Some Navy veterans say they feel like they have been stabbed in the back. Others returned their medals. Of the 400,000 Vietnam Navy veterans sick from Agent Orange in 2008, many doubted they would live long enough to get their medical benefits but wanted to fight anyway because they didn't want their sons and daughters who recently served in Iraq to go through the same thing. The problem started in 2002 when the Veterans Administration limited coverage of Agent Orange exposure to "boots on the ground." How many of the Navy Vietnam veteran Agent Orange survivors alive today will suffer and die from this neglect? The Blue Water Navy Bill HR 3612 was introduced to the US House of Representatives by Democrat US Congressman Lloyd Doggett and 3 other congressmen in Dec of 2011 after a study came out that proved these AMERICANS who served off the coast of Vietnam (and thus did not have "boots on the ground") were exposed to this harmful chemical. Now this bill has over 123 co-sponsors. However, Republican House Speaker, John Boehner, will not bring it up for a vote. A news investigation that aired on Sept 17 2008, ([email protected] ) revealed over 400,000 Navy veterans who served off the coast of Vietnam were dying from exposure to Agent Orange but are not eligible for receiving Veteran medical benefits. This report also referred to a study by the Centers for Disease Control showing cancer incidence rates are actually higher in sailors who served in the Navy than soldiers with boots on the ground during Vietnam. The seawater treatment system on the Navy vessels off the coast of Vietnam did not remove the high levels of Agent Orange. Navy veterans drank, cooked food, bathed, and washed their clothes in water tainted with harmful levels of Agent Orange. To learn more and follow these bills see the Fleet Reserve Association website and the website www.bluewaternavy.org

We need your help to reinstate early voting and weekend voting in Ohio! To preserve our right to vote, we need to ensure everyone can before election day.

Yes, equality in the type of health insurances, retirement benefits, etc. for all Americans, which iINCLUDES members of Congress......think of all the savings to the public.....this would take a lot of publicity and push to get it through but if there is enough pressure exerted and the public demand is great, who knows, maybe it could happen....some members may rally to the cause!

four years ago i was paralyzed and hospitalized for 3 weeks. my doctor now suspects that my overuse of diet products, sodas, sweets, sweet and low, etc., led to the paralysis. there is evidence that these artificial sweeteners attack your nerve endings and also make leisions in your brain. i worked very hard with my physical therapist and was finally able to use a wheelchair, walker and now still have to use a cane. originally i had absolutely NO FEELING from my bust down to my toes (couldn't move at all, not even wriggling my toes). i have regained a little feeling, but still have neuropathy from my knees down to my toes. it is a very painful disease to live with and very debilitating. there is no guarantee that i will ever get better, and worse, my doctor said i could have another episode and maybe this time i wouldn't regain ANY feeling!!! my cardiologist said i have permanent damage to my heart, most likely from a stroke that they think i suffered at the same time. there is a group, headed up my mrs. betty martini, that is working very hard to eliminating this chemical from all our foods. this is a very serious problem for all humans!!!

I urge the citizens of Idaho to get behind free public education for all students kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Our state constitution says that elementary and secondary education is free but many parents in many parts of the state are paying fees to send their children to school. I thought our property and income taxes paid for public education.

This petition is about the use or non use of taxpayers dollars being used wisely by Mississippi County Commissioners. It affects all in many ways. Our safety, the protection of loved ones, our property. Protection is important to us!!!

REMOVE MONSANTO LAWYER MICHAEL TAYLOR AS COMISSIONER OF FDA. To be delivered to: President Barack Obama Most of us know that GMOs are bad for our health. We are trying to get things labeled as GMO, but it's in the hands of the FDA to enforce this! The FDA Commissioner was the lawyer for Monsanto! As long as this man is within Obama's administration, all food issues are going to be denied or ignored. I believe Obama cares about the health of the people. Michelle put in an organic garden for his family. I think he needs the support of the people to take down this giant. We need to demand that he ask Michael Taylor to step down now!

Regardless of which political party you support, I know you want your vote to matter. With the current system for electing the President, the truth is that not every vote matters. Delegates and states are deciding who becomes President. Once a candidate receives the magic number of electoral college votes, the will of the people in the other states becomes meaningless. That is not democracy! It is possible to quickly count the votes of the entire American electorate, and starting with the 2016 Presidential election, that is how we should elect the President. Please sign my petition and make every vote count.

I am a retired Federal Employee. My insurance premiums remained the same even though Medicare became the primary provider. Medicare should become a secondary provider, not a primary provider.

Many voters can't vote during the week, because they're working. Ohio's Republican secretary of state finally agreed to early voting, but only during the week during office hours. We're asking U.S. Rep. John Boehner to ask Secretary Husted to require boards of elections to have weekend and evening early voting hours so working people can vote.

Religious institutions and persons do not pay taxes. I am an Atheist and do not receive tax exemptions for my beliefs. Taxing religion and their property would eliminate the national debt and be more fair to the middle class.

The state of North Carolina should open an investigation into whether the Republican-backed firm Strategic Allied Consulting engaged in voter registration fraud. Strategic Allied Consulting has been accused of filing fraudulent registration forms in nearly a dozen Florida counties, and may have done the same in North Carolina.