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After 100 Days, Still no Jobs Plan

April 15, 2011
Pelosi Update

After 100 Days, Still no Jobs Plan
After 100 days, the Republican majority in the House has passed a budget that would end Medicare and promoted legislation to destroy one million jobs. After 100 days, they have failed to produce a single bill that creates jobs. Democrats know that we can do better than to balance our budget on the backs of seniors, women, and America’s working families.

croppedCongresswoman Pelosi joins with seniors to oppose the “Road to Ruin” budget plan that would end Medicare as we know it.

Yesterday, the House passed a bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the year. While this bill is an alternative to the irresponsible spending cuts offered in the Republican’s original spending proposal for the remainder of this year, these devastating cuts to essential government programs – such as WIC, the EPA, student aid, family planning, and job training programs – will be hard felt by millions of working and middle class families. I believe we can do better by women, students, and investing in our future, and so I voted against this bill.

Building on their record of job-destroying legislation, today the House majority approved a 2012 budget that is the wrong choice for the American people and unfair for the middle class.

Under their plan:

* The Medicare guarantee will end and seniors will pay twice as much for their health care.
* Students will face the largest cuts in the history of Pell Grants, which will be slashed by more than $2,500. In San Francisco, these cuts will harm 15,416 students.
* Transportation investments will face devastating cuts, ending job-creating projects on roads, bridges, rail lines, and airports. California will lose $1.2 billion and 43,825 jobs.
* Tax cuts for the wealthiest will be permanent, adding $1 trillion to the deficit.

100 days is too long to wait. We must work together to address the number one priority of the American people: creating jobs.

Repealing the Prevention and Public Health Fund
This week, the House majority approved a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund by a vote of 236 to 183, despite the fact that tens of millions of Americans suffer from preventable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and prevention strategies have been proven to work to save lives. This prevention funding is designed to assist community efforts to prevent disease, detect it early, and manage conditions before they become severe.

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