Congressional Republicans: By-the-Numbers

Congressional Republicans, led by House Republican Leader John Boehner, are promising to take America back to the exact same failed Bush policies that created the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and nearly doubled the national debt.

$700 Billion– Amount Republicans Would Add to the Deficit Over a Decade to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest Few

At Least 90 – Percentage of Votes Where the Current House Republican Leaders Supported the Policies of President George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2008

2 – Percentage of Americans (the Wealthiest 2 Percent) that Republicans are Siding with and Threatening to Hold Hostage a Tax Cut for Middle-Class Americans and Most Small Businesses

0 – Number of New Ideas from Congressional Republicans – "New" GOP Ideas Are the Same As Old Bush-era GOP Ideas

Countless – Number of Special Interest Lobbyists Leader Boehner and the GOP Have Met With in an Effort to Stop Tough Legislation that Would Hold Banks, Wall Street, and Health Insurance Companies Accountable and Protect Consumers and to Discuss Their Upcoming Agenda