People are dying all over Mexico, due to the Cartels making so much money supplying illegal drugs. Prohibition Failed, so has the war on drugs. More people die from tobacco related Cancers every year, than from all illegal drugs combined. And the US is wasting over a billion a year on enforcement alone!!

The recent US Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate donations to political causes is at odds with one person one vote as a basis for our democracy because advertisements affect voter choices.

We call on Congress to demand that the FDA summarily withdraws the NDI Draft Guidance and goes on the record stating that the agency will not, now or ever, review, consider, surveil or engage in enforcement activities according to the re-interpretation of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) evident in its Guidance document but, instead, will honor the law that the American people gave to the FDA (via Congress) to uphold via regulation according to both the spirit, letter, and plain and intended meaning of DSHEA.

This petition calls for Congress to immediately take action to protect the lives of children under 9 months of age.

Elected officials should be required to accept the same cuts in income the public are subjected to. If they are required to endure the same austerity we do it might get them to do some work.

U.S. Constitution guarantees free speech, voting rights, and guarantee of right to control copying. Right to control copy has been trampled by Pirate Internet. Do the Right thing. Support Creative Rights, not mega-rich-tech-corporations online not paying.

Convicted murderer Zachary Schams has requested to be released from custody a mere two and one half years after brutally murdering Tony Edlbeck on 04/01/2009 (http://www.channel3000.com/news/20298658/detail.html). The courts have granted him a release hearing for 03/20/13. Please sign this petition to let the courts know this is not acceptable.

US Representatives and Senators should have term limits so that citizens get the best possible representation. They should serve no longer than the President serves. Two 4-year terms. We need to clean house more often.

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election."

Money in politics getting the money out of politics limiting campaign contributions

It's to eliminate the "a coporation is a person" that the Supreme Court passed. Even in the Gettysburg address, the last line says, "... of the people, for the people, by the people..." It does not refer to corporations.

Did you know that our state constitution requires Washington to fully fund basic education? In fact, it calls it the state’s “paramount duty”. Washington has the strongest language of any state when it comes to education funding---no other state constitution protects public education to the extent ours does. So, WHY are the Governor and legislators considering the following in order to balance the state budget? 1) Reduce the school year by 5 days. 2) Increase class sizes by average of two students per class in grades 4 through 12 3) Cut teacher salaries. 4) Reduce teacher health care benefits. 5) Slash funding for 1,000 preschool students. 6) Reduce assistance to property-poor school districts by $150 million. 7) Suspend salary step increases for teachers. 8) End sick leave cash-out for employees not retiring. 9) Eliminate funding for student bus transportation. 10) Eliminate the National Board bonus. 11) Cut funding for all-day kindergarten in high-poverty schools. HERE ARE THE FACTS 1) Washington is 49th in the nation in class size. 2) We rank 47th in the nation in per-pupil spending. 3) We’re dead LAST in average teacher compensation among West Coast states. 4) Nearly 3,700 educators’ jobs have already been slashed by the legislature. 5) Enrollment in our state has surged by almost 7,000 students. 6) The legislature suspended all funding for I-728, which provided class size reduction money to districts. 7) Gone also is I-732, which guaranteed an annual cost-of-living adjustment for school employees. 8) Salaries for teachers were cut an equivalent of 6.4 days over the past several years. 9) Health benefits have been frozen for teachers, despite increases in medical premiums. 10) The legislature “hijacked” federal funding for education jobs, keeping the money intended to go directly to local school districts. 11) The legislature cut almost $2.5 billion from public schools during the last three legislative sessions. As a part of a Day of Action across the state, November 28th teachers, district workers and pro-public education supporters will be wearing red to signify our collective belief that our legislators should NOT CUT public education and instead find other solutions to our tax revenue shortfall. If we can get enough signatures quickly, on November 28th as part of the Day of Action, this petition will be delivered to our legislators as they start the special session to deal with the projected $2 billion shortfall. Find more related info here: http://www.washingtonea.org/