This afternoon, Ways and Means Committee Republicans passed legislation to end this year’s federal guarantee for extended unemployment benefits–threatening unemployment insurance benefits for 4.1 million out-of-work Americans and breaking the negotiated deal they voted for last December when Republicans demanded extending tax… Continue

To: GOP Freshman (AGAIN) Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office Da: May 11, 2011 Re: Your Vote to End Medicare Is Here to Stay We know it’s hard for you to accept the anger over your vote to end Medicare as we know… Continue

This month, House Republicans are bringing a series of ‘drill only’ bills to the House floor that offer no relief for taxpayers or consumers and are instead a gift to Big Oil–which is already raking in nearly $36 billion in profits and… Continue

Americans have rejected the Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it: …polls have shown formidable public disapproval of [the plan]. Many Republican lawmakers ran into a wall of voter opposition during a congressional spring recess…[Los Angeles Times, 5/8] According to… Continue

It’s been a dizzyingly long week for the GOP followed by a lot of “confusion” as they spun their vote to end Medicare as we know it. This afternoon they floated yet another message strategy–when all else fails, blame the media: According… Continue

While we must do more to bring down unemployment and spur economic growth, today’s jobs report is a sign that our economy is moving in the right direction. 268,000 private sector jobs were created in April, marking 14 straight months of private… Continue

To: Congressional Republicans Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office Da: May 6, 2011 Re: “Confusion?” Not When It Comes to Your Vote to End Medicare As We Know It “On the table.” “Off the table.” “Absolutely not.” No “Grand Slam.” “Singles.” “Doubles.” There… Continue

As families, workers, and small businesses across the country continue to face tough economic times, record gas prices – averaging nearly $4.00 per gallon – are causing additional hardship. It’s especially unfair that those same American families, workers, and small businesses are… Continue

Congressional Republicans aren’t backing off their efforts to end Medicare as we know it, but they’re spinning so hard they must be getting dizzy. The fact remains, they voted for their budget and no amount of spinning can change that. So what’s… Continue

For two weeks, the American people have been telling the GOP they need relief at the gas pump and they aren’t buying the Republican budget plan that ends Medicare as we know it to give tax cuts to Big Oil. Today, House… Continue