GETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT: DISASTER RELIEF FOR CHILDREN OF FLINT, MICHIGAN IS NO BAILOUT: Helping families in Flint, Michigan is just the right thing to do.

 BROKEN PROMISE: REPUBLICANS BREAK KEY COMMITMENT TO AMERICAN PEOPLE BY BLOCKING VOTES ON CLOSING TERRORIST GUN LOOPHOLE AND TRUMP'S MUSLIM BAN: Republicans promised the American people that they would "know where we stand on the issues of the day." Clearly, that promise no longer stands.

 REPUBLICANS SAY DO MORE ON MENTAL HEALTH TO DEAL WITH GUN VIOLENCE WHILE FIGHTING "SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT" EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE: If Republicans really want to deal with the problems of mental health and gun violence, it's time to stop the partisan campaign against the Affordable Care Act.

 THE TRUTH ABOUT DEMS' TERROR GAP BILL: PLAN WOULD PREVENT THOSE ON TERROR WATCHLIST FROM BUYING GUNS, PROTECT AMERICANS' 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS: Republican excuses just don't stand up.

  IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE: CLOSE THE TERROR GAP LOOPHOLE TO STOP TERRORISTS FROM EASY ACCESS TO GUNS: It's time for Republicans to reconsider and join us to close this dangerous loophole to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists.

 CHARADE: INSTEAD OF HELPING THE MIDDLE CLASS, REPUBLICANS DEMAND SHOW VOTE AGAINST WOMEN'S HEALTH: Instead of another fight over women's health, it's time for Republicans to give up this cynical show vote and work with Democrats for a stronger middle class.

REPUBLICANS JUST CAN'T STAND THE FACTS ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: The Affordable Care Act is working for millions of Americans.

SENATE REPUBLICANS: FAILING BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS AND FAILING HARD-WORKING AMERICANS: Republicans are incapable of governing.

DESPITE THEIR CLAIMS, REPUBLICANS WANT TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK ON WOMEN'S HEALTH: Republicans' funding bills show where their priorities lie: gutting key programs that support women's health to appease the far right.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: REPUBLICANS SLAM GIMMICK-RIDDEN REPUBLICAN BUDGET: With their partisan, gimmick-ridden budget proposals, Republicans are proving yet again they are simply unable to govern.

DESPITE CLAIMS, REPUBLICANS HAVE NO HEALTH CARE PLAN: The Affordable Care Act is clear: all Americans have access to affordable health insurance, regardless if they live in a state that has its own marketplace or live in one that uses HealthCare.gov. Despite years of rhetoric, Republicans have no plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.  

FACT CHECK: HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE NO "SANE HEALTH-CARE ALTERNATIVE": House Republicans have promised for years to come up with an alternative to the ACA, but, in fact, they have no plan other than to repeal the Affordable Care Act, raise taxes on middle-class families, and put insurance companies back in charge.

FACT CHECK: REPUBLICAN SENATE CLAIM "WE HAVE A PLAN FOR FIXING HEALTH CARE": Republicans have no plan other than to repeal the Affordable Care Act, raise taxes on middle-class families, and put insurance companies back in charge.

KEY REPUBLICAN ADMITS THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) re-issued talking points for a fig leaf "proposal" designed to distract from the fact that Republicans demanding repeal of the Affordable Care Act and take health care security and stability away from 12 million Americans. Now, one of the Senators behind the plan, Sen. Burr, admits that this "plan" is not a real Republican alternative.

GOP LEADER MCCONNELL TWISTS FACTS ON AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION

GOP HOMELAND SECURITY CHAIR BREAKS WITH REALITY: Yesterday, the new chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), downplayed the impact of shutting down the Department of Homeland Security on our national security. Republicans in the House and Senate have insisted on holding homeland security funding hostage in futile protest against President Obama's first steps within the law to fix our broken  immigration system, despite the clear risks to national security.

FACT CHECK: TED CRUZ AND HIS EMPTY PROCEDURAL MOTION: Senator Cruz posted a call to arms on his Facebook page to defend his widely criticized strategy that forced the Senate to stay in session this weekend. In fact, Sen. Cruz is making trouble just to vote on an empty procedural motion.

REPUBLICAN RHETORIC VERSUS REALITY ON IMMIGRATION: In his response to President Obama's executive action on immigration, Speaker Boehner ignored that he has had a Senate-passed bipartisan immigration bill sitting in his lap for hundreds of days, falsely claimed the President didn't have the authority to act, and falsely claimed that the President's action would encourage more illegal immigration to the United States. The facts show that Speaker Boehner, and other Republicans who have made similar claims in recent days, are just plain wrong.

FACT CHECK: HOUSE GOP LEADER IGNORES REPUBLICAN PUSH TOWARD GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

FACT CHECK: ACA IS NO JOB KILLER: The facts are clear: the Congressional Budget Office did not say Obamacare will cost jobs.

DESPITE SPEAKER'S CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY, DOZENS OF REPUBLICANS IRRESPONSIBLY FLOAT IMPEACHMENT: House Speaker Boehner says Republican talk of impeachment is "all a scam," but reckless comments made by his own party prove otherwise.

REPUBLICANS CAN'T STAND THE FACTS ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: Republicans simply cannot stand the fact that thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more Americans than ever are receiving great coverage that they like. Just this week, Republican leaders said that ACA could not and would not work. The facts continue to say otherwise.

UNINSURED RATE DROPS DRAMATICALLY WHILE REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO SPREAD LIES ABOUT OBAMACARE

INDEPENDENT EXPERTS AND FACT-CHECKERS AGREE: GOP WRONG TO CLAIM BACKGROUND CHECKS CAN LEAD TO A FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY

NONPARTISAN STUDY: NO PROOF THAT TAX CUTS FOR WEALTHY LEAD TO ECONOMIC GROWTH: In a rebuke to long-held Republican economic theory, a nonpartisan report has found that there is no evidence that tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires leads to improved economic growth. The report also found that tax cuts for the wealthy increase income disparities.

REPUBLICANS AT ODDS WITH THE FACTS ON DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) confirms that oil production from federal lands has been higher each year of the Obama Administration than any of the last three years of the Bush administration.  In fact, total oil production from federal lands has increased by 12% under the Obama Administration.   And in every single year of the Obama administration, oil production has been higher than any of the last three years of the Bush administration. 

REPUBLICANS IGNORE FACT THAT OIL COMPANIES ARE REFUSING TO PRODUCE OIL ON MILLIONS OF ACRES OF ALREADY LEASED LAND: Ignoring the fact that 8 years of increased domestic oil production has decreased our dependency on foreign oil, Republicans still cling to the old argument that oil companies need more access to federal land. Democrats have a better idea - oil companies should start producing on the permits they already have.

CONTRARY TO GOP CLAIMS, WE CAN'T DRILL OUR WAY TO LOWER GAS PRICES: Today, America is producing more oil, importing less foreign oil, and running more drilling rigs than anywhere else in the world. Yet the amount of oil we drill at home doesn't set the price of gas on its own. That is why we need an "all of the above" approach to develop new domestic energy sources, expand oil and gas production, and reduce our overall reliance on oil through fuel efficiencies and the development of renewable energy.  

GOP SENATORS AGREE: SENATE PASSED 'BUDGET AGREEMENT' IN AUGUST: The Budget Control Act, passed by the Senate in August, set the federal budget for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 - a fact acknowledged in recent months by leading Senate Republicans.

BOEHNER'S SO-CALLED 'CONFEREES' ARE OPPONENTS OF PAYROLL TAX CUT: In case it wasn't already clear that the House GOP's call for a "conference committee" was simply a ploy to bury the payroll tax cut, just look at who Speaker Boehner has selected to "negotiate" for the House GOP.  It's a veritable "who's who" of payroll tax cut opponents. 

Minutes Apart, Cantor and Boehner Claimed That They've Always Wanted A Full Year Extension: Minutes apart from each other both Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor claimed that they have always wanted a yearlong extension of the payroll tax cut.  The number one and number two in the House GOP leadership forgot one thing though, their past opposition to a yearlong extension. 

A POLITE REMINDER FOR SPEAKER BOEHNER: Note to Speaker Boehner: just because Republicans keep rejecting every balanced offer coming from Democrats doesn't mean they never existed.

THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR: REPUBLICAN RECKLESSNESS CAUSED DOWNGRADE: S&P confirms that Republican brinksmanship undermined AAA credit rating.

THERE THEY GO AGAIN: GOP LAWMAKERS, IGNORING REAGAN, STILL DOWNPLAY CONSEQUENCES OF A DEFAULT: Nearly 25 years after gipper warned against playing politics with debt limit, house conservatives still ignore dire warnings.

WHAT'S CHANGED IN TWELVE HOURS?  Moments Ago on the Senate Floor Senator McConnell Objected to A Request to Vote on the House GOP's Bill... But That isn't What He Said Yesterday Afternoon.

THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE "GOP JOBS BILL: Republican Senators are attempting to amend the bipartisan VOW to Hire Heroes Act with their so-called jobs bill-a bill that would actually hurt the economy and cost Americans jobs  Below is the only thing you need to know about the GOP's effort to weigh down a bipartisan veterans jobs bill with one that kills jobs.