Gas prices most places are pushing $4 a gallon - again. And news reports say it could be $5 or more by summertime. That’s outrageous – and unjustified. I think Congress should pass legislation that aims to drastically limit the ability of speculators to artificially drive up energy prices. If this bill passes, there would be the first-ever limits on how much of the oil market speculators can control. The chief cosponsor of my bill is Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). Plain and simple: this legislation says no single investor could hold more than 5 percent of the oil futures market, thereby greatly reducing speculators ability to manipulate prices. See the bill at http://email.capitolhillnewsonline.com/q/nncAMtDkxkUBk3apm0PdgX5Dx2CwvaXFvmTLRh7nSCNC18qGD_ERkedqf

This bill has been drafted by a democrat congressman from PA. Its a bill that will levy a 1%tax [they'll probably call it a "User Fee"] on all bank transactions. That means when you put Your money in or when you take Your money out you'll pay 1% of the total deposit or withdrawl to do just that . Even direct deposits like your social security check {which by the way as of jan. 1, 2012 the law now states that all SS checks are to be recieved via direct deposits, how convinent for them}will be subject.If you are lucky enough to get a check for say for 1000.00 thats ten bucks when it goes in your acct. and ten bucks eventually if it comes out of your acct Thats a 20 dollar bill folks on top of having to pay tax on your Social Security income . c'mon UNCLE sam.AND if you move money from your savings to your checking.{if your one of the few americans lucky enough to have a savings acct.} same thing 1% tax on that transaction.Think 1% aw thats not much ,just think how many checks you deposit from individuals , one at a time then add that all up with your deposits and withdrawls and the money you move from acct to acct And say you want to give Junior 500 bucks for gass money at college if you withdraw that and put it in an envelope as 5 hundred dollar bills for his birthday ,,,you guessed it ,,gonna cost you Five bucks to do it. This Bill may not be widely heard of yet ,as the admistration may want to keep this under the radar before the elections. But we need to start fighting this now so we 're not caught asleep at the wheel when they try to sneak this by us And I must say after hearing the president say No New Taxes on any one making under 250.000.00 a yr. I'm greatly disturbed by this information. Help us all and tell congress and the president NIX46 [ vote NO on HR 4646]

HB2705 is intended to repeal or amend the language in HRS §490:3-301 "A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument." The verbiage was added in 1990 at the request of the financial industry under the guise of curbing check fraud. The language is outdated and more recently abused in the foreclosure process by eliminating the need to be the rightful holder of a mortgage loan in wrongful foreclosures, creating the opportunity to commit fraud. The language needs to be repealed or amended to protect consumers.

Those of us who have participated in this great Wisconsin movement that sprang up last winter have been looking for a candidate that we could rally behind; one who combines the spirit of an activist with a sharp political acumen; one who is willing to fight for not only us, but for ALL Wisconsinites. Wisconsin doesn't need a figure head or opportunist to challenge Scott Walker—Wisconsin needs a fighter. You have embodied that fighter mentality. You understand that if we keep putting the ACTUAL TRUTH from the front lines of the Capitol out where everyone can see it, we can win.

Fifteen years ago, the city leased a former junkyard and a cornfield to a non-profit soccer club called the Coulee Region United Soccer Association. CRUSA has spent those fifteen years building that 50 acre site into one of the premier soccer complexes in the Midwest, at NO COST to the city. It has benefited the entire community and surrounding area, and has been managed for the greater good of all and shared generously with all who love soccer. And now some people in the City of La Crosse government want to take it away and run it for profit.

Liberty is founded on property rights. There is strength in numbers.

The illegal corporations and the courts are one and the same. We the little people have to fight them both at the same time. Example, for six years; although, the statuate has expired barred by latches both the court and the corps have ignored and acted as if it's not so.

In the 8th Grade at Cabin John Middle School, there are only two choices for English - "Advanced" or On-Level. If you get an "A" or "B" in the Advanced class, it appears on your high school transcript (as a non-honors elective) impacting your high school GPA. If you get a "C," it does not appear on your high school transcript. Thus students who are not quite able to achieve an "A" are better off slacking off and aiming for a "C," rather than impacting their high school GPA with a "B." Is this REALLY what we want to be teaching our 8th graders??!!

The California Family Court System needs to start doing what it was designed to do: act in the best interest of our children. This isn't about Mothers' Rights or Fathers' Rights- it is about the rights of our children to live in a safe, healthy and nurturing environment. The courts are too focused on being quick and fair with 50/50 custody splits instead of focusing on what is best for the children.

Texas has signaled that it would rather lose $35 million annually in federal help to provide 130,000 poor women access to health care than allow Planned Parenthood to receive part of the funding. Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs signed a rule Thursday that officially bans Planned Parenthood and abortion provider affiliates from getting funding from Texas’ largely successful Women’s Health Program. We must call on the State Senate to repeal the law that makes this possible so that we may protect the health of women in Texas. Especially those who are unable to seek healthcare without state and federal aid.

Foreign call centers not only ship jobs abroad, but they endanger our confidential personal information because they operate without U.S. data regulation. You can tell lawmakers to support the U.S. call center bill. The bill would protect consumers and build jobs in America by: 1. Creating a customers' right to know—Ending the secrecy about call center locations, so outsourcers and offshorers can't hide anymore. 2. Forcing companies that outsource abroad to return federal funding—Because our hard-earned tax dollars shouldn't go to support corporations that ship American jobs to foreign countries. 3. Giving you the right to be transferred to a US-based operator.

I pledge to vote to recall Scott Walker and reclaim Wisconsin.