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Republican Do-Nothing Congress Vacations But Does Nothing For America's Families August 4, 2006 As Republicans in this "Do-Nothing" Congress head home for the August recess after the shortest and least effective work period in at least 60 years, they should be prepared to explain their failed agenda and rubber-stamping ways. Just yesterday, Democrats successfully stopped Republican election year efforts to attach a fiscally irresponsible million-dollar tax giveaway for multi-millionaires to a minimum wage increase that would benefit nearly seven million Americans. The same day, Democrats strongly questioned Secretary Rumsfeld on growing sectarian violence, mounting casualties and troop preparedness in Iraq,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 07, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi Statement on June's Tepid Jobs Report Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to the tepid jobs report that showed only 121,000 new jobs created in June, while real wages have remained stagnant over the last three years. Growth in payroll employment has been anemic under the Bush Administration, averaging only 42,000 per month compared to job growth of 237,000 per month under the Clinton Administration. Below are Pelosi’s statement and a chart showing how Republicans have turned their backs...