I have four grandchildren whose life prospects are dismal if global warming due to green house gases continues to be effectively ignored. The behavior of the US House, Senate, and President is unbelievable in the face of this threat. We should not vote for any politician who does not make clear his or her support for effective action on global warming. This is in fact a national defense issue.

The republican's are trying to steal this election by fighting voter fraud that does not exist. They are making it impossible to vote in PA and OH. Please sign the petition to tell them we won't stand for this. We send people to other countries to make sure people can vote but we are being silenced by republican governor's and their unfair voting rules. We need an executive order to help us...

restrictions on voters

Millions of lives and our economy as a whole are being ruined due to the stranglehold of the insurance companies and the drug companies on our health care system. As a percentage of gross domestic product, we spend twice the average of other comparable countries on health care and get the worst results for it. (the absolute worst of other comparable countries) I waste time and money making unnecessary appointments with my primary care physician in order to see a specialist, and too many of the doctors that I do see are obviously in it more for the money than for the vocation. Millions of dollars and millions of hours of labor are wasted on paperwork to prop up an untenable system that benefits very few. We all live in fear of a health crisis ruining our finances. The issue is not really that complicated and the solution is simple, but nobody in Washington is going near it. Let's present them with something. We pay 1.45% tax our entire working lives in order to have health care when we retire. Why not pay 4% instead and have health care now and forever, for us and our children? (happy side effect: my plan's 14% surtax on exorbitant salaries will help keep that scourge in check as well)

Police brutality is on the rise, and we, the general populace, along with our Constitution, guaranteeing us certain protection, are under attack. A false arrests disrupts your life, livelihood and places you in danger of imprisonment. Lawyers fees to defend you can be burdensome. Judges look at the police report, and make decisions affecting your life depending on it, no matter if it is a complete fabrication.

They claime the 1 and 2%er's are the job creater's! Prove it! For the last 11yr's I havn't seen nor heard of any investment from that group except they arn't spending. So Prove it or stop claiming it!

Every month many parents don't pay child support. Those who do are not able to deduct this payment from their taxes. This petition will provide an incentive to support the children of divorce.

Hank Williams Jr. played to a crowd of nearly 8,500 Friday night, August 17th, at the Iowa State Fair Grandstand. Following the song “We Don’t Apologize For America” a chant of “USA, USA” broke out amongst the crowd. Williams smiled, telling the crowd that he was their mouth piece, adding: “We’ve got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S. and we hate him!” The Fair Board had to have known what they were signing on for when they booked this performer. They apparently did so with no regard for the values celebrated by the Iowa State Fair. Let them know that they need to publicly denounce Williams' ugly remarks and apologize to the people of Iowa for including this performer in this year's Grandstand line-up. The Board needs to acknowledge its serious lapse in judgment in scheduling this show and to promise that Hank Williams, Jr. will not be welcomed back to the Fair in the future.

My son Jabin Bogan has been imprisoned in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico since April 17, 2012 for simply making a wrong turn. Jabin is a truck driver who was delivering cargo to the El Paso, Texas area on the 17th when he inadvertently ended up on the U.S./Mexico border. Although U.S. border agents directed him to enter the "yellow zone" on the Mexican side and make a "U" turn, Mexican authorities arrested him for carrying several boxes of live ammunition among the other cargo he was hauling. None of which was designated for Mexico which his manifest documents clearly show. What also is clear is that so far, we've only gotten "lip service" from our local elected officials in Texas. Meanwhile Jabin has spent four months in a Mexican prison, wondering why his government does not care to get him freed.

The city council is voting soon to add fluoride to our water. They are trying to slip this by with out the people's consent. So far 3 of the 5 members are supporting this and there by they have the majority. The people have knocked down this issue 3 times before lets do it again! NO Fluoride in our water!

I would like to see us raise the roof on voter suppression. I do not see anything being done on line by the political action organizations

Most people don't realize it, but their insurance card that they use to pay for prescriptions generates incredible profits for the issuers of the cards, the Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM's) How do they do this? By reimbursing your pharmacist less than it costs him to fill your prescriptions! In many cases, the reimbursement received from the PBM (plus the patient's copay) total less than the acquisition cost to the pharmacy for the drug, not to mention any consideration for pharmacy overhead expenses. The pharmacy's ability to negotiate with the PBM stops before the point at which the pharmacy breaks even on the transaction. Reimbursement for extra services provided by the pharmacy (emergency service, delivery, time spent on the phone with PBM's who won't authorize refills of a patient's prescripton, is totally absent and non-negotiable. Additionally, often after your pharmacist has spent his non-reimbursed time and effort to assure that you get your medication, the PBM will notify the patient that henceforth they will be required to use the PBM's own pharmacy, and receive their medication by mail, which results in the patient receiving their refills too late, and having heat and cold sensitive drugs exposed to harmful weather conditions. This is an impingement on patients' rights, a danger to their health and can result in the pharmacy losing core business to the PBM's, who still must rely on the neighborhood pharmacy to be around when the patient requires a new medication quickly. Call on Congress to pass legislation to assure fair reimbursement to the pharmacists who have for years, provided prompt and effective service, even in emergency situations. Stop PBM's from mandating mail-order prescriptions.