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Our nominee for illogical quote of the day goes to Rep. Pete Sessions:
“To assume that we’re naturally for these things because we’ve been for them does not mean we will be for them if they cause debt, if they [have] tax increases and if they take money from the free-enterprise sector, which creates jobs.”
Democrats see no reason why House Republicans wouldn’t quickly take action on the American Jobs Act:
Today, the President will send the American Jobs Act to Congress and we hope Republicans will work with us to quickly take action on this plan to create jobs and grow the economy.
With no jobs plan of their own and frustrated constituents back home, Republicans claim creating jobs and growing the economy are top priorities:
To: Interested Parties
From: Democratic Whip Press Office
Re: President Obama’s Jobs Speech & The Make It In America Plan
Further evidence that Make It In America can be a bipartisan plan to create jobs: we wanted to make sure you all saw that the two Make It In America amendments to the Charter Schools bill passed the House today by voice vote. (Here’s Mr. Hoyer’s Floor remarks in case you missed them.)
The two amendments:
We here in the Democratic Whip Press Shop will leave the political analysis of last night’s Republican debate to the pundits, but a few comments from the current Governor of Texas certainly stood out.
Rick Perry made waves when he reiterated his belief that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme,” and a “monstrous lie.”
Wanted to be sure you saw this quote from Leader Cantor’s pen and pad briefing yesterday:
“‘The focus now is jobs,’ said Representative Eric Cantor, the Virginia Republican and House majority leader, in a meeting with reporters Wednesday. He added, ‘The past eight months we’ve been all about cuts.’”
And this article in The Hill:
As the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction begins meeting this week, Democrats are pushing for a balanced plan that doesn't balance the budget on the backs of the middle class and seniors and ensures the wealthy and corporations pay a fair share of deficit reduction. And according to a WSJ/NBC poll released today, the American public agrees with this approach.
Here’s a look at the numbers:
After 8 months with no jobs plan, House Republicans must be feeling the heat. One week after President Obama’s jobs address, Speaker Boehner plans to deliver remarks on “jobs and economic growth” at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. But we wouldn’t bet on the Speaker actually laying out a jobs plan. Since taking the House majority, Republicans have said over and over again that they are focused on jobs, and yet they still don’t have a jobs plan and have taken very little action to help put more Americans back to work.
Wanted to pass along this op-ed in the Washington Post highlighting how Republicans’ so-called “jobs agenda” isn’t about jobs at all.
Blocking 7 EPA regulations that don’t even exist yet is not a jobs plan. Neither is rolling back critical protections for our air and water. Yet that is exactly what Republicans are proposing.
Key excerpts:
Today, Majority Leader Cantor unveiled a more-of-the-same agenda that isn’t a plan to create jobs. In their first eight months in the House majority, Republicans did not put forward a jobs plan and wasted taxpayer money trying to repeal Democratic policies that protect middle class families and seniors. And from what we’ve seen today, Republicans will return to Washington next week without a real plan to create jobs or grow the economy.
Need evidence it’s a retread of past policies that are more about ideology than about job creation?