By the numbers

THE FIRST 170 DAYS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS:
BY THE NUMBERS

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.

This is what a Republican-controlled Congress looks like. If anyone asks you what Republicans believe in, show them this. Policy is king.