The Gavel

This week, Democrats launched ‘A Better Deal’ a bold economic agenda to create good jobs, lower the cost of living and build an economy that gives every American the tools to succeed in the 21st Century. House Democrats stand unified in their policy proposals to create 10 million good-paying, full-time jobs over the next five years, aggressively lower prescription drug costs and put economic power back into the hands of America’s families by cracking down on corporate monopolies and mergers.

It’s safe to say it has been a flat-out horrible week for President Trump and his Administration – with all versions of Trumpcare dead, overwhelming backlash on the President’s tweets banning transgender servicemen, White House infighting reaching the point of insanity and GOP leaders condemning Trump’s threats to fire his own Attorney General. And that is not all: almost 7 months into his presidency, President Trump has yet to sign a single piece of legislation to create-good paying jobs and grow wages for hard-working Americans – a promise he has repeated over and over again. It’s no wonder his approval rating is the lowest of any U.S. president in more than three decades.

Tonight, a bipartisan group of governors sent a letter to Congress urging the Senate to swiftly reject the flawed and immoral House Trumpcare bill as well as the “skinny” Trumpcare bill being considered this week.

Yesterday, Senate Republicans began the process to repeal (and possibly replace) the ACA – without revealing any details of what will actually be in their bill.  And now, with their last-minute addition of ‘skinny’ Trumpcare, Republicans have only added to their list… Continue

This week, House and Senate Democrats offered ‘A Better Deal’ for Americans in Berryville, Virginia – laying out an ambitious new economic agenda committed to the hard-working people across the country who have been left out and left behind for too long. Founded on strong values, fueled by fresh ideas, Democrats are giving communities tools they need to prosper, unlocking unprecedented economic growth that will lead to better jobs, better wages, and a better future.

Today, in his speech to ‘victims’ of the Affordable Care Act, President Trump claimed that the ACA is “death” and “has wreaked havoc on the lives of innocent, hard-working Americans.”

200: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of July 21, 2017
110: Days the GOP House has been in session, 26 of which were pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed

As support for Trumpcare continues to plummet (just 12% according to the latest poll), Senate Republicans’ failed strategy is to continue to re-release the bill in worse and worse iterations. Now, in a pinch to prove to Americans that Republicans are capable of any major legislative accomplishment, they’re plotting to hastily push through a bill which would mean higher costs for less coverage, millions of Americans losing coverage, and devastating cuts to Medicaid.

In less than two weeks, Congressional Republicans will leave for August recess without a single major legislative accomplishment. Trumpcare is rapidly collapsing under ferocious pressure from Americans across the country, and the House GOP budget – which is unlikely to pass the House – would ransack American investments in jobs and stack the deck even further against working families.

After every failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have made Trumpcare even worse. Now Senate Republicans are pushing to ‘vote on the bill’ next week without any details of what “the bill” is. Regardless of what they propose, their Trumpcare bill will inevitably attack hard-working Americans with higher health costs, less coverage, and huge cuts to Medicaid.