Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

[Cross-posted from TWM.]

Unemployment has been at or above 9 percent nationwide, yet when presented with seventeen genuine job creating bills, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV) says “No” to the House of Representatives.

House Republicans have passed job-creating bills that are being stalled by Harry Reid and the Democrat-controlled Senate, who refuse to even bring the bills to the Senate floor for a proper vote. Senate Democrats refuse outright to work with their Republican counterparts to get jobs created.

Here is a list of the seventeen measures which would all have a positive effect on reducing unemployment and is being stalled by Reid and the Democrats:

1. H.R. 872—Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act
2. H.R. 910—Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011
3. H.J. Res. 37—Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices
4. H.R. 1230—Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
5. H.R. 1229—Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act
6. H.R. 1231—Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act
7. H.R. 2021—The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
8. H.R. 2018—Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
9. H.R. 1315—Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness Improvement Act
10. H.R. 1938— North American-Made Energy Security Act
11. H.R. 2587—Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act
12. H.R. 2401—Transparency In Regulatory Analysis Of Impacts On The Nation
13. H.R. 2681—Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act
14. H.R. 2250—EPA Regulatory Relief Act
15. H.R. 2273—Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act
16. H.R. 2433—Veterans Opportunity to Work Act
17. H.R. 674—To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities

The preceding list of measures provided by Congressman Trent Franks (R – AZ).