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November 4, 2011
Blog Post
November 4, 2011
To: Congressional Democrats and Democratic Staff
Fr: Democratic Leader's Press Office
Dt: November 4, 2011
Re: Will Republicans Listen to Grover Norquist or the American People?
Democrats are listening to America's entrepreneurs, small business owners and local leaders on how best to create jobs and strengthen our economy.
From Gallup Poll:
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November 3, 2011
Answering a question at her weekly press conference today, Leader Pelosi commented on the lack of jobs legislation by House Republicans and contrasted that with President Obama's action on the economy:
Blog Post
November 2, 2011
Today, Leader Pelosi, Speaker Boehner, and Members of Congress held a ceremony to bestow the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award given by Congress, to Japanese-American veterans who served in the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service during WWII--including Senator Inouye who was a member of "E" Company.
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November 2, 2011
"Everybody believes we have infrastructure deficiencies and more needs to be spent to repair, replace and in some cases build new infrastructure…The problem is nobody wants to pay for it."
– Speaker John Boehner [AP, 11/1]
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November 1, 2011
"Cantor became the first Republican to grab the income inequality mantle, planning a speech at the University of Pennsylvania that focused on his immigrant grandmother's success in America and the need to ensure equal opportunities for everyone. The speech was canceled amid reports that a local Occupy Wall Street movement would protest at the event." [Politico, 10/30]
But you've got to admit it's kind of hard to grab that mantle when your policies don't match the rhetoric:
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October 31, 2011
For 300 days, Americans have knocked on the door of the GOP-led House calling for action on jobs—and for 300 days Republicans have doled out tricks instead of a jobs agenda. Now, just in time for Halloween, House Republicans are whipping out a new message mask to hide the fact they don't actually have a plan to put the country back to work.
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October 31, 2011
Today, another GOP trick has been revealed. While Republicans claim regulations hurt jobs...:
As a key part of the GOP jobs plan, House Republicans are focused on eliminating excessive federal regulations that needlessly raise prices on consumers and put thousands of jobs at risk.– Speaker John Boehner [10/25]
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October 28, 2011
For 297 days, the GOP has refused to act on Americans' top priority – job creation – but they have been quite busy passing dead end Drill-Only energy bills and protecting tax breaks for Big Oil, one of the most profitable industries in the world. From AP:
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October 26, 2011
Democrats are listening to the American people and pushing policies to create jobs, strengthen the middle class, encourage entrepreneurs, and help small businesses grow and hire. Whose side are Republicans on?
From the latest CBS News/New York Times poll:
69 percent of Americans say GOP policies favor the rich.67 percent of Americans think it is a bad idea for the government to lower taxes for corporations in an attempt to create jobs.