When 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times in the back by Chicago police officers, the city paid McDonald’s mother a settlement of $5 million. When this amount of public money is spent to atone for the wrongdoings committed by police, the public deserves to have access to the spending decisions.  The current law prevents transparency in settlement decision-making during the Rahm Emanuel administration. For instance, there have been stories of off-record briefings between the mayor’s office and aldermen regarding misconduct litigation, where aldermen were not even allowed to take notes. The PSTA (Police Settlement Transparency and Accountability) Ordinance is aimed at making sure that the City Council never repeats the approval of large payouts without having the information they need to do their job. It will lift the veil of secrecy from police misconduct litigation in Chicago. With the PSTA, we have a chance to bring transparency, democratic oversight, and justice to the city’s police accountability system. The people of Chicago deserve transparent and responsive police accountability systems. By signing this petition, you can pressure the city council to make more responsible decisions with taxpayer dollars.

My house was an adjustable loan. I became disabled and missed a few payments. The creditor (Residential Credit Solutions) never gave me a loan modification; however, they gave a modification that I couldn't afford when I returned to work. 2% for 3 years which totaled a payment of $1600 (I only take home $1700 per month) 4% for 2 years for a payment of $1900 per month and final payments would be at 5% for the remainder of the loan which is a payment of $2000 per month. They also added the $11,000 to the balance of my loan which is now $333,000. My house is only worth $240,000 and I've lived here for 14 years and I never thought I would have to leave my community. They are going to sell my house in a foreclosure sale on 02/28/2012 no matter what. They wanted me to sign a settlement agreement that stated that I can never sue them for anything ever again. This is not right! This behavior by Wall Street Lenders must stop. This robo-signing must stop. MERS must stop selling peoples' homes! Lenders should be accountable for fraud!

Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below.. A. Two Six-year Senate terms B. Six Two-year House terms C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms 2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 3. 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. 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 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.

To further the cause of democracy, and provide a voice for those who are unsatisified with the two options provided to us by the two major parties, we the undersigned are asking the major polling institute and media outlets to include the Libertarian presumptive nominee Governor Gary Johnson in the Presidential Election polls.

Join Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva, Mark Pocan and Barbara Lee in urging President-elect Trump not to choose Iraq War advocates for key positions to guide the foreign policy of his administration.

Corporations should not be able to deduct giant CEO pay packages from their taxes. Congress must pass the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act.

I need changes is " Grandparents rights" To give Grandparents more rights to see their Grandchildren specially if the Grandparents Son or Daughter passed away and after his or her passing the grandparents are not allowed to see deceased Son or Daughter child by the living parent of the child. Is cruel for both the child and the Grandparent this child is still my grandchild even if our Son or Daughter passed away.

We do not support on-going late night time work on Torrey Pines except in the cases of emergency.

I'm requesting an amendment for Grandparents who lose their child, and they had grandchildren of this son or daughter, to have the right to see this child if they request visitation rights because we no longer have our son or daughter to speak in favor of us having a relationship with this child.

Many people of color are having their posts reported and taken down even if their content does not violate the community guidelines. It should not be possible for another user to use racism to silence black and brown Instagram users by successfully reporting their content.