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.

Ban assault rifles

Our lax laws controlling ownership and possession of guns and ammunition has resulted in the highest number of homicides and accidents with guns among highly industrialized countries.

I know many low income people who, if their social security payments are lowered, will fall into poverty,

My husband and I are retired. I got sick with a chronic illness, and we lost everything to my medical expenses. My husband is 70 and still has to work part-time as a plumber to pay for my expensive medicine even though I have Medicare and Part D. We are not on SSI, and we struggle to get by. We cannot endure a cut to our meager Social Security.

Cuts or reductions in Social Security benefits or benefit cost of living increases will have a negative effect on my ability to pay the rising costs of food, gas, and about everything else.

Cutting the income of Social Security beneficiaries and increasing the cost of medical services to the same beneficiaries puts our most vunerable citizens at risk. I have been affected because I now have to live with one of my adult children instead of living on my own. How can you justify cutting taxes for people who are in the top 2% income when your poorest are barely surviving?

Since its original passage in 1994, VAWA has dramatically enhanced our nation’s response to violence against women. More victims report domestic violence to the police and the rate of non-fatal intimate partner violence against women has decreased by 53%. The sexual assault services program in VAWA helps rape crisis centers keep their doors open to provide the frontline response to victims of rape. VAWA provides for a coordinated community approach, improving collaboration between law enforcement and victim services providers to better meet the needs of victims. These comprehensive and cost-effective programs not only save lives, they also save money. In fact, VAWA saved nearly $12.6 billion in net averted social costs in just its first six years.