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House Republicans: The Great Dividers

As Democrats continue the convention in Philadelphia today, the focus will be on working together to build a stronger America. This stands in stark contrast to what we have seen in Congress under the leadership of Speaker Paul Ryan. We already know that House Republicans are not members of the party of results. They just left town for a nearly two month recess leaving critical legislative action undone and a series of incredibly divisive votes in their wake. Instead of working toward common-sense solutions, they are more interested in division than progress. Here are some of the “lowlights” in their divisive record:

  • House Republicans took a nearly unprecedented vote to send an amicus brief to the Supreme Court against DACA and DAPA and are in favor of mass deportations.
  • They stood behind their toxic Presidential nominee even after he said Mexican immigrants were drug dealers, criminals, and rapists and that Judge Gonzalo Curiel would be biased because of his Mexican heritage.
  • House Republicans have repeatedly blocked a vote on commonsense “No Fly, No Buy” legislation, despite the fact that government reports show that since 2004 over 2,000 suspects on the terrorist watch list have successfully purchased weapons in the United States.
  • After delaying for months a request from the administration and federal public health experts for funding to fight the Zika virus, Republicans jammed through a partisan half-measure that cuts other health programs and limits access to contraception.

Come November, House Republicans will have to face voters and explain why they are more invested in party loyalty than they are in finding commonsense solutions to our country’s problems. While Republicans put forth divisive and harmful policies, House Democrats are showing the American people that they have a positive, forward-looking policy platform that will actually address our nation’s problems.

“This November, voters will reject House Republicans who put extreme party loyalty and politics over people,” said Matt Thornton of the DCCC.  “While Democrats fight for commonsense solutions to address our most pressing problems, House Republicans are all too happy to sow discord and division, keeping Congress in a perpetual state of gridlock.”





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