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October 26, 2011
Speaker Boehner this morning before a gathering of conservatives in Washington, DC:
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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October 14, 2011
Here we are on October 14th, the deadline for each House Committee to submit recommendations to the "Super Committee".
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October 14, 2011
Toledo Blade (Ohio) Editorial - What now for jobs bill?
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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.
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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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October 12, 2011
While China continues to manipulate the value of their currency--undermining U.S.