GOP: Failing the American People an Issue at a Time

As Speaker Boehner, Leader McCarthy and House Republican Members print their boarding passes, they are leaving America's middle class families in a lurch:

Talking Points Memo: Peace Out! House Cancels Work Until After Election Day

The Hill: House heads for exits to hit campaign trail

Roll Call: After Today, House Is Done Through the Elections

The Wire: Congress Heads Home After Exhausting Eight Days of Work

Talk Radio News Service: House Will End Business Until After Election

…take a quick look at some of the essential issues Republicans failed to address for the American people:

• They failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform in bipartisan fashion – even as 64 percent of Republicans want a fix to our broken system;
• They failed to raise the minimum wage for millions of Americans;
• They failed to help our students with the refinancing of their student loans and make education more affordable;
• They failed to eliminate discrimination in the workplace by ignoring ENDA;
• They failed to renew the expired unemployment benefits for over 4 million Americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own;
• They failed to reduce the nation's deficit, ignoring common sense solutions;
• They failed to remove the influence of money in politics;
• And, on top of failing to provide paid sick leave and child care, they failed to provide women with equal pay for equal work.

In all, they clearly have other priorities; and they deliberately failed to jumpstart the middle class – the backbone of our country's economy.