This petition is for the purpose of phasing out any and all retirement and health insurance programs paid for by the public and which are to the benefit of members of the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and the respective staves of both houses. Said retirement and health insurance programs shall phase out within two (2) years of the adoption of this law and any funds remaining in said programs shall be transferred to the Social Security and health insurance programs that are available to the general public. Further, on the date that said retirement and health insurance programs are phased out, said members of the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senators and the respective staves of both houses shall participate and benefit from the Social Security and health insurance programs that are available to the general public.

It is, in my mind, ridiculous that we are paying elected officials to campaign through a significant portion of their term in office. I believe that the length of time that campaigns by incumbents and all other office seekers can be run should be severely limited by law to a reasonable period of 4 months or less.

No matter where you live in the U.S., you're invited to sign this petition. ... More and more, the tax burden has been falling to those of us who have to work for a living, and less and less on those who make money on money. The time has not only come, it's long overdue, to tax income from speculative short-term investments, interest and dividends at the same rates as taxes on income from wages & salaries, and to apply a sales tax to all purchases, including stocks, derivatives, currency exchanges, etc., and not just the purchases of lower- and middle-class consumers. ... Wtih your help, we will forward all Vermont signatures to pur state legislature and the governor, and everyone's signature to the Congress and the President. ... Stand up for fair taxes for those who work to earn a living.

Stopping the various states from implementing laws that adversely work against the voter. We Need a federal system that would keep the times, days and ID requirements uniform and above reproach by individual state governments

The fracking process used in oil and gas drilling is causing numerous and varied proposed regulations from all levels of government in Colorado. Since fracking is unlikely to be eliminated, a Colorado state law that it should only be done with non-toxic, biodegradable chemicals seems easier and appropriate.

It should be important to all Americans,regardless of political persuasion, that our elected officials in Congress and the White House be free and unencumbered, in order to base decisions on what is best for our country and all of it's people, rather than monied special interests. We simply cannot continue with 2 year long campaigns and a situation where a single individual can contribute tens or hundreds of millions of unaccounted for dollars to a campaign, and expect a true democracy to survive.

Allowing the residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia to propose legislation that politicians will not. If enacted, an indirect initiative would be first referred to the legislature, and then put to a popular vote only if not enacted by the legislature.

Removing our troops from further casualties from a war with no direction and lot's of $$, why allow our neighbor's son or daughter to die in vein.

I would like to see a list of the amount of money major US retailers donated to each party in the just concluded Presidential election. Then I can make informed choices as to where I shop in the YEARS ahead. For example, if I know Wal Mart donated mostly to Republican causes while, say, Costco donated to Democratic causes, that would definitely guide where I spend my retail dollars in the future.

The reason why I start this petition is for the sake of Internet Freedom. Based on what has been going on with the internet, something needs to be done to put all new regulations in to keep the internet free and open; however help keep the piracy rate down alongside. Three bills that were proposed were, SOPA, PIPA and CISPA, which many of us know about. They were terrible bills that would severely infringe upon our first amendment rights for sure. If they had become into law, it would have killed off jobs, innovation and a way to keep our education moving forwards. I'm honestly glad those bills have been shot down. Now we have a new problem, dealing with the six strike program that some of the major internet providers including Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T and other companies. Most companies are rumored to have the Six Strike Program implemented around November 28th, some might implement sooner Basically how it works is within the first three strikes against you, there is no consequences; just basically small warnings. The fourth and fifth strike is when the that customer/internet user is needed to take a short and brief online tutorial so educate them, that is in order to get back on to the websites with the copyrighted material. On the last strike, the internet provider will allow the content creators/owners to take legal action. However, there needs to be a court order telling the internet provider to turn over subscriber's personal information to that person or company that owns that material. This was based on AT&T's plan. There are positives and negatives to all the “Six Strikes.” One of the positive to this, it will help find the source of the site that is distributing the copyrighted material, on the other hand it will accuse innocent people who did not do anything wrong (which is one of my greater concerns). Help educate people on securing their networks more tightly. Another negative is that these policies will slow some areas down in the educational field, also reducing innovation in some areas. This Copyright Alert System also will infringe on our right of privacy and also infringe upon due process in some cases. Again, I must reiterate; this will have a negatively impact overall on the internet. Based on these facts, there needs to be legislation banning internet providers from trying to take control of the internet. Please propose legislation to give us U.S. Citizens more protection against policies the Six Strike Policy. Granted the piracy rates are still up, but the companies already have the tools needed to take action. I will try to keep you posted about this current issue. In my opinion, I find policies like this to create corruption for the companies, making even more money on the backs of innocent people like me and millions of other internet users. Decrease the performance of the educational system, stifle innovation and possibly shorten the growth of jobs here on the homelands on which we live, breathe and nurture from. Please help keep the internet free and open to promote job growth, better education; the most important of all, innovation!

Comprehensive simpler tax reform

According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Desjarlais lied when he told voters that he was innocent of having sex with former patients while he was still married. He won election by saying that the Democrats conducted a smear campaign and the allegations surrounding his divorce were untrue.