• Social Security Fairness
    The huge majority of individual workers must pay Social Security tax on all of their income, while the wealthiest wage earners pay Social Security tax on only a fraction of their income. Call on Congress and the President to require everybody, even the wealthy, to pay the same rate.
    28 of 100 Signatures
    Created by David Ragan-George
  • Brittany Smart: Fix The Noise Pollution In Eden Roc
    Eden Roc Subdivision of Mountain View, Hawaii is zoned agricultural land. It has become a highly residential zone with minimal agriculture going on due to heavy rain and lack of soil. Due to the zoning, there is a 70 decibel maximum level for noise, day and night. For day time this may be acceptable but the acceptable night time decibel levels need to be lowered. Everybody has a right to peace and quiet and a good nights sleep. When generators are ran all night long next door to you, not only can you not sleep but it is not an environmentally sound idea when there are other options available and more affordable. Why is this important to you? Because excessive noise is a serious hazard to human health and welfare and if you live on Agricultural Zoned land, you could be the next victim. Let's change this law before YOU have to lose sleep over it.
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    Created by Christina Rasmussen
  • Grayson County: Permit the Peace Pentagon!
    The Peace Pentagon is a proposed interfaith and social justice center to be built by The Oracle Institute (a 501(c)(3) educational charity) in Independence, Virginia. The Grayson County Board of Supervisors denied Oracle’s permit due to intense opposition from local Evangelical churches. If built, the Peace Pentagon will be first and only interfaith center in this rural Appalachian community, which currently supports only Christian churches. Oracle filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Grayson County with the aid of The Rutherford Institute in Charlottesville (trial is set for November 16, 2011).
    213 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Laura M. George
  • Put Jobs Bill in Action
    The American Jobs Act proposed by President Obama is a step in the right direction to our country's economic recovery. No matter if you are Democrat or Republican, everyone benefits from a prosperous America! Signing this petition will send a message to State Legislators that we, the American people are tired of them not doing what we elected them to do. To work for us! Sign the petition and tell our legislators we want jobs now!
    112 of 200 Signatures
    Created by andrew karaffa
  • Don't Change Michigan's Auto No-Fault System
    House Bill 4936, which is a merging of the original Senate Bills 293 and 294, has been introduced on September 14, 2011 because the original bills were cancelled due to overwhelming opposition. House Bill 4936 is still proposing changes to Michigan's Auto No-Fault System which will affect auto accident victims who need medical care because of their injuries. 4936 will still decrease the amount insurance companies pay for medical care which will lead to loss of jobs in the home care sector, a decrease in tax revenue for the State, and increased costs to the Medicaid system. The changes will hurt the State, Michigan Citizens, Auto Accident Victims, and Home Healthcare Businesses. To read the proposed bill go to www.legislature.mi.gov and enter 4936 into the bill search box
    3,610 of 4,000 Signatures
    Created by Centria Healthcare
  • Landlord Accountability ACT
    *Introduce Federal Law which will protect the rights of renters and give them more power over their living situation. *Will mandate that landlords throughout the U.S. be legally accountable for enforcing the rules of their properties. Will also allow them to be fined by the Federal government, when the do not evict a tenant they know is causing trouble and disturbance to other people. Will allow legal prosecution if they slander their tenants in any manner. * Will provide equal rental opportunity for all law abiding persons, who legally reside in the U.S. *Will reduce 12 month rental lease agreements to 6 month lease agreements under Federal mandate. Help give tenants more control over their living situation. *Will require the that all landlords conduct verifiable background checks, and provide proofs to local housing authority agencies. * Will allow section 8 housing residence to terminate their lease, without landlord consent, if landlord breeches their part of the lease agreement. *Under this law landlords cannot harass tenants who pay their rent. Tenants can report such actions as discrimination, and require local housing authority agencies to follow up. *Will subject landlords to jail time that allow illegal activity to occur on their respective rental properties.
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    Created by Airomee Wind
  • Pass It Now
    By signing this petition you are committing to call your Senators and Congressmembers with a simple message: Pass the Obama Jobs Bill NOW. Tell them how offended you were watching the Republicans literally sitting on their asses while our President is trying to get us back to work.
    1,198 of 2,000 Signatures
    Created by Dave Joseph
  • No More Think Tanks!
    Demand a pledge from all news organizations to refuse to give politically motivated Think Tanks a mouthpiece to spread their political agendas regardless of affiliation. Think Tanks are the agenda mills of corporations and only serve to manipulate the public will to their political agendas. The only way to stop their influence is to refuse to give them air time to legitimize their causes.
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    Created by Penelope McFadin
  • Urge Washington to support human rights in Bahrain
    Bahrain's Sunni-led monarchy has cracked down severly on the mostly peaceful protests in that country. The protests have been led by the country's Shiite majority. Saudi tanks have assisted the monarchy in its brutal attacks on Bahraini citizens. President Obama has deplored precisely this kind of brutality in other countries, but he has turned a deaf ear regarding Bahrain. The US Navy's Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain. The security of Bahrain rests on this Fifth Fleet, creating a situation in which the opinion of the United States matters in Bahrain. Yet President Obama and the American Congress continue to ignore or soft-pedal the gross human rights abuses in Bahrain. It is time for America to stand strong on our ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and the rights of a people to be heard. The United States speaks up officially in support of democratic goals in Egypt and Libya, while ignoring the police-state tactics of the monarchy in Bahrain. Please sign this petition to urge President Obama to speak out about these abuses, and to put pressure on the Bahraini monarchy to cease its persecution of those who speak for democratic ideals in Bahrain. Urge the President to use his huge influence to stop the torture, detention and other abuses in Bahrain.
    53 of 100 Signatures
    Created by William House
  • Stop Home Affordable Modification Program Bank Abuses
    Have you or someone you know tried to get a mortgage modification only to be asked over and over for the same paperwork? Has the bank stalled so much that the time runs out so you have to re-apply over and over? Have you been told to stop making payments only to then have the bank say you have to pay all the missed payments and penalties or they will foreclose? These abuses are hurting thousands of people every day who are just trying to stay in their homes and make payments that they can afford. This program was supposed to help people and instead it is crushing the people it was intended to help. We must make the powers that created this program aware of the abuses these banks are perpetrating on their customers. If government does not step in to make this right, the banks will certainly continue and this program will remain the harsh joke that it has become rather than the help to average Americans and our economy that it was intended to be.
    11 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Barbara Sardinha
  • Pass This Jobs Bill Now!
    Pass the Jobs Bill Now CALL TO ACTION! American's can not wait another fourteen months. We can not wait another month or week for action to be taken to help create jobs. PASS THE JOBS BILL NOW! We must all call our Congressional Representatives in both Houses today.
    2,843 of 3,000 Signatures
    Created by wilbert pritchett
  • PASS THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT
    AMERICAN JOBS ACT -Typical working family will get a $1500 tax cut next year -Rebuilds Americas Infrastructure (including bridges & roads) -To receive funds ALL the goods used in the project must be produced in the United States. (Made in the USA) -Repairs & modernizes at least 35,000 schools & community colleges -Provides funds to prevent teacher layoffs & support the creation of additional jobs -Provides funds for law enforcement officers and other first responders. -Grants for public transportation & high-speed rail projects -Provides small businesses a tax cut for hiring new workers or raising wages -Provides tax credits for hiring America’s veterans -Eliminates tax loopholes for corporations & oil companies -Provides mortgage refinance assistance for homeowners -Reforms the tax code to provide tax breaks for companies that provide jobs in AMERICA *The American Jobs Act is funded by eliminating tax loopholes, restructuring the tax code, tax revenues created from new jobs, and cutting unneeded government spending.
    13 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Joseph Rizzo