We the people of the United States request that both houses of Congress, pursuant to Article 5 of the Constitution of the United States, repeal the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

It's better to prevent then regretting the 5 million of bags that are wasted yearly; and each of them take like 100 years to decompose, let stop hurting our environment.

We want 3/5 US Marine, Cpl. Farrell Gilliam's name added to the US Marine, Operation Enduring Freedom, 5th Regiment Memorial Wall

We strongly urge Hal Rogers to challenge Mitch McConnell for Kentucky's US Senate seat in 2014.

Please sign this petition to demand that Congressman Scott Garrett to hike the minimum wage. Millions will be lifted from poverty. Our nation's children will grow smart and strong. Productivity will skyrocket and healthcare costs will plummet.

Joe Pakootas has issued a paper on LWCF (pakootasforcongress.com). In 1965 Congress, under the leadership of Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson, established a Federal Program, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), to provide funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, easements of land and water, and for the benefit of all Americans. The main emphases of the Fund are recreation and the protection of national treasures such as parks, protected forests and wildlife areas (Congress, 1964, p.1). The LWCF has a broad-based coalition of support and oversight, including the National Parks Conservation Association, Environment America, The Wilderness Society, the Land Trust Alliance, and the Nature Conservancy. Allocations are made based upon project demands from communities, input from federal land management agencies and presidential recommendations to Congress. The project requests experience intense competition as they are considered by an Appropriations Committee. For the past 50 years, the primary source of income to the fund has been fees paid into a federal agency fund by oil and gas companies involved in offshore drilling. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated it is her intent to de-authorize legislation such as this that has been on the books for years. Initially authorized for a 25-year period, the LWCF Fund will expire September 30th without Congressional action. We should all be concerned that this Fund may not be considered a top priority by Rep. Rodgers and her party, and that it could wind up being allowed to die. In the meantime, the citizens of Eastern Washington will miss out on the only opportunity for funding sources needed to support our treasured local recreational spaces. As someone who cares deeply about our environment, Joe urges you to please contact Cathy's office and ask that she fight for reauthorization of this important legislation before it’s too late.

End the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling without any conditions--NOW.

Tell Speaker Boehner to call the vote! A clean up-or-down vote can happen in less than one hour and end our government's shutdown. Call the vote!

The residents listed below of the Sierra Los Pinos subdivision and adjoining private areas would like to petition the board of the county commissioners of Sandoval County, NM, to ask for an order prohibiting the running at large of livestock within the limits of the Sierra Los Pinos and Vallecitos de los Indios area and to fence out the cattle roaming freely on private land beyond the permitees legal range boundaries in the National Forest. The free roaming cattle belonging to holders of grazing permits issued by the Santa Fe National Forest are creating safety, health, sanitary and nuisance problems for area residents.

For 20 years Afghans stood beside us and our veterans. Our Exit of Afghanistan is the summation of 20 years of poor process and decision making. This is not a political issue this is a human issue. Afghans served along side us for years. Today, right now, after years of waiting- for us to keep our promise- they are abandoned. They have no US govt. support, no embassy and are looking to private citizens for help. These brave interpreters completed the steps, trusted and were waiting on the State Department to grant an interview only to have this hope burnt down within days. We the US burned their last hope down literally. Currently we have over 200 people who have SIV Ready/ Green cards and LPRS waiting to hear from the DOS. Specifically, 39 of these people are SIV Pending and or qualify for Humanitarian Parole. Today you can help support our people and our veterans by imploring both sides of the political spectrum to keep our promise and heal the wounds of this war for our veterans and our Afghan allies. Currently, for a person to apply for Humanitarian parole, every member has to pay a $575 processing fee even if you are 2 weeks old like some of the cases we have.