Senators – especially Minority Leader Harry Reid - should urge New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez to withdraw from Democratic leadership until corruption charges against him are resolved.

Stop Verizon from discontinuing employee discounts for customers who have retired.

We the undersigned support the creation of a Non-profit Business Incubator. We are looking for this Non-Profit Business Incubator to support Veterans, First responders and others in need of supportive assistance in development of forward thinking and progressive non-profits businesses in Maryland. We are looking for the support of Advanced ADHD Coaching (A non-profit that supports Veterans with disabilities.) The 6th Branch (A Veterans Service Organization), MANO (Maryland Non-profits) and UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) to support and lead this project.

The US should fully fund World Health Organization, World Food Program and other UN programs to aid Syrian refugees in the Middle East.

General Nutrition Center (GNC) is a huge shark cartilage seller, misleadingly marketing their shark products as a remedy for arthritis with anti-cancer properties. I urge you to stop selling shark cartilage, and stop driving sharks to extinction.

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 was introduced in the 117th US Congress on February 24th of this year as H.R.1280. This bill was sponsored by US Representative Karen Bass out of California and co-sponsored by 199 other Democratic Representatives. It took exactly (5) business days for the bill to be voted on in the House. On March 3rd the bill passed with a vote of 220-212. Since then the bill has been in the Senate and today's date, as I compose this petition, is September 15th. Remember this; (5) business days in the House, (7) months and counting in the Senate. According to www.statista.com article; Number of people shot to death by US police published by Statista Research Department, Sep 6, 2021, for the months of March through August of this year, a total of 481 US Citizens have been shot to death by our police. The George Floyd Act could have made a difference for those 481 Americans if our Senate had passed the Bill in a timely manner. How long will it take for our Senators to protect American citizens, especially "people of color" who are being hunted and slaughtered by police? How many more of us will be shot to death by police officers before this bill is passed? For (7) months a bill that could have saved lives has sat in the Senate waiting to be voted on. This is unacceptable, pass this bill! La Ley de Justicia en la Policía de George Floyd de 2021 se presentó en el 117 ° Congreso de los EE. UU. El 24 de febrero de este año como H.R.1280. Este proyecto de ley fue patrocinado por la representante estadounidense Karen Bass de California y copatrocinado por otros 199 representantes demócratas. Se necesitaron exactamente (5) días hábiles para que el proyecto de ley se votara en la Cása. El 3 de marzo, el proyecto de ley fue aprobado con una votación de 220-212. Desde entonces, el proyecto de ley ha estado en el Senado y la fecha de hoy, cuando redacto esta petición, es el 15 de septiembre. Durante (7) meses, un proyecto de ley que podría haber salvado las vidas de ciudadanos estadounidenses se ha sentado en el Senado a la espera de ser votado. Recuerda esto; (5) días hábiles en la Cása, (7) meses y contando en el Senado. Según el artículo de www.statista.com; Número de personas asesinadas a tiros por la policía de los EE. UU. Publicado por el Departamento de Investigación de Statista, el 6 de septiembre de 2021, durante los meses de marzo a agosto de este año, 481 ciudadanos estadounidenses han sido asesinados a tiros por nuestra policía. La Ley George Floyd podría haber marcado la diferencia para esos 481 estadounidenses si nuestro Senado hubiera aprobado el proyecto de ley de manera oportuna. ¿Cuánto tiempo tardarán nuestros senadores en proteger a los ciudadanos estadounidenses, especialmente a las "personas de color" que están siendo cazadas y masacradas? ¿Cuántos ciudadanos estadounidenses más serán asesinados a tiros por agentes de policía antes de que se apruebe este proyecto de ley? Durante (7) meses, un proyecto de ley que podría haber salvado vidas ha estado en el Senado a la espera de ser votado. ¡Esto es inaceptable, apruebe este proyecto de ley!

Tell the Orange County Board of Education why you want a public Waldorf charter school in Ocean View School District (Huntington Beach) next year.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation to help our economy and the 11 million undocumented has passed in the Senate. Your Speaker Boehner will invoke the Hastert Rule and not bring this critical bill to the House floor unless you act to ensure that he does. A "piecemeal" approach will not suffice. Half measures will only perpetuate the misery of our undocumented second class tier of citizens who are subject to poor working conditions, below minimum pay, threats, deportation, detention centers, and separated family members. The condition of our present immigration system only serves to benefit the private prison system, detention centers, and employers who take advantage of those folks who are caught in the immigration trap. Say you will do what is moral and economical for our Nation. You either stand with Rep. Steve King (R) IA, or with the reasonable Republican members in the House who understand the vision the Senate immigration bill provides: "A Pathway to Citizenship that Keeps Families together".

Every American citizen who endorses the notion that this great nation of ours symbolizes "liberty and justice for all", must also embrace the democratic principle of "One Person, One Vote". Weakening the VRA- in any way, shape, or form- will be a death knell for fair elections in this country. As progressive elections administration practices in parts of Europe continue to raise the bar and support the argument for uniformity and standardization (between the U.S. States), we, the citizens of the United States of America, simply cannot afford for existing laws that were formulated specifically to prevent Minority Voter Suppression and Minority Voter Disenfranchisment to be repealed. Please, sign your name to this Petition: "Preserve the Voting Rights Act [VRA] of 1965". It will be forwarded to the Supreme Court of the United States, which has begun review of a lawsuit filed by an Alabama County (Shelby) arguing the constitutionality of the VRA's Section 5 stipulation. Section 5 establishes jurisdictions that must submit a formal request to the United State's Justice Department, prior to instituting ANY change to the practices, policies, or procedures by which those jurisdictions administer the vote. Reflect, if you will, upon the many controversial irregularities that have transpired in certain U.S. States only since Year 2000! Well, many of those incidents directly impacted MINORITY voters, which means they (ultimately) affected EVERY voter. Even a full decade later, in Year 2012, the administration of American elections is far from the fluid process it should be, and this appears particularly the case in U.S. Counties and States with a sizable MINORITY voting population. This is unacceptable! This is undemocratic! This is un-American! We need the VRA, and every component of it, as it presently exists! Protect the VRA! Please sign! Thank you. And God Bless America. Patriotically, COUNT EVERY VOTE BUFFALO [email protected] Https://www.facebook.com/counteveryvotebuffalo.lifteveryvoice 24/7 Voter Assistance & Complaint Hotline: (716) 817-0018 Buffalo, New York, USA

Warren Buffet, in a interview with CNBC, Offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," He toldCNBC. "you just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. 1. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure. Congressional Reform Act of 2012 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.