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“We are prepared to work with our Chairs to schedule hearings and legislative action in our Committees throughout this month, instead of remaining inactive.”

The motion to recommit with instructions provides one final chance to amend a bill before it is passed by the full House of Representatives. The Rules of the 112th Congress provide for a motion to recommit with instructions “forthwith,” meaning the House must immediately vote on the bill, as amended, if the motion to recommit is adopted.

“Yesterday, once again, for the – I don’t know – 30 somethingth time, the Republicans tried to take away protections for patients in our country.”

Another week of Republicans in charge of the House, another week playing politics with the lives of the middle class instead of creating jobs. House Republican refusal to vote on the bipartisan Senate transportation bill has already cost American jobs. Will the GOP… Continue

“This week the Republican policies have run into criticism from some of their friends, their traditional allies, for the triple threat that they pose to the economy. Former Reagan Economic Advisor Bruce Bartlett says, the Republican tax giveaway to the rich and famous will, quote: ‘do nothing whatsoever to increase employment and should not be taken seriously.’ The Wall Street Journal, their good friend, calls it “a gimmick and a ploy” and says that ‘their proposal would lead to malinvestment and other economic distortion.’ And the U.S. Conference of Bishops says the Republican budget doesn’t meet their moral criteria. They say in their statement, ‘government and other institutions have a shared responsibility to promote the common good of all, especially ordinary workers and families who struggle to live in dignity in difficult economic times. And just solutions, however, must require shared sacrifice by all, including raising adequate revenues.'”

Republicans have led the House for 420 days without a jobs agenda—and the American people have noticed. So in yet another desperate attempt to hide their dismal record, the GOP is putting forward a “new” agenda that—instead of actually putting Americans to… Continue

It’s almost hard to believe but it’s true: Today, Speaker Boehner and House Republicans will bring to the floor another bill that destroys American jobs. The Continuing Resolution includes critical disaster assistance for states and communities hard hit by recent natural disasters… Continue

“Leader Pelosi. ‘Good morning. I’m very pleased to be here with my colleague from Maryland, the Ranking Member on the Government Reform and Oversight Committee of the Congress of the United States. He’s going to speak to an issue that he has taken the lead on and for which we are very proud of him that relates to price at the pump and the role of speculation in it.'”

Republicans, in a desperate attempt to score cheap political points, are willing to risk the health coverage for hard-working Americans. Attacking the temporary waiver process on annual limits in the Affordable Care Act that would ensure that workers don’t lose their current… Continue

Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. As you know, tomorrow the 112th Congress will be called to order. House Democrats will keep our focus on the creation of jobs, putting the American people to work. We will measure every policy from both parties, as it comes forth, as to whether it creates jobs, whether it strengthens the middle class, and whether it reduces the deficit instead of heaping mountains of debt onto our children and grandchildren.