The Dems this morning are having an “accomplishments” press conference before they go home. Boehner’s office counters with his assessment, FWIW:
NOTE on the Democrats’ list of accomplishments: As of today, only 26 bills have been signed into law; the war funding bill that was carried by Republican votes will make 27. The “new direction” Democrats have taken in the last five months breaks down as follows: 13 BILLS TO NAME FEDERAL PROPERTY & BUILD A ROAD H.R. 49 – To name the “Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building” H.R. 335 – To name the “Gale W. McGee Post Office” H.R. 342 – To name the “Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse” [!!] H.R. 433 – To name the “Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building” H.R. 514 – To name the “Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office” H.R. 521 – To name the “Lane Evans Post Office Building” H.R. 544 – To name the “Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse” H.R. 577 – To name the “Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building” H.R. 584 – To name the “Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building” H.R. 753 – To name the “Clifford Davis & Odell Horton Federal Building” H.R. 1129 – To build and maintain a road in St. Louis County, Missouri S.159 – To name the “Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area” S. 521 – To name the “Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building & United States Courthouse & Customhouse”
5 BILLS TO EXTEND PRE-EXISTING PUBLIC LAW OR PASSED LAST YEAR
H.R. 137 – Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act (passed last year) H.R. 188 – To extend the Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act H.R. 434 – To extend the Small Business Act and the Small business Investment Act of 1958 H.R. 1003 – To extend the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy H.J. Res. 20 – Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution
8 BILLS CO-SPONSORED BY REPUBLICANS OR PASSED WITHOUT OPPOSITION
H.R. 475 – House Page Board Revision Act H.R. 727 – Trauma Care Systems Planning & Development Act H.R. 742 – Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act H.R. 1130 – Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act H.R. 1132 – National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act H.R. 1681 – American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act S. 494 – NATO Freedom Consolidation Act S. 1002 – Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act





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