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“For profit prisons should not be used to house immigrants stopped at the border. These prisons are focused on their bottom line, not on the well being of their charges. People who come to our country seeking asylum are not criminals and should not be treated as such,”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Tell Your Reps: Should Private Companies Run Immigration Detention Centers?

“This law would not reform the process because it will benefit people accused of discrimination at the expense of the people discriminated against, the people the law is supposed to protect. It must be rejected.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should the Process For Filing Lawsuits Under the Americans with Disabilities Act be Reformed?

“This bill would subject state residents to higher interest rates than those permitted under state laws and allow unscrupulous lenders to base their companies or sell their loans to companies in states with higher interest rates to evade the laws of states where they do business. It is a terrible id…”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should Loans Retain Their Interest Rates if Sold or Transferred Across State Lines by the Lender?

“The White House absolutely should have a Spanish version. Democracy depends on the engagement of the public and language access is critical. (Submitted previously, just correcting typo)”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should the White House have a Spanish Website?

“We absolutely need a Spanish version of the White House website. Democracy fiends on the engagement of the public and language access is critical to that goal.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should the White House have a Spanish Website?

“The DOE’s rejection of the former policy protecting trans students use of the bathroom appropriate based on their gender identity/expression puts trans kids at risk and shows an appalling ignorance of and indifference to the struggles they face. We must do better for our kids, all kids!”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Education Dept. Will Reject Transgender Students’ Bathroom Complaints

“We need to do everything in our power to protect dreamers who have contributed so much to our society.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Senate Debates Immigration Reform - This Week in Congress

“This bill guts worker’s rights and takes away important protections to ensure that any firings are justified. It must not be passed.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Making it Easier for Federal Agencies to Fire Employees for Poor Performance or Misconduct

“This bill is symbolic and implies we are not already doing our best to find those MIA. It should not be passed.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should Efforts to Recover All 83,000 Missing and Unaccounted for U.S. Service Members be Intensified?

“People with TPS should be allowed to become citizens. Many have lived here for decades and have citizens in their families who were born here. We should help families stay together not tear them apart and these families are a vital part of our economy.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Allowing People Granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Apply For Permanent Resident Status

“There is no question that immigrants who came here as children should have a path to citizenship. DACAmented youth have shown themselves to be an asset to our society and deserve citizenship. They should not be penalized for illegal actions taken by their parents.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should Unauthorized Immigrants Brought Here Illegally as Children Have a Path to Permanent Resident Status?

“This is an absurd bill. It is not the number of regulations that are the problem. If a specific regulation isn’t working, then get rid of it. Needed regulations need to be implemented right away and considered independently of existing regulations that have no relevance to them.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: One In, Two Out: Repealing Two Federal Regulations For Each New One

“Encouraging young people to vote and educating them on their civic duty should be the cornerstone of our democracy”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should There be Grants For School Districts to Give High School Seniors Voter Registration Information?

“We need this bill now more than ever. ”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Does the President Need to be Blocked From Launching a Nuclear First Strike Unless Congress Declares War?

“This bill is completely unnecessary and elevates Christian religions over others. Christmas dominates our culture and doesn’t need special protections. The fact that other religious holidays exist and are recognized is not a threat to Christmas traditions.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Does the House Need to Speak Up Against the "War on Christmas"?

“This bill would not have the desired effect. Congress is likely to target programs it opposes on ideological grounds. So they might go after Medicare and money for National park maintenance and leave tax cuts for the rich in place.Deficit spending is sometimes necessary. And should not be foreclo…”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should Members of Congress Get Pay Cuts Each Year Until the Budget is Balanced?

“Airlines should assume the risk of overbooking a flight, not shift it to passengers. They get the profit so they should assume the risk.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should Airlines be Prohibited From Forcibly Removing a Passenger From an Overbooked Flight?

“This bill is crucial to maintain the separation of powers and to ensure the integrity of our political system.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should a Special Counsel be Entitled to a Judicial Review of Their Firing?

“People deserve to know about conflicts of interest when making decisions.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Should Proxy Advisory Firms Have to Register With the SEC & Disclose Conflicts of Interest to Clients?

“This bill disproportionately hurts blue states who already pay more in taxes than they get back on federal money. It also subsidizes the wealthiest in our country to the detriment of the rest of us.”

- MARY M

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In Response to: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Cutting Taxes for Individuals and Businesses