Unless Congress acts, the interest rates on more than 7 million students will double to 6.8 percent on July 1st. Failure to act now will add $6.3 billion to students’ debt burden in one year alone. The doubling of loan … Continue reading
Apparently, the “Do-Nothing-But-Harm” House Republican Congress is planning to rest after voting to end the Medicare guarantee, reward the rich and famous with tax breaks, and destroy jobs. “The idea that Congress every day is, or should be, doing something … Continue reading
Yesterday, House Republicans had opportunities to restore fairness for our middle class and small businesses—yet again and again they chose to reward the wealthiest instead. On the House floor, Democrats called for a vote on the Buffett Rule to ask … Continue reading
Today, House Republicans passed Leader Eric Cantor’s latest tax cuts for the rich and famous, disguised, of course, as a job-creating small business bill. Even The Wall Street Journal describes this as a “ploy” and a “gimmick” while “Republicans stumble over … Continue reading
Today, Speaker John Boehner appeared on “CBS This Morning” to defend the “vision” the Republicans have for our country, highlighted by Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) devastating budget. Speaker Boehner: “I don’t believe that our budget will hurt the poor … Continue reading
Today is Equal Pay Day–the day marking how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year. This gap costs women and their families $10,784 every year (median)–as … Continue reading
This afternoon, House Republicans voted 228-184 to end the Medicare guarantee…again. The GOP just used a “dream and pass” parliamentary procedure to pretend that both the House and Senate have passed their disastrous budget that lets Medicare wither on the … Continue reading
To: Interested Parties Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office Dt: April 13, 2012 Re: On Mission for Millionaires, House GOP Ready to "Dream and Pass" Devastating Budget…Again After spending two weeks with their constituents, Republicans refused to listen. … Continue reading
In his latest attempt to deny the devastating impact of the Republican budget, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan chose to throw facts to the wind this morning on the “Today” Show: “Do you acknowledge poor people will suffer … Continue reading
The Department of Labor announced that the economy added 120,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.2 percent in March: With private businesses adding 121,000 jobs, this marks the 25th consecutive month of private sector job growth: Leader … Continue reading