Congress NEEDS to doing their jobs. Governing is COMPROMISE.

I am putting forth this petition because like many Americans I'm sick of "Posturing Politicians" in Congress.

The presidential appointment process is yet another victim of Congress' inability to act. Like many American, I am exasperated by politics bringing our government to a halt, leaving positions unfilled when America has major issues to face. Let's stop this nonsense. Congress should be required to vote upon all Presidential nominations, either to confirm or reject, within 90 days of nomination.

India has become completely unsafe for women due to a rape epidemic. The women are being gang-raped and assaulted at an alarmingly high rate, and the perpetrators are walking freely. The police do not take action and the women have nowhere to go.

Barney Frank has done an outstanding job representing Massachusetts in Congress. He is not interested in running for the rest of John Kerry’s term in the Senate. Because he knows how Washington works and can hit the ground running, he’s the logical choice for Governor Patrick to appoint to this interim position. Let’s let Governor Patrick know how we feel.

There is no legislation on the books for any state except California or federal that requires health insurance companies to disclose their denial rates. Thirty percent of all health claims submitted in California are denied, imagine the nationwide ramifications. I deal with this every day in my business and make the health insurance companies pay the way they should not the way they want to.

For too long We the People have been the bargaining chip for "Off the Cliff" negotiations. Certain members of Congress are demanding cuts in Social Security and Medicare. Entitlements working people have paid into all their working lives. There is little doubt that the most lucrative government entitlements per individual are those afforded to Members of Congress. If Congress insists on putting the hard earned entitlements of America's working people on the negotiating table then they should, in all fairness, put their own entitlements on the table as well. We demand cuts in holiday leave, medical benefits, salary, sick leave and retirement benefits for all members of Congress.

States should not be allowed to redistrict counties, or buroughs to avoid the will of the populace. The Republicans have been re-arranging districts in states to do this for a number of years, and it must stop.

Fine the manufacturers of weapons for each bullet retrieved from a gun used as a crime weapon. Those who profit from gun sales should be held accountable. Penalties should be high enough to force the gun industry to regulate sales of weapons and should offset the legal, medical, and penal costs of gun violence in this country.

How many times could a popular vote have made or broken an election? What would happen if third party candidates were unhindered by battleground states, electoral colleges, and corporate money? How different would our country be if the people could pick a candidate closer to their values and beliefs, without fear that the "other guy" would win? What would it mean? It would mean the American way our early founding fathers and mothers initially intended at the birth of our nation some 230 years ago.

With America mere days away from the financial crisis termed the "fiscal cliff" which would cause the widespread financial burdens for all Americans and particular hardship for many of the most vulnerable including loss of long-term unemployment pay, increased payroll taxes, increased income taxes, and the jeopardizing once again of the US credit rating, it appears appropriate for Americans to shift the consequences for that obstructionism to those responsible: the Federal Legislators, including John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and all House and Senate legislators of both parties.

My petition is about protecting people in our schools.