Texas Taypayers should not have to pay for Governor Perry's Career ambitions but Texans have been billed $2.2 million in out-of-state travel expenses for Gov. Rick Perry's security detail since his November 2010 re-election, including his failed presidential bid and other trips ranging from vacations to state business and political gatherings, according to updated figures released Friday.

YES MY FAMILY STATUS DISCRIMINATES ME AS A EMPLOYEE YET THERE IS NO LAW ONLY IN HOUSING DOES THIS LAW APPLY

Pres. Obama secretly cut assistance to kids that want to attend college. With no warning, medical assistance was eliminated for colliegiate survivors of SSI contributors

Stop this crazy fear talk and bring back jobs instead of financing corporations that are not humans. Save the American human race from becoming a third world country.

Fracking was forced into NC through a crack in a fractured House vote. Fracking is too important an issue to be rammed through the legislative process in this way. Stanford professor Mark Jacobson says we can be fossil-fuel free by 2030, with all energy needs met by wind, water and solar. Furthermore NC has strong wind and solar resources. http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/sad1109Jaco5p.indd.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/winds/global_winds.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_sLt5gNAQs After the "fracking bill" (S820) passed, Gov Perdue vetoed it, and the House lacked support to override it. But by the time House Speaker Tillis opened the vote to override the veto near midnight July 2, at least one Rep had been "bought off," and then Rep. Carney pushed the wrong button. Within two minutes, S820 was set in stone, clinched by motion meant to drown out Carney‘s protests. NC alone gives members only 10 seconds to vote and almost no chance (if any) to correct a mistaken deciding vote. When such errors occur, whether the no-change rule is suspended or the vote is clinched depends largely on whom the Speaker recognizes. What happened in NC’s House on July 2 is flagrantly unfair and warrants a correction on S820 and a change in NC’s voting rules. Members should have an opportunity to check and confirm their votes before the machine is locked. A verification vote on close or contested results should be mandatory - no room for bias. Most important, the House should take time to gather and study updated and unbiased information about fracking and the potential of wind, water and solar before rushing through a bill like this one. FYI: NOES-- Holloway (Rockingham, Stokes Counties) and McGrady (Henderson County) are the two Republicans who voted with the Democrat minority to Sustain Perdue's VETO on July 2 (the day of Carney's mistaken vote) - In other words, They voted AGAINST FRACKING AYES ---K Alexander (Mecklenburg); Brisson (Bladen, Cumberland); Carney (Mecklenburg); S Hamilton (New Hanover); Hill (Brunswick, Columbus); R Moore (Mecklenburg) are the six Democrats who voted with a majority of Republicans to Override Perdue's VETO on July 2 (Carney saying hers was a mistake). In other words, They voted IN FAVOR of FRACKING. View to get a brief tutorial on the hazards of fracking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Ozcl7lV_g&feature=related For more details, please read & sign this petition as well - both will go to Tillis: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/707/578/933/dont-clinch-fracking-in-nc-with-fractured-house-voting-rules-allow-carneys-real-vote/

instead of a pjorative line, the health insurace act should be referred to in a positive light as it will help millions of Americans

The Govenor shows hate for the President of the United States that causes hardships & undermines the good people of Florida. My Wife alone cancelled a much needed operation as the Govenor dropped her Medicaid. & Much, Much More!

I attend Front Range Community College in Longmont, CO and have noticed that the trash is absolutely full of paper towels. It is time to wean ourselves off paper. We live in a very dry state. Our hands dry in moments after washing hands. We should be using automatic hand dryers or have signs to discourage folks from using more than one paper towel to dry their hands.

After five years and millions of taxpayer dollars the GW Bush administration closed its investigation into voter fraud. None was found of any significance. Now Republican legislators in swing states have passed laws they say are to "prevent" voter fraud that does not exist.

Americans are disgusted with the lack of action by Congress. They must pass legislation for tax reform, raising the debt ceiling to avoid another lowering of the U.S. credit rating and pass the President's jobs bill to get more Americans back to work right away. We must not accept Congress waiting until after the election to pass these bills and do their jobs.

We have such a deficit now in our country and yet we continue to pay our senators and elected officials even when they are no longer in office. They get their health care,insurance and salary for life. They gave all this for themselves and we should demand that they now live as the rest of the country. When we are no longer employed we must buy our own insurance and live off our retirement if we have any saved. why should they have it any different. Stop their pay and put toward the deficit !!! There should also be term limits in senate and congress !!

Elective office has become for way too many a Career, versus public service. All too often, some elected officials and Judges become entrenched "in the system" and often fall prey to the pressures of big money and Lobbyists, or become out of touch with contemporary issues. We need to press for a Constitutional Amendment that limits public service in the congress, and Supreme Court to eight years maximum. In addtion congressman and senators cannot serve in the House or Senate once they have completed 8 years in either house. All congressmen/senators and Supreme Court Judges may serve if elected, as President of the US for up to the current constitutional limits.