Tennesseans, we know that investing in our children and education, including arts education and access, and infrastructure, including public transportation, are key to rebuilding Tennessee's as well as the United States' economy. Let's start right at home and make tomorrow brighter for everyone--not just a few of us.

Consistency should be an American quality in the voting process. Instead, in many states voters are disenfranchised, the voting process is confusing/vague and votes are not counted expeditiously or efficiently. See: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/14/americas-election-process-an-international-embarrassment/

Our Congress works less for the ordinary citizen, and more for what they can get. Has anyone noticed that they enter politics as average citizens and leave rich. Something is wrong with that.

Individuals with felonies should be given the opportunity to serve their countries in exchange for clearing it off there records. There are so many individual that have paid the price for their crime, but find that their criminal record makes it diffulcult to gain employment.

We nearly lost our farm in the 80's due to rising interest rates. I'd hate to see predatory lending affect my kids and grandkids.

My son's wife was killed in Fulton County by her 18 year old son. That night he admitted to setting her up, taking three days to plan the homicide, and then killing her. It has been a failure of the judicial system and a failure of the Fulton Counties District of Attorney's Office to fulfill their duties. What this leaves is the people around this case to not be able to have some type of closure. The homicide was committed in June 2009, so 3.5 years later we still do not have a court date. This is unacceptable. Our judicial system needs changed to help the victims and families of victims get a timely resolution and to put closure to the event.

GMO's (genetically modified organisms) are in a wide variety of foods regulary consumed by the public. Although GMO's are believed to be extremely dangerous to your health, there currently is no law in NY state or any other state prohibiting them, or even requiring foods containing GMO's to at least be labelled as such. In order to safeguard the health of our families, it is imperative that we have a label law requiring all foods containing GMO's to be labelled as such.

The sacred land called Pe'Sla are located in the heart of the Black Hills in South Dakota. The land was granted to the Lakota Sioux Tribes 150 years ago, but people illegally homesteaded and are now selling the land for development.

Dick Durbin and Senate Democrats have the power to end th Bush taxes cuts for the top 2% while making our safety net stronger than it has ever been. They have the support of the people, polls and more importantly the election have shown this to be the case. Yet they seem willing to give into the demands of the heads of corporations and the richest among us. Tell them we will not stand for this. Sign the petition now, and join us in delivering it on Dec10.

I am an ex-felon who has been off of parole for 15 years. Yet, I still have to report that I have been convicted of a felony each time I fill out an application for employment. Having to list my prior criminal record (writing bad checks) causes employers to focus on my past conviction instead of my ability to do the job. Our tax dollars should not be used to fund agencies that keep hardworking citizens who have paid their debt to society out of the workforce. Helping ex-felons succeed and re-enter society without the plethora of civil disabilities should be the aim of these taxpayer funded agencies.

Republican John McCain is a disgruntled old fart who lost the election to Mr. Obama 4 years ago and emotionally he can't move forward. I am in my late 80's, I have seen it all; he needs a message from all Americans to 'get over it', he lost, stop trying to create problems when there aren't any. Do what is right for all America or get the heck out of the way.

"Right to work" has also been called "right to work for less." Most work being done in our communities is being done by out of town contractors. Repeal right to work laws and keep our community investments here at home.