It’s been another rough week for Republicans back home in their districts as they try defending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while putting the burden of deficit reduction on the middle class and seniors. An article in today’s Washington Post highlights the pressure Americans are putting on House Republicans to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes both spending cuts and revenues.
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 19, 2011
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 18, 2011
Are Republicans finally ready to stop holding our economy hostage to their ideological agenda? They’ve done it twice this Congress (CR and debt limit, anybody?) which caused significant uncertainty for businesses and the markets. But in a memo to House Republicans yesterday, Leader Cantor admitted that while that’s been their tactic thus far, it’s now time to stop the brinkmanship and get to work on FY 2012 spending bills:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 17, 2011
With No Plan Of Their Own, GOP Walks Away From POTUS Job Ideas Before They Even Hear Them Those who don’t have a plan, criticize:
Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor haven’t seen a draft of President Barack Obama’s upcoming jobs speech, but they took a swipe at it Wednesday anyway.
Those who do have a plan, will help put more Americans back to work:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 17, 2011
Wanted to be sure you saw this Washington Post article today highlighting the Republicans’ agenda since taking the House majority eight months ago. You’ll notice the article says little about action they’ve taken to support job creation. That’s because Republicans have been focused on passing bills that have more to do with their ideological agenda than creating jobs. While Republicans have made it clear what they are against, it’s not clear what they are for.
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 17, 2011
Today’s op-ed by Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor is pretty remarkable for several reasons. First, they’re already taking revenues off the table before the Joint Committee has even begun its work. And second, they’re completely incorrect in suggesting that Democrats agree that we should tackle entitlement reform while leaving revenues off the table:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 15, 2011
Wanted to be sure you saw this NY Times article highlighting Republican economists’ support for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes both spending cuts and revenues. We hope Republicans will take note, stop “insist[ing] that taxes will not be on the table for the bipartisan Congressional committee,” and work with Democrats on a balanced plan to reduce the deficit, strengthen the solvency of our entitlements and help support job creation.
Key excerpts:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 9, 2011
House Republicans have walked away from deficit reduction talks multiple times, but will they walk away from the Joint Committee before Congressional leaders have even appointed members to the Committee? While Democrats want to work together on a balanced approach to reduce the deficit, GOP leaders are already drawing lines in the sand – suggesting that both revenues and entitlements should be off the table:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 9, 2011
House Republicans have walked away from deficit reduction talks multiple times, but will they walk away from the Joint Committee before Congressional leaders have even appointed members to the Committee? While Democrats want to work together on a balanced approach to reduce the deficit, GOP leaders are already drawing lines in the sand – suggesting that both revenues and entitlements should be off the table:
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 8, 2011
Last week Republicans returned to their districts and were “shocked” to hear that job creation was the dominant issue constituents wanted to discuss. Since taking the House majority, Republicans have said that job creation would be a top priority. Unfortunately they’ve taken little action on jobs. While Americans are focused on jobs and the economy, Republicans have wasted time on bills that have more to do with their partisan agenda than actually helping create jobs.
PRESS STAFF BLOG: Aug 4, 2011
Wanted to be sure you saw this article in The Hill highlighting how the Affordable Care Act has saved seniors $460 million on prescription drugs. While Democrats are working hard to help lower health care costs for seniors, Republicans have voted multiple times to end Medicare and re-open the prescription drug donut hole, which would affect four million seniors and cost them an additional $44 billion by 2020, including $2.2 billion in 2012 alone.
Healthcare law has saved seniors $460M on drugs, HHS says
By Sam Baker - 08/04/11 12:03 PM ET