A By-the-Numbers Look at House Republicans’ First 100 Days in the 114th Congress

Today marks the 100th day of the Republican-led 114th Congress. Instead of taking legislative action to strengthen our economy, create jobs, and get things done for the American people, House Republicans have spent the last 100 days on partisan messaging bills, political gimmicks, and internal divisions that have only added to their record of dysfunction and obstruction. Here’s a look at House Republicans’ failed record during the first 100 days in the 114th Congress – by the numbers:

A Do-Nothing Congress

• 100: Days since the 114^th Congress convened on January 6, 2015
• 6: Number of significant bills that have passed the House
• 3: Number of major, bipartisan bills that have become law – though they were only pieces of legislation to continue basic functions of government

Economic Opportunity

• 0: Number of real jobs bills House Republicans have brought to the Floor during the 114^th Congress
• 46: Days left until the expiration of the highway bill, which House Republicans have yet to move forward on
  • 700,000: Jobs that could be lost if Congress misses the deadline to take action [Reuters, 5/12/14]
• 76: Days until the expiration of the Export-Import Bank, which House Republicans have yet to move forward on
  • 160,000: Jobs supported by the Export-Import Bank in FY 2014 alone and will be at risk if House Republicans fail to pass reauthorization [2014 Fact Sheet]
• 60: Percent of Americans who support a higher minimum wage and have been ignored by House Republicans [The Hill, 2/19/15]
• 42: Percent of working women who cite equal pay as a top priority and have been adversely affected by House Republicans’ refusal to act on the Paycheck Fairness Act [Gallup, 10/13/14]
• 30,000: Number of small manufacturers that would be negatively impacted by House Republicans’ budget, which eliminates the Manufacturing Extension Partnerships [White House, 3/17/15]

Fiscal Responsibility

• $584 billion: Amount added to the deficit from House Republicans’ numerous unpaid-for tax bills
• $1.1 trillion: Amount of spending cuts House Republicans vaguely refer to in their budget without offering any detail about which programs they would cut

Harmful Republican Budget

• 46 million: Number of Americans whose nutrition assistance would be threatened [White House, 3/23/15]
• 19: Percentage of transportation funding that would be cut over the coming decade
• 14: Percentage of the base Medicaid program that would be cut
• $125 billion: Cuts to SNAP to help feed the most vulnerable Americans
• $1.9 billion: Cuts to veterans’ funding over ten years
• $127 billion: Increase in retirement contributions for federal employees over ten years, which translates into a 6% pay cut

Education

• $150 billion: Cuts to student loans and aid, making it harder for students to access a quality higher education [Committee for Education Funding, March 2015]
• 8 million: Number of low-income college students supported by Pell grants and who would be adversely affected by House Republicans’ budget decision to freeze the maximum Pell grant and eliminate $89 billion in Pell grant increases that Congress already enacted and paid for
• 35,000: Fewer children in Head Start compared to the President’s budget [White House, 3/17/15]

Health Care

• 16.4 million: Number of previously uninsured Americans who have gained quality, affordable health coverage since the Affordable Care Act became law and would have been impacted by House Republicans’ 56th vote to undermine or repeal the ACA, which was held on February 3, 2015 [Huffington Post, 2/3/15]

Immigration

• $900 billion: Amount the deficit would be reduced by over the next 20 years if House Republicans listened to the majority of Americans, business leaders, faith-based organizations, and others who want Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform  [Roll Call, 3/25/14]
• 71: Percentage of Americans who would like Congress to take bipartisan action on immigration reform, who House Republicans have ignored [Politico, May 2014]
• +30: Number of House Republicans who think we need to fix our nation’s broken immigration system and have been ignored by their own party leadership  [Fact Sheet, 9/16/14]

National Security

• 30,000: Number of Department of Homeland Security employees who were almost furloughed as House Republicans held DHS funding hostage to their partisan, anti-immigration policies [New York Times, 2/25/15]
• 70: Percentage of House Republicans who voted “no” on a bill to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security in order to try to advance unrelated, partisan anti-immigration policies