First Amendment · Nonpartisan · Free

"Congress shall make no law… abridging the right of the people to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

— First Amendment, the Bill of Rights (1791)

Your voice.
Their attention.

The right to petition your government is guaranteed. Whether Congress is actually listening is a different question — and the answer is not encouraging. RTR is built to help you be heard anyway, and to hold Congress accountable for how hard it is.

The Listening Problem

Is Congress Really Listening?

Congress receives 6.75 million contacts a month. Four percent get a response. Eighty percent of Americans believe their officials don't care what they think. They have a point — and RTR exists because of it.

What are citizens up against?

4% of contacts get a response

80% believe Congress doesn't care

1 in 10 think Congress is listening

Democracy in Action

Redress Tools

Use your First Amendment rights — contact your representatives, weigh in on the issues, and draft the change you want to see.

Eight major issues broken into negotiable components — left, center, and right positions, with documented compromise zones. Across the political spectrum, with plain language and zero agenda.

Find your House member and both Senators, frame your position, and generate a letter ready to copy into their contact forms. RTR prepares your message — you send it. We'll also tell you exactly what to expect when you get to their forms.

Have an idea for a law? A plain-language wizard walks you through the structure of real legislation and generates a draft you can share, submit to your representative, or take to a petition drive.

A real bill draft shaped by public input. Five sections. Three documented positions each. You register which position should become law — and the aggregate becomes a living civic record.

New · July 4, 2026

Recall, initiative, and referendum — the direct democracy tools most Americans never use because the rules are buried. See what your state actually allows, then draft the petition text. We never file or place anything on a ballot.

Mark Twain

Jane Addams

Frederick Douglass

Founders & Voices

What would they say to America today?

Historical figures — in their own documented voice — brought to bear on the questions America is still arguing about. Mark Twain, Jane Addams, and Frederick Douglass are here now. Thomas Paine arrives July 4.

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1776 Road to Independence

56 days. One nation.

From Richard Henry Lee's resolution on June 7 to the signing on August 2 — the day-by-day story of how the Declaration of Independence was written, debated, and nearly defeated. Grounded in the Library of Congress and National Archives record.

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56 Days · 56 Delegates One signer.
Every day. June 7 – August 2, 2026

The famous and the forgotten.

Every day from June 7 through August 2, one signer of the Declaration of Independence — from household names to figures history nearly lost. Their stories, their risks, and what they put their names to.

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