For the first time since Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, financial market participants are actually questioning the long-term creditworthiness of the U.S. government.

I think leaving Congress without letting the will of Congress be held and be known, to put lawmakers on the record of whether they support these tax increases or not, whether they're serious about jump-starting the economy, I think, really…

By the standards that the Obama administration set for itself, its stimulus plan has failed miserably.

The United States is 7.2 million payroll jobs short of the Democrats' promise.

Where lax enforcement of our laws may exist, Congress should fulfill its duty in its role in conducting proper oversight.

The unemployment rate has never been below 8.0 percent and actually rose to 9.6 percent in August 2010.

So much for 'hope and change.'

As for jump starting the economy, it is now slowing and every sector has lost jobs, unless you're a government worker.

90 percent of Americans believe that the economy is in bad shape. Almost 3 out of every 4 believe it won't get better anytime soon.

How can Congressional Democrats possibly be proud of these devastating economic failures?

if you take $3,000 a family out of people's pockets, they send it here to Washington rather than going to the local store