John Rossomando
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Barack Obama keeps chiding the Republicans about their supposed lack of a jobs plan, but he should be directing his ire at hapless Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. So far, Reid has killed the president’s jobs plan and has also kept at least 19 Republican jobs bills that passed the House bottled up.
Here's a list courtesy fo House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's website:
The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act
H.R. 872 - Senate has taken no action to date
The Energy Tax Prevention Act
H.R. 910 - Senate has taken no action to date
Disapproval of FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations
H.J.Res. 37 - Senate has taken no action to date
The Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act
H.R. 2018 - Senate has taken no action to date
Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness Improvement Act
H.R. 1315 - Senate has taken no action to date
Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act
H.R. 2587 - Senate has taken no action to date
Transparency In Regulatory Analysis Of Impacts On The Nation
H.R. 2401 - Senate has taken no action to date
Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act
H.R. 2681 - Senate has taken no action to date
EPA Regulatory Relief Act
H.R. 2250 - Senate has taken no action to date
Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act
H.R. 2273 - Senate has taken no action to date
Fix The Tax Code To Help Job Creators
America’s tax code has grown too complicated and cumbersome. We need a tax code that is flatter, fairer, and simpler to ensure that everyone pays their fair share, lessen the burden on families, generate economic expansion, and create jobs by making America more competitive.
3% Withholding Rule Repeal
H.R. 674 - Senate has taken no action to date
Southeast Arizona Resource Utilization & Conservation Act
H.R. 1904 - Senate has taken no action to date
Encourage Entrepreneurship and Growth
America has historically been on the cutting edge of innovation and technological development, but we are increasingly falling behind our global competitors. We must make it easier for existing businesses to grow and allow more start-up companies to flourish.
Veterans Opportunity to Work Act
H.R. 2433 - Senate has taken no action to date
Maximize Domestic Energy Production
The energy sector is crucial to our economic growth, and high energy costs have a major impact on job creation. We need policies that allow us to harness our abundant supply of natural resources in America, develop new sources of energy, and create jobs here at home.
Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
H.R. 1230 - Senate has taken no action to date
Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act
H.R. 1229 - Senate has taken no action to date
Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act
H.R. 1231 - Senate has taken no action to date
The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
H.R. 2021 - Senate has taken no action to date
North American-Made Energy Security Act
H.R. 1938 - Senate has taken no action to date
Pay Down America's Unsustainable Debt Burden
The federal government is spending and borrowing so much that the United States will soon go broke. Washington’s spending binge has put our nation in debt, eroded economic confidence, and caused massive uncertainty for private sector job creators. It's time to live within our means.
Budget for Fiscal Year 2012
H.Con.Res. 34 - Senate has not yet considered a budget of its own
Reid continues to show that he places political expediency ahead of lifting the regulatory and tax stranglehold over the nation’s economy.
If the Occupy Wall Streeters want a job, maybe they should be banging down Harry Reid’s door in the U.S. Capitol demanding that he put these bills up for a vote.
We’ve already seen that government spending on programs such as Solyndra create wards of the state rather than real, competitive jobs. Maybe he should think about helping entrepreneurs by making it easier for them to create capital investments and put people back to work.
If Reid can’t even do something as simple as pass a jobs bill or a federal budget for that matter, why does he deserve another term as Senate majority leader?
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