Congress is set to vote on a bill that would raise the bond for a transportation broker from $10,000 to $100,000 putting thousands of small business out of work all around the country. We should be protecting and encouraging small business and entrepreneurship.

Before Illinois can even begin to really tackle the really tough issues of budget, education, infastuture, we need to trust our elected leaders. With our past two Governors now in jail, we need the strongest ethics legislation passed now.

SOMETIME IN MAY a decision regarding a "bust" of Rush Limbaugh that is being made be presented in the Missouri HALL OF FAME!! Come on people! With such people like WALT DISNEY, SAMUEL CLEMONS, STAN MUSIAL...??? Jefferson City, MO (KSDK) - Senator Claire McCaskill is weighing in on the Rush Limbaugh controversy. She tweeted the following question: "Should Rush be put in the Hall of Famous Missourians in the State Capitol,alongside President Truman,General Bradley,& Mark Twain?" She asked her followers to vote, but so far the results have not been made public.

A college education is a service, not a right. No one should pay for it except those who chose to borrow the money in the first place.

Elections should be the exclusive domain of the citizens. Due to the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v FEC , "money is speech", the U.S. Congress does not have the authority to limit campaign spending by corporations and wealthy individuals. If money is speech, speech will be allocated according to wealth. This is wrong.

Congress can help ease the high cost of gas by giving the oil subsidies to American citizens instead giving it to the already rich OIL companies.

Privatization erodes public control and oversight. Nowhere is privatization more insidious than in the corporate takeover of our criminal justice and immigrant detention systems. For-profit corporations own and run hundreds of prisons, jails, and detention centers in this country. For these companies, every prisoner is a profit center, every crime a business opportunity, and rehabilitation is bad for business

This petition is an effort to get Burton Cummings the singer for the canadian band "The Guess Who" elected to the rock and roll hall of fame. He is a superb vocalist and has sold millions of records. Yet he is never given consideration when the voting takes place. He deserves it with out question.

This is a petition to keep a convicted murderer, John F Copeland, in Prison.

Umass wireless internet needs to get fixed. It's an obstacle to try and do work.

The Columbine High School Massacre is a controversial topic, especially with the two perpretrators who committed it. However, when you read more into it, there is a possibility that you'll sympathize with the criminals, especially since they were just teenagers. However, YouTube does not let you express that sympathy.

Since 1980, average tuition for a 4-year college education has increased an astounding 800%. Since 1999, average student loan debt has shamefully increased by over 500%! In 2010, total outstanding student loan debt exceeded total outstanding credit card debt in America for the first time ever. In 2012, total outstanding student loan debt exceeded $1 Trillion. Today, we have over 1.3 TRILLION dollars in overall student loan debt and the number is climbing out-of-control. In short, student loan debt has become the fastest growing financial crisis in America. If we do absolutely nothing, the entire economy will eventually come crashing down again- just as it did when the housing bubble popped. This ever-growing crisis has put our country on an unsustainable course towards financial oblivion. As a result of more than 30 years of treating higher education as an individual commodity, rather than a public good and an investment in our collective future, those buried under the weight of their student loan debt are not buying homes or cars, not starting businesses or families, and they're not investing, inventing, innovating or otherwise engaged in any of the economically stimulative activities that we need all Americans to be engaged in. Student loan debt has an undeniable and significant effect on economic growth. Forgiving student loan debt directly addresses this enormous boot on the neck of the middle class. represents a glimmer of hope for millions of Americans who, with each passing day, find that the American Dream is more and more out of reach. Therefore, we, the undersigned, respectfully request that Congress bring forward serious legislation to forgive student loan debt and commit to solving the student debt crisis this year.