There are four million "citizens" of the United States in two adjoining colonies in the Caribbean, the misnamed "Commonwealth" of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Real, first-class citizens have the right to vote for President and Congress, but 4 million Americans in the Caribbean have no such right.

These two credit card giants are supporting the ill-conceived bill known as SOPA. This bill will be further debated in congress AND THEN LIKELY PASSED after it re-convenes January 17th. To date, only one credit card company that I know of, American Express opposes this bill, and I personally am switching to it.

Last year in Indiana we fought the "Right to Work" for less legislation and defeated it. This year we are in the fight again. Tomorrow the Indiana session begins. The Republicans are being supported with out of state funds to make this happen. Our Repulican Governor Mitch Daniels would love for this to happen, a feather in his hat. Please let your friends and family know in Indiana RTW would bring wages down for all Hoosiers. It is a union busting/defunding tactic plan and simple. It destroys our collective bargaining power and our voice.

It's about making paid political ads (which are nothing more than sound bites, usually) go away in favor of only debates and Q and A sessions.

We have no problem funding foreign countries while we keep stealing from our own social programs. We need to fund SSI to insure our elderly have a reasonable means to live.

To get a petition going for a nation wide referendum ballot for Congressional term limits 0f one term no longer than six years for both the House Of Representatives and the Senate. Our elected officials spend more time and money trying to get re-elected the they do on the matters and issues that are destroying our Country. If there isn't an option for re-election, they could put all of their attentions on running our Country.

The XL Pipeline terminates at Port Arthur Texas. Port Arthur is an export port. Valero, one of the backers of the pipeline, intends to export the refined oil in the form of diesel to Europe and Asia. Trans Canada has already testified that if the product can't be exported the refineries will back out of the deal. Why do we risk our land, our air and get nothing? Tell Congress we aren't stupid. Sign now! We have very little time left!

We must remove the physical barriers to commerce enabling our Industries and our Financial sector to grow through activity.

Citizens United was up held by the US Supreme Court. It says corporations are people and have the same free speech rights. Corporations have defined money as speech so they can use untold amounts of money annonomously to sway elections and legislation in their favor. This corrupts our democracy. Our elections are now de facto auctions to the highest bidder. Return our system to ONE PERSON,ONE VOTE.

that skunks are just one of the animals that people know less about. most people don't know ANYTHING about animals AT ALL any way. there fore we alienate them and kill them. in this case skunks are alienated from most states in america like Illinois, but there are people who want DOMESTIC skunks for pets and they are playful, curious, loving animals but in Illinois they are just animals that could harm people and give people rabies which is NOT the case with domestic skunks. please help me legalize skunks in Illinois thank you

The deregulation of the banking industry resulted in catastrophe. The Glass-Steagal Act protects us as consumers and as tax-payers.

According to Waste Management World (http://www.container-recycling.org/media/newsarticles/plastic/2006/5-WMW-DownDrain.htm) "Each day in the US more than 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown away. Most end up in landfills or incinerators, and millions litter America’s streets, parks and waterways." Unfortunately, voluntary recycling of these items is not working. The amount of plastic beverage bottles littering our streets and contaminating our waterways would be reduced if we would require ALL Plastic Beverage Bottles have a deposit on them. Please show Congress that we care about our environment and ask them to stand up to the beverage and retail industries and their trade associations, including the International Bottled Water Association. Statistics prove that the financial incentive of a deposit increases the amount of recycling in all states that have initiated this action.