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WHAT THEY DID:

Shut Down The Government – for 16 days, taking $24 billion out of our economy and costing 120,000 American jobs.
Voted to Repeal, Undermine and Dismantle the Affordable Care Act – over 50 times in the Republican-controlled House.
Under Their Leadership, Support for Congress Plummeted – to historic lows: 14 percent, the lowest annual average in Gallup’s history.

Defeating the previous question gives the minority party the opportunity to decide what bill or amendments the House will consider.

“The 111th Congress is going to go down as one of the most productive in terms of its legislative accomplishments, their sweep and scope and breadth, certainly in our lifetimes and probably within the 20th century.”  –Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, December… Continue

On top of passing their two rehashed batches of previously-passed message bills this week, the ridiculous GOP Congress reached new heights in their ongoing efforts at distraction, obstruction and dysfunction: Senate Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act for the second time this… Continue

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC) held a press availability today as Republicans rushed out of Washington and leave the middle class behind.  Below is a transcript of… Continue

As Speaker Boehner, Leader McCarthy and House Republican Members print their boarding passes, they are leaving America’s middle class families in a lurch:

This piece, which appeared in the Marin Independent Journal, reports on Leader Pelosi and Rep. Huffman’s roundtable focusing on House Democrats’ plan to jumpstart the middle class with affordable education.

“The American people have had enough of House Republicans’ relentless dysfunction and obstruction. It is time for a new way.”

“They don’t have the standing to do what’s right for the American people, and they certainly don’t have standing to sue the President of the United States.”

“Education is the greatest investment that individuals can make in themselves and can make in our nation to grow our future.”