To: Congressional Republicans Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office Dt: May 29, 2012 Re: Why Wait? We both agree that taxes should not be hiked on America’s middle class. So why wait to provide American families and small businesses … Continue reading
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Today Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Boehner calling for the House to immediately vote on a permanent extension of the middle income tax cuts – for those making up to $1 million – and use the … Continue reading
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It’s been another banner week for House Republicans to showcase what they do best: dysfunction and obstruction. In the past five days, the GOP: Voted to begin implementing their out-of-touch budget that puts millionaires ahead of the middle class while … Continue reading
While House Republicans may howl about deficit reduction until they are orange in the face, that ideal is being quickly tossed aside in order to reward their special interest friends and the wealthiest in our country. Again. The Hill: House … Continue reading
This afternoon, House Republicans voted 228-184 to end the Medicare guarantee…again. The GOP just used a “dream and pass” parliamentary procedure to pretend that both the House and Senate have passed their disastrous budget that lets Medicare wither on the … Continue reading
Today, Leader Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer wrote to Speaker John Boehner expressing concern over the House of Representative’s intervention in the case of Cooper-Harris vs. U.S., a case in which a decorated U.S. Army veteran and her same-sex … Continue reading
While today marks the start of the second session of the 112th Congress, it doesn’t look like House Republicans learned their lesson from a year in the Majority ignoring America’s top priority: job creation. Instead of focusing on jobs this … Continue reading
To: Those Interested In Facts Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office Dt: November 21, 2011 Re: Setting the Record Straight on the Supercommittee – Democrats Supported Big, Bold, Balanced Plan; GOP Supported Grover Norquist’s ‘Protect the One Percent’ Pledge Over … Continue reading
Leader Pelosi released the following statement today after the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Senator Patty Murray and Representative Jeb Hensarling, announced that the committee did not reach a bipartisan agreement: Americans demanded and Democrats repeatedly … Continue reading
Today the House will be voting on a Republican bill (H.J.Res. 2) to amend the constitution with a “Balanced Budget Amendment” (BBA) which which would destroy jobs, drastically cut Medicare and Social Security, and give federal judges power to raise … Continue reading