It adds to our Nations debt. and it raises taxes on middleclass families. To date. this Congress. under the new majority. has failed to send any meaningful legislation to the Presidents desk for signature. Instead. the majority leader pulled the immigration bill from the floor. delayed consideration of an energy bill. ultimately passing a bill that will fix none of the current problems. and pursued political resolutions aimed at weakening the President. at the expense of strengthening our Nation. Only one of the "six for 06" initiatives that our Democrat colleagues heralded when they got elected to the majority have become law. due in part to their lack of bipartisanship and cooperation. Their agenda so far has included passing a budget with the largest tax increase in American history. increasing spending on wasteful programs. they have sought to micromanage the war rather than to give our commanders and soldiers. sailors. airmen. and marines on the ground the opportunity to actually succeed. they forced our troops to shoulder pork barrel projects and made them wait 117 days to get a bill to the President that he would signan emergency spending bill that would get necessary relief to our troops in a time of war. they sought to raise the minimum wage without protections for small businesses. they have hampered the 9/11 Commission recommendations with paybacks to unions:. they forced taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research under circumstances that many Americans would find crosses a moral line. by taking life in order to conduct scientific research. they have undermined a successful Medicare prescription drug plan in favor of a Governmentrun health care plan. and opposed marketbased solutions.
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