It’s time to #DoYourJobGOP. We are 135 days into the 113th Congress and House Republicans are utterly failing to do their job. Instead of doing the work the American people sent them to Washington to do, the GOP is wasting … Continue reading
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This week, House Republicans will do what they do best: waste taxpayer dollars on a dead-end bill designed to do nothing more than generate talking points for the Tea Party faction. The vote du jour is the 37th attempt to … Continue reading
The latest salvo from House Republicans in the hit on women’s paychecks is nothing new… From the bill name to their rhetoric, the American people have seen this before. THEN Working Families Flexibility Act of 1996 [H.R. 2391] – Rejected … Continue reading
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Here they go again. House Republicans are trying yet again to repackage their agenda to make it appealing to working women and their families. From USA Today: House Republicans are targeting popular “mommy blog” websites in a digital ad campaign … Continue reading
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Today, the Senate voted 68-31 to end the shameful GOP filibuster and proceed with the debate on gun violence prevention legislation. 90 percent of Americans support background checks for all gun sales. 41 House Republicans have signed onto a letter … Continue reading
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It’s no wonder that the American people think Congressional Republicans are “inflexible” and “unwilling to compromise” and nearly 7 in 10 disapprove of the way they are conducting themselves in budget negotiations with President Obama. Today, President Obama released a … Continue reading
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More than 90 percent of Americans support universal background checks for people purchasing firearms. Politico – A survey from Quinnipiac University released last week found that Americans back such background checks 91-8 percent. Voters in gun-owning households say the same, … Continue reading
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In 2011, in the shadow of the GOP-crafted debt ceiling debacle that nearly wrecked our national economy, a majority of Republicans (73 percent) voted for a budget deal to end the impasse. That deal included the threat of sequestration – … Continue reading
Today, House Republicans are back again on the floor debating their failed budget which pays for tax cuts for millionaires off the backs of the middle class, ends Medicare as we know it, harms our nation’s economy and destroys American … Continue reading
It’s not Groundhog Day but it sure feels like it… Key House Republican leader – and former Vice Presidential candidate – Rep. Paul Ryan is back in the spotlight with the latest version of the GOP-Ryan budget on steroids and … Continue reading