Why did Congress get inflation adjustments in recent years (2009 and 2010) while seniors were denied it--do we live in different worlds?

if handguns are owned for target practice, I think they should be maintained in at the range and not allowed out. You pay to locker your gun and can only receive it under supervision.

Not only are these institutions too big to fail, they are too big to regulate and too powerful to prosecute.

Superstorm Sandy damaged over 650,000 homes, 427,000 businesses and created severe hardships for hundreds of thousands of families. The U.S. Senate is currently debating a $60.4 billion aid bill to rebuild communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy. It’s expected that the U.S. House of Representatives will debate a similar bill in the coming weeks. These funds need to be appropriated as quickly as possible. Without immediate and adequate assistance from the Federal government the devastation will deepen for the families and communities that have already suffered.

With school funding decreasing and staff cuts on the rise, school counselor's are one of the first positions being cut. School counselor's are being cut to 2-3 days or to none at all. One of the roles a school counselor has is to teach specials while teachers have their planning time. With up to 8 hours a week teaching, and other administrative work, part time doesn't allow for the time needed to meet with the students to address their social and emotional concerns. With the recent tragedies, obvious mental health counselor's are needed at all levels of education. Student's go through divorce, bullying, abuse, neglect, substance abuse (and the list goes on). They often don't know how to explain what they are feeling. This is just one of the area's school counselors are available for. Federal funding for school counselor's can help all students in their social and emotional health.

Allow medical marijuana caregivers and patients to buy and sell cannabis.

This petition is about getting those that are discharged from nursing homes affordable apartments & also those that are disabled. I'm currently in a nursing home & I can't get my own apartment due to the fact that the rent is too much or it's not affordable...

I am a staunch Democratic voter who is upset about your current offer to Speaker Boehner that includes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I depend on every penny of Social Security for my living expenses.

We all will be affected in the long term. We can not predict the future and depend on social security for survival. All working U.S. citizens have invested in this financial security for our old age.

Leaf blowers are widely considered one of the worst, most obnoxious inventions of all time. They are noisy, polluting, create toxic dust storms and contribute to CO2 buildup in the atmosphere. Their costs far outweigh their benefits and we can easily live without them.

We have been held hostage by lifelong politicians who no longer serve the community and their constituents. It is time to add language to our laws that will limit term limits for all politicians. If two terms is long enough for the President, it is long enough for the Senate and House.

President Obama wants to nominate Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. Hagel wants to end the war in Afghanistan, prevent war with Iran, and make reasonable cuts to the Pentagon budget. Some right-wing groups are trying to scuttle the nomination by making up lies about Hagel's record. Show President Obama you have his back in nominating his first choice, Chuck Hagel, by signing this petition.