stan3186

Below is a list of 40, count them 40 bills that have been passed by this Congress. Obama and Reid are sitting on most of these and blaming the "do nothing" Republicans for obstruction. Who is really the obstructionist?

UPDATED AS OF FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2014

Many Americans today see our economy stuck in a new normal, and know that we can do better. That's why the House have passed dozens of pro-growth jobs bills to get government out of the way and secure the American Dream. Here, you can learn more about our solutions, read the bills, and keep tabs on our progress.



Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) approves the Keystone pipeline, as well as the thousands of jobs that would result, and removes legal and regulatory obstacles that could delay its construction for years. (passed 241-175)



Offshore Energy & Jobs Act (H.R. 2231) opens the most resource-rich areas to new offshore energy production, and requires the Obama administration to move forward with lease sales that have been delayed or canceled, providing the energy needed to revitalize manufacturing, create jobs, and restore our nation of builders. (passed 235-186)



Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act (H.R. 2728) prevents the Obama administration from imposing costly, duplicative, and job-k*****g regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a type of energy production that is fueling economic growth and jobs in states that have effectively regulated it for years. (passed 235-187)



Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) expedites the development of critical infrastructure needed to accomodate increased natural gas production, and the thousands of jobs that come with it. (passed 252-165)



Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act (H.R. 1965) boosts job creation by streamlining the permitting process and opening new areas to onshore energy production on federal land, where oil and natural gas production have plummeted under this administration. (passed 228-192)



Energy Consumers Relief Act (H.R. 1582) halts major new Obama administration regulations that will hurt jobs and our economy. (passed 232-181)



Hydropower & Rural Jobs Act (H.R. 678) reduces unnecessary and duplicative costs holding back hydropower development – a renewable energy source that will bring jobs and revenue to rural areas. (passed 416-7)



Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act (H.R. 267) expedites the development of hydropower and conduit projects, and requires the administration to study the feasibility of a streamlined permitting process. (passed 422-0)



National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act (H.R. 761) streamlines the permitting process and reduces red tape to facilitate the development of strategic and critical minerals used to support American manufacturing jobs. (passed 246-178)



Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2218) prevents the administration from implementing new, one-size-fits-all coal ash regulations, and calls for a state-based approach that would protect the environment, the economy, and American jobs. (passed 265-155)



Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act (H.R. 1963) removes outdated statutes to facilitate the development of new hydropower project on federal land, helping to address energy costs for families and small businesses, and create jobs. (passed by voice v**e)



Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act (H.R. 2640) provides access to water resources needed to attract investment and help create jobs, and increases hydropower production. (passed by voice v**e)



Outer Continental Shelf T***sboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act (H.R. 1613) makes the development and production of oil and natural gas in the Gulf fairer for American companies. (passed 256-171)



Responsibly & Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act (H.R. 2641) expedites the approval process for new energy projects that will help lower costs and create new jobs. (passed 229-179)



Electricity Security & Affordability Act (H.R. 3826)protects coal-fired power plants from excessive regulations that will force them to shut down, costing thousands of jobs and raising costs for millions of Americans. (passed 229-183)



Preventing Government Waste & Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act (H.R. 2824) prevents excessive, unnecessary regulations on coal-fired energy that will destroy jobs and drive costs up even further. (passed 229-192)



North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301) expedites the approval of critical energy infrastructure by modernizing the approval process for cross-border pipelines and eliminating the P**********l Permit requirement. (passed 238-173)



The Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act (H.R. 6) expedites the approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications stalled at the Department of Energy. (passed 266-150)



Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America that Works Act (H.R. 4899) promotes more onshore and offshore energy production. (passed 229-185)





Repealing ObamaCare (H.R. 45) repeals and defunds the president’s health care law, which is hurting American families and making it harder for small businesses to hire. (passed 229-195)



Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act (H.R. 2009) prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from implementing the president’s health care law, which is hurting American families and making it harder for small businesses to hire. (passed 232-185)



Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R. 2267) Delays implementation of ObamaCare's employer mandate, which is forcing small businesses to cut hours and hold back hiring. (passed 264-161)



Save American Workers Act (H.R. 2575) repeals the 30-hour trigger for ObamaCare’s employer mandate tax, and restores the 40-hour work week to increase workers’ wages. (passed 248-179)





Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911) takes the politics out of student loans by tying interest rates to the market, making paying for college and getting a good education easier for students and families, and fairer for taxpayers. (passed 392-31)



SK**LS Act (H.R. 803) eliminates and streamlines dozens of overlapping federal programs, and helps connect out-of-work Americans with the job training programs they need. (passed 215-202)

Student Success Act (H.R. 5) eliminates ineffective and duplicative federal programs, consolidates programs that have grown and multiplied over the past 10 years, protects local schools from overreach by Washington bureaucrats, and lets school districts identify, recruit and keep the best teachers possible. (passed 221-207)



Veterans Economic Opportunity Act (H.R. 2481) improves programs that promote economic opportunity and ensures our nation’s veterans have the tools and resources they need to find the jobs they deserve. (passed by voice v**e)



Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 10) strengthens and expands access to the successful Charter Schools Program to provide more students with the quality education they’ll need to fill the jobs and drive the innovations of the future. (passed 360-45)





Unfunded Mandates Information & T***sparency Act (H.R. 899) increases t***sparency regarding the costs of undfunded federal mandates, and ensures that those affected, including small businesses, have the opportunity to weigh in on new rules. (passed 234-176)



Achieving Less Excess in Regulation & Requiring T***sparency (ALERRT) Act (H.R. 2804) forces the Obama administration to account for the costs of its arbitrary, excessive regulations and prevents new rules from taking effect if it fails to do so; helps minimize the impact of new rules on small businesses; and curbs "sue and settle" litigation that allows federal agencies and interest groups to circumvent the regulatory process. (passed 236-179)



Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R. 367) reforms the outdated regulatory process that hurts private-sector job creation by requiring an up-or-down v**e in Congress on any major new regulation with an economic cost of $100 million or more. (passed 232-183)



Stop Government Abuse Act (H.R. 2879) provides families and small business owners some of the tools they need to protect against government harassment, allowing them to focus on growing their businesses and putting more Americans back to work. (passed 239-176)



Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 1406) helps workers Americans better balance the demands of work and family by removing legal barriers preventing private-sector workers from having the same flexibility as public-sector workers. (passed 223-204)



Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act (H.R. 1105) facilitates the growth of more Main Street jobs by reining in the excessive red tape that hurts small business investment. (passed 254-159)



Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act (H.R. 1526) manages federal forests for the benefit of rural schools and counties, improves forest health, and creates more than 200,000 direct and indirect jobs. (passed 244-173)



Innovation Act (H.R. 3309) helps businesses better defend themselves against abusive patent litigation, promoting more private-sector growth, innovation, and job creation. (passed 325-91)



Hire More Heroes Act (H.R. 3474) makes it easier for small businesses to hire more of our nation's heroes by providing an exemption to ObamaCare's employer mandate for veterans with existing health coverage. (passed 406-1)





Path to Prosperity Budget (H. Con. Res. 96) helps delivers for hardworking taxpayers by cutting Washington spending, implementing pro-growth reforms that will boost job creation, and making tough choices to secure our future. (passed 219-205)



Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act (H.R. 890) prevents the Obama administration from undermining bipartisan reforms critical to slashing welfare rolls, boosting earnings, and helping millions of Americans out of poverty and into the workforce. (passed 246-181)



Digital Accountability and T***sparency Act (H.R. 2061) increases t***sparency by making federal spending data more open and accessible, facilitating efforts to cut spending and help create a better environment for job creation. (passed 388-1)



Water Resources Reform & Development Act (H.R. 3080) reforms the way our country builds and maintains ports vital to economic growth, cuts red tape, increases accountability, and protects taxpayers – all without earmarks. (passed 417-3)



Farm Bill (H.R. 2642) reforms agriculture programs to help boost the economy and strengthens the food stamp program for the neediest Americans. (passed 251-166)



Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 624) establishes a framework for companies and government to work together to stop cyber attacks that threaten our security, and our economy. (passed 288-127)



American Research and Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4438) simplifies and makes permanent the research & development tax credit, providing businesses large and small the certainty they need to invest and innovate, helping to create jobs and boost U.S. competitiveness. (passed 274-131)



America's Small Business Tax Relief Act (H.R. 4457) – Permanently allows small businesses to immediately deduct the cost of purchasing new equipment and property. (Passed 272-144)



S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act (H.R. 4453) – Permanently allows proven job creators to access the capital they need to grow, compete nationally and globally. (Passed 263-155)



Making permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718) – Permanently extends a tax incentive allowing companies to deduct half the cost of new business investments. (passed 258-160)

- See more at: http://www.speaker.gov/jobs#sthash.1KVbfw4e.dpuf

3jack

The t***h in it's entirety


http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/gops-claim-house-passed-30-jobs-bills-bogus#disqus_thread

grace scott

Thanks for your post. I glanced down the list and did not see one that I would support. They are all pro business, anti working class American.

Sicilianthing

Who cares what ObamaClown says anymore...
No one believes him.... it's all bulls**t and lies....
Reid needs a b***h slapping to wake his stupid ass up !
Pair of Clowns.... that you people are dealing with...
Pair of Clowns....
Every single day you wake up, fuc*ing Excuse after Excuse after Excuse from ClownFuc*World in Washington!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stan3186

That attitude is one of the major problems with liberals. It all supports business, probably true. Who do you think gives out all the jobs besides the Government which is overblown beyond reason. If business does well, so do the people. If for instance a business gets a large write off for purchasing capital equipment, then they are more likely to make that purchase especially if that tax break has a time limit. If they purchase the equipment in large amounts by many businesses, then the manufacturer of the equipment will need to make more. Means the manufacturer needs to hire more people. Means the supporting businesses for the manufacturer needs to hire more people for their part of the supply chain On and on. Those are the best job producing programs out there and the whole economy wins. If you think about it just a little, then you will discover each one of these programs would have produced enough jobs where we wouldn't be in the financial mess we are in now.

grace scott

I am pro business, but I am also pro union.

Our taxes on businesses are outrageous. But nowhere is anyone proposing to lower those taxes. These businesses need to be regulated. If they are not, they will pollute the air and water. Some pollution is unavoidable, but it should be minimized.

Businesses should be required to pay a living wage. That is why we need unions. A well fed worker will do a better job than a hungry serf.

stan3186

So, what is a living wage. $10 per hour may be a living wage for a single guy living at home. It certainly isn't a living wage for a family of 4. That's a ridiculous argument. A living wage for me is about $50k per year. So, should I be able to work at McDonald's and expect the mean old franchise owner at McDonalds to pay me $50k per year? Why not, after all they owe me a "living wage" right.
A business should pay what a business wants to pay. Not what some bureaucrat tells it too. If I pay someone 8$ per hour and a similar company pays a similiar job $10 per hour, who do you think I'm going to work for? It's a stupid argument. The market will determine what I pay someone or else I won't have any employees working for me. The Free Market works everytime. Not some government official imposing something on what I pay or what I charge. If they want to demand that I pay some amount by law, isn't it fair then that I can demand that they insure me that I make a certain dollar profit. Or would that be out of line? Of course it is, so is a living wage.

MrEd Loc: Georgia

Then you are an i***t that that is blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. Try looking a little harder and you will see quite a few that directly affect workers. You progressives really are i***ts. You can't near anything you don't want to hear and can't see anything you don't want to see.

"Save American Workers Act (H.R. 2575) repeals the 30-hour trigger for ObamaCare’s employer mandate tax, and restores the 40-hour work week to increase workers’ wages. (passed 248-179)"

How about this one? Does this not affect workers like you want? It gives many a 40 hour work week back that directly effects workers and you say there is nothing for the working class. Try reading them and you will find more just like this one. Quit being an i***t and try waking up for once and smell the roses. You just may get out and find out what Obama has been up to that is k*****g America. It's either that, or you can remain a stupid kool-aid drinking progressive that is helping to destroy this country.

mouset783 Loc: Oklahoma

Unions are about as useless as a hat rack on a Elk. The unions fat cats donate billions to Obama and the rest of his sewer rats plus a nice piece of change for their corrupt pockets. What is supposed to be the purpose of "union Dues"? A valuable worker does not need a union but lunch hour pot smokers do. Wake up liberal i***t. Unions push business, business hires robots and employees go on food stamps Way to go dim dum.

3jack

The whole HR 2575 story and not just one little paragraph about the 40 hour work week.

http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/press-release/hr-2575-sabotage-american-workers-act-%E2%80%93-house-gop-bringing-52nd-v**e-repeal-and

grace scott

America has a middle class because of unions. Unions should not be allowed to donate to political campaigns. Neither should employers.

Sicilianthing

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
And if the Economy is doing so great for Jobs...

Why are small, medium and large companies getting to lay off thousands again????????
Because in many examples... sales are off 70 - 80% since January/February...
and it hasn't come back People !

Wake the Fuc* Up and see the reality of it !

Lies, lies and more lies....
Media spinnnnnners... spinnnners and spinnners..... !

Same S**t every day you wake up...
Again and again and again...

stan3186

I am not sure what you are ranting about or who? This post was in answer to someone who said the House hasn't done anything to help improve the economy by making legislation for job growth. These are laws that were approved by the House and sent to the Senate where Mr. Harry Reid k**led most of them without even allowing a v**e by the Senate. In other words, the Democratic lead Senate is the one k*****g the economy and blocking job availability, not the Republicans.

Sicilianthing

Yes I understand that but that's why we're in a nose dive again...
the math never lies and regardless of the job thing in the house...
Dem, Rep, ClownInChief..... Reid, it's just too late...
We are in a tailspin again !

Fuc* Reid ! and gang, they are all part of the problem and not the solution at this point....
There are a few good souls up there but the rest need to go ! period!

Tyster

Not a well thought out comment. Unions are by nature member organizations. Unless the membership v**es to make donations to one party or the other, then the contributions are not in accordance with the member's who pay the dues' intentions. Companies on the other hand have a vested interest in the results of e******ns. Ever hear of the concept of "taxation without representation"? If you don't want them participating in the democratic process, then lets do away with corporate taxation.

Back to the topic at hand - You may not support any of the bills the House passed in its entirety but two conclusions can be made about the fact that they are stalled. (1) You cannot say that the House has not made an attempt to address the issues, and (2) By pigeon holing them, Reid is unilaterally making a decision that the Democrats won't even considering negotiating the parts they don't feel comfortable with.

For any topic that can be based on political ideology, I would not expect Democrats to pass something that Republicans would fully be on board for... and vice versa. But that is why the Congress is mandated so that if passed by one chamber and rejected in another, conference committees are to be formed to work out differences. By not bringing the House bills to the floor, Reid is saying, "not our way, so we won't even bring it up for discussion". Thus, as this thread is trying to point out, describing Republicans as the obstructionist party is misleading and dishonest.