H. R. 1529 - The Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2009
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Feb 21st, 2011Someone from Dallas, TX signed.
Feb 21st, 2011Someone from Dallas, TX signed.
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Feb 21st, 2011Someone from Fort Worth, TX signed.
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Feb 20th, 2011Someone from Fort Worth, TX writes:
Help them become productive citizens, once their debt has been paid!!!Feb 20th, 2011Someone from Dallas, TX signed.
Feb 19th, 2011Someone from Ypsilanti, MI signed.
Feb 16th, 2011Someone from Columbus, OH signed.
Feb 15th, 2011Someone from Toledo, OH signed.
Feb 15th, 2011Someone from Lutz, FL writes:
Have a perfect chance to advance to become a assistant manager for my company but not sure if I can get it due to a mistake made 7yrs ago please help us.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 8th, 2011Someone from Chicago, IL signed.
Feb 6th, 2011Someone from Schertz, TX writes:
PLEASE EXSPUNGE THESE RECORDS. AND CONSIDER US ONES WITH MISDEMEANORS. WE ARE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER. NO NOE WANTS OR WILL HIRE US. I CAN'T EVEN GET A JOB AT WALMART OR MCDONALDS. REP. CHARLES RANGEL IS THE MAN WHOM CARES FOR ALL.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 5th, 2011Someone from San Antonio, TX signed.
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Feb 3rd, 2011Someone from Naperville, IL signed.
Feb 3rd, 2011Someone from Richardson, TX signed.
Feb 3rd, 2011Someone from Richardson, TX writes:
I appreciate someone taking initiative to do something! I have a DWI felony from 2007 and am having a horrible time finding employment.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 3rd, 2011Someone from Surprise, AZ writes:
Even worse for any deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals because they already have some barriers from getting a career job and will have DOUBLE difficulty finding a job with a felony record. Federal Gov't simply don't care and all they see is "black & white", not color (which means based on papers, not knowing this each individual). If Feds insist showing that they do care, why can't they flex their nasty guidelines? For sure, more and more civilians are getting tired of Feds' crap.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 3rd, 2011Someone from Cottage Grove, MN signed.
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Feb 2nd, 2011Someone from Las Vegas, NV signed.
Feb 2nd, 2011Someone from Clifton, TX signed.
Feb 1st, 2011Someone from Cathedral City, CA signed.
Feb 1st, 2011Someone from Falls Church, VA writes:
People make mistake if life and can not move on and reform that life because society will not let them. America people wonder way that unemployment rate is so high it because the people who have a crimnal record is not given a chance at employment, even if that have Bachelors, Master, or certifcation. If you have a crimnal record and made progress to change your life with education and alot of years of passed since your cimnal offense then I believe that we as americans should be given opportunities to progress in life as well. It seems to me that people who have a change there life with a cirmnal history is serving a life sentence given out by employers and soicety not the court system.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 29th, 2011Someone from Englewood, NJ signed.
Jan 29th, 2011Someone from Metairie, LA signed.
Jan 29th, 2011Someone from New Orleans, LA signed.
Jan 26th, 2011Someone from Dorr, MI writes:
Employment! Finding a job in this economy is tough enough to say the least. With having to disclose a felony conviction on virtually every job application makes the chances of finding a job virtually impossible. A fair waiting period is all we want. First time and one time offenders that have done the punishment for their crime seemingly have to pay for it the rest of their lives when trying to find a job, let alone establish a new career.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 25th, 2011Someone from Springfield, MO signed.
Jan 25th, 2011Someone from Acworth, GA signed.
Jan 21st, 2011Someone from Hazleton, PA signed.
Jan 21st, 2011Someone from Hazleton, PA signed.
Jan 20th, 2011Someone from Norfolk, VA writes:
There's not a person alive who has not made a mistake. It is wrong to flog a person for the rest of their lives after they've done their time.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 20th, 2011Someone from Fort Worth, TX writes:
All that we are asking is another chance to life for first time non-violent offenders. Perhaps narrow the scope of the background check to 5 years, rather than "have you ever been convicted of a felony." Have you been convicted of a felony in the last five years." This would be fair for everyone.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 19th, 2011Someone from Duncanville, TX signed.
Jan 17th, 2011Someone from Shreveport, LA signed.
Jan 17th, 2011Someone from Carmichael, CA writes:
We are contributing to the high costs of incarceration and perpetuating the loss of fathers by not offering hope after first time offenses. Please consider rehab, job training and other answers.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 16th, 2011Someone from Detroit, MI signed.
Jan 14th, 2011Someone from Dearborn Heights, MI writes:
I think, after so many years have passed, without any new convictions, first time, non-violent offenders should have automatic expungement of the felony. Some type of process is needed as an incentive to do just that. At the present time there are no remedies to help in the federal system. It seems like the federal government would be more likely to help than state government, because it seems that just about every state in our union has some process to help their citizens. Hopefully this will pass this time around!REPORT COMMENTS
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