This petition is to demand that U.S. Senators support Sen. Tom Harkin's proposal on filibuster reform, under which legislation can be slowed down, but not kept from the U.S. Senate floor, by the supermajority requirement. The GOP has misused the filibuster rule to block not only tax reform and jobs bills, but judicial nominations as well.

We have mass shootings and senseless acts of crime, broken relationships everywhere, people walking around hurt and uncared for, but we also have the nerve to ask where God is in all of this. We kicked Him out of our country, remember?! It's time to put Him back and if last Friday was not a wake-up call enough to do that, then we are asking for more trouble.

opposed to Social Security benefits cuts.

Barack Obama is willing to cut social security by using a chained CPI which would lower cost of living adjustments for seniors, even though seniors who have the highest cost of living increases since their major expenses are high drug prices for illnesses that they have. If no deal is made, all Bush era tax cuts expire, and all tax rate go back to what they were during the Clinton era. The payroll tax holiday would expire, and automatic cuts to the pentagon's budget would go into effect. None of these things would be bad. Besides, social security has nothing to do with the deficit.

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.