This is about Congressional Senators and Represenatives that feel that they are entittled to a pay raise. Right now the way the ecomony is i tend to disagree . Many people are out of work and i firmly believe that this money allocated for them should be spent more wisely.

Big money is buying our elections and the running of our country. It should be against the law to spend ANY money on running for public office. We, the government should allot a finite amount of equal time, donated by the media, to be spent on explaining stances on issues and could not be used to talk about opponents, for each candidate that had a determined number of potential supporters signing a petiton to run.

Members of Congress will get more lucrative pensions than new federal employees under a little-known provision in the bill that extends payroll tax relief and unemployment insurance. Congressmen will retain a luxurious benefit that lets them retire years earlier than federal workers, without any reduction in their pension. They will be able to retire at age 50 with 20 years of service without the significant penalty most federal employees receive for retiring early. Federal employees’ pension will be reduced by 50 percent for retiring early while the congressman will be able to retire years earlier and start receiving their full pension immediately.

We don't feel that Walmart is a good fit for our community and is absolutely a step in the wrong direction. Hawthorne deserves better.

Stopping the conflict of interests/undo influence between the congress/president/federal agency officials AND lobbyists, arising from gifting/giving money to them. This is critical to citizens having equal input/fair outcomes to/from their elected/appointed officials. As an adjunct to this, the FCC should require, as part of broadcasting licensure, euqal time for candidates to represent themselves on television--with nominal fees, if any, for their appearances. Corporations should only be allowed to contribute to campaigns in the amount equal to an individual.

http://dullesgreenway.com/ This is a very expensive 13 mile toll road, leading from Dulles International airport to Leesburg, VA. The base toll for this 13 mile drive is $4.75 one way ($5.55 during peak hours). The Dulles Greenway is owned by Toll Road Investors Partnership II (TRIP II), a subsidiary of an Australian company (Intoll Group). I am suggesting that they might share more of their profits with group(s) in need of financial support, specifically in this case, veterans' causes.

We can save the taxpayers $27K by releasing this 1 man this year. Steven was a Recovered alcoholic/addict and helped others to find Recovery - saved the taxpayers money by assisting at least 1 chronic prisoner to never return to jail/prison. 1 beer in Cabo sent him into a relapse - addiction took him back and he was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. (Residue on a spoon) Even the supervising Parole Agent spoke in court on Mr. HIrata's behalf (she would not have done so if this man had no mitigating history) to Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge James Brown) Margo Krystan state parole (retired) requesting that the 3rd Strike Sentence NOT be imposed. But after numerous positive character references and sworn statements/testimonies, the judge slammed Steven with 41 years to Life in Prison. Now is the time to speak up 1 by one to help our state to reduce expenses. Steven Louis Hirata P-26934 Pleasant Valley State Prison FAC B1-122 Low PO Box 8502 Coalinga, CA 93210

Insurance companies have too much power - they can decide if you can receive a medication or not, a surgical procedure or not -that is the practice of medicine and affects your health and your life.

how much money will be made by peope like bonher cantor maconall wil make if this pipe line is pushed through

I watch 60 Minites on CBS TV and it is shocking in a Democratic society that unemployed workers are discriminated against in this recession. The banks have caused this delima. Can we take a stand against employers who placed adds on the internet and news papers stating that "the unemployed need not apply. I am calling on the President and the Secratary of Labor and the NAACP and all of us to take action

Chemical Agriculture is the smoking gun over lost pollinators. DuPont, Monsanto et.al. have damaged sustainable family farming leading to bad water, bleached soil and tainted crops that infect natural food strains while further exploiting global populations with food copywriting, effectively 'snuffing out' non-chemical farmers. Reinvesting in natural seed banks, portioning out land for soil reclamation and promoting smaller size farmsteading can reinvigorate a sustainable agriculture.

There is no way we can continue to fight over revenue and succeed.Just as a household has to have salary our federal and state governmetns must increase taxes to pay for needed programs .Tell Congress to raise taxes now!!!