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Historically-Least Productive Congress Makes History Again

September 19, 2014
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"It should surprise no one that Speaker Boehner's part-time Congress has made the earliest departure from Congress to the campaign trail in 54 years," said Drew Hammill, spokesman for Leader Pelosi.  "While obstructing efforts to raise the minimum wage and advance equal pay for equal work, House Republicans will have to answer for scurrying out of Washington while leaving middle class families behind."

Speaker Boehner and the House GOP abandoned their legislative duties and cut Congress short yesterday – in what has now become the…

earliest departure by the Congress for the elections since 1960… [9/18]

The 112th Congress, when Republicans also controlled the House, set a record as the least productive in modern history – producing only 283 laws.  Now, due to  the obstruction and intransigence of Republicans in both the House and Senate, this 113th Congress is about to beat that record – having produced only 163 laws.  Once more, Republicans display their ineffectiveness – stalling the middle class and America's hardworking families for their partisan priorities.