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In reply to the discussion: Congress Collapses from Exhaustion After Doing Job [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)26. Thanks. No more both the same, CT, Ron Paul, Libertarian, Bagger talking points.
A Reminder Of How The GOP Spent Its Last 4 Years
This is a post from a commenter on Huffington Post. It's the kind of list that should infuriate anyone who feels the government should cater to those who vote and the country it supposedly represents.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/27/fiscal-cliff_n_2370224.html
Two Years Ago, John Boehner promised to be "Laser Focused on Jobs and the Economy" So what has the GOP House been up to?
House Bills passed:
46 Bills on Abortion
113 Bills on Religion
73 Bills on Family Relationships
36 Bills on Marriage
72 Bills on Firearms
604 Bills on Taxation
437 Bills on Govt Investigations
Bills attempted and failed to be passed even by the GOP:
33 attempts to Defund Obamacare.....Failed
15 attempts to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood......Failed
3 Attempts to Cut Funding for VA Hospitals.......Failed.
GOP blocked bills:
Blocked bill to aid Small Business
Blocked Unemployment extension
Blocked Bank Reform Bills
Blocked Campaign Finance Reform and open Contributions Law
Blocked MULTIPLE Jobs Bills
Blocked Infrastructure Bill
Blocked Ending Tax Breaks for companies that Outsource Jobs
Blocked Wall Street Reform
Blocked Energy Legislation
Blocked Mine Safety Bill
Blocked Oil Spill Liability Cap increase
Blocked Bill to lower Oil Company Tax Breaks
Blocked Bill to impose charging American Oil Companies on Oil achieved in the Gulf
Number of TRUE Jobs Bills even allowed to come to a vote in the House....NONE.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/27/1174156/-A-Reminder-Of-How-The-GOP-Spent-Its-Last-4-Years
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022079777
The Tea Party does not represent me, or the middle class, or America. They are bad company to be keeping. This country is better off with Democrats in power.
This is a post from a commenter on Huffington Post. It's the kind of list that should infuriate anyone who feels the government should cater to those who vote and the country it supposedly represents.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/27/fiscal-cliff_n_2370224.html
Two Years Ago, John Boehner promised to be "Laser Focused on Jobs and the Economy" So what has the GOP House been up to?
House Bills passed:
46 Bills on Abortion
113 Bills on Religion
73 Bills on Family Relationships
36 Bills on Marriage
72 Bills on Firearms
604 Bills on Taxation
437 Bills on Govt Investigations
Bills attempted and failed to be passed even by the GOP:
33 attempts to Defund Obamacare.....Failed
15 attempts to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood......Failed
3 Attempts to Cut Funding for VA Hospitals.......Failed.
GOP blocked bills:
Blocked bill to aid Small Business
Blocked Unemployment extension
Blocked Bank Reform Bills
Blocked Campaign Finance Reform and open Contributions Law
Blocked MULTIPLE Jobs Bills
Blocked Infrastructure Bill
Blocked Ending Tax Breaks for companies that Outsource Jobs
Blocked Wall Street Reform
Blocked Energy Legislation
Blocked Mine Safety Bill
Blocked Oil Spill Liability Cap increase
Blocked Bill to lower Oil Company Tax Breaks
Blocked Bill to impose charging American Oil Companies on Oil achieved in the Gulf
Number of TRUE Jobs Bills even allowed to come to a vote in the House....NONE.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/27/1174156/-A-Reminder-Of-How-The-GOP-Spent-Its-Last-4-Years
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022079777
The Tea Party does not represent me, or the middle class, or America. They are bad company to be keeping. This country is better off with Democrats in power.
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I didn't vote the Tea Party in, and believe me, the money they get in Congress is chump change.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#3
I'm not. My representatives took no corporate money, made no deals. As I said, I didn't vote TP.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#5
No, and they are adults and behave like adults. I didn't vote for baggers, so the people doing wrong
freshwest
Dec 2012
#13
Thanks. No more both the same, CT, Ron Paul, Libertarian, Bagger talking points.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#26
Not only that, Congress apparently worked Al Queda out of a job, while they were at it.
99th_Monkey
Dec 2012
#2
Bet the capitol janitors who keep those floors polished work harder every day in a day
Cleita
Dec 2012
#12
Boehner Just Wants Wife To Listen, Not Come Up With Alternative Debt-Reduction Ideas
condoleeza
Jan 2013
#27