https://freerepublic.com/tag/bigandbigger/ en-us Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:55:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940807/posts Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement responding to remarks by President Bush this morning on the nation’s economy:“The President’s statement this morning fails to grasp that middle-class families are working harder but earning less, while facing record gas prices, failing mortgages, and rising home heating bills.  If President Bush thinks this is success, I would hate to see his definition of failure.“Even as middle-class families are struggling, the President’s budget plan gutted energy independence, cut home heating assistance for seniors, undermined cancer research, robbed promised funding from K-12 education, and slashed Pell grants and college financial... Speaker Nancy Pelosi https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940807/posts#comment Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:55:16 GMT