The Gavel

A new Gallup poll released today confirms what the country already knows: #ACAworks and continues to benefit the American people!

Today on the House Floor, Leader Pelosi offered a resolution calling on Speaker Boehner and the House Republican Conference to remove any state flag containing the Confederate Battle flag from the United States Capitol.  Pelosi’s resolution is an updated version of a… Continue

The reviews are in for Republicans’ disastrous education bill on the floor this week.

How serious is the Republican Congress about avoiding another #GOPshutdown?  Not at all.  From New York Times: From environmental and work force regulations to health care and contraception, congressional Republicans are using spending bills to try to dismantle President Obama’s policies, setting… Continue

The new proposed rule change that will #FixOvertime pay for nearly 5 million hard-working Americans is getting praise from editorials across the country! Toledo Blade Editorial (Ohio) – Sense on overtime pay Republican politicians seem determined to dismantle even the most common-sense… Continue

House Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is not shy about his ambition to succeed Speaker Boehner.

Right-wing groups highly influential in the Republican Government Shutdown of 2013 that cost our economy $24 billion are cheering the shutdown of the job-creating Export-Import Bank’s charter after Speaker Boehner and extremist House GOP Members failed to renew it and save American… Continue

On the job-creating Export-Import Bank, Speaker Boehner and the House Republican leadership caved to the demands of extremist groups and House GOP Members issuing warnings and tracking their every move. It’s no wonder the Republican leaders will not act to save the… Continue

The job-creating Export-Import Bank’s charter expired at midnight under Speaker Boehner’s watch for the first time since it was created in 1934 during the Great Depression. USA Today – Congress lets Export-Import Bank expire The Denver Post – Death of Ex-Im Bank… Continue

Last week, Republicans decided once again to turn their backs on American workers and American businesses trying to compete and succeed in the global marketplace – recessing without acting to extend the charter of the Export-Import Bank, putting at risk the thousands of jobs it… Continue