#HouseDemsInPhilly: 'Middle Class-Focused,' Ready to 'Boost Middle Class Incomes'
From The Hill:
Dems launch retreat vowing to boost middle class incomes…House Democrats on Wednesday launched their annual issues conference with a sharp focus on efforts to hike wages for the middle class…Huddled in Philadelphia for a three-day conference, party leaders praised the economic gains of recent months…With a populist message they're hoping will distinguish them from Republicans, the Democrats are vowing to spend the next two years working to level those uneven gains.
"We're growing the economy, but the stark truth is that we're not growing paychecks at the same time," said Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.), the Democratic whip. "We're going to focus like a laser on making sure that Americans know we are working for them."
From POLITICO:
House Democrats will use a three-day retreat in Philadelphia to hone in on a streamlined agenda...
"We're going to the be the party of sustained economic growth for everybody," said Rep. Steve Israel, the chair of the Democrats' new messaging arm. "We're going to the party that offers big, bold ideas and solutions. Not just for a recovery but for growth of paychecks, for sustained retirement security [and] for affordable higher education for people's kids."
... [Pelosi] added, "We feel very excited about the priorities, the commitments, the unity, the spirit of our caucus in this and the understanding that we do not have the luxury of multi, multi, multi message. That the clarity and the precision that we have to have to reach the American people is what is going to make the difference because so much is at stake."
Speaker Boehner, January has been an epically disastrous month for you and your House Republican Members. It's time to join Democrats in growing America's economy and growing Americans' paychecks and end the partisan bickering and reckless tactics.