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Earlier today, the Senate voted to move forward on legislation providing emergency state aid to save teachers' jobs and help seniors and children. The AP reports:

For 45 years, Democrats have fought to protect Medicare and preserve one of our nation's bedrock promises to America's seniors.

A new joint poll released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), National Journal and Pew Research Center shows the American people overwhelmingly support a comprehensive energy and climate bill that reduces our dependence on foreign oil, limits carbon pollution, and requires u

Last Friday, the House passed a sweeping package of offshore drilling reforms as part of the response to the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Congress continues to move forward with a full inquiry into the disastrous BP oil spill and demanding answers from those responsible, including BP, Transocean, and Halliburton.

American manufacturing is the largest single contributor the U.S. economy, generating about 12% of our GDP, and is central to our economic recovery. Thanks to the recovery efforts by the Obama Administration and the Democratic-led Congress, America's manufacturing base has grown for 11 straight months--with more than 135,000 manufacturing jobs created over the last six months:

America's brave men and women in uniform have done everything that has been asked of them in the war in Iraq; they have performed excellently. Soon, our nation will begin a new chapter in this effort, ending combat operations on the schedule President Obama promised.

In the wake of the BP disaster, Congress is acting on its commitment to protect America's families and businesses, rebuild the Gulf Coast, hold BP and oil companies accountable, and work to ensure that a spill of this kind never happens again.

In the wake of the BP disaster, House Democrats are acting on our commitment to protect America's families and businesses, rebuild the Gulf Coast, hold BP and oil companies accountable, and work to ensure that a spill of this kind never happens again. Today, Congressional Republicans are at it again -- siding with Big Oil against the interests of the American people.