In 2002, Poder Ciudadano (Citizen Power) collected signatures on two petitions that, through a constitutional provision, obligated the Argentine Congress to consider community-proposed legislation.  The constitutional provision requires the Congress to deliberate over any proposed legislation brought before it by community members or organizations, but such legislation must bear the signatures of 1.5 percent of Argentine citizens in at least six of 24 districts.  Using this tactic, it focused its efforts on  two problems that have had widespread effects in Argentine society recently – pensions of privilege, a system of excessive retirement benefits for former government officials, even those known to be corrupt and most recently, hunger, especially of children and pregnant women.  By late 2002, both proposals were passed by the Congress with some modifications.