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April 18, 2012
Today, Speaker John Boehner appeared on "CBS This Morning" to defend the "vision" the Republicans have for our country, highlighted by Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) devastating budg
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April 17, 2012
Today is Equal Pay Day--the day marking how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year. This gap costs women and their families $10,784 every year (median)--as CAP documents, that money could go a long way in these hard economic times:
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April 17, 2012
This afternoon, House Republicans voted 228-184 to end the Medicare guarantee…again.
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April 13, 2012
To: Interested Parties
Fr: Democratic Leader's Press Office
Dt: April 13, 2012
Re: On Mission for Millionaires, House GOP Ready to "Dream and Pass" Devastating Budget...Again
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April 10, 2012
In his latest attempt to deny the devastating impact of the Republican budget, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan chose to throw facts to the wind this morning on the "Today" Show:
"Do you acknowledge poor people will suffer under this budget?" [Ann] Curry asked Ryan.
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April 9, 2012
The Department of Labor announced that the economy added 120,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.2 percent in March:
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March 30, 2012
Today, Leader Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer wrote to Speaker John Boehner expressing concern over the House of Representative's intervention in the case of Cooper-Harris vs. U.S., a case in which a decorated U.S.
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March 29, 2012
This afternoon on the House floor, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) congratulated Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on a "job well done" for making "tough choices" in the Republican budget.
A job well done for who exactly?
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March 27, 2012
There have been troubling reports recently of employers asking for prospective employees' personal passwords for social networking websites like Facebook during interviews:
The Associated Press:
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March 27, 2012
Instead of passing a bipartisan Senate transportation bill that creates or saves more than 2 million jobs, House Republicans let their transportation drama dominate the day.
Politico – GOP punts highway vote again