All Americans would be affected by Congress voting themselves pay raises.

Poor dears haven't had a raise since 2009. Now Biden, okay. But we can't agree to find ways to cut spending and the so-called "fiscal cliff" is looming large because everyone down there in Washington seems to be playing a game with our country, and Obama is rewarding these clowns with a raise? I got a measly $26/month in social security but Medicare cost was hiked $6/month. And these guys want to cut our benefits (that we paid for, by the way)!

It was recently disclosed by the news media that our federal government and bank regulator, the OCC, have been involved in secret negotiations with the mega-banks that would allow them to escape liability for their toxic mortgage backed securities that wiped out trillions of dollars of home equity and put millions of people out of work. The Banks cheated buyers with toxic loans, decimated our economy by wiping out millions of jobs, cheated the bailout by not lending, cheated owners by breaking loan mod rules, cheated our legal system with illegal foreclosure paperwork, and are now trying to escape liability by buying off the OCC. Do NOT let the Banks off the hook this easily. They owe millions of US citizens their jobs back and the opportunity to own a home again.

What have they/you done to merit a raise? How many times has the regular employee heard: "We didn't make enough profit" or "Times are tough." or "We don't have the budget.". I've heard it in about a third of the 25 years I've been working. Time for Congress to hear it too!!

Because the do nothing congress has lied to us as a people, twice this year, and has now again cost us money many of us just don't have, can't we just tell them goodbye? If I had managed my company this way I would be bankrupt!

We, the people who elect our senators and representatives, should be the ones to decide if they get raises or not. We should decide if they have earned their pay, we should decide whether or not they deserve raises.

The practice of hydrofracturing endangers our water supply, our air, soils, the environment, and human health. There is no way to do it safely and it should be banned.

There are many American's who are falling off the Fiscal Cliff but those who are collecting Unemployment Insurance and still have not found a job are feeling this the hardest. Myself,personally, am wondering were my next check will be coming from. I am currently in school to better myself and am the part of my education that between classwork and my unpayed externship. Now I have added stress on how to support my family and pay for my classes. What are the other people who are on unemployment suppose to do?

Wealthy people do not need Social Security and Medicare! They did help fund it while working, so they deserve their money back plus 5% interest on their payments from the start. Most will have been paid off by their early 70's and both programs will save millions if not billions in the future.

This is sexual mutilation

Car alarm get triggered and people get annoyed or woken up by motor vehicle that have mufflers making very loud noise in the street. All vehicle mufflers should have decibel limitation.

Gay Marriage Legalization