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February 29, 2012
While Speaker Boehner continued playing the blame game on gas prices yesterday, he declared that "the price of gasoline is driven by two factors. It's driven by supply and it's driven by demand." Let's look at the math:
Supply:
Domestic energy production has increased, with the number of oil rigs in the United States quadrupling over the past three years and imports at the lowest level since 1995.
Demand:
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February 28, 2012
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 work—merely contains the word "jobs" and centers around politics instead of actual job creation.
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February 24, 2012
Ms. Karen Golinski, a federal employee, and her wife Ms. Amy Cunninghis have been partners for more than 20 years--legally married in 2008 under California law. Karen Golinski had sought to enroll her wife in the federal employee health plan, and was refused on the grounds of the discriminatory Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA). This week, a US District Court Judge in the Northern District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Karen Golinski. The court found "that DOMA, as applied to Ms.
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February 24, 2012
As Americans face rising gas prices, Republicans are spouting talking points assigning blame to President Obama, instead of taking action against Wall Street speculators who are driving up the cost of oil, hurting consumers, and potentially damaging our economic recovery.
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February 16, 2012
Today, House Republicans held a hearing impacting millions of American women seeking safe and affordable coverage for basic preventive health care, including contraception, where the Republican Majority refused to allow a single witness put forward by the Democratic Members of the Committee to testify.
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February 16, 2012
This morning, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan insinuated that a throng of Democrats supported the GOP plan to end the Medicare guarantee and increase costs for seniors but were "too afraid at this time to come forward":
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February 14, 2012
Buckle your seatbelts – It's a rough road ahead for House Republicans this week!
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February 9, 2012
Two years ago, the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC overturned a century of common-sense campaign finance laws and opened the floodgates to unrestricted special interest campaign donations in American elections—permitting corporations to spend unlimited funds (directly or through third parties and Political Action Committees organized for those purposes) to influence Federal elections. It also opened the door for the emergence of Super PACs.
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February 8, 2012
Today, Leader Cantor posted a "fact" sheet on the STOCK Act--for accuracy's sake, see notations in red:
How House Republicans are Strengthening the Senate STOCK Act(Really??)Specifically prohibit Executive and Legislative Branch officials from gaining preferential access to initial public offerings (True)
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February 8, 2012
For 400 days, Republicans have failed to offer a jobs agenda, voted to end the Medicare guarantee, and are once again threatening the payroll tax cut for middle class.
Democrats have a different path. Democrats remain focused on our immediate priorities:
- Extending the payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans,
- Extending unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own,