Here Is The Stunning Utter Failure Of The Republican Led Congress In One Chart

By: Sarah Jones
Thursday, June, 25th, 2015, 6:53 pm
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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office put out a statement about the first 170 days of the Republican Congress that is basically telling the story of utter fail.
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Worse yet, it’s not just Democratic spin. This stuff is real. Republicans did nothing for 18 days, zero jobs bills passed but raised the deficit by $610.7 billion dollars by passing more permanent tax cuts for the rich/corporations while voting to raise taxes on middle class families with children, voted against training resources for veterans, voted 7 times to repeal Obamacare, ignored student loan debt bills, wouldn’t even allow a vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act…
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This is a Congress that only functions for the top 2%.
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Here’s the breakdown from Pelosi’s office:
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THE FIRST 170 DAYS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS:
BY THE NUMBERS
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• 170:     June 24th was the 170th day of the 114th Congress
• 87:      Days the GOP House has been in session, including 18 pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed
• 1.5 million:     Number of private-sector jobs created or sustained by Export-Import Bank since 2007
• 4:      Times House Republicans voted against renewing the job-creating Export-Import Bank charter before it expires on June 30 (2015 Vote #116, 2015 Vote #126, 2015 Vote #371, 2015 Vote #379)
• ZERO:     GOP jobs bills passed in the 114th Congress
• Just 25:     Bills signed into law by President, including 2 that were unfinished business from the 113th Congress and 15 noncontroversial modest suspension bills
•  $610.7 billion:     Amount the deficit is increased by the 11 GOP permanent tax cut bills the GOP has already passed in the 114th Congress so far
• 100:     Percent of House Republicans who voted against bringing up the student loan refinancing bill
• 7:      Additional times the House GOP has voted in the past 170 days to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act (2015 Vote #14, 2015 Vote #45, 2015 Vote #58, 2015 Vote #142, 2015 Vote #183, 2015 Vote #375, 2015 Vote #376)
• 60:     Times House Republicans have voted to repeal or undermine the ACA since 2011
• 241:     Republicans voted against bringing the Help Hire Our Heroes Act – a bill to provide training resources for veterans seeking good-paying jobs – to the floor for a vote.
• 99:    Percent of House Republicans who voted to allow predatory lenders on military bases
• $251 million:    Cut to Amtrak funding passed by House Republican members of the Appropriations Committee one day after a deadly train accident in Philadelphia.
•  100:    Percent of Republicans twice voted against authorizing & funding the Positive Train Control Program which would have prevented the Amtrak derailment, one week after the accident.
•  6:     Times GOP voted against bringing a clean bill to fund DHS to a vote even as a shutdown loomed (2015 Vote #34, 2015 Vote #71, 2015 Vote #77, 2015 Vote #86, 2015 Vote #92, 2015 Vote #100)
•  2:      Times GOP has blocked bigger paychecks and better infrastructure so far in the 114th Congress (2015 Vote #4, 2015 Vote #5)
• 2.9 million:     Number of jobs that would be destroyed under the House GOP FY 2016 Budget
• $2,000:    More in taxes for middle-class American families with children greenlighted by the final FY 2016 Republican Budget
•  $200,000:     Average tax break for the wealthiest Americans making $1,000,000 or more greenlighted by the final FY 2016 Republican Budget
•  $269 billion:     Tax breaks House Republicans have passed for the wealthiest 5,400 estates - 0.2 percent of Americans - in the country.
• 99:    Percent of House Republicans who voted against allowing a vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act – a bill to ensure equal pay for equal work
• You can’t make this stuff up. This is a big old middle finger to everyone but the top 2%. It’s a middle finger to families with kids, veterans, students, women… It’s a middle finger to America.

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It used to be just the House that was dysfunctional, now it’s the entire Congress, thanks to the Republican takeover of the Senate. And this is what a Republican-controlled Congress looks like. If anyone asks you what Republicans believe in, show them this. Policy is king.
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