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This morning, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced there will be no automatic Cost-of-Living-Adjustment for 2011:

Secret money from corporate special interests – that favor shipping American jobs overseas, turning Social Security over to Wall Street and turning Medicare over to the insurance companies – is funding the not-so-secret Republican agenda.

Bruce Josten, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, defended the secret money on MSNBC this morning:

As millions of Americans struggle in this economy, the rich and powerful special interests should not be able to drown out the voices of citizens.

A report released by the non-partisan Campaign Money Watch reveals that American jobs have been outsourced in states and districts where the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending millions of dollars from secret corporate and possibly foreign donors to drown out the voices of the middle class. This report provides further evidence for why the special interests opposed legislation to close loopholes that facilitate shipping U.S.

Leader Boehner failed to offer any plan for America; instead, like other Republican leaders, he once again showed he would return to the same discredited policies that drove America's economy into a ditch.

Mr. Boehner couldn't explain why Congressional Republicans have voted 11 times in the last 4 years to protect tax loopholes for corporations that ship American jobs overseas. Not surprisingly, he refused to reject the secret, and possibly foreign, multi-million dollar effort to influence our elections by the same special interests who support shipping jobs overseas.

Republicans have continued to falsely claim that the Recovery Act "failed" in numerous television ads this year, even after an analysis by the non-partisan FactCheck.org concludes that "more people would be unemployed if not for the stimulus bill."

This afternoon in Ohio, House Republican Leader John Boehner continued to reiterate his tired talking point that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has not created jobs saying:

As this year's recipient of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo joins the pantheon of great leaders for non-violence, justice, and freedom throughout history.

Liu Xiaobo is a champion for the best hopes of humankind, a courageous advocate for democracy and human rights in China, whose only crime was putting his political views into writing. His message of reform is an inspiration to the entire world. He and fellow activists deserve the attention and partnership of freedom-loving people everywhere.?

Today in Ohio, House Republican Leader John Boehner is making his "closing argument" (again). According to released excerpts, Mr. Boehner will say that the government is "disrespecting" Americans and that the American dream is "under siege."

The speech today by Mr.