Last year my Republican colleagues ran their campaign on the slogan: ``Where are the jobs?'' It's been 28 weeks since the Republicans took control of the House, and the question still remains: Where are the jobs? We all know that the Bush tax for the wealthy failed to create new jobs. They fooled the public once. It ain't going to happen again. Now, instead of working to create jobs, Republicans are holding our country hostage, taking the debt limit talks to the brink. Under the Republican budget proposal, seniors will lose guaranteed medical benefits, have their out-of-pocket medical expenses double. The Republican plan will reopen the Medicare doughnut hole area, costing 4 million seniors an additional $2.2 billion. It's wrong to make our seniors suffer to give a tax break to the ultrarich and corporations that ship jobs overseas. No new taxes, no new jobs. No taxes, no jobs. No taxes, no jobs. Let's put together a plan that lowers our deficit without doing it on the backs of our seniors and the middle class. ____________________
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