Archive: 2012

“Today, the House again made it clear that the United States will use every tool at our disposal to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

“We have an opportunity to relieve some of the uncertainty that exists in our economy as to how we’re going to pay the bills and how America’s working families are going to pay the bills.”

“Keeping loving families together, particularly in cases in which one partner or spouse is a U.S. citizen, should be a priority for immigration enforcement.”

“Today, House Republicans have irresponsibly set into motion the default of the United States Postal Service for the first time in history.”

The House will soon vote on H.R. 8, a Republican-sponsored measure which would end vital expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit and ends the American Opportunity Tax Credit (which helps make college more affordable for middle… Continue

House Democrats introduced a bill to cut middle class taxes and give one hundred percent of Americans a tax cut. This is the same bill that has already passed the Senate and would be signed into law by President Obama without delay…. Continue

“Today’s ruling marks another historic step forward in the fight for equality for LGBT Americans. This decision demonstrates a clear message from federal courts across the country: it is time to relegate DOMA to the dustbin of history.”

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered testimony today at a House Rules Committee hearing on tax cut legislation being introduced in the House.

“The announcement of a framework to prevent a government shutdown is a good start; now comes the hard work of filling in the details.”

“Forty-seven years ago, Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid; over nearly half a century, we have sustained them; now and into the future, we will protect them.”