Today House Republicans released a study highlighting their economic policies and even they couldn’t hide the fact that their “So Be It” agenda does not address Americans’ #1 priority – jobs. From The Hill, GOP study backs ‘cut and grow’ but says… Continue

Republican Leader Eric Cantor has recently said the Republican budget proposal would include “bold reforms” to overhaul Medicare and Social Security. What would Mr. Cantor’s “bold reforms” look like? Look no further than Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap for America’s Future,”… Continue

While American consumers and businesses are facing rising gas prices, House Republicans are trying to take advantage of this pain at the pump to justify their unpopular policies to stop EPA from updating limits on air pollution that threaten our health. The… Continue

On Wednesday, Speaker Boehner convened the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) which voted 3-2 along party lines to direct the House General Counsel to initiate defense of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) using outside lawyers. This afternoon, Leader Pelosi… Continue

Despite poll after poll showing the American people just don’t support the GOP’s “So Be It” spending bill that destroys 700,000 jobs and threatens our economic recovery, Republicans are pushing ahead: From Reuters, Tea Party pressures Boehner in US budget battle: U.S…. Continue

The leadership of the President and the First Lady on the issue of bullying will help protect America’s most valuable resource: our nation’s children. By bringing the focus, energy, and creativity of the Obama Administration to this issue, we can implement new… Continue

Speaker Boehner plans to discuss gas prices today at his weekly press conference, but we’ve seen his scorecard before. The GOP’s “none of the above” drill-only plan does nothing to reduce the pain at the pump America’s middle class families are facing… Continue

A Bloomberg poll released this morning shows the American people’s top priority remains jobs – but we are ten weeks into this Republican-controlled Congress and have seen zero bills introduced by the GOP to create jobs. In fact, the Republican answer to… Continue

The Republican answer to jobs thus far has been a “So Be It” spending bill that would in fact destroy 700,000 jobs and jeopardize our economic growth. This week, it appears House Republicans are continuing to put partisan politics ahead of Americans’… Continue

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is making accusations about so-called “secret” funds she discovered in the Affordable Care Act, signed into law nearly a year ago after an open, thorough and transparent debate in the House and Senate–including 79 House hearings and 53 Senate… Continue