On the recordJune 10, 2014
as every Member of Congress knows, Americans are hurting, and after 5\1/2\ years of the Obama economy, they are getting pretty discouraged, as a recent CNN poll reported. That ``pessimism,'' Erin Currier, director of the Economic Mobility Project at the Pew Charitable Trusts, stated in a recent CNNMoney article, ``is reflective of the financial realities a lot of families are facing. They are treading water, but their income is not translating into solid financial security.'' Unfortunately, Senate Democrats have responded to the economic instability facing so many Americans by essentially doing nothing. Instead of legislation to create jobs and expand opportunity, Democrats have tied up the Senate this year with politically motivated show votes designed to go nowhere. Back in March the New York Times reported that Democrats planned to spend the spring and summer on messaging votes ``timed to coincide with campaign-style trips by President Obama.'' The Times reported: . . . Democrats concede that making new laws is not really the point. Rather, they are trying to force Republicans to vote against them. Democrats have certainly been following that playbook. This week, in their latest election-year political stunt, they will take up a designed-to-fail student loan bill. According to plan, it will be accompanied by some ``campaign-style'' stops by President Obama.…
