diff --git a/JS/ajax.js b/JS/ajax.js
index 5ac39cb..ac16b33 100644
--- a/JS/ajax.js
+++ b/JS/ajax.js
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ $(function() {
 $("#form").submit(function(){
     var values = $("form").serialize();
     var comment = $("#comment").val();
+    
     console.log(values);
     $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
-      url: "handlerAjax.php",
+      url: "handler.php",
       data: values,
       success: function() {
         $("#comments tbody").prepend("<tr><td>" +
diff --git a/api_functions.php b/api_functions.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab908c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_functions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+function last_action($bill_id) {
+
+$api_key = "/?apikey=bcc2a830883c4f459dbffe94b2a3e90f";
+$url_base = "http://openstates.org/api/v1/";
+$url = $url_base . 'bills/' . $bill_id . $api_key;
+$bill_json = file_get_contents($url);
+$bill_detail = json_decode($bill_json, true);
+
+return strtok($bill_detail[action_dates][last], " ") ;
+
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api_getter.php b/api_getter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33bcaa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_getter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+// api_getter.php
+// class for saving and getting info to/from API
+
+class api_getter {
+
+    private $api_key = "/?apikey=bcc2a830883c4f459dbffe94b2a3e90f";
+    private $url_base = "http://openstates.org/api/v1/";
+
+public function last_action($bill_id) {
+    $url_base = $this->url_base
+    $key = $this->api_key
+    $url = $url_base . 'bills/' . $bill_id . $key;
+    $bill_json = file_get_contents($url);
+    $bill_detail = json_decode($bill_json, true);
+    return $bill_detail[action_dates][last];
+}
+
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dao.php b/dao.php
index 611b2c1..3237896 100644
--- a/dao.php
+++ b/dao.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-// Dao.php
+// dao.php
 // class for saving and getting info to/from MySQL
 
 class Dao {
@@ -43,21 +43,24 @@ public function redirect($url, $flash_message = NULL) {
 	  die;
 	}
 
-  public function saveComment ($comment) {
+  public function saveComment ($username, $comment, $bill, $comment_type) {
     $conn = $this->getConnection();
     $saveQuery =
         "INSERT INTO comments
-        (comment)
+        (username, comment, bill_id, comment_type)
         VALUES
-        (:comment)";
+        (:username, :comment, :bill,  :comment_type)";
     $q = $conn->prepare($saveQuery);
+    $q->bindParam(":username", $username);
     $q->bindParam(":comment", $comment);
-    $q->execute();
+    $q->bindParam(":bill", $bill);
+    $q->bindParam(":comment_type", $comment_type);
+    return $q->execute();
   }
 
-  public function getComments () {
+  public function getComments ($bill, $comment_type) {
     $conn = $this->getConnection();
-    return $conn->query("SELECT * FROM comments");
+    return $conn->query("SELECT username, comment, date FROM comments WHERE bill_id = '$bill' AND comment_type = '$comment_type'");
   }
   
   public function newUser ($username, $password, $email) {
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ public function saveBills ($bill_id, $year, $title, $bill_name, $connection) {
   
   public function getBills () {
     $conn = $this->getConnection();
-    return $conn->query("SELECT bill_name, title, (votes_for + votes_against) AS total
+    return $conn->query("SELECT bill_name, bill_id, title, (votes_for + votes_against) AS total
       FROM bills
       ORDER BY total
       LIMIT 5");
diff --git a/dash.php b/dash.php
index 6efbb46..024d144 100644
--- a/dash.php
+++ b/dash.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  		 <div class="loginbox">
  		 <div class="dashitem">
  			<p>You are logged in as <?= $_SESSION["name"] ?>.</p>
- 			<?php var_dump($_SESSION); ?>
  		</div>
  			<form id="logout" action="logout.php" method="post">
  				<input type="submit" value="Log out" />
diff --git a/handler.php b/handler.php
index 231826c..49c5e88 100644
--- a/handler.php
+++ b/handler.php
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 <?php
 // handler.php
 // handle comment posts, saving to MySQL and redirecting back to the list
-require_once("Dao.php");
+
+if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
+	session_start();
+}
+
+require_once("dao.php");
 
   if (isset($_SESSION["name"]) && isset($_POST["commentButton"])) {
     $comment = $_POST["comment"];
     $comment_type = $_POST["vote"];
+    $bill = $_POST["bill"];
+    $username = $_SESSION["name"];
+    
+    $_SESSION["billfromdao"] = $bill; 
 
     try {
       $dao = new Dao();
-      $dao->saveComment($comment);
-    }catch (Exception $e) {
+      $dao->saveComment($username, $comment, $bill, $comment_type);
+    }
+      catch (Exception $e) {
       var_dump($e);
       die;
     }
-   }
+  }
+    else {
+			$dao = new Dao();
+			$dao -> redirect("index.php", "Please log in to comment.");
+		}
+
   header("Location:index.php");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index c5ab4da..61d0146 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 $thisPage = 'Home'; 
 require_once "dao.php";
+include 'api_functions.php';
   $dao = new Dao();
+  
 include 'top.php'; ?>
 
   <body>
@@ -11,118 +13,67 @@
 <?php include 'dash.php'; ?>
 
 <div class="billmain">
-      <div class="active">
-        <p>Most Active Bills</p>
-
-<?php 
-        $bill_list = $dao->getBills();
+  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+  <script src="JS/ajax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+  <?php 
+    $bill_list = $dao->getBills();
 
-    foreach ($bill_list as $bill) { ?>
+    foreach ($bill_list as $bill) { 
+      $action_date = last_action($bill["bill_id"]) ?>
+      <div class="active">
+        <p>Active Bills</p>
       <div class="billimage"><span><?php echo $bill["bill_name"]; ?></span></div>
-      <div class="lastaction">Passed xx/xx/xxxx</div>
+      <div class="lastaction">Last Action: <?php echo $action_date; ?> </div>
       <div class="billsummary"><?php echo $bill["title"]; ?></div>
-    <?php } ?>
-    </div>
-    </div>
-
-<!--        
-        <div class="comments">
+      
+      <div class="comments">
           <div class="commentbox">
             <form name="commentForm" action="handler.php" method="POST">
-              <textarea name="comment" rows="4" placeholder="Write comments or testimony here, select pro, neutral or anti, and press Go."></textarea>
-              <label>Yea or Nay?</label>
+              <textarea name="comment" rows="4" placeholder="Write comments or testimony here, select pro, neutral or anti, and press Submit."></textarea>
+              <label>Yea, Nay of Neutral?</label>
               <label>
                 <input type="radio" name="vote" value="pro" /><img class="prolabel" src="images/thumbs_up.png" />
               </label>
-              <label class="neutrallabel">
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="neutral" />?</label>
               <label>
                 <input type="radio" name="vote" value="anti" /><img class="antilabel" src="images/thumbs_down.png" />
               </label>
-              <input type="submit" name="commentButton" value="Comment" />
-              <input type="hidden" name="form" value="comment">
-            </form>
-          </div>  -->
-    
- <!--   <div class="billmain">
-      <div class="active">
-        <p>Most Active</p>
-        <div class="billimage"><span>S 1081</span></div>
-        <div class="lastaction">Passed Senate, 2/20/2015</div>
-        <div class="billsummary">Summary: HEALTH CARE - Amends existing law to provide reserves and surplus requirements of public postsecondary educational institutions with a public postsecondary educational institution plan for health care benefits.</div>
-        <div class="comments">
-          <div class="commentbox">
-            <form name="commentForm" action="handler.php" method="POST">
-              <textarea name="comment" rows="4" placeholder="Write comments or testimony here, select pro, neutral or anti, and press Go."></textarea>
-              <label>Yea or Nay?</label>
-              <label>
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="pro" /><img class="prolabel" src="images/thumbs_up.png" />
-              </label>
               <label class="neutrallabel">
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="neutral" />?</label>
-              <label>
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="anti" /><img class="antilabel" src="images/thumbs_down.png" />
-              </label>
-              <input type="submit" name="commentButton" value="Comment" />
-              <input type="hidden" name="form" value="comment">
+                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="neutral" checked="checked" />?</label>
+              <input type="submit" name="commentButton" value="Submit" />
+              <input type="hidden" name="form" value="comment" />
+              <input type="hidden" name="bill" value="<?php echo $bill["bill_id"]; ?>" />
             </form>
-          </div>  -->
-          
-          
-         <?php
-/*    $comments = $dao->getComments();
-    echo "<table>";
-    foreach ($comments as $comment) {
-      echo "<tr>";
-      echo "<td>" . $comment["comment"] . "</td>";
- #    echo "<td>" . $comment["created"] . "</td>";
-      echo "</tr>";
-    }
-    echo "</table>";
- */   ?> 
           </div>
-      
-
-<!--    <div class="active">
-        <p>Also Active</p>
-        <div class="billimage"><span>S 1082</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="lastaction">Passed Senate, 2/20/2015</div>
-        <div class="billsummary">Summary: HEALTH CARE - Amends existing law to provide reserves and surplus requirements of public postsecondary educational institutions with a public postsecondary educational institution plan for health care benefits.</div>
-        <div class="comments">
-          <div class="commentbox">
-            <form>
-              <textarea name="comment" rows="4" placeholder="Write comments or testimony here, select pro, neutral or anti, and press Go."></textarea>
-              <label>Yea or Nay?</label>
-              <label>
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="pro" /><img class="prolabel" src="images/thumbs_up.png" />
-              </label>
-              <label class="neutrallabel">
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="neutral" />?</label>
-              <label>
-                <input type="radio" name="vote" value="anti" /><img class="antilabel" src="images/thumbs_down.png" />
-              </label>
-
+          
+            <div class="pro"><h3>Yea</h3>
+              <?php $comments = $dao->getComments($bill["bill_id"], "pro");
+              foreach ($comments as $comment) { 
+              ?>
+              <span><?php echo $comment["username"]; ?> says:</span> <?php echo $comment["comment"];
+              echo "DATE:" . $comment["date"]; ?> 
+              <?php } ?>
+            </div> 
+            
+            <div class="neutral"><h3>Neutral</h3>
+              <?php $comments = $dao->getComments($bill["bill_id"], "neutral");
+              foreach ($comments as $comment) {  ?>
+              <span><?php echo $comment["username"]; ?> says:</span> <?php echo $comment["comment"] ?>
+              <?php } ?>
+            </div>
 
-              <input type="submit" value="Go" />
-            </form>
-          </div>
-          <div class="pro">
-            <span>Conrad says:</span> Best bill ever ... Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, nobis suavitate iracundia ei his, ad nihil eirmod quo, viris temporibus qui eu. Et idque omnes instructior usu, qui ut posse everti lobortis, id his deserunt assentior.
-            Quo oratio senserit te, verterem constituto usu ut. Te pro aeque equidem maluisset, ponderum consetetur sea no. At volutpat torquatos adipiscing est, tempor temporibus in cum.
-          </div>
-          <div class="neutral">
-            <span>Sarah says:</span> Could go either way... Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, nobis suavitate iracundia ei his, ad nihil eirmod quo, viris temporibus qui eu. Et idque omnes instructior usu, qui ut posse everti lobortis, id his deserunt assentior.
-            Quo oratio senserit te, verterem constituto usu ut. Te pro aeque equidem maluisset, ponderum consetetur sea no. At volutpat torquatos adipiscing est, tempor temporibus in cum.
-          </div>
-          <div class="anti">
-            <span>José says:</span> Impeach! Impeach! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, nobis suavitate iracundia ei his, ad nihil eirmod quo, viris temporibus qui eu. Et idque omnes instructior usu, qui ut posse everti lobortis, id his deserunt assentior.
-            Quo oratio senserit te, verterem constituto usu ut. Te pro aeque equidem maluisset, ponderum consetetur sea no. At volutpat torquatos adipiscing est, tempor temporibus in cum.
-          </div>
-        </div>
+            <div class="anti"><h3>Nay</h3>
+              <?php $comments = $dao->getComments($bill["bill_id"], "anti");
+              foreach ($comments as $comment) {  ?>
+              <span><?php echo $comment["username"]; ?> says:</span> <?php echo $comment["comment"] ?>
+              <?php } ?>
+            </div>
       </div>
+    </div>
+      
+    <?php } ?>
 
-    </div> -->
+  </div>
+</div>
 
   
 
diff --git a/nhoffman.sql b/nhoffman.sql
index e6c5fc5..b792ed9 100644
--- a/nhoffman.sql
+++ b/nhoffman.sql
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ comment_id BIGINT(20) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
 username VARCHAR(64),
 comment MEDIUMBLOB,
 comment_link VARCHAR(200),
-type VARCHAR(9),
+comment_type VARCHAR(9),
 votes_for TINYINT,
 votes_against TINYINT,
 flags TINYINT,
-bill_id BIGINT(20),
+bill_id VARCHAR(20),
 comment_ip VARCHAR(100),
-date DATETIME,
+comment TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 comment_parent BIGINT(20),
 approved BOOL
 );
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 0ef417b..abc8e10 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -302,11 +302,19 @@ div {
 	height: 100%;
 	padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
 }
+.pro, .neutral, .anti, h3 {
+	color: black;
+	text-transform: uppercase;
+	font-size: 1.2em;
+	line-height: 1.5em;
+	text-align: center;
+}
 .pro {
 	float: left;
 	width: 32%;
 	border-right: 1px dashed black;
 	padding-right: 5px;
+	min-height: 1px;
 	line-height: 1.2em;
 }
 .neutral {
@@ -315,12 +323,14 @@ div {
 	border-right: 1px dashed black;
 	padding-left: 5px;
 	padding-right: 5px;
+	min-height: 1px;
 	line-height: 1.2em;
 }
 .anti {
 	float: left;
 	width: 31%;
 	padding-left: 5px;
+	min-height: 1px;
 	line-height: 1.2em;
 }
 .commentbox input[type=radio] {