This petition urges Congress to enact THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION ACT. Irregularities and inequities in America’s criminal justice system challenge our notions of fundamental fairness. This bill will establish a commission to study the current functioning of the criminal justice system. Why We Urgently Need this Legislation: Sen. Jim Webb has introduced this bill in the Senate in Feb, 2010, but it has not progressed. It has not been introduced in the House. •With 5% of the world's population, our country now houses 25% of the world's reported prisoners. •The number of incarcerated drug offenders has soared 1200% since 1980. •Four times as many mentally ill people are in prisons than in mental health hospitals. •Post-incarceration re-entry programs are haphazard and often nonexistent, undermining public safety and making it extremely difficult for ex-offenders to become full, contributing members of society. “This is not a political question; it is a leadership challenge that affects every community in the country and calls for us to act,” said Senator Webb. “We can be smarter about whom we incarcerate, improve public safety outcomes, make better use of taxpayer dollars, and bring greater fairness to our justice system. Congress: Pass this Bill!

A Constitutional Amendment to: 1. Establish a general election for US President, Senate and House of Representatives to be held once every 6 years. 2. President, Senate and House of Representatives member, representing their country or states or districts, respectfully, would ALL be elected ONCE every 6 years and ALL for 6 years terms. 3. US citizen(s) elected to the US Presidency, Senate and House of Representatives would be ineligible to run for or be appointed to any of the 3 respective branches of the federal government for a period of 6 years following their initial 6 years term(s) or any future 6 years term(s). Successive terms are forbidden. 4. Maximum years any US citizen shall hold any position in the 3 respective branches of the federal government shall be 24 years or four non-successive terms. 5. Those US citizens that have held a position in any one of the three respective branches of the federal government prior to the ratification of this amendment may run for US President, Senate or The House of Representatives at the first general election. But their years serving as US President or Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall count against their 24 years of eligibility as described in #4 above.

1. 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 12/1/12. 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.

Dear Secretary Sullivan, The Bottle Bill, the 5¢ deposit on beverage containers, is the state’s most successful recycling and litter prevention program. Since the Bottle Bill's passage in 1983, over 35 billion containers have been redeemed, contributing to a healthier environment and cleaner, safer communities. At the very heart of the Bottle Bill are the state’s redemption centers, handling one-third of the program’s total volume. Their operating costs are covered by the bottlers, not by taxpayers, in what’s seen as the finest example of producer responsibility anywhere. Those who create the problem must take responsibility for the mess. Unfortunately, the redemption centers haven’t had a raise in 14 years. While labor, insurance, and rents have steadily increased, these hardworking small business owners have been expected to do more with less. Unable to make ends meet, half the State’s redemption centers in the state have been forced to close their doors. If we allow our redemption centers to fail, we’ll lose a vital link in the chain of recycling, lose hundreds of jobs, decrease our recycling rate, and see a significant increase in litter. I urge you to provide these small businesses with an appropriate raise, and to do so without delay.

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are 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 are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen 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.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. See #3 below. 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 are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen 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.

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are 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 are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen 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.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011* 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are 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 are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen 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.

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman shall collect a salary while in office and receive no pay when out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund shall move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds shall 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 shall lose their current health care system and participate 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 are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen 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.

Be it enacted by a vote in the seperate States and territorial possessions, that: 1) Congress will not have the power to vote on raises, the people, in the General Election, can decide if an individual Congressman deserves a raise for service. 2) Congress shall have it's pension program negated and fall under the same retirement and pension that all Federal Employees participate in. 3) Congress shall have the same benefits as all other Federal Employees, and no other. 4) Congress can accept no monies from any person's outside their congressional district, and that all monies must be reported to the respective State Attorney General. Failure to do so, the congressional member shall be subject to a fine of $250,000, loss of his seat in Congress, and/or not less than 10 years in jail, as determined by the jury. 5) At the direction of the President, Congress shall work on issues diligently in collaboration with one another and for the common good of the American People, and if deemed this is not occurring by the President, the President shall have the power to halt salaries for the period of time that it is deemed they have not acted in good faith negotitiations to resolve a particular issue. 6) No anonymous donations may be made to any third party organization and run ads for any candidate of any party because of the inherent dangers.