Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

We need to build on the success of Social Security by developing bold and innovative ways for Americans to build wealth and save for retirement. I believe we can work together in a bipartisan manner to accomplish these goals.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Forget about whether global warming exists. My focus is on jobs.

At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.