FACT SHEET: The GOP-Controlled House Is One of the Most Unproductive in History
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From the House Democratic Leader's Press Office
The GOP-Controlled House Is One of the Most Unproductive in History Most of the Small Handful of Achievements Over Last Two Years Have Only Happened Due to Democrats
Over the last two years, House Republicans have played politics instead of developing bipartisan solutions to address the challenges facing our country - wasting time passing partisan, ideological message bills to nowhere, which have no chance of being passed by the
Hence, due to the obstruction and intransigence of Republicans in both the
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Most of the Small Handful of Achievements Have Only Happened Due to Democrats
Over the last two years, House Republicans have been spending their time passing ideological bills designed to excite the most right-wing portion of their
By sharp contrast, when given the opportunity, Democrats have put problem-solving above politics and have provided the votes to address an issue and get something done. Here are four key examples:
* Passing A Strong Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization (PL 113-4). On
* Passing Relief for Victims of Hurricane Sandy (PL 113-2). Hurricane Sandy, which occurred in late
* Ending the Government Shutdown, Which Had Cost the Country
* Upholding Full Faith and Credit of
Finally, With Few Legislative Days Left Before Election, There Is A Long List of Bills That Americans Support That House Republicans Have Failed to Act On
Over the last two years, House Republicans have wasted their time passing their partisan message bills to nowhere. There are now only a handful of legislative days left in this
While bringing to the House Floor GOP message bills, House Republicans have failed to bring up numerous key bills that have the support of the American people. Here are just a few of the critical bills that House Republicans have failed to act on:
* NO comprehensive immigration reform (despite the support of 62 percent (http://publicreligion.org/research/2014/06/immigration-reform-06-2014/) of Americans and the fact that the
* NO reauthorization of the
* NO reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which the Financial Services Roundtable calls "critical to the nation's economy, American jobs" (with its authorization expiring on
* NO increase in the minimum wage (despite the support of 71 percent (http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/09/news/economy/minimum-wage-poll/) of the American public)
* NO Paycheck Fairness Act, which is designed to ensure equal pay for equal work (despite the support of 62 percent (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/workplace-fairness/fair-pay/americas-women-and-the-wage-gap.pdf) of the American public)
* NO bill to allow millions of borrowers to refinance their existing student loans at lower interest rates (despite the support of 87 percent (http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/the-plan-to-let-americans-refinance-their-student-loan-debt-and-what-democrats-hope-to-gain-from-it-20140516) of 18-to-30 year olds)
* NO "It's Not My Boss's Business Act," a bill that ensures no employee can be denied access to health services, including contraceptives, because of the personal beliefs of their boss (despite the support of 69 percent (http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-birth-control-mandate-obamacare-support-20140422-story.html) of the American public)
* NO bill to extend vitally-needed unemployment insurance (despite the support of 69 percent (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/23/69-percent-support-extending-unemployment-insurance/) of the American public)
* NO bill to protect LGBT people from employment discrimination (despite the support of 68 percent (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/09/30/2703121/poll-nondiscrimination-enda/) of Americans and the fact the
* NO bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act, a bill that was introduced by Rep.
* NO "Bring Jobs Home Act," a bill that ends a tax break for corporations shipping jobs overseas and creates a new tax cut for corporations bringing jobs back home (despite Americans' strong concern (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-17/senate-to-consider-tax-credit-for-bringing-jobs-to-u-s-.html) s about U.S. companies moving jobs overseas)
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