Speaker Boehner and House Republicans keep saying their focus is on jobs and economy, but 168 days into the 113thCongress the American people are still waiting for the GOP to put forward a bill to create jobs and strengthen the … Continue reading
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Today, House Republicans will vote on an ideologically motivated, dead-end bill to restrict women’s health choices. New York Times: The bill stands no chance of becoming law, with Democrats in control of the Senate and the White House. Republican leaders … Continue reading
When House Republican men bullied their latest anti-women’s health bill through the Judiciary Committee, they were mocked for having no Republican women on the committee and for refusing to make allowances to protect the health of women or victims of … Continue reading
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This morning, Speaker Boehner sat down with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “Good Morning America”: STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, we asked– our viewers for questions for you. And so many came in on the same exact theme. Where are the jobs? What … Continue reading
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House GOP Committee Chairs are doing their part to compliment Speaker Boehner’s style – “kick off least productive session in more than a decade.” National Journal: The House is holding lots of headline-grabbing oversight hearings – 100 in May alone. … Continue reading
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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
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
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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