FACT SHEET: TEACHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS BACK TO WORK ACT

The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act provides $35 billion to create or protect nearly 400,000 education jobs, while preventing the layoffs of thousands of cops and firefighters. This critical legislation would help states and localities keep their schools strong and their streets safe, without adding a dime to the deficit. 

ECONOMISTS AGREE: CHINA’S CURRENCY MANIPULATION CONTRIBUTES TO U.S. JOBS CRISIS

THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR: REPUBLICAN RECKLESSNESS CAUSED DOWNGRADE

  S&P CONFIRMS REPUBLICAN BRINKSMANSHIP UNDERMINED AAA CREDIT RATING    

IT’S OFFICIAL: SENATE PLAN CUTS BUDGET DEFICITS BY $1.3 TRILLION MORE THAN BOEHNER PLAN

DPCC Fact Sheet: Reid Amendment to Break the Impasse, Cut Spending Responsibly, and Avoid a Default

  Leader Reid's amendment will reduce the deficit by $2.7 trillion, without affecting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and without changes to revenues. Unlike Speaker Boehner's short-term plan, the Senate package presents responsible cuts that will allow us to raise the debt limit through 2012, providing certainty to the world markets, without hurting our economic recovery and job growth.