already declared as unconstitutional and the supreme court will discuss later this year. If the Republican party is as serious about spending cuts as they say they are then this is one of the cuts that should come first. Stop the Republican hypocrisy.

Let's give a 10% pay cut to all members of Congress effective immediately. Stop pension for life to lawmakers who serve just 1/2/3 terms set up a scale according to time served. We the American people cannot take any more cuts. It is time they give a little too!

It has been clearly shown, in many peer-reviewed studies, that fluoride supplementation has no benefit at all for human beings and is, in fact, a known toxin with documented health risks. There is no reason to continue fluoridating the Durham water supply with this information now publicly known.

WENDY'S has cut back full-time employees to part-time employees to avoid offering their employees HEALTH care. I like WENDY'S cheeseburgers but I plan to stop patronizing them until they treat their workers wth more equity.

January 22, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Yet opponents of a woman’s right to choose continue to wage constant attacks at both the federal and state levels, enacting 43 state-level abortion restrictions in 2012 and a record-breaking 92 in 2011. And it’s not just Roe that is under attack- access to birth control and funding for family planning face continuous threats. Take a stand today! Rededicate yourself to pro-choice activism in 2013 by signing JWI’s pledge. Learn more at jwi.org/roe40

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a new free trade agreement, the documents of which are being withheld from the American people and Congress itself. President Obama has been negotiating this partnership behind closed doors with 600 corporate representatives and multiple Asian nations. He has broken his campaign promise to renegotiate NAFTA, and is now going as far as to create corporate-friendly deals behind the backs of the citizens who elected him. Any international agreement that will affect the body politic should be made accessible to the body politic, no questions asked.

Workplace bullying is a problem that is on the rise. Management simply gets away with it, by continuing with harassment ,intimidation and retaliation in many forms.

The recent school shootings have caused many to call for increased gun regulations, but attacking the weapon used in these tragedies will not address the root causes driving children to pick up a gun in the first place. Instead of using these incidents as a crutch for gun control, we need to focus on providing resources to address the actual psychological problems affecting our children.

Another sellout to BIG BUSINESS by our Governor

We have written this petition for a MOMs vigil in memory of the children who perished in Sandy Hook Elementary School and in support of all the mothers who have lost children at the hands of weapons of mass destruction.

Between now and January 22, Senate leaders will meet to discuss whether senators will continue to be allowed to silently stall any nomination or legislation, or whether the public accountability of a real, talking filibuster will be required from now on. During these meetings, the grassroots need a way to send a message about our frustration with unaccountable obstructionism directly to Senate leaders. At Daily Kos, by teaming up with the champions of the filibuster reform movement inside the Senate—Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Udall (D-NM) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)—we have a way you can do exactly that. Tell Senate leaders to include a real, talking filibuster in any package of Senate rules reforms. Sens. Merkley, Udall and Warren will deliver your message.

A nation's greatness is reflected not just in its laws and customs, but in the how it cares for and upholds its heroes. This year the number of soldier suicides exceeded the number of casualties in the War in Afghanistan. The plight of our battle-weary soldiers must be addressed, and it is imperative that we strive to honor those who put their lives on the line in defense of our country.