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Speaker Boehner: “I don’t believe that our budget will hurt the poor in any way."
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 budget.

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Equal Pay Day
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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House GOP Votes, Again, to End Medicare Guarantee While Giving Away the Store to Millionaires
April 17, 2012
This afternoon, House Republicans voted 228-184 to end the Medicare guarantee…again. The GOP just used a "dream and pass" parliamentary procedure to pretend that both the House and Senate have passed their disastrous budget that lets Medicare wither on the vine while destroying jobs and giving away the store to millionaires:

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Memo: On Mission for Millionaires, House GOP Ready to "Dream and Pass" Devastating Budget...Again
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

After spending two weeks with their constituents, Republicans refused to listen. They are still on a mission for millionaires—and they will let nothing, not even middle class families, stand in their way.

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Another Morning Show, Another Denial of Reality from Paul Ryan
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.

"No," Ryan responded… [4/10]

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March Jobs Report
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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Pelosi, Hoyer to Boehner: Expanded DOMA Defense a New, Direct Assault on Veterans
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. Army veteran and her same-sex spouse are challenging the denial of VA spousal disability benefits. They write:

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GOP Budget: A 'Job Well Done' for Special Interests & Wealthiest Americans
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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House Dems Offer Motion To Protect Password Privacy, GOP Defeats
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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Driving in Circles: Another Day, Another Round of GOP Disarray
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

Sound familiar? If it feels like the GOP has been driving around in circles, you're right.

Now would be a good time for the Republican leadership to start matching their floor schedule to their talking points.