• Health Care for America
    Since the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Affordable Health Care Act both major political parties have decided that this will be the dominant issue in the national, state,a nd local elections of 2012.
    3 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Ed Murrell
  • Stop supporting Monsanto
    The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation continually uses their funds to support Monsanto. They need to stop supporting Monsanto and help those farmers support themselves, not buying seed and pesticides from a large and ethically questionable corporation.
    14 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Deborah
  • Congressional Disruption Fine
    Politicians who filibuster or block passage of vital Congressional Business shall be fined for each and every attempt to disrupt or impair Congress, by voting opposite of normal personal trends in order to stifle a bill proposal. Also, should this be a vital issue, such as the Yearly Budget and so on ... that directly affects the citizens of the USA, financially or otherwise, anyone blocking or impeding its passage for purely political reasons shall be levied a fine of no less than $25,000, or if the loss from this action is great, a fine of no less than 20% of the alleged overcharge to the taxpayers.
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Dartagnon Puissant
  • Congress: give firefighters health insurance
    I just found out that the firefighters we see on the news risking their lives to put out forest fires are federally employed. According to the Forest Service, because these firefighters are considered "seasonal", they receive no health insurance due to a congressional law which prohibits it. This is just plain wrong and should be rectified by Congress as quickly as possible.
    209 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Juanita Barrera
  • Congress Should be Just Like Us
    Constitutional Amendment forcing Congress to use the same services and products that are available to the general public thereby eliminating all of the exclusive perks of Congress.
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Tom Bliss
  • A living wage
    Raising the minimum wage/
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Kathleen Spaine
  • Require instant feedback for "political debate" questions.
    I am sick and tired of "political debates" that allow politicians to continually waste our time, regurgitating "talking points", rather than answering the questions. Moderators should have an iridescent orange paddle to judge the speakers response as "Off topic", "irrelevant", "content-free" and perhaps a independent panel (?politifact.com) can judge "untrue" also!
    6 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Robert Sheff
  • Ban Tasers
    Tasers are used by police. Tasers kill (or immobilize) people by delivering a 50,000 volt shock. This shock can and has killed people , including healthy people. When police officers use this device on unarmed people, the young the elderly; they are executing innocent people. Without charge and without trial. Until TASERS are 100% safe and the company TASER International, are willing to pay for the deaths they cause (and will cause) then TASERs should be banned.
    4 of 100 Signatures
    Created by john
  • Reign in skyrocketing natural gas utility costs for struggling customers.
    Utitlity companies, specifically natural gas utitlities are applying recurring deposits of as much as $500 to bills of people who are struggling to pay. The companies are not regulated properly by state public utilities commisions, that basically allow the companies to increase rates as they wish. The higher rates and recurring deposits are applied at a time when there is an abundance of natural gas available in the country. Why is this happening? These deposits are often applied when citizens are slow or late paying. The bill swells to an insurmountable amount which then leads to inevitable shut offs.
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Natalie Hill
  • Limit lobbyists access to Congress
    I am not able to meet with my Congressmen without making an appointment weeks in advance; why should a lobbyist be able to grab his/her ear at will? Lobbyists have an agenda to get special treatment for a variety of reasons, especially giant corporations who already control what happens in Congress.
    9 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Catherine Anderson
  • Stop Jerry Sandusky's paychecks!!!
    Jerry Sandusky will still be receiving his salary of $59,000.00 a year while in jail.
    29 of 100 Signatures
    Created by J. Burke
  • Republicans in Congress Should Drop out of Tax-payer Sponsored Health Insurance
    Those who wish to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act should first withdraw from the tax-payer sponsored health insurance policies covering them and their dependants. I would not be surprised if many of them would have difficulty obtaining coverage (or pay exorbitant rates) because of pre-existing conditions - a policy which will not be allowed under AHCA after 2014.
    17 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Lauri Roman