We the undersigned citizens of Mississippi do hereby voice our objection to the tuition increase plan submitted by Governor By\ryant and the State University System. We believe this plan will supress the low income and the working families to get a descent education or get into massive debt.

Congressional Reform Act of 2012

We can outsmart the billionaires. If they spend hundreds of millions on television ads but no one listens to them, then their dollars spent are meaningless.

My son Matthew was born gay. We could not have been more blessed with a smarter, nicer a more caring son than what we have now. Unfortunately a large portion of LGBT children in the United States do not have parents that feel the same as my wife and I do. Too many times are the uneducated parents willing to remove their children from their own home because of the child’s sexual orientation. This is no less than child abuse. This is no less than child abandonment. The child is left to walk the streets for food, money and shelter. Often times these cases go unreported because the child feels that they have done something wrong or have no one to turn to. The parents in most cases report their child as a runaway and local law enforcement agencies hands are tied at that point. A disproportionate number of homeless children are indeed LGBT and it needs to stop. These children need us, and we need them. Please help stop this abuse by signing this petition. One more child is too many. Thanks to all who support this very important cause. Brent, Debi & Matthew.

Freedom of the press and speech means that ACTs (American Citizen Taxpayers) are entitled to know the full facts concerning our military (and support, roughly as large), "defense" , and United Nations duplication. We don't. Assume that up to 50% of our total military/defense and foreign aid budget was shifted toward growing a stronger nation over the next five years or so?

On 6-25-12, the Supreme Court reaffirmed Citizens United when it overturned Montana's 100-year old state law limiting corporate spending in elections. Ultimately the only way to reverse the now permissible giving of unlimited and undisclosed campaign contributions is by amending the Constitution. And to get complete disclosure of where the money is coming from would take an act of Congress. Both of these remedies will take a long time and success is not assured. The purpose of this petition is to ask the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate rules on an expedited basis that would require publicly traded companies to disclose all political contributions of $2000 or more to any candidate, campaign fund, political party or super PAC in any given calendar year. Any contributions falling under this rule would need to be reported in a monthly SEC filing and all such contributions would need to be set forth in the annual report to shareholders, in a section of the report that immediate follows disclosure of executive compensation. Shareholders when investing in a company have a right to know how much revenue is being devoted to political contributions (now that there is no limit) and precisely who and what are the beneficiaries of the corporation's generosity. This type of disclosure is similar to the existing disclosure rules on executive salary, bonuses and benefits as investors have a right to know how much money is being spent in an area where there is much discretion.

From 1954 to 1989, Paraguay suffered one of the longest dictatorships in the history of the Americas. Even after the dictatorship, Paraguayans continued to vote in presidents of the same political party -- the Colorado party -- many out of fear of vengeance if they did not. Finally in 2008, the Paraguayan population, in free, democratic elections, voted in a president from a different party for the first time. On June 22, 2012 this president was forced out of his government by Congress and replaced by the vice-president from an opposing party in what many governments have recognized as a non-violent coup. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, and Mexico have suspended diplomatic ties with the coup leaders, but, up until now, the United States government has remained neutral. The possibility that the U.S. recognize the coup is very dangerous, as it would legitimize illegally removing democratically elected officials from the government and would weaken the possibility of continued democracy in Paraguay. Please urge the U.S. Congress and State Department to not recognize the coup's leadership and to make a public statement supporting legitimate democracy in Paraguay!

Corporations and our Courts have stolen our most precious right, our right to vote in a free and fair election. Currently, what determines "elect ability" is the amount of money in any two candidates bank accounts. Equal time is rarely provided to lesser funded candidates and, getting the big-money candidates to debate the lesser funded candidate(s), prior to the primary election has become impossible. In some states, only the top two move on thus eliminating the potential rise of any legitimate third party.

Oakland is on the verge of being the first city in the United States to have its police department placed into Federal receivership, losing all local control. There's no telling what may happen to the other city services as a result. Placing a measure on the ballot that creates a robust form of civilian oversight of police may prevent this Federal takeover and provide for sustainable local oversight

United States Attorney General Eric Holder has been a stalwart in the fight to protect the rights of every American. His office has worked immensely to uphold voting and civil rights laws, which has led to him becoming a thorn in the side of many who view him as being in the way of pushing forward their polarizing agenda. He now needs you and I as citizens to stand in support of him as he works to defend the rights, earned by the blood, sweat, and tears of many, that we now all enjoy as Americans.

Each party should have three filibusters available for each term of congress!

changing the laws which allow State and Federal senators retirement packages. This huge drain on our resources might be corrected and free up an enormous amount of money. Why care? We the ordinary people simply can't afford the expense. We need to firmly yet kindly let our representatives know that we can't afford to carry the dead wood any longer.