The Gavel

Time after time, Speaker Boehner and House Republicans have posed the rhetorical question “Where are the jobs?” while refusing to take action to bolster our economy and strengthen the job market for American workers.

Speaker Boehner and his dysfunctional, obstructive and distracted GOP Conference earlier today passed the radical and callous “Yoho Bill” designed to deport our nation’s undocumented immigrants, deliberately ignoring calls from pro-immigrant groups to abandon their obstruction:

Today, House Republicans cemented themselves as the ‘traumatizing,’ mean-spirited, anti-immigrant Party of massive deportations – failing to act on bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform that passed the Senate over 520 days ago, deliberately ignoring the calls of prominent organizations, and voting, once more, to deport DREAMers, families and all of the undocumented immigrants from the country they love and call home.

Earlier today, GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy had the audacity to say he was concerned about so-called “news reports” about Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi withholding key votes – implying she was responsible for the sorry Republican state of affairs on keeping the government open.

Mr. Boehner, Speaker Cruz has some words for you: Ted Cruz won’t be satisfied by any spending legislation this month that doesn’t zero out funding for President Barack Obama’s immigration policies. …“We should pass a short-term continuing resolution that includes language defunding… Continue

Here they go again.  From POLITICO: The “Hell No” caucus is once again causing headaches for Republican leadership. A cadre of the House’s most conservative members will meet Wednesday morning at the Capitol Hill Club for Rep. Steve King’s regular breakfast to… Continue

Unfortunately, Speaker Boehner and Tea Party Members are ignoring the fact that the President’s move is overwhelmingly supported by nearly 70 percent of Americans, declared lawful by more than 130 legal scholars, applauded by U.S. Bishops, and strongly welcomed by editorials, mayors, and organizations across the country.

The GOP is too out-of-touch to see who their shutdown really hurt: the American people.

Apparently, then-Minority Leader John Boehner coined the phrase “CRomnibus” in January 2007 attacking a Democratic spending proposal:

The Hell-No Tea Party Anti-Immigrant Caucus, anxious to punish the President’s bold first step to fixing our broken immigration, has some advice for Speaker Boehner and House GOP leaders.