With Citizens United, the conservative Supreme Court expanded corporate political power by ruling that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of unregulated money to buy elections. However, last month, that same conservative Supreme Court restricted the power of organized labor by placing new requirements on how unions can spend money on political activity. According to a new ruling, unions must get opt-in permission from workers who are required to pay dues, but choose not to join the union, before those nonmember dues can be used for political purposes. This ruling overturned well-settled precedent, and gave anti-labor forces a victory well beyond what they were even seeking in the case before the court. Corporations and unions should face the same restrictions on using organizational money for political purposes. Tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid it's time for legislation requiring that corporations receive opt-in permission from shareholders before company funds can be used for political purposes.

Nationally our public school systems are failing our students. Parent involvement is not mandated. Our nations student's are required to attend school - but parents/guardians of failing students are not required to actively engage and support the learning process. Demand that Congress pass legislation that requires all parents of failing students to partner with the school system to support student achievement.

You tell them no sending the " Gift Cards" and they still send them anyway and your account is debited for 29.95 or so. Something "can" be done to stop this.

I have a friend whose family member is struggling to overcome a substance abuse habit and is in a recovery program. The funding received is General Assistance which is a tempory funding stream. Corbett's budget cuts this lifeline for these struggling people yet gives a 1.6 billion tax credit to Royal Dutch Shell, the 2nd largest company in the world. This family member will be out on the streets along with many others. Tell Governor Corbett and lawmakers to restore General Assistance.

The Forgiveness Act 4 Homeowner's Who Lost Their Homes during the Economic Crisis will have their discharge from either a Short Sale, Foreclosure or Bankrupcy during 2004-2012 "forgiven" this opens up 2-3 Million home buyer's who will jump start the housing market and get them and their families back into home ownership. These Home Buyer's need to qualify on all other levels, debt to ratio, downpayment, income qualify. Simply put, this will stablize the housing market, absorp inventory and it supports related housing markets of: Mover's, Insurance, Title Companies, Appraiser's, Lawyer's, REALTOR's, Home Improvement, etc.

Please stop the killing of 1,800 whales and dolphins and the deafening of 15,900 more by ceasing the operation of the Navy's underwater sound system in the Hawaiian Islands, the California and Atlantic Coasts, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Health insurance too expensive for self employed people. I have successful grown children that are self employed, but can't afford health insurance because its cost over $1,000 a month!!

Stop the use of high-frequency underwater sound for testing that will hurt whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more

The i-word is dehumanizing, racially charged and masquerades as legal terminology, which it is not. There are terms like “unauthorized” and “undocumented,” and other precise, rational descriptions that can be used. The i-word denies people due process and is incompatible with ethical, professional journalistic standards. The i-word inflames anti-immigrant rhetoric, which morphs into anti-Latino sentiment. By dropping the i-word, newspapers can stop fueling hate and prejudice toward members of its own community.

Harmless Pot Crimes fill our prisons, while Destructive Sex Offenders fill our neighborhoods. A SO's must simply register, while a pot smoker faces 10-25years for his/her first Federal offence. Women are currently the fastest growing prison population (3 out of 5 have children) Drug use is a treatable medical issue not a criminal one, where as, sex offences are an untreatable and incurable criminal issue, not a medical one. Raise the Cry of, "Let My People Go and Lock Those Suckers Up"

Surviving spouses, especially widows, have been denied funds accumulated by their spouses during their working lives simply because they were too young. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a widow is, "a woman who has lost her husband to death and has not married again." Disabled widows are especially at a disadvantage because they no longer have the funds to make ends meet.

MR. PERRY DOESN'T BELIEVE TEXANS ARE AMERICANS "FIRST". HE REPRESENTS THE TEXAS WEALTHY 1%, AND PUTS "HIS" RELIGIOUS & PERSONAL VALUES INTO LAWS THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FREEDOMS AND BEST INTEREST OF "ALL" TEXANS.