Last Call

The laser like focus by House Republicans on creating jobs anything but creating jobs continues as this week they've spent hours grilling Energy Secretary henry Chu about his job...

The hearing was filled with political attacks through five hours of questioning. Republicans scolded Chu and fired questions at him about what he knew and when he knew it, often cutting him off as he answered. One after another accused him of breaking the law.

...want Eric Holder to lose his job over what "gunwalker" programs his Bush-era predecessors set up...

Forty Republicans sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday pushing him to ask for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation.

 

The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), highlights Holder’s role in the botched gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious, which was run under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). 

...killed high-speed rail job creation across the country as another budget hostage....

Republicans trumpeted what they said was the death of the president's six-year, $53 billion plan, saying the future of fast trains lies along the Northeast Corridor, The Hill writes. The funding was eliminated in a deal with Democrats on a spending bill for the Transportation Department and other agencies. The measure cleared the House by 298-121 and the Senate by 70-30 on its way to Obama's desk.

 

...and now plan to make job-killing austerity enshrined in the Constitution through a time-wasting vote that will never pass.

The House of Representatives plans to vote Friday on a constitutional amendment mandating a balanced federal budget — an effort expected ultimately to fail, but one that could have lingering political impact.

This week in job creation, brought to you by the Republican Party.  If the One Percent ain't happy, ain't nobody going to get a damn thing.