On the recordJune 8, 2012
If Congress were a musical, then House Republicans would be Little Orphan Annie, singing, ``The sun will surely come out tomorrow,'' because with the urgent challenges facing this Nation, with Americans staring at an impending fiscal cliff and economic calamity, the GOP has simply said, ``Maybe we'll get to it tomorrow.'' Let's revisit the little orphans the GOP has left behind: Needed transportation and jobs bill. The Medicare doc payment fix. The debt ceiling extension. The student loan interest rate hike. The sequester's arbitrary, indiscriminate cuts. The farm bill. Postal reform. The expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the AMT taxes, and the payroll tax cut which would collectively cost families $4,000 more next year. The impact to our economy and these poor little orphans is a staggering $7 trillion. The nonpartisan CBO has said failure to act on these will send America back into a recession. The Republicans need to recognize that every orphan deserves a home and work with us on responsible bipartisan solutions, or it's going to be ``a hard knock life for us.'' ____________________
