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MYTHBUSTER: Federal Regulations
October 26, 2011
Speaker Boehner this morning before a gathering of conservatives in Washington, DC:

Our nation is "facing a federal regulatory onslaught like nothing we've ever seen."

Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans are misleading Americans when they claim the Obama Administration has been responsible for a crush of new regulations that are undermining the American economy. The facts prove this myth patently false:

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GOP "Jobs" Bills: The Faux 15
October 25, 2011

It's not even Halloween and Congressional Republicans are in overdrive selling tickets to the GOP's House of Mirrors. That's the only explanation for their desperate attempt to disguise their special interest agenda by adding the words "and creates jobs" onto bill descriptions that will do no such thing and claiming the Obama Administration and Senate are ignoring them.

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By the Numbers: 294 Days of the Republican Do-Nothing Jobs Agenda
October 25, 2011
Today marks the 294th day of Republican control of the House of Representatives. In 294 days, they have not passed a single bill to create jobs. Instead, House Republicans have repeatedly voted to end Medicare (while providing tax breaks to Big Oil and companies that ship jobs overseas), passed legislation that destroys nearly 2 million jobs (that's 10,000 jobs lost every day), and pointlessly manufactured crisis after crisis–creating economic uncertainty and hurting small businesses and the middle class.
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The Questions Cantor Wanted to Avoid
October 21, 2011
Earlier today, House GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled an economic speech he was scheduled to give at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania this afternoon after the University refused to limit the attendance of the speech to students and faculty and instead opened the event to accommodate the larger community's interest:

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President Obama’s Iraq Announcement
October 21, 2011
President Obama's statement that many of our military families will spend the holidays together is welcome news to all Americans. I commend the President for a promise made and a promise kept, honoring the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement and the wishes of the American people to bring all our troops home by the end this year.

This announcement brings us toward the completion of a mission for which our men and women in uniform and their families have made enormous sacrifices. We thank them for their dedication, and we will never forget those we lost.

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TPM: Big, Bold And Balanced vs. Tiny, Tepid, Tilted - Dems, GOP Do Battle Over Deficits, Jobs
October 14, 2011
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Newspapers Call Out the 'No Jobs' GOP
October 14, 2011
Toledo Blade (Ohio) Editorial - What now for jobs bill?

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House Republicans Continue Their Assault on Women's Health
October 13, 2011
House Democrats believe we should be spending time on jobs legislation--like the American Jobs Act to create 1.9 million jobs or the bipartisan China currency legislation to create more than 1 million jobs. Instead, House Republicans are pursuing their ideological agenda bringing H.R. 358 to the House floor today--an unprecedented and dangerous assault on women's access to health care. The legislation:

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Democratic Ranking Members' Recommendations to JSC
October 13, 2011

Today, Leader Pelosi wrote to Sen. Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Hensarling (R-TX)--Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (JSC)--including the recommendations of Democratic Ranking Members of House Committees on options for job creation, revenue and savings within the jurisdiction of each Committee.

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House Republicans Vote Against U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
October 12, 2011
While China continues to manipulate the value of their currency--undermining U.S. manufacturers and costing American jobs--the House Republican leadership is bringing three trade bills today for a vote before allowing a vote on the bipartisan China currency bill that could create more than one million American jobs.