Speaker Boehner’s style of (not) running the House is coming into focus again with the GOP’s latest maneuver to ensure the debt-ceiling-as-hostage option remains open. From BuzzFeed: John Boehner Sits Back As Ted Cruz Fights Budget Negotiations: The fight over … Continue reading
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House Republicans are operating in fantasyland. Instead of naming budget conferees to work with the Senate on a bipartisan budget agreement, the GOP used a “deem and pass” maneuver to pretend the devastating Ryan Republican budget passed in both the … Continue reading
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
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
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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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
On February 28th, House Democrats successfully led the charge to defeat the GOP attempt to weaken the Violence Against Women Act and pass the stronger, more comprehensive reauthorization. The Senate’s bipartisan version of VAWA passed the House by a vote … Continue reading
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From the front pages of newspapers across the country – the message is clear: #StopTheSequester ALABAMA Anniston Star – Bentley: 24,000 Jobs At Stake in Budget Cuts Birmingham News – Sequestration Cuts: Furloughs Would Hit 22,000 In State Decatur Daily … Continue reading