Blog Posts from August 2012


Returning Students: Welcome Back to the Failed Obama Economy (CHART)

As students return to high school and college at the end of this month, here's what lies ahead of them in the failed Obama economy: skyrocketing debt, doubled gas prices, fewer options for higher education, and an abysmal job market. Simply put, the president's policies have failed and they're making the economy worse. House Republicans have [...]  More

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) Delivers the Weekly Republican Address (VIDEO)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) delivered this week’s address on the House’s efforts to jumpstart our nation’s sluggish economy. Republicans in the House have stopped a small business tax hike scheduled for January 1st, passed more than 30 jobs bills that eliminate excessive red tape, empower small businesses, and approve the Keystone [...]  More

What's Fair, Mr. President? (VIDEO)

President Obama’s policies have failed and have made our economy worse. He’s invested taxpayers' money into failed projects, rejected domestic energy production and wants to raise taxes to increase government spending. Because he can’t stand on his record, he is resorting to the politics of envy and division, oftentimes promoting [...]  More

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Delivers the Weekly Republican Address (VIDEO)

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) delivered this week's address on the House's recent action to stop the tax hike and roll back burdensome regulations on America's small businesses. National unemployment has remained above 8% for 42 consecutive months under the current administration. Now is not the time to raise taxes on anyone.   More

#StopTheTaxHike (VIDEO)

If Congress doesn't act, everyone will see their taxes increase on January 1, 2013. Last week, Senate Democrats passed the president's plan to raise taxes on more than 900,000 small businesses. House Republicans believe that no one should see their taxes go up during the worst unemployment crisis since the Great Depression. That's why we're voting [...]  More

Republican Leadership Press Conference

House Republicans are committed to stopping Democrats' massive year-end tax hike that would cost more than 700,000 American jobs.   More