It's been 1,400 days since Harry Reid and the Democrat Senate passed a budget--an abysmal milestone. What could be accomplished in that time? Why aren't they doing their job? Check out the video below.   More

In an interview with Sean Hannity last night on Fox News, Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) joined the growing chorus of Democrats who refuse to admit that Washington has a spending problem. This is the fourth time in two weeks that key Democrats have refused to acknowledge Washington’s spending problem.  SEAN HANNITY: I have a question [...]  More

Instead of urging Senate Democrats to pass a smarter replacement for his sequester, President Obama is traveling everywhere but to the Senate. Just a few days before the President's devastating cuts go into effect, Washington Democrats refuse to pass a serious plan to avert them. Watch and share the video below:   More

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The White House today announced President Obama would participate in interviews with local television affiliates from across the country. Here are four questions the President should be asked about his sequester: 1. The House passed two bills to replace your sequester - one six weeks ago and one six months ago. Now you claim to have a plan to repl [...]  More

1. The sequester was President Obama’s idea.• President Obama and his team were the first to propose the sequester. Bob Woodward and Jay Carney both confirmed this over the past week. 2. Republicans passed two plans to replace the President’s sequester, yet Senate Democrats have passed no replacement.• House Republicans took [...]  More

In this week's address, Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) discusses the devastating cuts in President Obama's sequester, due to take effect March 1st. The House has passed two replacement plans with responsible spending cuts, and the President and Senate Democrats have yet to offer a serious replacement. It's time Washington Democrats work with us the repla [...]  More

Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, Saturday, February 16. Here's a behind the scenes photo of Rep. Roby delivering the address, in which she's expected to discuss the harmful effects of President Obama's sequester, due to start on March 1. You can watch the address here tomorrow.  More

The Democrats who run Washington today continued to push a message contrary to what the majority of Americans believe - Washington doesn’t have a spending problem. Hardworking Americans know otherwise.Let’s take a look at the greatest hits this week by the Democrats who control Washington on their refusal to recognize that government ha [...]  More

Watch the first in a new series “Tooting His Own Horn,” where the President toots his horn about his sequester. President Obama Created the Sequester   “Woodward reports in his book that White House Office of Management Director Jack Lew and Legislative Affairs Director Rob Nabors took the proposal for sequestration to Senate [...]  More

It's only days away until the devastating sequester--a trigger by President Obama--will take effect on March 1st, 2013. The House has passed two replacements to the sequester with responsible spending cuts and serious reforms to get our economy back on track. Democrats in Washington must work with us to find a solution to the President's damaging [...]  More

  2009 2013 Change National Debt $10.6 Trillion $16.4 Trillion +$5.8 Trillion Unemployment Rate 7.8% 7.9% +0.1% Number of people no longer in the labor force 80.5 Million 89.5 Million +8.5 Million Average Cost of a Family Health Insurance Plan $13,375 $20,728 +$7,353 Average Cost of a Gallon of Gas $1.90 $3.61 +$1.71  More

Carney: “Sequester was one of the ideas put forward, yes, by the President’s team.”   More

"There is no doubt we need additional revenue, coupled with smart spending reductions in order to bring down our deficit. And we can do it in a gradual way so that it doesn't have a huge impact," he said. Obama indicated he would seek to end deductions that are not available to all Americans, singling out "carried interest," which refers to the [...]  More

Add House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer to the list of Democrats who don’t believe Washington has a spending problem. When asked point blank on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning whether or not Washington has a spending problem, the minority whip refused to answer.  This comes on the heels of Nancy Pelosi’s appearance on Fox News Su [...]  More

Visit GOP.gov/sotu during President Obama's speech to get the facts. #sotu  More

WASHINGTON, DC – House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) and House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a joint statement today regarding a new iBook for the rules of the 113th Congress Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives: “House Republicans are committed to mak [...]  More

On Monday, President Obama failed to submit a budget to Congress on time, breaking the law. (31 U.S.C. 1105). Obama is required to transmit his budget to Congress on or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February each year. (31 U.S.C. § 1105, (a), p. 105)President Obama has failed to submit his budget on t [...]  More

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President Obama and His Operatives at the White House Proposed the Sequester“Then-OMB Director Jack Lew, now the White House chief of staff, and White House Legislative Affairs Director Rob Nabors pitched the idea to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). (Bob Woodward book could bolster Republican attack on W.H., Politico, Austin Wright [...]  More

House Republicans are serious about the need to address our government's out of control spending. The same can't be said for the President and Senate Democrats. For the fourth time, the president's budget is once again late, and the Democrat-controlled Senate has not even passed a budget in nearly four years. In order to get spending under control [...]  More

President Obama has accumulated an unprecedented amount of debt in just four years. That's why we're voting to #RequireAPlan from his administration to present a balanced budget or tell us exactly when he would achieve one. It's the responsible thing to do. Check out the chart below comparing his reckless spending to the past 43 presidents: Click [...]  More

In this week's address, Congresswoman Susan Brooks (R-IN) gives an update on our efforts to get our economy moving again and the importance of having a budget. "Each of the last two years, the Republican-led House has passed a responsible budget that addresses what's driving our debt in order to put our country on a path to prosperity," she says. [...]  More